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Photos: When hackers get together to do the world a favour
The Hacker Dojo in Mountain View, California, is a community of hackers who have come together to work on projects, collaborate, and share expertise in technology and entrepreneurship.The Dojo, which...
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The Weekly Round-Up: 27.11.09
We've all made embarrassing mobile phone blunders as part of our busy modern lives.We've all done something with a mobile that has led to fingers pointed in mirth and mockery: a few years ago the...
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Peter Cochrane's Blog: Can I become faster and smarter?
Compiled on the M6 driving to Liverpool and dispatched to silicon.com a couple of weeks later via a free wi-fi connection in my hotel.I just cannot work any faster or smarter - I seem to have exhausted...
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Recession fuels fears of UK jobs being sent offshore
With recession leading businesses to cut IT costs as much as they can, tech workers are increasingly feeling the impact of offshoring, results from the exclusive 2009 silicon.com Skills Survey...
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Your top HR tech priorities for next year revealed
Working out your budgets and trying to figure out the tech priorities for your HR department in 2010? Nick Heath has a few suggestions for HR directors as to where to invest that cash on technology to...
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Mini laptops, codebreaking, Wikipedia and why there's no 'British Google'
November's top stories on silicon.com tackled some big questions: does my business need an office? Can I work solely on a netbook? Will the UK ever create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle of its very...
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Leaked report reveals billions in budget cuts for public sector IT
Shared services delivered through the cloud will help the public sector shave billions from its annual IT spend, according to a leaked Whitehall report.The leaked draft document, Government ICT...
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Anti-ageism legislation isn't working, say IT pros
Anti-ageism legislation isn't working and the IT industry continues to discriminate against older techies. That's the verdict of the exclusive 2009 silicon.com Skills Survey.The majority (51 per cent)...
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Outsourcing: UK carbon control plan needs a rethink
Encouraging businesses to go green is good but the government must better incorporate outsourcing in its carbon control scheme, says the NOA's Mark Kobayashi-HillaryMuch is being said about the UK...
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2010: The year your desktop goes virtual?
Server virtualisation is rapidly becoming an accepted part of the corporate IT infrastructure - and now industry experts are predicting that it won't be long until corporate desktops follow...
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Android phones, Firefox history, Google Wave and datacentres galore
This month saw California's Hacker Dojo host the Random Hacks of Kindness event, which brought independent coders together with developers from Google, Microsoft, Nasa, Yahoo! and other organisations...
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ID cards: Seven years of missed deadlines and U-turns
Picture the scene: the year is 2016 and ID cards have been embraced by the British public, with most UK citizens now carrying their very own card.This increasingly unlikely scenario is how the...
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SAP delays support price hike for customers
SAP has delayed price rises for its customers following a slip in the timing of a user benchmarking scheme.Earlier this year SAP users ordered the software company to meet a new set of key performance...
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Shared services - how to get it right in your business
With so many businesses looking to cut costs, shared services have become a popular option. Stuart Roberts offers advice on making them deliver.I think everyone agrees that since mid-2008 the economic...
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Facebook, Google, eBay urge Mandelson to abandon copyright plan
Web heavyweights have hit out against the Digital Economy Bill, claiming clauses in the legislation could put the UK's digital future at risk.In an open letter to the Secretary of State for Business,...
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IT gender pay gap getting worse
The IT gender pay gap is getting worse, according to results from the 2009 silicon.com Skills Survey.More than a third (35 per cent) of female IT workers responding to this year's survey said they were...
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Green light for UK IT skills school to arrive next year
The opening of a National Skills Academy for IT in the UK has moved a step closer, after the government announced it has approved the business plan submitted by sector skills body e-skills UK.In...
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Photos: The top Christmas apps for the Apple iPhone
Feeling festive? Then you need silicon.com's seasonal guide to the best Christmas apps for Apple's iPhone.First up is the Solar System app, a cosmic take on the advent calendar that lets you journey to...
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Weekend Gadget Watch: Nokia N900
Considering hitting the shops at the weekend? Looking for inspiration? Check out the latest in our series of gadget mini-reviews, courtesy of silicon.com's sister site CNET.co.uk, the home of...
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Photos: 48 core chip that will help make machines as smart as humans
Intel debuted and demonstrated its Single-chip Cloud Computer (SCC) processor on Wednesday.The processor has 48 cores - 24 dualcore "tiles" - connected with a high-speed mesh network. Intel wants the...
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