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Google Health Is Dead: Long Live The Calico Anti-Aging Venture!
After the failure of Google Health, the choice of Art Levinson to run Google's Calico is a good one, says Brian T horowitz
Users Must Take Charge Of Security In A Post-PRISM World
Sean Michael Kerner welcomes the User Data Manifesto, which says we should have control of of our own information
Tech City Is Not Enough: UK Firms Need Government Help to IPO
John Newton of Alfresco asks why are there so few British tech IPOs?
IT Life: Taking Customers To The Clouds
Ian Finlay may have made the first international WAN. At Abiquo he just wants to meet customer needs without undue complexity
When Britain’s Green SMEs Go To China, Knowledge Goes Both Ways
When British cleantech companies visit the socialist state, Max Smolaks asks if they go to learn or to teach?
Linus Torvalds Jokes The NSA Wanted A Backdoor In Linux
Torvalds' LinuxCon keynote covered a lot more than the NSA backdoor joke, says Sean Michael Kerner
Why PC Power Management Is Looking Dimmer
Peter Judge used to think PC power management was the coolest thing in Green IT. Now he isn't so sure
Linux Is the Future… For Learning And Gaming?
Thanks to the Raspberry Pi and gamers, Linux is all set to come out on top, says Sean Michael Kerner
IT Life: Tech To Help SMEs Enter The Big Leagues
Hibu's Matt Anderson wants to even things so small businesses can take on the giants
Apple’s New iPhones Are Stuck In The Past
Apple won't win new users with iPhones that don't innovate, says Wayne Rash
Hey Apple! Fingerprints Are For Ease Of Use, Not Security
The iPhone 5S's fingerprint recognition is for ease-of use, says Sean Michael Kerner. For security, have a look at iCloud Keychain
Photonics: A Quantum Leap For Data Centres
Silicon photonics has enabled a public-access quantum computer, says Peter Judge,. It will also reshape the data centre
iPhone Rivals Bring Out The Best In Apple
Apple's twin-handset strategy shows it can innovate and adapt in equal measure, says Steve McCaskill
C4’s Blackout: Disastrous Cyber Attacks CAN Be Funny
Tom Brewster considers the cybergeddon dystopia of Blackout, which shed little light on what a serious cyber attack would do but inspired mirth nonetheless
A Low Cost iPhone Could Cut Apple Profits
A low cost iPhone could do Apple more harm than good over the next year, warns Michelle Maisto
Open Cloud Is Good. Interoperable Cloud Is Better
Open source cloud is not enough. Sean Michael Kerner says solutions have to interoperate as well
There Is No Way To Keep Your Data From The NSA
Even encryption won't stop the NSA. Wayne Rash warns of back doors in network adapters, which could siphon off data before it is encrypted.
IT Life: Security Down The Years
Craig Kensek has been doing security since the "I Love You" virus was doing the rounds
The DropBox Hack That Wasn’t
Reports of hacking Dropbox were exaggerated - but Sean Michael Kerner says it's time to look properly at securing your cloud data
It’s Time To End The Cloud Hype Cycle
There is a boom in data stored in the cloud, says Brian Gentile. Let's move on to real use of the post-transactional cloud!
Let’s Give Some Love To Data Centre Retrofits
Shiny new data centres get the plaudits, but Peter Judge likes retrofits that clean up older sites
Flash Storage Is Ready To Drive Out HDDs
Flash storage is reliable enough to take the place of hard drives in enterprise storage, says Chris Preimesberger
Nokia Suits Microsoft’s Hardware Ambitions
Nokia fits Microsoft's desire to make hardware, says Wayne Rash
The Panic And Wishful Thinking Behind Microsoft’s Nokia Buy
Nokia and Microsoft have done the right thing, says Peter Judge. But making Microsoft more like Apple is a big risk
Joel Monnier: ‘Kalray has decided to reinvent the processor’
Kalray's low-energy mujlticore chips have potential inside and outside the embedded market.
New York Times Sowed Its Own Disaster
The Syrians hit the New York Times via Australia, but the newspaper had only itself to blame, says Sean Michael Kerner
BlackBerry Is Too Late To Spin Off BBM
BBM is a great product, but BlackBerry missed its chance to give it a separate existence, says Michelle Maisto
IT Life: Ads On Automatic
Ruud Wanck wants to make media planning fully automated
4G Will Fuel Britain’s Digital Makeover
Today new operators offer 4G in the UK - and O2's Derek McManus is pretty excited about it