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Dell sees the future - and it's mini!

News Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? Photos: Apple flying high at Macworld In a sign that the convergence trend is even reaching technology's stalwarts, Dell has hinted its customers could force it to release a laptop with an...

Tags: dell, mobile, smart phone, screen

[08 Feb 2008]

Computer says 'No' - lie detectors trap benefit cheats

News Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? Photos: Apple flying high at Macworld Computer voice analysis is being used to root out benefit cheats - helping to save a council more than £300,000.

Tags: benefits, scam, local government, council

[18 Feb 2008]

Microsoft bids $44.6bn for Yahoo!

News Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? Photos: Apple flying high at Macworld Microsoft has tabled a $44.6bn bid for web giant Yahoo! The bid values Yahoo! at $31 per share, 62 per cent more than the latest common stock value of the...

Tags: advertising, microsoft, online, bid

[01 Feb 2008]

Confusion over Office streaming service

News Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? Photos: Apple flying high at Macworld Microsoft has said that the internet service provider Fasthosts, which has started offering a subscription-based version of Microsoft Office 2007, is...

Tags: office, fasthosts, microsoft, installation

[11 Feb 2008]

Self-assessment tax site crashes out on deadline day

News Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? Photos: Apple flying high at Macworld Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has been forced to extend the deadline for filing self-assessment tax returns online after the website crashed due...

Tags: hmrc, deadline, government gateway, tax

[31 Jan 2008]

Praise for Microsoft from open source Linux leader

News Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? Photos: Apple flying high at Macworld Linus Torvalds, leader of the Linux kernel project that's among the best-known open source threats to Windows, has words of praise for Microsoft's...

Tags: microsoft, torvalds, linux, open source

[26 Feb 2008]

Google mobile mission: Not lifting off as expected?

News Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? Photos: Apple flying high at Macworld Google sees mobile as its future but the company's success in the mobile realm may not be a given. With half the world's population soon owning a mobile...

Tags: google, mobile, search, android

[11 Feb 2008]

silicon.com Classics: 'Nigerian' money scam - What happens when you reply?

News Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? Photos: Apple flying high at Macworld In the first of a new weekly series looking back at the classic silicon.com stories of the last decade we revisit an encounter with a gentleman calling...

Tags: scam, 419, nigerian, emails

[04 Feb 2008]

Top of the class for online ads? Search and social networks

News Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? For online advertising, the word is portals are out but search, entertainment and social network sites are in. Photo stories Check out silicon.com's latest photo stories here…

Tags: ads, search, social networking, microsoft

[25 Feb 2008]

Microsoft to embrace open-source and says won't sue

News Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? Microsoft has announced changes in its business practices to work better with software from other providers, including open-source communities. Photo stories

Tags: microsoft, sue, open source, licence

[22 Feb 2008]

Specsavers eyes up savings with Vanco deal

News Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? High street optician Specsavers has signed a £4.5m deal with network operator Vanco for the management of its global wide area network (WAN). Photo stories

Tags: network, deal, dsl, vanco

[19 Feb 2008]

IBM to use DNA to shrink chip size

News Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? Scientists at IBM are conducting research into arranging carbon nanotubes - strands of carbon atoms that can conduct electricity - into arrays with DNA molecules.

Tags: ibm, chip, dna, grid

[21 Feb 2008]

EC monopoly warning after record Microsoft fine

EC monopoly warning after record Microsoft fine

News Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? Competition commissioner for the EC, Neelie Kroes, has issued a stern warning to any company planning to blow off the regulatory agency and European antitrust laws.

Tags: microsoft, antitrust, ec, compliance

[28 Feb 2008]

Skin-detecting CCTV keeps an eye on motorists

News Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? A company that has developed a CCTV system which counts people in cars by detecting human skin claims the London Congestion Charge could benefit from the technology.

Tags: congestion, cars, cctv, schemes

[26 Feb 2008]

Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 gets cautious welcome

Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 gets cautious welcome

News Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? Microsoft's newly-launched Windows Server 2008 has been given a cautious welcome by customers. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer launched Windows Server 2008 this week, calling it the most...

Tags: microsoft, cio jury, windows server 2008, cio

[28 Feb 2008]

Steve Ballmer: Yahoo! bid still 'makes sense'

News Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? Microsoft still considers its takeover offer for Yahoo! currently valued at about $40.9bn, to be reasonable despite Yahoo! s rejection of the bid, Microsoft's chief executive Steve Ballmer said.

Tags: steve ballmer, yahoo, bid, microsoft

[04 Mar 2008]

Open source gains business credibility

Open source gains business credibility

News Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? The use of open source is on the rise in the corporate IT environment as organisations look to cut the cost of developing and using software. Three-quarters of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury...

Tags: cio jury, microsoft, linux, open source

[22 Feb 2008]

Mobiles on the moon? Nasa prepares trial for takeoff

News Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool? Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… A is for Antivirus B is for Bluetooth C is for The Cloud D is for dotMobi E is for Email

Tags: moon, space, nasa, message

[19 Feb 2008]

ZX Spectrum crowned king of computer classics

News The Sinclair ZX Spectrum has been crowned the most popular first home computer, beating off competition from other classics such as the Amiga and BBC Micro. Another classic, the IBM PC got 10 per cent of the vote, and was joined by the Amstrad CPC...

Tags: commodore, spectrum, bbc, sinclair

[18 Apr 2008]

Editor's Blog: Home computing from Acorn, Amiga and Amstrad, to the ZX Spectrum

Comment While many approved of the ZX Spectrum being crowned king - including one reader who keeps his machine in a display case - we also received comments from antique computer fans up in arms that their beloved hardware of yesteryear wasn't included in...

Tags: sinclair, commodore, spectrum

[22 Apr 2008]

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