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Greek island gets wireless mesh network
News Writing on a 12Net portal website, Negroponte makes it clear mesh systems - powered by the many not the few - are his vision for a wired world: "Large wired and wireless telephone companies will be replaced by micro-operators, millions of which... [24 Jul 2008]
Google Docs: Now more than just spreadsheets
News From Hollywood to Vegas and racetracks to controversial domes.click here to travel the world with Google Earth. Users of Google Docs, the online applications for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations, now have a wide range of templates to... [18 Jul 2008]
Berners-Lee and friends promote web science study
News The study of web science is being promoted by a group of top academics to lay the foundations for the future development of the world wide web. The Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI) is being led by Sir Tim Berners-Lee - widely regarded as one... [14 Jul 2008]
Yahoo! has a reshuffle at the top
News This is a logical next step in light of our success last year in moving to a more centralised approach to developing world-class marketing products. wide strategy regarding use of data and analysis. Yahoo! [27 Jun 2008]
The Bill Gates era ends at Microsoft
News 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. As he rides into the sunset to help make the world a better place through the... [26 Jun 2008]
In his own words: Bill Gates' best quotes
News As the world's most famous tech boss, Bill Gates has been quoted more times than you can shake a stick at - but there have been some particularly insightful, bold and wide of the mark comments that stand out. [26 Jun 2008]
Procter & Gamble in $650m network deal with BT
News Jim Fortner, director of workplace and infrastructure solutions at P&G said in a statement: "We are confident that they can bring world-class innovation to transform our network and our business. The five-year contract will see BT provide and... [10 Jun 2008]
O2 offers business tariffs for 3G iPhone
News The operator said the 3G iPhone, which was announced yesterday by Apple CEO Steve Jobs at the company's World-Wide Developer Conference in San Francisco, will be available on current O2 business tariffs as a monthly bolt on - adding around an... [10 Jun 2008]
Unveiled: The 3G iPhone
News Steve Jobs unveiled the long-awaited 3G iPhone at the company's World-Wide Developer Conference in San Francisco on Monday with prices starting at $199 for the 8GB storage model. This is half the price of the original iPhone (which started out at... [10 Jun 2008]
HP seals $13.9bn deal for EDS
News HP has agreed a $13.9bn deal to create one of the world's largest service providers by buying EDS. The deal will strengthen HP's services business across the gamut of IT and business process outsourcing sectors, serving a wide range of public and... [13 May 2008]
Aviva signs £300m comms deal
News The world's fifth largest insurance group, Aviva has signed a six-year contract with Cable & Wireless Europe, Asia & US worth £300m. The insurance company, which was formed from Norwich Union and GNU (itself the union of Commercial Union and... [13 May 2008]
iPhone vs BlackBerry: What the users love...
News Check out silicon.com's latest mobile photo stories here… Photos: Behind the scenes at Mobile World Congress 2008 Photos: Bling up your BlackBerry Photos: When art meets tech - Nokia phone Morphs into view... [30 Apr 2008]
Berners-Lee bigs up the 'semantic web'
News Sir Tim Berners-Lee, recognised as the founding father of the world wide web, claims the work of companies like Google has made the web a much more powerful tool. Berners-Lee also discussed how the 'semantic web' will form the next stage of the web... [13 Mar 2008]
Five weird ways to bridge the digital divide
News The UN's comms agency, the International Telecommunications Union, is touting the importance of satellite technology in bridging the world's communications divide - as it can offer high-capacity transmission capabilities over wide areas, and... [06 Mar 2008]
Satellite comms to bridge digital divide?
News Dr Hamadoun Touré, the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) secretary-general, said satellite comms technology can play a vital role in connecting remote and isolated communities around the world. [28 Feb 2008]
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