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Science and Technology: Get set for that eureka moment

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:24:00 GMT

ALTHOUGH the technology world is built upon ideas, actually having that eureka moment in the first place can prove the hardest part.

Science and Technology: Exciting times for music lovers

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:02:00 GMT

LAST week we looked at how Apple's App Store has been instrumental in the success of the company's iPhone.

Science and Technology: COMMENT: Making the most of best Apple apps

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT

IT’S been an excellent year for Apple’s App Store, which turned one-year-old last Saturday.

Top 250 Businesses: Digital acorns grow well

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:36:00 GMT

IN today's digital world you don’t need to be in the USA to succeed. Digital business can make some very serious money, regardless of where it is.

Science and Technology: Comment: Future of games is online

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:00:00 GMT

SOME of most influential figures from the world’s games industry headed to the GameHorizon Conference in Gateshead earlier this week to discuss the trends, threats and opportunities facing them right now.

Science and Technology: Can Jeeves find the right answers?

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:00:00 GMT

MORE than 70% of web searches in the UK are run through Google. Surely there’s nothing a posh valet in a Savile Row suit can do to change that, is there?

Science and Technology: Fight piracy, or compete to better it?

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:00:00 GMT

WHAT’S the best way to deal with a pirate? That isn’t the beginning of a joke, by the way, but a serious question facing a great number of different industries throughout the world right now.

Science and Technology: Comment: TED has had a great bearing on my life

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

IN July 2005, my life was about to change, not once, but twice within a week. On July 27 my daughter was born at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.

Science and Technology: Get ready for return of little TED

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:24:00 GMT

AROUND this time last year, Codeworks rolled the dice on the biggest single risk we’d taken in our short life and launched the Thinking Digital conference.

Comment: Great idea but trust is paramount

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:46:00 GMT

IF you’ve ever wanted to learn how to play the flute, do yoga or become a horticultural master, you could be in luck.

Science and Technology: Comment: Blockbuster session was gloomiest

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:20:00 GMT

Having been fortunate enough to represent the North East’s digital sector at the conference, and to meet potential speakers for our very own version of Pop!Tech, Thinking Digital, I’m glad to say that this year was no exception.

Science and Technology: Comment: Working for nothing is popular

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:20:00 GMT

WE'VE had outsourcing and even nearsourcing. Now, powered by the internet, something called crowdsourcing is being used by businesses to develop ideas and products.

Science and Technology: Tech Notes: Web name free-for-all is forecast

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT

THE naming system you use to navigate the net will be given a complete overhaul next April – but who will be the winners in this, one of the biggest changes in the history of the web?

Science and Technology: Gates finally close behind 'geeky' Bill

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT

TWO years after his retirement was first announced, Bill Gates stepped down from his full-time job at Microsoft last Friday to concentrate on his charitable work.

Science and Technology: Tech Notes: Can Apple be boss of the bowl?

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT

DESPITE unveiling a newer, faster version of the iPhone in San Francisco earlier this week, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs faces a major challenge if he wants the product to become more than a small fruit in a big bowl.

Science and Technology: Tech Notes - Coworking, it’s the future

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT

THE internet has enabled millions of people to work from home. But, faced with only a computer screen for company, many are heading back into offices searching for something altogether more human.

Science and Technology: Tech Notes: How to avoid getting blogged down.

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

SLING streamers over your server, spray your screen with Champagne and give your laptop a hug. For blogging celebrated its 10th birthday this week.

Science and Technology: Tech Notes with Herb Kim

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 23:00:00 GMT

A FIERCE argument about the distinctly unsexy issue of “net neutrality” is rumbling on in the US right now – and it could spell the end of the internet as we know it.

Science and Technology: Tech notes

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:00:00 GMT

Don't make me think! Those were the words of respected usability expert Steve Krug way back in 2000, and, despite the speed with which the Web has moved in the seven years since, his words still ring true today. 'Web usability' is often spoken about hand-in-hand with web accessibility (which was covered in last week's Tech Notes), and refers to the art of making your website easy to use.

Science and Technology: Tech notes

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 23:00:00 GMT

The first on-stage meeting of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs in 20 years might've been top billing at last week's D: All Things Digital (D5) conference, but it was a catfight between media giants that provided the real entertainment.