Downtime

July 2012

• What would you do for £2.56?

  Karl Flinders - Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 31 Jul 2012

Website fiverr.com is a marketplace for services that people are willing to do for £5. Well actually it is what you would do for $4 because the website takes its cut. This is about £2.56 in English ...

• China creates advanced robot that walks on water

  Warwick Ashford - Senior analyst 31 Jul 2012

OK, China creates advanced microbot that walks on water - we are not talking R2D2 or C3PO - but not only does this micro-gizmo walk on water, it can jump too. It may not be as fast as grease ...

• HP stomps foot missing out on T3 award

  Jennifer Scott - TechTarget 26 Jul 2012

We have all had the dream of standing up on stage, crowds applauding loudly, as you grasp onto your award and give that all important thank you speech, remembering to give platitudes to your peers ...

• Beanbags 2.0 - the new Google office

  Bryan Glick - Editor in chief 26 Jul 2012

Google embodied the best of the dot com era in so many ways - but was also responsible for unleashing upon an unsuspecting business world the whole concept of beanbags, pool tables and polka dot ...

• Microsoft boat - the hottest party in town

  Jennifer Scott - TechTarget 25 Jul 2012

With the Olympics just days away, London will not just be flooded with athletes, but also the rich and famous, who somehow managed to score tickets in the lottery - convenient hey? Paul Allen's ...

• Microsoft red-faced over 'big boobs' in software code

  Warwick Ashford - Senior analyst 24 Jul 2012

Microsoft has been hit by another embarrassing disclosure that highlights a "boys club" culture at the firm. Last year, the High Court heard claims that male executives had sexually harassed female ...

• Elvis lives on planet football

  Bill Goodwin - Computer Weekly 19 Jul 2012

Downtime was delighted to learn that telecommunications analyst Windsor Holden has a secret second life.

• More limericks on downtime

  Bill Goodwin - Computer Weekly 18 Jul 2012

The rhyme of first line support"Have you checked that it's switched on?", I said "Have you checked that with power it's fed?" Cos without any juice It's about as much use As a Python-esque parrot - ...

• iPhone can now punch above its weight

  Warwick Ashford - Senior analyst 18 Jul 2012

Smartphones already provide a vast toolkit in your pocket, and soon that arsenal could include the ability to take down a violent attacker. No, not a new app, but a cunningly crafted case, ...

• Watch out for false starts as drunks seek Olympic glory

  Karl Flinders - Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 17 Jul 2012

If you are in a pub toilet during the Olympics and the guy next to you starts screaming "come on, come on" and "oh yes" don't panic he is not committing the sin of Onan, he is taking part in an ...

• Geeks and gamers can get some too

  Jennifer Scott - TechTarget 17 Jul 2012

G@mers (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Those who prefer to wonder the realms of Azeroth than the bars of Soho might get the odd pang of loneliness that the virtual world cannot cure. But a new website has ...

• Limericks on downtime - boring meetings

  Bill Goodwin - Computer Weekly 16 Jul 2012

Thanks to Stan Gain for sending in two more finely crafted pieces of IT related poetry.

• You're in front - how low can Olympics-related PR go

  Bryan Glick - Editor in chief 16 Jul 2012

With less than two weeks to go until the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games, PRs everywhere are trying to find a desperate Olympics angle to shoehorn a story into publication by a ...

• Limericks on downtime - IT careers

  Bill Goodwin - Computer Weekly 12 Jul 2012

Thanks to Steve Pauline for sending in this great limerick on the delights of a career in IT.

• Cat Video Film Festival

  Kathleen Hall - TechTarget 11 Jul 2012

If there's one good thing to come out of the information superhighway its unlimited access to pictures and videos of cute cats.