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Mini laptops, codebreaking, Wikipedia and why there's no 'British Google'
News Another popular article in November was our exclusive interview with Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales. Read the full interview here. November's top stories on silicon.com tackled some big questions: does my... [30 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.11.09
Round-Up A shame-faced 58 per cent said their mobile had rung in the wrong place at the wrong time, such as during a job interview or funeral service. We've all made embarrassing mobile phone blunders as part of our busy modern... [27 Nov 2009]
Exclusive: Former MySQL boss Marten Mickos talks open source
Comment In an exclusive interview, former MySQL boss and silicon.com Agenda Setter, Marten Mickos talks to Tim Ferguson about the state of open source, Oracle's plans to buy Sun Microsystems and the value of working with people... [19 Nov 2009]
How CIOs can achieve post-recession success
Comment In an exclusive interview, silicon.com reporter Tim Ferguson spoke to Chui about the report he co-authored on how CIOs can overcome the significant challenges posed by the business world emerging from the global... [18 Nov 2009]
Google's Eric Schmidt on search, Android and all things Wave
News For the full interview, see Transcript of CNET Conversations with Eric Schmidt on CNET News.com. Last week saw silicon.com sister site CNET News.com sit down with Google CEO Eric Schmidt to talk Google Wave, Android and... [16 Nov 2009]
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]
Exclusive: Jimmy Wales on what's next for Wikipedia
Comment In an exclusive interview, Wikipedia founder and silicon.com Agenda Setter Jimmy Wales talks to Natasha Lomas about what's next for Wikipedia and why the site needs geeks of all kinds. He mentions a Twitter post I made,... [05 Nov 2009]
Consultancy Deploys Productivity-Enhancing CRM Solution to Gain Competitive Advantage
White Paper Employees interview client companies to learn about their businesses and goals. They also network to identify, interview, and place quality employees. As an executive-search consultancy, Lure Executive... [28 Oct 2009]
CDPS Analyst Interview with John Webster of Illuminata
White Paper Listen to the recording, "CDPS Analyst Interview with John Webster of Illuminata," to see how the IBM® Comprehensive Data Protection Express solution addresses the needs of midmarket companies that don't have adequate... [27 Oct 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.10.09
Round-Up Partly because it took an age to get through the automated customer service systems to a real person ("press 1 to be ignored, press 2 to be put in a queue until you hang-up from boredom…') and partly because the high staff churn at call... [23 Oct 2009]
How tech is helping gamblers get that casino feeling
News In an interview with silicon.com earlier this year, Betfair's CTO Tony McAlister said the gambling giant is undergoing a radical overhaul of its development processes to allow the company to take advantage of... [23 Oct 2009]
BBC iPlayer gets ready to go Worldwide
News Luke Bradley-Jones, MD and EVP of BBC.com, discussed the possibility of introducing a pay model for international users in a recent interview with paidContent. BBC Worldwide has confirmed it wants to launch an... [12 Oct 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 early days and sustainable IT. [07 Oct 2009]
Microsoft'll fix it for you: Automated 'fix it' buttons solving PC problems
News Lori Brownell, Microsoft's general manager of product quality and online support, said in a February interview: "If we know what those 15 steps are, why shouldn't we just script it. Microsoft says that rather than... [30 Sep 2009]
Nandan Nilekani
AS Profile Despite Nilekani once telling silicon.com in an interview that his life is "very boring", our panellists have displayed a keen interest in what lies ahead for one of the world's sharpest business operators. [30 Sep 2009]