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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.
July 2011
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Microsoft's 'Data Furnace' warms businesses to cloud computing
- University of Gloucestershire 28 Jul 2011 -
Rick Astley will save the world economy - the White House says so
- Editor in chief 28 Jul 2011 -
Computer Weekly's Olympian readers
- Editor in chief 28 Jul 2011
Picture the scene. Indoors on a cold winter's night, hot cocoa in hand, warming your feet by a roaring...server
While the White House engages in a game of brinkmanship with US Republicans over the future of the US - and effectively the world - economy and its ever-growing national debt, they do at least ...
London has been celebrating the milestone of a year to go to the start of the 2012 Olympic Games, and as such, current and former athletes are focusing on their top priorities. To prove the point, ...
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NHS touts virtual visits by Skype to cut costs
- Senior analyst 25 Jul 2011 -
Facebook lashes out over Google+ competition
- Senior analyst 18 Jul 2011 -
Virgin Racing beats Red Bull...virtually
- Managing Editor 12 Jul 2011 -
Food cooking updates via Bluetooth
- Senior analyst 11 Jul 2011 -
Meet QR man
- Managing Editor 11 Jul 2011 -
Budding songwriter? There's an app for that
- Senior analyst 07 Jul 2011
Not only are small businesses looking to Skype to cut call costs, but NHS trusts are touting virtual hospital visits to cut costs.The scheme is being proposed by Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation ...
Facebook has lashed out over competition from Google+ by shutting down all ad campaigns by web developer Michael Johnson who ran a Facebook ad asking people to add him to their Circles on rival ...
They may be finishing at the tail end of races, if they finish at all, but Formula 1 team, Virgin Racing is pretty quick of the start line...at least its website is according to Keynote.The ...
Hot on the heels - pardon the pun - of a positive Bluetooth experience with Sony's Bluray remote control for the PS3, Downtime has discovered another inspired Bluetooth device. Whether it is ...
A bloke in Paris called Marco has become the second man in history to have a QR code tattoo. We've been reliably informed that the first QR man was, in fact, English ...
Anyone who fancies themselves as a writer has for quite some time already been able to get published internationally in an instant using a raft of free online publishing tools. Now, thanks to a ...