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Weekend Gadget Watch: Canon PowerShot S90
Photo Check out the latest in our series of gadget mini-reviews, courtesy of silicon.com's sister site CNET.co.uk, the home of technology reviews. Considering hitting the shops at the weekend? Looking for inspiration? [06 Nov 2009]
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]
BT offers free fibre to Glasgow businesses
News Fibre broadband comes in two flavours: FTTC, where optical cable is laid as far as the curbside cabinet, with existing copper lines being used for the last mile; and fibre to the home (FTTH), where optical cable is laid... [05 Nov 2009]
Covert surveillance must be reserved for serious crimes, says government
News Speaking on Monday at the Royal Society of Arts, Home Secretary Alan Johnson said: "[the public] will not accept such powers being used to spy on people who put their rubbish out on the wrong day, or let their dogs foul... [05 Nov 2009]
Photos: Inside a Microsoft datacentre
Photo The second floor of the datacentre is home to a more traditional server room consisting of racks of servers with cool air coming up from a raised floor. Microsoft recently opened its Chicago datacentre. [04 Nov 2009]
£39m boost for London Olympics' emergency comms
News The Home Office has announced a £39m deal to help emergency services comms cope during the London 2012 Olympic Games. As a result, the system will be able to cater for thousands more users from within the police, fire... [03 Nov 2009]
Magic Mouse - Apple's best ever?
Comment It's certainly the best mouse Apple has made in a long time (possibly ever) although as already stated the rest of the field isn't exactly much to write home about. Seb Janacek asks: Can the new Magic Mouse change all... [03 Nov 2009]
Photos: Google Waves hello to a new way of doing business
Photo In the example a fictional bank and insurance company have merged and need to plan how they will start offering insurance to customers who are taking out home loans with the bank. The wave is opened by a... [02 Nov 2009]
Can I use a netbook as my everyday work machine?
Comment I start each day by working from home for a couple of hours before making my way into the office. As a sub editor for silicon.com, my working day is broken down by a mixture of home and office working. [02 Nov 2009]
Weekend Gadget Watch: Apple iMac 27-inch, unibody, 2009
Photo Check out the latest in our series of gadget mini-reviews, courtesy of silicon.com's sister site CNET.co.uk, the home of technology reviews. Considering hitting the shops at the weekend? Looking for inspiration? [30 Oct 2009]
Photos: Windows 7 - the latest PCs from Acer to Samsung
Photo It comes with a copy of the Windows 7 Home Premium edition and packs an Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 processor and 4GB of memory. The official release of Windows 7 last week has seen the debut of a slew of hardware sporting... [26 Oct 2009]
Weekend Gadget Watch: HTC Tattoo
Photo Check out the latest in our series of gadget mini-reviews, courtesy of silicon.com's sister site CNET.co.uk, the home of technology reviews. Considering hitting the shops at the weekend? Looking for inspiration? [23 Oct 2009]
Barclays CIO finds a new home with SAP
News Don Trotta has left his role as CIO with Barclays and taken a new position with SAP. Trotta has been appointed the ERP company's SVP and global head of financial services, responsible for product strategy, development and overall market... [22 Oct 2009]
Monitoring staff email and internet: The dos and don'ts
News Unlike workers in the US, employees in the UK do have an expectation of privacy in the workplace, and if you fail to follow best practice you could find your organisation on the wrong side of the law: under Article 8 of the Convention on... [22 Oct 2009]
Windows 7: Who's adopting it, when and why?
News Windows 7 has already outsold Vista in the consumer market and you will increasingly have users who have Windows 7 at home ringing tech support asking how they can do the same thing on XP. After its launch they will be... [21 Oct 2009]
