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Photos: The evolution of the PC
Photo The Dragon 32 computer was launched in 1982 by Welsh manufacturer Dragon Data. It may only be 44-years old but with its myriad switches and a chassis the size of a cupboard, the PDP-8 seems light years away from the... [07 May 2009]
Emergency mobile roaming coming to UK?
News Telecoms regulator Ofcom is mulling over the idea of introducing an emergency mobile roaming service in the UK. At present, mobile calls to 999 or 112 can only be connected if the caller's network is available in the area - which is a... [19 Mar 2009]
Building society Principality overhauls IT
News Welsh building society Principality has used a major telecoms systems upgrade to better cope with an influx of new savers. The building society completed a migration of its voice services, from a basket of contracts with... [10 Feb 2009]
Images: Putting next-gen Broadband Britain on the map
Photo Wales: The Welsh valleys are benefiting from BT's fibre to the cabinet pilots with its customers in Whitchurch, South Glamorgan set to get speeds of up to 40Mbps starting from this summer. Meanwhile, up in North Wales, a... [27 Jan 2009]
Photos: Future safety tech on display
Photo Pulse was on show this week at EADS' Innovation Works at Newport in South Wales, which was formally opened by Welsh Assembly First Minister Rhodri Morgan yesterday.silicon.com went along for a look. This unmanned aerial... [15 Jan 2009]
Is that a police station in your pocket?
News But Earland said the ongoing Information Systems Improvement Strategy - the project to trim and standardise the roughly 2,000 disparate back office systems used by the English and Welsh forces to improve information... [16 Dec 2008]
North Wales fires up high speed fibre network
News A total of £30m of investment has been put up by the Welsh Assembly Government, European Regional Development Funds and fibre network company Geo Networks. The Assembly Government predicts the investment will add £29m... [27 Nov 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 21.11.08
Round-Up A user with a Welsh accent using voice search for 'iPhone' returned searches for 'gorillas' and 'kitchen sink', according to the Daily Telegraph, while someone in Kent worryingly got back 'my sister'. [21 Nov 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.11.08
Round-Up Residential site only' in both Welsh and English took on an altogether different meaning after a council worker sent the English text to a translator who happened to be out of the office at the time. The message looked... [07 Nov 2008]
Howard Stringer
AS Profile Welsh-born Stringer, the first foreign leader of a Japanese electronics company, is just the sort Sony needs to regroup and prove it's still a force to be reckoned with. It's not been a smooth ride for Howard Stringer... [07 Oct 2008]
Wales steers clear of Vista
News The Welsh Assembly will not upgrade its computers to Windows Vista for at least three years. The Welsh governing body is three-quarters of the way through an upgrade to Windows XP that will be completed... [01 Oct 2008]
Prisoners' phone bills too high says watchdog
News The regulator's decision on prison pricing follows a 'super-complaint' earlier this year about pricing from the National Consumer Council, Scottish Consumer Council and Welsh Consumer Council with the support of the... [23 Sep 2008]
Intel gives vPro 'one button techies' makeover
News Companies already signed up to vPro include the likes of AstraZeneca, BT, and Welsh Water. Intel has released round three of vPro, its desktop management platform, sporting new features aimed at IT teams looking after a... [22 Sep 2008]
Welsh Assembly signs e-procurement contract
News The Welsh Assembly has signed a contract for a procurement tendering web portal that is expected to help it save £200m over five years. In a statement, Welsh Assembly minister for finance and public... [06 Aug 2008]
E-crime unit on track, says police chief
News Overseeing the Welsh national response will be a new e-crime sergeant and four dedicated officers, who will work with business and high tech crime units in local forces. Plans for a national UK cyber crime policing unit... [13 Jun 2008]
