Downtime
July 2012
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What would you do for £2.56?
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 31 Jul 2012 -
China creates advanced robot that walks on water
- Senior analyst 31 Jul 2012 -
HP stomps foot missing out on T3 award
- TechTarget 26 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Beanbags 2.0 - the new Google office
- Editor in chief 26 Jul 2012 -
Microsoft boat - the hottest party in town
- TechTarget 25 Jul 2012 -
Microsoft red-faced over 'big boobs' in software code
- Senior analyst 24 Jul 2012 -
Elvis lives on planet football
- Computer Weekly 19 Jul 2012 -
More limericks on downtime
- Computer Weekly 18 Jul 2012 -
iPhone can now punch above its weight
- Senior analyst 18 Jul 2012 -
Watch out for false starts as drunks seek Olympic glory
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 17 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 ...
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 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 ...
Downtime was delighted to learn that telecommunications analyst Windsor Holden has a secret second life.
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 - ...
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, ...
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 ...
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Geeks and gamers can get some too
- TechTarget 17 Jul 2012 -
Limericks on downtime - boring meetings
- Computer Weekly 16 Jul 2012 -
You're in front - how low can Olympics-related PR go
- Editor in chief 16 Jul 2012 -
Limericks on downtime - IT careers
- Computer Weekly 12 Jul 2012 -
Cat Video Film Festival
- TechTarget 11 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 ...
Thanks to Stan Gain for sending in two more finely crafted pieces of IT related poetry.
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 ...
Thanks to Steve Pauline for sending in this great limerick on the delights of a career in IT.
If there's one good thing to come out of the information superhighway its unlimited access to pictures and videos of cute cats.