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RSS oil in newsCredit crunch turns techies to second jobs
News Discussing how much time he spends doing this extra work, Sachdev explained that while a project may start out requiring a few hours of work per evening, it tends to ramp up towards the end - and can mean burning a lot of midnight oil. [22 Jul 2008]
Roadrunner runs away with supercomputing prize
News Supercomputing, which pits the highest-end machines against challenges such as forecasting the global climate in coming decades or finding oil reservoirs underground, is a fast-changing field. Roadrunner has topped the Top500 supercomputers... [19 Jun 2008]
IBM puts money on solar power
News The move is the latest by large technology companies to enter the burgeoning field of photovoltaic solar products, which turn sunlight into electricity without releasing the pollutants that are emitted from coal, oil and nuclear power generation. [16 Jun 2008]
Mobile broadband ushers in Blue day
News The oil price is affecting everyone now, the weak dollar is affecting everyone now. That perception could soon be about to shift, with the launch last month of a mobile information service from niche player Blue Systems. [03 Jun 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]
Shell accused of keeping staff in dark over job losses
News Shell has been accused of keeping IT staff in the dark over their future following the oil giant's £4bn outsourcing deals. EDS will be the operational integrator for the outsourcing contracts, with approximately 1,500 Shell IT staff and contractors... [03 Apr 2008]
Shell signs $4bn IT outsourcing contract
News The oil multinational expects "significant improvements in efficiency and productivity" and to deliver "important financial benefits to Shell" during the five-year deal. Alan Matula, Shell CIO, said in a statement: "It allows Shell IT to focus on... [31 Mar 2008]
Five weird ways to bridge the digital divide
News Space Data's so-called SkySite Network service has been used by companies in the oil and gas field - and currently its system facilitates low speed, machine-to-machine comms - but it has plans for advanced balloon-bourn wireless services. [06 Mar 2008]
Stories of the month - January 2008
News Staffing issues also dominated one of the biggest stories of the month when plans by oil giant Shell to outsource its IT to AT&T, EDS and T-Systems were leaked, revealing up to 3,200 IT staff globally could be affected. [30 Jan 2008]
Shell's outsourcing plans face legal threat
News Shell is facing the threat of legal action from trade union Amicus over staff redundancy terms, which could hit the oil giant's plans to outsource up to 3,200 tech jobs. The oil multi-national is in the process of finalising contracts with AT&T... [07 Jan 2008]
Shell to outsource 3,200 IT jobs
News The oil multi-national is finalising contracts for AT&T, EDS and T-Systems to run the bulk of its IT infrastructure and cut costs. The oil group has been quoted as saying it plans to make pre-tax cost savings of about $500m per year through... [02 Jan 2008]
Top 10 security stories of the year
News Ant infestations, oil and failed parachute jumps were some of the bizarre fates which befell a range of innocent data storage devices this year, according to Kroll Ontrack's list of the most unusual data recovery jobs it has faced in the last year. [13 Dec 2007]
Top 10 weird data disasters
News Ant infestations, oil and failed parachute jumps are some of the unusual fates which have befallen innocent data storage devices recently, according to data recovery company Kroll Ontrack's list of the most unusual recovery jobs it has faced in... [05 Dec 2007]
Oil company outsources to BT and HP
News Oil services company Aibel has agreed to outsource its global IT infrastructure to the BT HP Alliance in a contract worth more than £30m. Agenda Setters 2007 Find out who made this year's Agenda Setters list of the top technology movers and shakers. [15 Nov 2007]
Desktop PC 'not dead - but changing'
News He pointed to financial services, oil and gas exploration and digital content creation being the most likely markets for blade servers. The traditional desktop PC is not yet doomed - but is going through a transformation, according to HP. [06 Sep 2007]
