Technology Mashup

An interesting podcast from ComputerWeekly...

IBM Supercomputer Bolsters Cancer Research - IBM today announced the deployment of a Canada's fastest research supercomputer at the Ontario Cancer Institute, University Health Network. The new system will aid in the search for more effective cancer treatments.

[IBM Newsroom]

An interesting question from Cliff Saran:

Open letter to Bill Gates: what would you say? - I guess it is fair to say you have made computers easier to use - but lack of ease-of-use is my biggest issue with Microsoft software.

[Cliff Saran's Blog]

'Darlings' of UK games honoured - Two of the pioneers of the  UK video games industry are recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours.

[BBC UK Technology News]

Call to prosecute BT for ad trial - BT should face prosecution for "illegal" trials of a controversial ad system, says a leading computer expert.

[BBC UK Technology News]

BT launches major drive to cut CO2 emissions -

By 2016, the telecoms giant hopes to reduce its 1996 global CO₂ emission levels by 80 percent...

[ZDNet UK Green IT Toolkit]

NHS faces challenge to cut carbon emissions -

Greater use of IT could help the health service reduce its environmental impact, according to a draft strategy produced by the new NHS Sustainable Development Unit...

[ZDNet UK Green IT Toolkit]

Good products have a simplicity of design that can be clearly seen. Often there is a single design innovation that carries the whole product.

When starting a project, the risk adverse, less skilled members of the team always add to the design, rather than to aim for design elegance. In fact "design elegance" are dirty words in some circles yet customers are expected many millions for products.

Podcast: IT department facing extinction, says CapGemini CTO - Cap Gemini CTO Carl Bate explains to Computer Weekly's Karl Flinders why the IT department - at least in its current form - will soon be a thing of the past.

[SOA News from Computer Weekly]

EU calls for net address upgrade - Time is running out for Europe to embrace the net's new addressing system, Brussels warns.

[BBC UK Technology News]

Interesting density stats, but of course the speed quality is likely to be lower in rural areas so there is a 'bigger' picture to consider in terms of overall utility...

Rural homes dominate broadband UK - Rural households are now more likely to have a broadband connection than residents of towns, says Ofcom.

[BBC UK Technology News]

Oracle readies Web 2.0 for business - Few companies see a genuine business benefit of Web 2.0. Oracle is looking at Web 2.0 in the enterprise and Phillips wanted to discuss what would make Web 2.0 useful to businesses.

Cliff Saran [Cliff Saran's Blog]

Estonian cyber defence hub set up - Nato backs a new cyber defence centre in Estonia, following attacks on its internet structure.

[BBC UK Technology News]

Government to launch 'Green IT Strategy' -

The national initiative is aimed at reducing IT-related carbon emissions and will focus on examples of best practice

[ZDNet UK Green IT Toolkit]

Child web-safety guide launched - New teaching resources aimed at helping primary school children surf the web safely are launched. [BBC UK Technology News]