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A light bulb moment
Do we have the American Thomas Edison to thank for inventing the light bulb, or British inventor Frederick DeMoleyns, who patented a similar bulb 40 years earlier? To be fair, while many before him had developed incandescent bulbs, it was Edison
N is for nanotechnology
In 1965, Intel co-founder Gordon E. Moore described a trend that would become known as Moore’s Law: that the number of transistors that you can squeeze onto a computer chip would continue to double around every two years. His prediction has proved
IT is starting to eat itself
News that IT redundancies will, after all, be part of a planned job cull at recovering financial services giant RBS is troubling in a number of ways. We say ‘after all’ as essentially the £32bn group is backtracking on earlier commitments: the 500
Big win for open source BI firm Pentaho
Swissport, one of the largest infrastructure companies which serves 600 airlines at over 170 airports worldwide, announced it has signed a deal with open source business intelligence player Pentaho.The firm said Pentaho will be its standard
Real-time tech set for 2010 awakening
Today’s announcement that Twitter has seen a 9% boost in traffic since its updates were included in Google’s search results has reaffirmed the importance of real-time technology.The search giant has also announced that MySpace updates will also be
In pictures: Toshiba’s new business laptop range
Toshiba has revamped its range of business laptops with the release of the Satellite Pro S500, the Portégé M780 and the Tecra A11, S11 and M11.The Satellite Pro S500 is designed for everyday computing use, Toshiba says. It’s aimed at home offices,
Morning roundup: pick of the comment
Our pick of the morning reading1. Wikipedia wins the Google lottery – but why? (The Guardian)The Wikimedia Foundation – the organisation that runs Wikipedia- scored its own unexpected windfall yesterday, when it officially announced that Google was
iPad therefore iAm?
One of the worst-kept secrets in technology is finally out. Apple is releasing a tablet PC, called the iPad. The 9.7-inch touchscreen device is being pitched as an alternative to netbook computers, something Steve Jobs called “slow, clunky, just a
Morning roundup: pick of the comment
Our pick of the morning reading1. Google goes on PR offensive over Buzz flaws (The Guardian)Google is apologising after criticism that Buzz invades user privacy – but there are some important lessons to learn, says Bobbie Johnson.2. Skype and
Morning roundup: pick of the comment
Our pick of the morning reading1. Google v Facebook. This time it’s personal (The Times)Mobile internet is the key to the future. It can tell advertisers where you are, who you’re with and what you’re thinking, says David Rowan.2. Google Buzz