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Downtime
Taking a look at the lighter side of IT - technology may be a serious business but it rarely fails to raise a smile too.
June 2010
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Life after (virtual) death
28 Jun 2010 -
You, Robot
23 Jun 2010 -
Binning big government
23 Jun 2010
the Wikipedia entry on freelance BBC technology commentator Bill Thompson was edited to reflect a change in his status from living to dead.
Isaac Asimov must be rolling in his grave at last week's double whammy of 'man becomes still more dependent on robots' stories.First came reports that London Mayor Boris Johnson is considering ...
In light of yesterday's budget pain, Downtime is moved to wonder whether Liverpool Council was trying to get the jump on the chancellor, George Osborne, by inventing daft expenses so that it has ...
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Brits are forgetting how to write
23 Jun 2010 -
Technology "triumphs" over vuvuzela noise at World Cup
- Senior analyst 22 Jun 2010 -
End of life options
22 Jun 2010 -
Blind faith in satnav can be dangerous
- Senior analyst 21 Jun 2010 -
World Cup = good excuse for new TV
16 Jun 2010 -
Children spend too much time on computers
16 Jun 2010 -
Wimbledon braces for the sound of a million angry hornets
15 Jun 2010
About 80% of Brits are so married to their gadgets that they are forgetting how to write, according to a recent survey.
The sound of the Vuvuzela is part of football in South Africa, but has come in for some criticism for drowning out match commentators on television. Researchers at the Centre for Digital Music at ...
putting their granny up for sale on eBay
An Austrian treasure hunter has learned the hard way that blind faith in satnav devices can be extremely dangerous. The 19-year-old Heidi Brunner was on a high-tech treasure hunt when she stepped ...
Most of the men and many of the women in the UK are probably wondering whether they can afford to splash out on a bigger, better TV before the World Cup Final next month.I wonder whether all of the ...
In the days of old when knights were bold and computers hadn't been invented, squires - wannabe knights - would practice swordsmanship using wooden swords, to minimise the risk of injury and also ...
The difference in atmosphere between the the World Cup in South Africa and the much more sedate annual tennis tournament in Wimbledon couldn't be greater, but that could all be about to change. ...
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Church on the run or at home. There's an iPhone app for that
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3D Sun's fuzzy logic
09 Jun 2010 -
Mobile purchases more serious than cars or houses in UK
- Senior analyst 09 Jun 2010 -
Video: Cows give data centre an energy boost
- Managing Editor 02 Jun 2010 -
Google Maps dangerous, lawsuit alleges
- Senior analyst 02 Jun 2010
People who are too busy or unable to get out the house to attend church services can now do so using one of the latest applications for Apple's iPhone and iPad. The project is the brainchild of a ...
fuzzy babes and fuzzy elephants
UK consumers consider more deals when buying mobile phones than when buying a house or a car, a survey shows. On average, respondents look at 5 houses before renting or buying and 3 cars before ...
HP has developed what is believed to be the world's first data centre based on manure...specifically cow manure. Now it may be convenient to keep a cow in your data centre, but if they run low on ...
A woman is suing Google after she was hit by a car while following walking directions provided by Google Maps. Lauren Rosenberg of Park City, Utah in the US claims Google is responsible for the ...