With ASUS announcing that it will run out of hard disks at the end of the next month , since new ones are not being produced in enough numbers to…
Riverbed Stingray
The recent acquisitions by Riverbed of Aptimize and Zeus (to provide A to Z coverage?) have now been integrated into the Riverbed family. See Riverbed goes shopping for godly web…
RIP: John McCarthy, founding father of artificial intelligence
Computing is losing a generation of legends. Following the recent deaths of Steve Jobs and Dennis Ritchie, today I learnt of the death of John McCarthy, founding father of artificial…
On losing a diamond, and gaining a lion
I've not blogged about the events in Wootton Bassett over the past few years. I'm talking about the fallen members of our armed forces and their repatriations from RAF Lyneham.…
RIP: Dennis Ritchie, linguist and logician
It must be getting to that point in computing's history, as it appears that the pioneers are passing from the world. One of those was Dennis RitchieSometimes it's all to…
RIP: Steve Jobs, Apple founder
Just over a month ago, I asked Has Jobs really left the core of apple? Today, sadly, it is certain that he has. In the news, pictures show the Apple…
All change on the mobile front: LiMo becomes Tizen, Meego no more.
The LiMo and Linux Foundations have announced Tizen, a new operating platform for internet connected devices and phones. “LiMo Foundation views Tizen as a well-timed step change which unites major…
Polymer Gel Batteries provide more flexible power sources
BBC Radio 4's Material World is a great program, presented by Quentin Cooper, full of useful information on the state of materials science (and several other things besides). But the…