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Bletchley Park's World War Two codebreakers in their own words
News Up to two-thirds of the staff at Bletchley Park were young women and Osborne was one of up to 400 other Wrens at Woburn Abbey, home to the Duke of Bedford, but her accommodation was less grand than might be expected. [05 Nov 2009]
Photos: Windows 7 - getting inside security
Photo The Firewall landing page is a good way to quickly check on the firewall status, but for fine-tuning, the Advanced Settings on the left will open up a window better suited to power users. If you use a laptop and jump... [20 Oct 2009]
It's a dog's life for police BlackBerrys
News The government has committed £80m to ramp up police smartphone use by funding the deployment of 30,000 mobile data devices by 2010 - with the Home Office's plan being to increase police visibility in communities by... [20 Oct 2009]
Facebook adds Nielsen to friends for ads
News It will use opt-in polls on Facebook's home page to gauge user sentiment around advertisements, measuring "aided awareness, ad recall, message association, brand favourability, and purchase... [22 Sep 2009]
Will software be Motorola's saviour?
News Unlike the G1 and Ion - perhaps the best known Android phones at the moment - the Cliq features a Motorola-designed home page that allows users to see a flood of notifications from things like social... [15 Sep 2009]
Back @ you, Twitter: Facebook adopts 'at links' tagging
News This back-and-forth has included Facebook's failed attempt to buy Twitter, the "real-time stream" upgrades to the social network's home page, and its acquisition of FriendFeed, a streaming feed aggregator. [11 Sep 2009]
Open source hack could make mobiles vulnerable to prying ears
News We have no connection to them," he added (page two). Distributed computing, which has long been used for research and academic purposes, like SETI@home, and which companies have built businesses around,... [26 Aug 2009]
Apple tablet or no Apple tablet, business is the device's natural home
News Andrew Wayland, CIO of recruiter Michael Page International, also believes the tablet is only destined for a supporting role in business. To date, the niches that the tablet has made its home in have... [13 Aug 2009]
BBC is taking tech seriously, so give it a break!
Comment Click here for page two whose 4oD online video service was initially launched only on Windows XP? The BBC is a world leader in developing innovative media technology - so cut it some slack, says Tim Ferguson. [31 Jul 2009]
Web to be number one choice for banking in 10 years
News Every bank should be channelling investments and resources to make its website the financial home page for consumers. People will do the majority of their banking online within 10 years according to... [31 Jul 2009]
Cheat Sheet: The Police Central e-crime Unit
Cheat Sheet The Home Office claims that the joint investigation between PCeU and the banks "prevented £20m-worth of harm". Click here to read page two of this article up any extra cash. According to a... [20 Jul 2009]
Cheat Sheet: BT's £1.5bn fibre plans
Cheat Sheet The downlink speed a user will actually get will depend on whether BT lays fibre to the cabinet (FTTC), where fibre only goes as far as the street cabinet, or fibre to the premises (FTTP), where it goes all the way to the... [14 Jul 2009]
Home Office CIO on taming tech and why ID cards are good news
Comment The Home Office CIO speaks to silicon.com's Nick Heath on ID cards, protecting data, and how tech can make a difference Home Office CIO Annette Vernon is steeling herself for a challenge that will... [10 Jul 2009]
Google Case Study: EmailUniverse.com
White Paper At Ezine Articles they can find a rich source of content: e-newsletter articles covering 320 different industries, from arts and entertainment to home-based businesses. It has a quarter of a million visitors every day to... [22 Jun 2009]
The top 10 alternatives to Google search
Photo Biz Stone and the other creators of Twitter have tapped into the potential use of the site as a search engine able to deliver information almost instantaneously, adding a trending topics panel to Twitter's front page. [16 Jun 2009]
