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Test your CIO knowledge - and win an iPod
News Which three CIOs on the CIO50 list are also pilots (planes or helicopters)? They're leaders, influencers, innovators and strategists. They're at the top of the IT tree. And for the first time, silicon.com names them -... [14 Jun 2007]
Exclusive: UK's top CIO revealed
News The profiles also unearth some unusual pastimes the top CIOs get up to away from the pressures of the office - ranging from ocean swimming and restoring oil paintings to judging motor racing and flying helicopters. [07 Jun 2007]
£2.4bn battlefield radios slammed by MPs
News The whole programme involves replacing the ageing analogue Clansman radios, used by the armed forces since the 1970s, with a secure digital communications system linked with the CIP computer-based battlefield management system across... [07 Mar 2007]
UK supercomputer gets upgrade
News For example, researchers at the University of Bristol modelled the aerodynamics of helicopter rotor blades using the machine, creating rotor wake simulations essential for both the design of civil and military helicopters. [08 Nov 2006]
Gates wows Vegas with Vista keynote
News The demo included helicopters and flying birds, among other realistic details. After months of touting Vista's geekier side, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates on Wednesday highlighted features designed to convince the... [05 Jan 2006]
Chinese hackers breach US military defences
News Alan Paller, director of the SANS Institute, said: "From the Redstone Arsenal, home to the Army Aviation and Missile Command, the attackers grabbed specs for the aviation mission-planning system for Army helicopters, as... [24 Nov 2005]
Porn spam is dead
News Clearswift's Spam Index noted a rise in healthcare junk email - think weight loss and anti-anxiety tablets - just after Christmas and toys such as remote-controlled helicopters just before the Christmas shopping was due... [26 May 2004]
Top 10 deals of the month - June
News Customer: Westland Helicopters 1. Revealed: Bidders for £5bn NHS IT contract Customer: Department of Health Suppliers: Shortlist - BT, EDS, IBM, Siemens and Sema Value: £5bn Technology: computerise patient records,... [03 Jul 2002]
EDS and IBM lose out to outsourcing minnow
News UK business continuity company Synstar has sealed a £21m contract with Westland Helicopters to run its IT infrastructure and provide backup for its 3,000 users. Synstar beat outsourcing giants EDS and IBM to the contract. [25 Jun 2002]
US government sites sell Amazon down the river
News Other sites, serving the defence sector, provide items such as jet planes and helicopters. The US government sold more over the net last year than Amazon.com. In terms of internet sales, Jeff Bezos' company fell short of... [29 May 2001]
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