fields in news
RSS fields in newsGeographic database opens doors to private sector
News The value of the NLPG is huge, with companies dealing in fields such as insurance, customer profiling, logistics and satellite navigation potentially finding uses for the database. A national geographical electronic database is now available for... [30 Apr 2008]
silicon.com Classics: The best of Google Earth
News The latest in our weekly look back through some of the classic stories in the silicon.com archive from the last decade is a photo tour of the best of Google Earth - from burning oil fields, to topless sunbathers and Area 51. [22 Apr 2008]
Microsoft invites hobbyist developers to light a spark
News Under the banner of its Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance, Microsoft already provides some software for students in the embedded technology and design fields. Microsoft is trying to foster more interest in embedded software, encouraging... [17 Apr 2008]
Ballmer: 'Google is head and shoulders above us'
News Microsoft is attempting to break into online advertising but speaking at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando this week, Ballmer admitted Microsoft is still an "aspirant" in the search and advertising fields. [12 Oct 2007]
CIOs 'last three years'
News Positions the CIOs held before their current jobs typically included other senior IT positions, management roles, management consultancy and posts in engineering and finance fields. CIOs stay in their job for just over three years, even though the... [24 Aug 2007]
Wireless power has techies beaming
News The "WiTricity" device - the term coined by the MIT team to describe the wireless power phenomenon - uses magnetic fields to deliver power to the gadgets remotely. The MIT team's design consists of two copper coils - one attached to the power... [08 Jun 2007]
Has the Supreme Court killed off patent trolls?
News In many fields it may be that there is little discussion of obvious techniques or combinations, and it often may be the case that market demand, rather than scientific literature, will drive design trends. [01 May 2007]
For Ministry of Sound, IP telephony is massive
News The company fields between 5,000 and 10,000 calls per month across 100 employees, to co-ordinate more than 500 events per year.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Lifestyle brand Ministry of Sound has signed a contract with NEC Philips Unified Solutions... [25 Apr 2007]
Microsoft to buy search start-up
News Medstory's website hints that health is only the first topic for which it plans to implement its "intelligent search" technology, and that other "complex fields" of inquiry may be on the way. Microsoft has announced it has made plans to acquire... [26 Feb 2007]
'Mobile phones don't cause cancer' - study
News There have been concerns about the health risks of mobile phones for several years due to the electromagnetic fields they emit. A team at the Danish Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Copenhagen was given access to customer records of Danish... [06 Dec 2006]
No more gadget chargers
News The proposed system uses magnetic fields that shouldn't affect humans. Electronic gadgets could soon automatically charge up when their owners wander into their home or office - without the need for cumbersome cables or chargers. [17 Nov 2006]
Open source rival takes on Google Maps
News Around the world via burning oil fields, topless sunbathers and Area 51. Volunteer "citizen cartographers" are aiming to take on the likes of Google Maps and Ordnance Survey by creating a free open source wiki-style map of the planet. [13 Nov 2006]
Web science: Sir Tim plugs new subject
News Organisers said the creation of a field of study for web science does not eliminate the need for continued research in existing fields, such as engineering and computer science. Rather, they envisioned web science as a field that straddles both the... [03 Nov 2006]
Euro tech uni a step closer
News It will bring research teams together to create the critical mass needed and co-ordinate work in emerging fields at a European level. The European Institute of Technology (EIT) could be up and running by 2008, with its first research projects... [19 Oct 2006]
Experts enlisted for Wikipedia spin-off
News Citizendium is soliciting experts in their fields to post and oversee articles on any given subject. One of Wikipedia's closest critics and founders is launching an alternative to the free online encyclopedia this week. [17 Oct 2006]
