We are all geeks now
The news that the Knight Capital Group has lost £283 million ($440 million) in just a few hours on Wednesday due to malfunctioning computer trading…
Vodafone reports revenue growth slow
Vodafone has reported that its sales growth has slow in the first quarter- dragged down by a weak performance in Europe.Group service revenue grew 0.6%…
Alan Turing- computing legacy still felt today
Alan Turing’s immense contributions to computer science and computing is still felt today.The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) calls its highest award the Alan M…
Alan Turing- technology genius was born 100 years ago at the weekend
The life and achievements of Alan Turing – the mathematician, codebreaker, computer pioneer, artificial intelligence theoretician was born 100 years ago on 23 June 1912.Turing…
Diamond Jubilee is reminder that stamina overcomes sprints
Congratulations to HRH Queen Elizabeth II on her Diamond Jubilee- and 60 glorious years on the throne.The millions of people who turned out to watch…
New cookies data law kicks in
From yesterday UK websites must obtain “informed consent” from visitors before saving a cookie file on a visitor’s machine.Cookies are small text files that allow…
Arise Sir Jonathan Ive- Apple’s chief designer
Sir Jonathan Ive- Apple’s chief designer was knighted this week.Sir Jonathan was knighted for his services to design and enterprise. Sir Jonathan has been behind…
Facebook shares- good value or over hyped tech floatation?
On the day that Facebook is floated I was asked whether they represent good value or are they another over hyped technology company.In particular I…
Digital book sales increase by 54pc in 2011
Digital book sales have risen by 54% in the past year and are now worth £243 million according to the Publishing Association.Figures released by the…
Scottish brewer uses Twitter to sink Goliath Diagio
A small Scottish beer company BrewDog has used Twitter to shame Diageo into a public apology after exposing the global drinks giant for using “dirty…