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News The system uses so-called 'QR' barcodes printed on posters which, when photographed using mobile phone cameras, are scanned and generate a text message. This message directs people to register for text alerts about the Design Icons exhibition or to...
[25 Apr 2008]
News The photo tour also includes incredible shots of the famous Hollywood sign in California, Microsoft's Redmond HQ and a rude message in a farmer's field. The latest in our weekly look back through some of the classic stories in the silicon.com...
[22 Apr 2008]
Photo The Lorenz machine pictured here had 12 pinwheels and each message sent by it was enciphered using a different starting position for each wheel. This cipher text had to be repeatedly scanned at high speed by Colossus, which then analysed it for...
[18 Mar 2008]
Photo A team of explorers sent the most northerly transmitted video message over their satellite communications system this month. This picture shows the famous Barlow train shed which houses the impressively restored Victorian station.
[29 Nov 2007]
Round-Up On this occasion Blair's message was a bilingual (get him! True, he probably still couldn't switch on a PC if his life depended on it but this week Blair used YouTube to get his message out. If news that Tony Blair has finally 'got' the internet...
[11 May 2007]
News Thunderbird offers a laundry list of features commonly available in email applications, including support for the IMAP, LDAP and POP mail protocols and HTML mail; message labels, search and an address book; return receipts, message filtering...
[02 Dec 2004]
News His message said: "FBI agents from all over the country have contacted me demanding Web server log data from Insecure.Org. The creator of the famous hacking tool Nmap is being hounded by the FBI for copies of web server log data from his Web site...
[29 Nov 2004]
News A vast number of spam emails offering cut-price Rolex watches and fakes of the popular timepieces are currently flooding users' inboxes - growing in number more than any other kind of message, according to email security firm MessageLabs.
[25 Oct 2004]
News Microsoft and its legions of public relations employees and contractors are famous for their efforts to control the company's message. That's a key message emerging from BlogOn 2004, "The Business of Social Media," a two-day conference at the...
[26 Jul 2004]
News Passengers will be able to send a text message to a premium rate number - for example, TUBE CENTRAL to 60835 - to get a status update. There will also be a downloadable Java version of the famous London tube map for journey planning.
[27 Apr 2004]
News An email message that may become part of a Minnesota antitrust case is providing a rare glimpse into the way a top Microsoft executive tried to persuade an iconic investor to buy into the company's software business.
[18 Mar 2004]
News This was the message from René Carayol, IT director at IPC Magazines, who gave a rallying speech at silicon.com's IT on Board event in London this morning. 11.02.1999: IT professionals who want to reach the board of directors need to start taking...
[11 Feb 2004]
News It is incumbent on the IT industry to get the message across that technology has changed. However, Barley from Microsoft - a company famous for its effective marketing over the years - insisted the main problem is being disconnected from users.
[02 Oct 2003]
Comment When the Friends Reunited message boards became the place for naming and shaming teachers accused of child abuse, there was understandable outcry from the education sector. When an embittered girlfriend wanted the world to know about her boyfriend...
[23 Jun 2003]
Comment Newsrooms, news services, emails between friends and message boards such a Popbitch all reported the error and consumers flocked onto the site to buy up the bargain basement-priced gadgets - leaving the ball sitting very awkwardly in Amazon's court.
[20 Mar 2003]
News A Russian antivirus company apologised late last week for an emailed virus alert that was infected with the very worm the message was supposedly designed to warn against. Kaspersky Labs said the message, sent on Thursday to subscribers of the...
[11 Nov 2002]
News The Academy, more famous for its TV and film awards has been running awards for interactive media for the past five years. The British Academy has awarded SMS Chess top honours in its interactive awards.
[16 Oct 2002]
News He also conceived the now-famous "@" symbol to ensure a message was sent to a designated recipient. Ray Tomlinson, the American engineer considered the "father of email", can't quite recall when the first message was sent, what it said, or even who...
[13 Sep 2002]
News Instead, flog any message to any desktop in any part of the world at any time. To quote the famous line, don't look for them, they're not there anymore. Push sounded like an advertiser's dream. The whole movement - very much in the ascendancy in...
[17 Dec 2001]
Comment Here, we'll briefly consider the great mobile ringtone debate (http://www.silicon.com/a45249 ), and feature some truly analytical feedback about the message Microsoft is really trying to convey. Here in America, although to some, Microsoft might be...
[06 Jul 2001]
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