PC sales are in terminal decline new data confirms
Global personal computer (PC) sales have fallen for the fifth quarter in a row, making it the “longest duration of decline” in history.Worldwide PC shipments…
UK under cyberspace attack warns GCHQ
The UK is under daily attack in cyberspace according to British intelligence. Britain is seeing about 70 sophisticated cyber espionage operations a month against government…
China retakes world’s fastest supercomputer crown
A Chinese supercomputer has beeb named the world’s most powerful computer. Tianhe-2, developed by the government-run National University of Defence Technology, topped the latest list…
US snoopers program PRISM- more information leaking out
News that the US government’s National Security Agency (NSA) has been snooping into the phone records of Verizon customers quickly escalated into reports that it…
US govt has been spying for years on us
The National Security Agency (NSA) has been tracking the phone calls, emails and posts of millions of people for years it has been revealed. The…
Police to target pirate copyright websites
The City of London Police has started contacting websites it believes are profiting by breaking copyright laws. The police and the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau…
“Free” computers are creating a very expensive society
While people are created equal, computers are not. When people share information freely, those who own the best computers benefit in ways that impoverish everyone…
BBC writes off £98 million digital project
The BBC has written off a £98 million digital production system- which it’s director general said had “wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers’…
Tablet sales more than double globally
Tablet computer shipments soared in the first quarter of 2013, growing by 142.4% compared with the same period in 2012, according to analysts IDC.Figures suggested…
Cern to recreate first web pages
A team at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) has launched a project to re-create the first web page.The aim is to preserve the…