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News BT's Glasgow taster follows FTTC trials in Whitchurch in Cardiff, and Muswell Hill in London - where the telco has opened a shop to shout about the benefits of fibre. BT is offering a free taste of superfast broadband to... [05 Nov 2009]
Telegraph CIO on the rocky road to going Google
News As a CIO… for the first three to six months you have got to have your seatbelt on and have the resolve to push it through," Cheesbrough told Google's recent Atmosphere event in London. Businesses thinking of switching to... [04 Nov 2009]
Why the UK will never create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle
News Mike Roberts, IT director at the London Clinic, believes teaching is also a factor. Mike Roberts, IT director, The London Clinic That's the sobering conclusion of the silicon.com CIO Jury which voted 10... [03 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. The two-way Tetra comms system has an important role to play during the London 2012... [03 Nov 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Uneconomics
Comment Compiled at the IoD, Pall Mall, London, and dispatched to silicon.com via a free wi-fi connection. For more than a year now I have been in a state of mild bewilderment while watching and listening to the economic... [29 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Augmented reality
Cheat Sheet One AR iPhone app in the pipeline - called WorkSnug - will offer mobile workers in London and San Francisco a solution to their wi-fi finding blues, as the video below shows: Is this another name for Apple CEO Steve... [27 Oct 2009]
Olympics tech team gets ready to put London 2012 IT through its paces
News With just over 1,000 days to go until the start of the 2012 London Olympics, the team in charge of the Games' tech is poised for the real work to get underway. By the end of this year the consortium will have largely... [27 Oct 2009]
Photos: Windows 7 - the latest PCs from Acer to Samsung
Photo Here's a selection of the Windows 7 machines that went on sale at PC World's Tottenham Court Road store in London on Thursday to coincide with the OS' official launch. The official release of Windows 7 last week has seen... [26 Oct 2009]
Vista jilted for Windows 7 midway through upgrades
News Speaking at the London launch of Windows 7 today John Curran, the Microsoft exec who until recently headed up the Windows client group in the UK, said: "This is the first time that we have had customers talking about... [22 Oct 2009]
Photos: Google Android dual boots with Windows 7 on Acer netbook
Photo Acer, a partner for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and the 2012 Olympic Games in London, has also launched special editions of the Aspire 4810T and Aspire 1410 (pictured above) laptops to celebrate the events... [16 Oct 2009]
NetBenefit: Hosting Provider Uses Virtualization to Expand Services and Reduce Costs
White Paper Faced with ever more expensive London data center costs, the company was looking for ways to expand the hosting solutions it offered its clients while maximizing data center space. NetBenefit is a leading provider of... [15 Oct 2009]
Baker Tilly--London Stereo Master Video
White Paper Dell helps Baker-Tilly, a full-service accounting and advisory firm, with its massive Windows 7 deployment [14 Oct 2009]
Photos: Sony unleashes latest Vaios - from mini laptops to touchscreens
Photo This shows the Thames with the London Eye and Waterloo station in view. Last week saw Sony unveil its new range of Vaio PCs - launched to coincide with the release of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system on 22 October. [14 Oct 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: United breaks guitars?
Comment Compiled at JFK Airport whilst waiting for BA 178 to fly me home via London Heathrow. Dispatched to silicon.com via a free LAN connection in the BA lounge. I just boarded an early morning shuttle bus from my hotel at JFK... [14 Oct 2009]
Could hackspaces hold the key to business innovation?
Comment In March of this year, a friendly 'hackday' - called Rewired State, or 'National Hack the Government Day' - was held at The Guardian's London offices. Where to look for the next wave of corporate innovation? [14 Oct 2009]
