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Inbox: Antique computing, Segway protest and ID cards
Comment A story concerning fibre broadband in every UK home caused a storm this week, while silicon.com also took a trip down memory lane with photos of the Elliott 803 business PC, prompting discussion among vintage-loving... [11 Sep 2008]
Bill Gates Q&A: On why 'it's all about software'
Comment For years, Microsoft's Bill Gates has been trumpeting software's ascent from the lowly PC to everything from mobile phones to home entertainment. If you buy a new PC, it's there. I think definitely,... [08 Jan 2008]
The greening of IT: Do it yourself
Comment Colm Feighoney, a green IT consultant with IBM Global Services, says: "Many of the organisations I come across have far more printers than they ever imagined because an individual department can nip along to PC World and... [02 Nov 2007]
BBC tech chief hits back at iPlayer critics
News The PC universe is the largest part of that. I have a media centre sitting in front of me with the television above it and on it I have both the iTunes library and my Zune library. But... [30 Oct 2007]
Q&A: Ashley Highfield, head of BBC's Future Media and Technology unit
Comment The PC universe is the largest part of that. In this exclusive interview with silicon.com, Highfield answers those iPlayer critics and talks about the future of DRM and 'web 3.0'.silicon.com: Has criticism of the... [30 Oct 2007]
The greening of IT: Why less is more
Comment Last year Greenpeace rated the major PC manufacturers on how well they dealt with harmful chemicals integral to the production of their laptops - including lead, chromium, cadmium, mercury, bromine, polybrominated flame... [13 Aug 2007]
Photos: The ideal home of the future
Photo One central Media Centre PC is controlling the digital entertainment across the home. The Ideal Home Show at Earl's Court has gone high-tech this year. As well as the giant show-homes -... [09 Mar 2007]
Minority Report: Apple in your living room
Comment The tentatively titled iTV is a device for streaming media from a Mac or a PC to a television. A wireless device that looks like a vertically challenged Mac Mini with an array of connection options at... [09 Oct 2006]
Minority Report: Apple changing its spots
Comment This is despite the fact Macs are now operating on a level playing-field with PC competitors with nippy Intel chips, meaning Apple no longer has to spend marketing dollars combating the so-called megahertz myth. [11 Jul 2006]
Photos: Future tech from HP boffins
Photo The saved footage is downloaded to a PC where sophisticated head motion detection algorithms determine which bits are most likely to be of interest to the user and whether a still, panorama or video clip is the most... [12 Apr 2006]
Q&A: Microsoft chairman Bill Gates
Comment In addition, Microsoft has long made devices - whether it's the PC, server or handheld - the centre of computing design. Or [there could be] a shared PC where you go to a community... [22 Mar 2006]
Google denies PC maker rumours
News Google has denied reports it is to make any moves into the PC sector. Rumours of a low-cost Google PC first surfaced following an article in the LA Times which quoted sources as saying the search giant... [04 Jan 2006]
Dell woos big-box retail mistress
News Despite the low price and the drab, grey colour, the Dell 2200 laptop at Costco is a solid machine, according to Toni Duboise, a PC industry analyst at research firm Current Analysis. However, market changes in the last... [30 Nov 2005]
Leader: Who's afraid to say the 'o' word?
Leader He said he would now always source "the right people wherever they are and wouldn't for a heartbeat think of not outsourcing because it was un-PC or I'd get bad press". While those in the technology and related services... [18 Oct 2005]
Windows Vista proofed against video piracy
News Microsoft believes it has to cosy up to the entertainment industry if the PC is going to form the centre of new digital home networks, which could allow such features as streaming high-definition movies... [31 Aug 2005]
