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IT skills crisis - is it over for good?
The vast majority of firms are neither struggling to secure the IT skills they need nor investing in training IT staff, finds an annual report into the state of the IT jobs market.
Posted by Nick Heath | July 5, 2012, 9:14 AM PDT
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Bandwidth problems? DIY fibre could dig you out of a hole
Waiting for an incumbent telecoms supplier to install real broadband can be futile. And a spot of DIY is often far easier than you might think.
Posted by Peter Cochrane | July 5, 2012, 8:29 AM PDT
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IT skills crisis? How coding and cool can crack it
Some deny its existence. Others can't agree on its nature. But regardless of your viewpoint on the IT skills crisis, a shake-up of certain attitudes could really make a difference.
Posted by Mark Samuels | July 5, 2012, 2:11 AM PDT | Latest comment by arlkay@...
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The Cern tech that helped track down the God particle
European research lab Cern today announced a landmark discovery for physics. TechRepublic explores the technology used in the hunt for the Higgs Boson particle.
Posted by Nick Heath | July 4, 2012, 6:15 AM PDT | Latest comment by jorwen@...
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How IT workers are losing the battle against nerd stereotypes
The IT industry is still dogged by the cliche of the geeky and socially inept IT worker and it's putting off young people from a career in IT.
Posted by Nick Heath | July 3, 2012, 4:18 AM PDT | Latest comment by wholeness
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Why Microsoft's Kinect and Google's Android are headed to space
A UK space project wants to replace traditional spacecraft computer hardware with smartphones and video games controllers.
Posted by Nick Heath | June 29, 2012, 7:13 AM PDT
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Put down that axe: Why CIOs are chopping good projects for bad reasons
If tech chiefs make knee-jerk reactions to the tough financial climate, it could hurt their organisations in the long run.
Posted by Steve Ranger | June 26, 2012, 5:08 AM PDT | Latest comment by peteystock
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London 2012: Olympic IT systems clear final hurdle
The Olympic IT infrastructure gets ready for operations - but are the rest of us ready for the disruption the games will bring?
Posted by Steve Ranger | June 21, 2012, 3:17 AM PDT | Latest comment by Gisabun
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Outsourced security: Who pays when things go wrong?
Too many businesses see the cost savings and access to expertise offered by outsourcing security but ignore the issue of liability in the event of service failure.
Posted by Stewart James | June 19, 2012, 8:15 AM PDT
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The city that thinks: Will your town need its own operating system?
How sensor technology and cloud computing will change our cities from inert landscapes into intelligent environments that can manage themselves.
Posted by Nick Heath | June 7, 2012, 4:44 AM PDT | Latest comment by JohnGrantNineTiles
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Cloud computing: Four reasons why it isn't taking off in Europe
Cloud computing adoption in Europe will lag behind the US by at least two years, thanks to these four big issues.
Posted by Steve Ranger | June 6, 2012, 6:12 AM PDT | Latest comment by christian.verstraete@...
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Why there's no quick fix to get open source into government
A Whitehall insider explains why take-up of open source has been so slow in government - and how difficult it will be to increase its deployment.
Posted by Nick Heath | May 31, 2012, 5:53 AM PDT | Latest comment by lastchip
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How open source software can head off IT disasters
Government is discovering how open source software provides a free and readily available way of testing whether big ideas will work
Posted by Nick Heath | May 30, 2012, 7:09 AM PDT | Latest comment by russgalleywood
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Artificial Intelligence: What happened to the hunt for thinking machines?
Mankind has long been fascinated by the idea of intelligent machines, but in the information age the sci-fi dream of creating a human-like AI appears increasingly anachronistic.
Posted by Nick Heath | May 25, 2012, 4:48 AM PDT | Latest comment by protothinker
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Wanted: A BBC Micro for the 21st century
Why we need a modern-day successor to the classic eight-bit BBC Micro to inspire the next generation of programmers.
Posted by Steve Ranger | May 24, 2012, 8:14 AM PDT | Latest comment by NZJester
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Cern: Where the Big Bang meets big data
The home of the Large Hadron Collider is to be a testbed for developing big data technologies
Posted by Nick Heath | May 22, 2012, 8:01 AM PDT
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London 2012: Tech systems face their most critical hurdle
The IT system underpinning the London Olympics will undergo a major test next week.
Posted by Steve Ranger | May 17, 2012, 7:30 AM PDT
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Am I a man or a machine? My role in the hunt for AI
How taking part in a Turing Test to find the first thinking computer made Nick Heath realise he is more like a machine than he thought.
Posted by Nick Heath | May 16, 2012, 1:04 PM PDT | Latest comment by turing_allenturing
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D-Day for AI as the Loebner Prize comes to the UK
The Loebner Prize, the annual hunt for a thinking machine takes place in the UK tomorrow.
Posted by Nick Heath | May 14, 2012, 9:20 AM PDT
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Raspberry Pi: Five ways business can use it
The $40 Linux computer is a tempting replacement for expensive, high-end machines in a number of business tasks.
Posted by Nick Heath | May 9, 2012, 6:58 AM PDT | Latest comment by NZJester
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10 coolest uses for the Raspberry Pi
As the $40 Raspberry Pi computer ships we round up the 10 projects to try on your new Pi.
