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RSS high tech in newsHigh fashion gets high tech with SaaS embrace
News Despite SaaS enthusiasm among fashion retailers, anxieties remain about the tech. Fashion retailers meanwhile are keen to splash the cash on tech. For the fashion industry, cost reduction is the main... [14 Nov 2008]
High tech driving test, the perfect CV and 4bn mobiles
News In October silicon.com braved the elements for charity, offered tips on how to write the perfect CV and had its driving skills put to the test - and you can watch it all in our exclusive videos. Videos of the month - October 2008 [13 Nov 2008]
Prisons hanging on the mobile phone jamming tech
News The failure to deploy tech which can find and block the phones - often used to arrange drug deliveries and other crimes - is fuelling the narcotics problem inside Wandsworth Prison, according to a report by the prison's... [12 Nov 2008]
Betfair spins into financial trading
News The exchange was inspired by Betfair's Flywheel betting engine tech but takes it to the next level, according to Phillips, and is able to support 100,000 customers concurrently. The website currently only offers... [10 Nov 2008]
UK Plc feels abandoned to cyber crime onslaught
News Ollie Ross, director of research at Tif, said that the figures compare unfavourably with the £25m of funding used to start up the National High-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) - the forerunner to PCeU that was... [03 Nov 2008]
IBM chip guru agrees to join Apple
News Papermaster, with a unique set of skills in the tech industry, might be just that guy. Apple's Xserve servers haven't exactly been a high priority over the last couple of years, as Apple has switched the... [31 Oct 2008]
Who will win the LTE vs WiMax grudge match?
News The future of 4G is a tale of two technologies: LTE and mobile WiMax - but which tech is likely to win? It also reckons HSPA (high speed packet access) - aka 3.5G - could delay LTE rollouts and may... [23 Oct 2008]
Has tech got the power to punch through the crunch?
News With Wall Street teetering and venture capital investment in high tech at its lowest point in more than a decade, few in the technology industry doubt there are scary days ahead. Most big... [21 Oct 2008]
Steve Jobs: No Apple netbook, no touchscreen laptop
News Apple is in the middle stages of building a video download business and it's clear the company wants its customers to use iTunes to watch high-definition videos, not revert to packaged media, where it can't get a slice... [15 Oct 2008]
Top 10 strategic techs for 2009
News BI was the top tech in Gartner's 2008 CIO survey and the analyst continues to back its potential for boosting and transforming business performance. Heterogeneous server systems are an emerging trend in... [15 Oct 2008]
'BlackBerry Storm was Vodafone's idea': RIM co-CEO
News Speaking to silicon.com back in May, Lazaridis was apparently dismissive of the tech, saying: "We have to be realistic about the history of this technology. It's this "compromise" the touchscreen tech in... [08 Oct 2008]
Associated Newspapers' CIO quits
News His departure is the latest in a line of high profile CIO departures and moves this year and the recent annual CIO survey by recruiter Harvey Nash found almost three-quarters of UK IT chiefs are looking for fresh... [08 Oct 2008]
Cern IT gets new home as servers suck grid dry
News Check out the Editor's Blog for the silicon.com chief's take on the hot tech issues of the moment. The solution is to move it to the French side where the advantage would be it is closer to the power station with a... [06 Oct 2008]
Can £7m dent £105bn cyber crime menace?
News The unit will also train officers in local forces in dealing with high-tech crimes and co-ordinate "initiatives to crack down on online offences".silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a... [01 Oct 2008]
Asus Eee PC to get HSDPA next month
News Wi-fi lovers should not despair however as the 3.75G 901 will still offer 802.11b/g - or even 802.11n, depending on the operator - as an alternative connectivity tech. But Asus said it plans to add HSDPA connectivity to... [26 Sep 2008]
