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The Bill Gates era ends at Microsoft
News Hanging out with rock stars and getting a cream pie in the face. Bill Gates leaves Microsoft on Friday 27 June after more than 30 years in charge of one of the biggest and most influential technology companies in the world. [26 Jun 2008]
Bournemouth to be UK's first Fibrecity
News The race to become the UK's first 'Fibrecity' has been won by the seaside resort of Bournemouth, better known for ice-cream and old people than high speed internet. H2O Networks, a company that lays fibre optic cabling in the sewers, said work will... [08 May 2008]
Firefox developer blasts Google
News Ross said: "Google is predicated on the idea that the democratic structure of the web will push the cream to the top. One of the lead developers behind the Firefox browser has accused Google of abusing its powerful position in the search market to... [02 Jan 2007]
CIO Forum: SMEs to ride next offshoring wave
News Speaking at the silicon.com CIO Forum in London, he said: "One of the reasons it hasn't happened so far is, primarily, if you are trying to develop offshoring capabilities it's more efficient to target the large companies - that's where the cream is. [26 Sep 2006]
Cornwall - the new Seattle?
News Cornwall could be the new Seattle if it sets out the right IT strategy, claim local tech businesses. Cornwall Enterprise's actnow broadband partnership has set out its vision for the future of IT in Cornwall - with the aim of making the holiday... [14 Sep 2006]
EDS shouts about outsourcing Kraft
News Kraft, the world's second-largest food and beverage company, has brands including Philadelphia cream cheeses, Maxwell House coffee and Oreos. Kraft Foods has signed a seven-year, $1.7bn global IT services deal with EDS. [28 Apr 2006]
Europe spurns patent directive by huge majority
News A spokesman for the FFII said: "This result clearly shows that thorough analysis, genuinely concerned citizens and factual information have more impact than free ice-cream, boatloads of hired lobbyists and outsourcing threats. [06 Jul 2005]
'We want biometrics' say bank customers
News This was particularly common with Asian women who had very fine skin but results could also be jeopardised by the use of hand cream or cuts, scratches and blemishes. One in three banking customers is ready to embrace biometric technologies in the... [06 May 2005]
My first computer: The BBC Micro
News But this old-skool style belied the visionary technology under the yellowing-cream cover, for this was the computer that was to define computing in the eighties. This article was first published in January 2002 as part of our 'Technologies That... [20 Jan 2005]
RFID an opportunity for shoplifters, says expert
News Moreover, the RFID tags that can handle those tasks are among the most expensive on the market and not something you would stick on a cream cheese box at the grocery store, Grunwald said. Privacy advocates may not be the only people taking issue... [29 Jul 2004]
Met Office unveils new supercomputers
News Besides the general public, the Met Office has a large number of business clients, from supermarkets which want to know how much ice cream to stock in hot weather to utilities needing to know of high demand for electricity in extremely hot or cold... [21 Jun 2004]
CA works on its wireless bedside manner
News Ficklin believes secure wireless access "whether it's in the stadium or the dorm" is now a must for schools hoping to bring in the cream of academia. Computer Associates today unveiled two new customers trialling its latest foray into wireless... [25 May 2004]
Security and big projects to dominate IT Directors' Forum
News Security and managing big projects look set to be the main issues for the cream of the UK's IT buying community on board the cruise ship Aurora for the annual IT Directors' Forum (ITDF) this week. CIOs, IT directors and IT managers from companies... [12 May 2004]
ID cards: So unreliable they make your eyes water
News Barclaycard earlier trialled fingerprint reading and found the system would reject those who use hand cream, those who gardened a lot, some Asian women who had fine skin and even those with scratches and scars on their fingers. [07 May 2004]
iTunes loses 95 million songs
News The ice cream maker is offering 50,000 free tracks - one to each customer who pledges this week to vote in the presidential election. Apple said on Wednesday that about 5 million free songs have been given away through a Pepsi promotion, far fewer... [29 Apr 2004]