Posted by Nick Heath | April 23, 2012, 4:13 AM PDT | Latest comment by fredden
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Cloud computing: Four reasons why it isn't taking off in Europe
Cloud computing adoption in Europe will lag behind the US by at least two years, thanks to these four big issues.
Posted by Steve Ranger | June 6, 2012, 6:12 AM PDT | Latest comment by christian.verstraete@...
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Put down that axe: Why CIOs are chopping good projects for bad reasons
If tech chiefs make knee-jerk reactions to the tough financial climate, it could hurt their organisations in the long run.
Posted by Steve Ranger | June 26, 2012, 5:08 AM PDT | Latest comment by peteystock
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London 2012: Olympic IT systems clear final hurdle
The Olympic IT infrastructure gets ready for operations - but are the rest of us ready for the disruption the games will bring?
Posted by Steve Ranger | June 21, 2012, 3:17 AM PDT | Latest comment by Gisabun
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Why Microsoft's Kinect and Google's Android are headed to space
A UK space project wants to replace traditional spacecraft computer hardware with smartphones and video games controllers.
Posted by Nick Heath | June 29, 2012, 7:13 AM PDT
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How IT workers are losing the battle against nerd stereotypes
The IT industry is still dogged by the cliche of the geeky and socially inept IT worker and it's putting off young people from a career in IT.
Posted by Nick Heath | July 3, 2012, 4:18 AM PDT | Latest comment by wholeness
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This supercomputer is rethinking the future of software
Supercomputers will soon be one thousand times more powerful than they are today, and the UK has enlisted an IBM Blue Gene/Q to help develop software for the machines.
Posted by Nick Heath | April 18, 2012, 2:50 AM PDT | Latest comment by JohnOfStony
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The city that thinks: Will your town need its own operating system?
How sensor technology and cloud computing will change our cities from inert landscapes into intelligent environments that can manage themselves.
Posted by Nick Heath | June 7, 2012, 4:44 AM PDT | Latest comment by JohnGrantNineTiles
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Outsourced security: Who pays when things go wrong?
Too many businesses see the cost savings and access to expertise offered by outsourcing security but ignore the issue of liability in the event of service failure.
Posted by Stewart James | June 19, 2012, 8:15 AM PDT
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How open source software can head off IT disasters
Government is discovering how open source software provides a free and readily available way of testing whether big ideas will work
Posted by Nick Heath | May 30, 2012, 7:09 AM PDT | Latest comment by russgalleywood
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Artificial Intelligence: What happened to the hunt for thinking machines?
Mankind has long been fascinated by the idea of intelligent machines, but in the information age the sci-fi dream of creating a human-like AI appears increasingly anachronistic.
Posted by Nick Heath | May 25, 2012, 4:48 AM PDT | Latest comment by protothinker
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The $35 Raspberry Pi computer goes on sale
The first 10,000 low-cost Linux boards are expected to sell out almost immediately, with the device to become continously available from about April.
Posted by Nick Heath | February 29, 2012, 12:24 AM PST | Latest comment by NickNielsen
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Raspberry Pi: Five ways business can use it
The $40 Linux computer is a tempting replacement for expensive, high-end machines in a number of business tasks.
Posted by Nick Heath | May 9, 2012, 6:58 AM PDT | Latest comment by NZJester
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Cern: Where the Big Bang meets big data
The home of the Large Hadron Collider is to be a testbed for developing big data technologies
Posted by Nick Heath | May 22, 2012, 8:01 AM PDT
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RepRap: The 3D printer that's heading for your home
Once the preserve of large companies, 3D printing is now heading for the home. The founder of the open source 3D printer project RepRap tells TechRepublic about the coming revolution in home...
Posted by Nick Heath | March 7, 2012, 12:10 PM PST | Latest comment by michaellashinsky@...
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Raspberry Pi: Tell us what you've got planned for yours
We want to know what you are doing with your Raspberry Pi.
Posted by Steve Ranger | April 23, 2012, 8:30 AM PDT | Latest comment by DT2
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London 2012 Olympics: Tech on the starting blocks
The London 2012 Games will see a number of technology firsts, from near-field communications payments to 3D TV.
Posted by Steve Ranger | March 15, 2012, 10:37 AM PDT
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Could Linux still usurp Windows Phone as Nokia's saviour?
Once-dominant Nokia faces an uphill slog to win back ground from the iPhone and Android, yet hope for a change of fortune may lie in an unexpected quarter.
Posted by Richard Hillesley | April 25, 2012, 6:19 AM PDT | Latest comment by cbemerine
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Is the smartphone-tablet-laptop hybrid the future of computing?
Smartphones that can also run as a tablet or even a laptop are appearing on the market. Nick Heath considers their prospects.
Posted by Nick Heath | February 28, 2012, 9:35 AM PST | Latest comment by warboat
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Raspberry Pi: How a $25 computer could spark a computing revolution
Ultra-cheap computers like the Raspberry Pi could usher in a new wave of pervasive computing
Posted by Nick Heath | February 9, 2012, 6:08 AM PST | Latest comment by HAL 9000