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Windows 7, Snow Leopard, open source and glory for Steve Jobs
News Also popular last month was silicon.com reporter Nick Heath's interview with Acorn co-founder, Andy Hopper, and a look at the best sectors to work in IT from a pay-packet point of view. October's highlights on... [09 Nov 2009]
Acorn co-founder on the BBC Micro and the early days of personal computing
Comment Andy Hopper is co-founder of the iconic Acorn Computers and currently head of the computer laboratory at the University of Cambridge.silicon.com's Nick Heath talks to Hopper about the BBC Micro, Acorn's... [07 Oct 2009]
MSDN Webcast: Windows Mobile 6.0 for Developers (Level 200)
White Paper The presenter will also cover some of the new tools, like the Cellular Emulator, FakeServer, Hopper, and FakeGPS/GPS Settings. In this webcast, the presenter explores the new APIs in Windows Mobile version 6.0, including... [14 Apr 2007]
Q&A: Acorn co-founder Andy Hopper
Comment Acorn's co-founder, Andy Hopper was appointed Commander of the British Empire for services to the computer industry in the New Year's honours list. Hopper started his career in Cambridge with a PhD in... [04 Jan 2007]
My first computer: The Acorn Electron
News It still sold in suitable quantities to ensure a steady stream of games were being produced, and with 1.79Mhz of poke under the beige plastic cover and a whole 32Kb of RAM to play with it was a brave new world of possibilities -... [14 Jan 2005]
Cambridge start-ups prove UK's got innovation
News In regards to developing innovation, Professor Andy Hopper, head of the computer laboratory at University of Cambridge, said: "It's all about people. A button-sized sensor with a sense of smell, an 'iPod for movies',... [18 Nov 2004]
IT Myths: The tallest tech tales, all in one place
Comment While some readers felt it was an open and shut case that Grace Hopper coined the phrase (similar usage, it turns out, goes all the way back to a pre-computer Will Shakespeare), most of us are in general agreement that... [01 Aug 2003]
IT Myths: Buggin' out - the history of a word we all hate
News The most common and (somewhat erroneously) accepted explanation for the origin of the term 'bug', however, stems from an incident involving software pioneer and IT's earliest first lady, Grace Murray Hopper. [31 Jul 2003]
Internet 'have-nots' targeted by digital divide initiative
News Graham Hopper, UK managing director at Packard Bell, echoed the view. The UK government has kicked off a campaign to encourage the elderly, disabled, unemployed and ethnic minorities to use the internet, in order to stop... [13 May 2003]
IT contractors: This is where your money goes
News PCG's accountant is Hopper Williams and Bell, based in Southampton. The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) has paid nearly £750,000 in fees to companies owned by some of its most senior figures. The PCG's accounts for... [02 May 2002]
Bugs! But who should take the blame?
Comment In the 1940s, Grace Hopper, keeper of the mighty Harvard Mark 2, found the cause of its inexplicable breakdown - a moth. She noted in her log book: "The first case of a bug actually being found. A bug is a human error -... [20 Feb 2002]
Technologies Time Forgot: The Acorn Electron
News It still sold in suitable quantities to ensure a steady stream of games were being produced, and with 1.79Mhz of poke under the beige plastic cover and a whole 32Kb of RAM to play with it was a brave new world of possibilities -... [18 Jan 2002]
Spirent announces £1.1bn acquisition
News Earlier this week Spirent announced it had completed the purchase of two other US companies - Zarak and Net-HOPPER - in related areas of communications and testing. Spirent, new to the FTSE100 index in September this... [16 Nov 2000]
Packard Bell UK hits back
News Graham Hopper, UK managing director of Packard Bell NEC, has put distance between the European and US arms of the PC manufacturer following yesterday's announcement of mass redundancies at the struggling American division. [04 Nov 1999]
Packard Bell pulls out of US retail market
News Just four months ago, Silicon.com interviewed Graham Hopper, UK MD of Packard Bell. To see the full interview with Graham Hopper, see http://www.silicon.com/a32141 . NEC Packard Bell is pulling out of... [03 Nov 1999]
