Laptops are increasing in popularity and the processor and memory
capacity is aligning closer to the desktop pc. In terms of mobility
and functionality the price of laptops compares favourably with
its desktop counterparts, and with the introduction of public wifi,
the business person on the go gains a lot of advantage in terms
of business productivity over a coffee or two.
| Mixed results for green IT goals |
| A majority of tech workers in the public sector do not know about the emission reduction targets they face, says a survey.
07/03/2009
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| Billions stolen in online robbery |
| Details emerge of why billions in virtual cash disappeared from a virtual bank in Eve Online.
07/03/2009
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| Facebook criticised over privacy |
| The social networking site comes under fire for planned changes to privacy settings.
07/03/2009
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| Regulators eye Google book deal |
| US anti-trust regulators are to examine Google's $125m deal with book publishers to settle copyright issues, reports say.
07/03/2009
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| MySpace 'suicide bully cleared' |
| A woman accused of "cyber-bullying" a 13-year-old girl who later committed suicide sees her conviction provisionally thrown out.
07/03/2009
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| Twitter followers 'can be bought' |
| Twitter users can now buy followers to boost the audience for the messages they send via the micro-blogging service.
07/02/2009
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| Iran 'lifts block on SMS texting' |
| Reports from Iran say SMS text messaging services have been unblocked for the first time since disputed presidential elections.
07/02/2009
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| Innocents accused of net piracy |
| The crackdown on illegal file-sharers is catching innocent people alongside the pirates, according to a report.
07/01/2009
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| Ariane lofts biggest 'space bird' |
| The world's biggest commercial telecommunications satellite - to offer a terrestrial/satellite phone service - is put into orbit.
07/01/2009
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| Hybrid cars to make noise to help blind pedestrians |
| Japan considers adding noise-making devices to quiet hybrid cars to improve safety for blind pedestrians.
07/03/2009
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| Get your up-to-date fix of blog posts about all things digital |
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05/21/2008
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| Art attack |
| Bill Thompson on mixing art and technology
07/03/2009
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| Buy right |
| Brussels aims to help net shoppers
07/03/2009
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| dot.life |
| Will Twitter alienate users if it becomes too corporate?
07/03/2009
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| First byte |
| The Californian origins of home computing
07/01/2009
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| Free future |
| Wired magazine's editor talks open software
07/01/2009
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| Gaga goo goo |
| Video surveillance offers insight into baby babble
07/01/2009
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| Vodafone agrees new Carphone deal |
| Carphone Warehouse is to restart selling Vodafone mobile phone contracts, three years after Vodafone pulled the products.
07/02/2009
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| Traffic rockets to Twitter site |
| The number of people visiting Twitter has soared over the past year, according to an internet monitoring company.
07/02/2009
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| Cash for Pirate Bay file-sharers |
| New owners of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay say users will be paid for sharing files.
07/01/2009
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| Cost of texting abroad falls |
| A cap on the cost of sending a text message while abroad in the European Union comes into force for the first time.
07/01/2009
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| Cyber bullying case sentence due |
| The woman tried in the US's first federal cyber bullying case, which led to a teenager's suicide, faces sentencing.
07/01/2009
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| Workplaces set to get 'smarter' |
| Technology will ensure that the office of the future is full of sensors that help workers be very productive, suggests a report.
07/01/2009
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| Anger over China web controls |
| Chinese netizens denounce new filtering software
06/30/2009
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| China delays internet filter plan |
| China delays a plan requiring new computers to be equipped with internet filtering software.
06/30/2009
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| ID scheme is an 'embarrassment' |
| The government's handling of ID cards is a "national embarrassment", says ex shadow home secretary David Davis.
07/01/2009
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| Engaging with the internet |
| Regular columnist Bill Thompson takes a look at the Digital Britain report
06/16/2009
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| Of pixels and paintbrushes |
| A return to Venice for the Biennale art festival gives Bill Thompson a chance to reflect on digital art.
06/05/2009
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| Can't connect, won't connect. |
| Bill Thompson looks at the perils of wi-fi and babies
05/11/2009
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| How bad is Facebook for you? |
| Bill Thompson on social networking 'scares'
05/05/2009
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| A nation of programmers? |
| Regular columnist Bill Thompson argues that people need to know more about programming and what programmes do
04/21/2009
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| Battle over anti-counterfeit treaty |
| The anger over an 'anti-counterfeiting' treaty
04/22/2009
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| BBC Internet: More BBC HD |
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04/16/2009
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| Press Red: Building plans |
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04/21/2009
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| JournalismLabs: New BBC Weather site |
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04/21/2009
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| Code-cracking and computers |
| Best known for its code-cracking work, Bletchley Park also played a role in the origins of the computer age.
11/06/2008
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| Accelerating the modern age |
| A technology that helps the modern world keep running celebrates its 40th anniversary on 5 August.
08/05/2008
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| One tonne 'Baby' marks its birth |
| The sixtieth anniversary of the birth of the first modern computer - known as Baby - is celebrated.
06/20/2008
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| The history of UK computing |
| The UK's role in the early days of the computer revolution have been overlooked, say conservationists.
07/23/2008
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