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RSS think tankThink Tank Prototypes Ambient Intelligence on HP Technology
White Paper Ambient Intelligence as a computing and sensory model in which a given environment is saturated with simple devices autonomously carrying out simple tasks - like ants. Together, such devices create a non-centralized, non-hierarchical... [30 May 2009]
Recipe for Success With Enterprise Virtual Worlds
White Paper The Masie Center, a think-tank focused on enterprise learning and knowledge, and Forterra Systems agreed in the spring of 2008 to provide a "3D Sandbox" for members of The Masie Center's Learning... [27 May 2009]
Multimillion pound boost for privacy watchdog
News Thomas said the EU data protection directive had its roots in law 50 years old and that the Rand Europe think tank were making good progress on their review of the directive commissioned by the ICO this... [29 Oct 2008]
NHS failing to give patients the tech they want
News That's the verdict of the independent health think tank, The King's Fund, which says the NHS could do more to help members of the public access the care they require. The NHS is lagging behind other... [24 Oct 2008]
Round three for BT's Phorm trials
News One opponent of the trial, the think tank Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), still has legal concerns about the upcoming Phorm test. Phorm's technology, which BT will use under the brand... [29 Sep 2008]
IBM Think Tank: Insights for Your Business
White Paper Think Tank has been designed specifically for businesses like yours. We aim to give you simple, clear advice and information that gets to the point fast. Our insights could make a real difference to the... [02 Jul 2008]
Credit crunch boosts outsourcing
News Fiona Czerniawska, author of the report and director of the MCA's Think Tank research unit, said in a statement: "While innovation and creativity is exciting, the credit crunch has also created something... [18 Jun 2008]
UK blueprint on how tech can beat climate change
News The announcement comes as a study by the centre-right think tank, Policy Exchange, said the government had missed 60 per cent of its green targets set since 1997, including providing five per cent of... [08 May 2008]
Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Learning
White Paper In fact, Elliott Masie, president of the Masie Center, a New York-based training think tank, estimated that 92 percent of large organizations will use some form of online learning this year. Never before... [10 Apr 2008]
Google CIO to join digital music realm
News Before working at Google, Merrill held information technology, engineering and security positions at Charles Schwab, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Rand - a not-for-profit think tank. Google CIO Douglas... [03 Apr 2008]
Top 10 software stories of the year
News Following a European think tank's recommendation that PCs should be sold without a pre-installed OS, silicon.com readers made their point on so-called 'naked PCs'. As well as Apple and Microsoft, other... [14 Dec 2007]
Debate ID cards 'or scrap them'
News There needs to be serious debate about the government's controversial identity card scheme - or it should be scrapped, according to an influential think tank. A report from Demos said meaningful... [07 Dec 2007]
MiFID: Banks not ready as deadline looms
News According to research by the independent think tank JWG-IT, 64 per cent of companies surveyed will have a problem conforming with Article 51 of MiFID. A significant proportion of financial organisations... [17 Oct 2007]
Steve Jobs
AS Profile Jobs may well have been a fixture in the Agenda Setters for a number of years - he was at number 5 last year - but his skill in driving the resurgent Apple shows there's still plenty in the tank. As one member of the... [12 Oct 2007]
Naked PCs: The naked truth
News A European think tank's recent recommendation that computers should be sold without an OS - so called 'naked PCs' - in order to tackle Microsoft's dominant position and foster competition in the OS... [02 Oct 2007]
