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How tech is helping gamblers get that casino feeling
News The tool, called Shoutbox, also allows users to comment on their bets and challenge friends on their buddy lists to bets via Facebook and Twitter.bwin.com is used by more than 20 million users globally Screenshot: Tim... [23 Oct 2009]
Keeping IT green in tough times
News It's never been easy being green, especially when it comes to electricity-hungry IT infrastructure. And in the midst of a recession, with cost cutting a priority, it's easy to let slide worthy targets such as becoming carbon neutral -... [22 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Windows 7
Cheat Sheet Ah, Windows 7. I remember that - didn't it come after Windows 6? There was never a Windows 6, you fool. Windows 7 is the follow-up to Microsoft's current desktop operating system, Windows Vista and it's released this week. [20 Oct 2009]
Photos: Sony unleashes latest Vaios - from mini laptops to touchscreens
Photo Last week saw Sony unveil its new range of Vaio PCs - launched to coincide with the release of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system on 22 October. The X Series mini-laptop, shown here, is one of the lightest in the world, according to... [14 Oct 2009]
Google unleashes biggest ever Apps rollout for 35,000 users
News Business support services company Rentokil Initial has signed up for the biggest enterprise deployment of Google Apps to date. The implementation of Google Apps Premier Edition will eventually cover 35,000 of the company's users across... [12 Oct 2009]
How a tech 'watch list' can save CIOs from being caught out
News Companies should create their own "technology watch lists" so they know when cutting-edge technology is ready for widespread adoption - and also to keep the CIO from being ambushed by other execs. Research company Forrester said... [12 Oct 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.10.09
Round-Up I've just been speaking to Tim, he's madly in love. How often have you had the following conversations with your significant other? Really? I didn't hear the phone ring. No, it was through instant messenger. [09 Oct 2009]
BBC names new CIO as part of tech shake-up
News The BBC has appointed a new CIO as part of a restructuring of its broadcast and enterprise technology area within the Future Media & Technology division. From 12 October, Tiffany Hall will be responsible for strategic planning of the... [09 Oct 2009]
BAA preparing for Windows 7 take off
News Airport operator BAA is hoping the roll out of Windows 7 will help simplify its IT infrastructure and contribute to a cost-cutting initiative across the company. Speaking at a Microsoft customer event in London this week, BAA CIO Philip... [09 Oct 2009]
Windows 8: The 'dying gasps' of the desktop OS or the next big thing?
News Just as the marketing hype around Windows 7 heads toward its peak, a few details are starting to surface about its likely successor. You may groan but work on Windows 8, as Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has referred to it, is already... [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. Speaking in London yesterday, Ballmer said the software giant's licence terms could be made clearer: "I'm sure we have fine print we... [06 Oct 2009]
Tim Berners-Lee
AS Profile While last year's Agenda Setters' winner might have slipped to number eight this year, if anything he is playing an even greater role in the world of technology in 2009. The inventor of the world wide web (way back in 1989) was enlisted... [30 Sep 2009]
Photos: Computer history goes under the hammer
Photo This is the Lyons Electronic Office - LEOII/3 electronic programmable storage computer which was first demonstrated in 1958. Just 13 of the Leo II devices were built and it was one of the first commercially sold computers, used by the... [29 Sep 2009]
Businesses fail to appreciate the value of IT
News More than half of tech professionals feel their IT systems, processes and services are failing to provide the value expected to their business. In a survey of 1,500 IT professionals, two-thirds of respondents (64 per cent) said the main... [25 Sep 2009]
ERP delays give CFOs a headache
News Cost over-runs on the largest ERP implementation projects can reach tens of thousands of pounds per month - so what are the classic stumbling blocks that delay the roll out of these gigantic projects. [25 Sep 2009]
