leap year
RSS leap yearMagic Mouse - Apple's best ever?
Comment The mouse was a triumph for Apple, a user interface leap that helped it pioneer a new computing paradigm. The year after, the Macintosh sported one too. I covered this in a column last... [03 Nov 2009]
How much will you be earning in 10 years' time?
News Those same techies can also expect to see their wages leap by a further £10,011 by the time they've clocked up over 10 years in the job, giving them an average annual paypacket of £50,442. Tech workers with more than 10... [15 Sep 2009]
Minority Report: Mac tablet? I remain unconvinced
Comment Normally I'd be willing to suspend belief and drink the Kool Aid in anticipation of the next great thing to roll off the Cupertino conveyor belt but this one requires too much of a leap of faith. There's a clear gap in... [18 Aug 2009]
Kangaroo tech jumps into Arqiva's hands
News It was shot down by the Competition Commission in February of this year, after the watchdog deemed it to be too much of a threat to competition, by placing too much control of content and distribution in the hands of the... [23 Jul 2009]
Macs and iPhones Apple of its eye as profits rise
News The company sold 2.6 million Macs, up four per cent from a year ago, and 5.2 million iPhones, a 626 per cent leap from a year ago. That's a 12 per cent increase from a... [22 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 03.07.09
Round-Up Of course, this great leap forward will mean a major investment in the telecoms infrastructure and the industry is already scratching its head over how to come up with the cash. And, this year, they were... [03 Jul 2009]
From IT sales to stand-up comedy
Comment Montgomerie-Anderson did not make a complete leap in the dark - she had being doing stand-up for a couple of years in her spare time as a way to unwind from the day job. Enter stage right Thea Montgomerie-Anderson, a... [14 Apr 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.03.09
Round-Up You can use a crisis as an opportunity to shine, an opportunity to leap past your competitors who are taking it maybe easy and taking the easy way out. The big question now is who will be giving the keynote next... [06 Mar 2009]
The Guardian goes Google Apps
Case Study Moving from a central firewalled model to putting it out onto the internet is obviously quite a big leap for those involved in network security. The organisation moved all of its users onto the internet-hosted software... [12 Feb 2009]
NHS critical IT faults leap 80 per cent
News Last year nationwide NHS computer systems suffered 820 severity one or critical faults, up from 488 in 2006. Other than the month of October 2008, the number of severity one incidents each month has been fairly low,... [02 Feb 2009]
Everything you need to land that new job
News While the number of UK IT vacancies being advertised has declined, there are still jobs out there for techies brave enough to risk leaving familiar surrounding and taking a leap of faith in the current economic climate. [14 Jan 2009]
Photos: Windows through the ages
Photo Emerging towards the end of 2006, Windows Vista was touted as a huge leap for Windows operating systems. In 2000 Microsoft released Windows Millennium Edition (Me), which barely lasted a year before... [10 Dec 2008]
Project Kangaroo makes leap to December testing
News Project Kangaroo, the online TV joint venture between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, is planning to start testing the on-demand media player by the end of the year. Find out who made this year's... [18 Nov 2008]
The five products Apple must make
Comment What ought to be Apple's next leap of faith? Surely it wouldn't be too much of a leap for Apple to consider bringing this rumour to reality. Apple made its latest big move into new territories last... [07 Oct 2008]
Third of UK homes still without web access
News The stats also show internet access in Wales has taken a leap forward - rising from 57 per cent of homes in 2007 to 67 this year to just overtake England (66 per cent) in the league of wired countries. [27 Aug 2008]
