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Photo Moss and Roy are the two stereotypical socially inept geeks in The IT Crowd who have been respectively banished to the basement for their lack of social skills and abrasive manner. After exaggerating her IT skills on her CV, Jen joins The IT Crowd... [12 Oct 2007]
Photos: Egypt follows Bangalore's offshore lead
Photo With the average Egyptian earning just over £1.50 per day it is no surprise that the country's 250,000 graduates are jumping at the chance of working in call centres where salaries for those with foreign language skills are around £200 to £250 per... [10 Feb 2006]
Photos: Schoolkids develop games to aid learning
Photo Scientists are developing software which allows school children to build their own computer games - in a bid to improve their creative and IT skills. The 'Adventure Author' software, currently being developed at the Heriot-Watt University in... [23 Jan 2007]
Photos: 'Top Gun course' for submarine hunters
Photo The Advanced Acoustic Analysis Course (AAAC) - commonly referred to as the "A" course - takes experienced sonar operators and aims to buff up their skills to enable them to make quick decisions when detecting and classifying underwater threats. [22 Aug 2007]
Photos: Art work by students at Chelsea Children's Hospital School
Photo The school ensures that children keep up with the National Curriculum and part of that means polishing their IT skills. The students at Chelsea Children's Hospital School (CCHS) are sometimes forced to stay away from home for months on end. [15 Dec 2005]
Photos: UK tech leaders gather for the CIO Forum
Photo As part of the event, delegates were invited to take part in an interactive poll on questions concerning IT skills, recruitment and staff retention. Here's Tony Hallett, editor and site director of silicon.com, as he welcomes delegates to the... [16 Oct 2007]
Photos: The new-look $100 laptop
Photo It's only through access to education that young people will be able to develop the skills necessary to compete globally and to develop the solutions required to break the cycles of poverty, disease and malnutrition. [21 May 2008]
Photos: Prisoners get tech training
Photo Xerox will train prison supervisors on the equipment, who will in turn train prisoners, and will offer certification to prisoners who have attained the necessary skills. This is a sample of the types of brochures and pamphlets produced at the new... [09 Mar 2006]
Bill Gates, iPhone 2.0, mini laptops and much more...
Photo Here he demonstrates his weightlifting skills with Hollywood actor Matthew McConaughey in a video shown at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. This month silicon.com looked at tech being used at the summer music festivals, the best mini... [30 Jun 2008]
Photos: Babbage's Difference masterpiece in action
Photo Charles Babbage was widely considered to be lacking managerial skills to get his machine built. Charles Babbage's Difference Engine number 2 is making its US debut at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. [12 May 2008]
Photos: High-tech Bangalore
Photo Some of the technical skills taught are seen here in these 'talent transformation' books. This is the home of one of India's biggest IT companies, Wipro, at the Electronics City high-tech business park in Bangalore, India.silicon.com visited... [02 Apr 2008]
Photos of the month - January 2007
Photo Encouraging schoolchildren to use computer games may sound like a no-brainer but scientists are developing software that allows kids to build their own games - in a bid to improve their creative and IT skills. [31 Jan 2007]
Photos of the month - October 2007
Photo Monday 15 October was the date for the fourth annual silicon.com CIO Forum - which brought together the cream of the UK's IT bosses for a conference on the theme of tech skills. The software behemoth was showing off a table-like device that uses a... [31 Oct 2007]
Photos: Top 10 mobile design classics
Photo As well as showcasing his acting and martial arts skills in the sci-fi blockbuster, Reeves introduced the world to the Nokia 8110 'banana phone', which allowed him to jump between worlds as well as providing voice calls and text messaging. [27 Nov 2006]
Photos: Outsourcing to Russia
Photo Red Square, the colourful St Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin may be the traditional image of Russia but the country is also investing in a series of technology parks - such as one at Dubna, 120km outside Moscow - as it bids for a slice of the... [15 Feb 2007]
