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RSS steveWhy the UK will never create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle
News Steve Gediking, head of IT & facilities, Independent Police Complaints Commission That's the sobering conclusion of the silicon.com CIO Jury which voted 10 to two against, when asked whether the UK could create a global... [03 Nov 2009]
Photos: The Apple mouse through the ages
Photo The mouse paradigm was one of the key human-computer interface elements pillaged by Steve Jobs and Co from Xerox Parc. Ever a stickler for detail, Steve Jobs reportedly insisted the Mac mouse eschew the... [03 Nov 2009]
Why CIOs are saying yes to open source software
News Steve Clarke, systems and operations director at The TalkTalk Group, was similarly positive about the savings open source can bring: "Whilst we already have an extensive use of open source software within the business,... [28 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Augmented reality
Cheat Sheet Is this another name for Apple CEO Steve Jobs' infamous reality distortion field? Augmented reality? Nice try but no. Augmented reality (AR) means overlaying computerised elements, such as graphics or text, on top of a... [27 Oct 2009]
Open source? No good for cost cutting, say CIOs
News Steve Gediking, head of IT and facilities, Independent Police Complaints Commission Despite tough economic conditions, CIOs have not turned to open source software as a way of making their IT budgets go further,... [23 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Windows 7
Cheat Sheet It looks like the software behemoth is already putting Vista behind it: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has even stated that he doesn't mind if businesses skip the OS as long as they come back for Windows 7. [20 Oct 2009]
Windows 7 to trump Snow Leopard?
Comment With Apple carving its own destiny, Vista was manna from heaven to Steve Jobs and the rest of the Apple team. Steve Jobs himself once said that great artists steal. Apple reported record fourth quarter... [20 Oct 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.10.09
Round-Up Good news for Mac fans - and on top of that Steve Jobs has also been voted the most influential individual in the global technology industry. Congratulations Steve! What if Steve came to... [09 Oct 2009]
Windows 8: The 'dying gasps' of the desktop OS or the next big thing?
News You may groan but work on Windows 8, as Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has referred to it, is already underway. Just as the marketing hype around Windows 7 heads toward its peak, a few details are starting to surface about... [08 Oct 2009]
Steve Jobs
AS Profile Steve Jobs becomes the only person, in the 10-year history of Agenda Setters, to have made it to the top of the list - twice. He's also made the list in eight of the nine previous years, and has made the top 10... [08 Oct 2009]
Steve Ballmer on Microsoft software 'gotchas'
News Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has admitted the company could do more to simplify its software licensing. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaking at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in July this year [06 Oct 2009]
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Windows 7, Apple and those tablet rumours
News Ahead of a visit to the UK, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sat down with silicon.com's sister site CNET News.com to share his thoughts on Windows 7, competition with Google - and the rumoured Microsoft tablet, thought to be... [05 Oct 2009]
Netbooks, Apple goodies, vintage kit and a futuristic datacentre
Photo The tech press were excited to see the return of Apple CEO Steve Jobs at the company's annual launch event in September. Bonhams previewed some vintage tech last month as the London auctioneer prepared to put a selection... [02 Oct 2009]
Minority Report: Is Microsoft competing with imaginary Apple tablets?
Comment The most compelling reason I've found for Apple to launch a product with a similar form factor is based on something Steve Jobs said at the launch of the iPod in 2001. Or, Seb Janacek says, is Microsoft fighting an... [01 Oct 2009]
Evan Williams
AS Profile It's not the first time Twitter has featured in the silicon.com Agenda Setters list, its rise since last year is marked: then the three co-creators (Williams, Jack Dorsey and Biz Stone) were collectively ranked 22nd, a full 20 places... [29 Sep 2009]
