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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.
March 2011
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Good for life
30 Mar 2011 -
Need a Facebook girlfriend? There's an app for that too
- Security Editor 30 Mar 2011 -
The voodoo economics of internet addresses
26 Mar 2011
Scientists at the Georgia Institue of Technology have used the nanowires to build nanogenerators that could power personal electronic devices using the energy generated by heartbeats.
Missing a girlfriend among your Facebook friends? Don't worry, there's an app for that, or at least there soon will be. A planned online service is designed to help single men boost their Facebook ...
Microsoft is prepared to pay $11.25 for each of 666,000-odd IPv4 internet addresses,
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Private parts
- Managing Editor 25 Mar 2011 -
Hacker goes free as law plays catch-up
- Security Editor 22 Mar 2011 -
Timing can make a 650K difference
- Security Editor 22 Mar 2011 -
Touching you, touching me
21 Mar 2011 -
Hacker Movie: Zombies Ahead
- Computer Weekly 16 Mar 2011 -
Fears of Royal Wedding etiquette disaster if iPhones fail
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 16 Mar 2011 -
Google traditional pomp
- Managing Editor 16 Mar 2011
A new poll from www.MyVoucherCodes.co.uk has revealed that 74% of men welcome the new private browsing facility available with some internet and software packages. 1,692 people were polled in the ...
European regulators have been banging on for a while about the fact that many laws need to be modernised to meet the needs of the technological age, and a case in the Netherlands proves the point. ...
The difference between successful and really successful Microsoft shareholders is $650,000 and knowing just when to sell. If someone bought 100 shares at the offering price of $21 in 1986 and sat ...
Touch-screen technology - don't you just love it. Well, actually, not so much.
Computer hackers have broken into electronic road-signs across the USA, causing havoc by changing the text to warn motorists of impending zombie attacks. In the latest incident, motorists in ...
London City Council is hard at work strengthening broadband links in the capital to make sure that foreigners are able to access real-time information about how to behave in England. An iPhone app, ...
Downtime has just had a visit to Google plush London office, which has had a bit of a revamp since our last visit. Gone are the brightly coloured bean bags, table football and uber-geek chic. Now ...
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Getting arrested for Police impersonation? There's an app for that
- UK at eBay 16 Mar 2011 -
Enron and the identity crisis
15 Mar 2011 -
We tend to forget, but Facebook puts anyone on the world stage
- Security Editor 15 Mar 2011 -
Revealed: the truth about broadband
- Editor in chief 07 Mar 2011 -
Super Booze conductor
- Managing Editor 07 Mar 2011
Well one plucky kid in the US of A had a bit of a brainstorm. If he sticks his phone to the top of his car then he'll be able to pretend that he's a policeman or, as the Americans call them a 'cop'.
researchers at Concordia University were able to identify the authors with an accuracy of between 80% and 90% using a word pattern matching algorithm.
Not so long ago, few people had access to mass media for their own personal use, but with the advent of the internet and social media, literally anyone can reach the world. This is a fact, with ...
The Telegraph website has revealed a true scoop on the state of UK broadband. Either that, or it has made a tantalisingly insightful typo. In a story stating that property website Rightmove is to ...
A group of Japanese scientists had the enviable task of researching how alcoholic drinks could make Iron become super conductive, so that there is no electrical resistance. The scientists found ...