IN NEWCASTLE’S West End, work is under way to develop a centre of research, development and commerce to make life easier for the elderly worldwide.Read
IT’S GOOD to talk. So said an old BT advert and it’s true. Where we used to need semaphore, heliotropes, telegrams and even letters to communicate at a distance, now we can text or email or leave a voicemail.Read
WHILE science and technology leaders often bemoan a shortage of relevant skills in the region as they look to build their team, one US software firm has pitched up in the North East to tap into our talent pool.Read
ONLINE local search specialist Infoserve has slashed its operating losses on the back of a 12% rise in turnover to £3m, the company said yesterday.Read
GARY Boon is a veteran IT developer who built the software behind the internationally-used chip and pin system and now is part of a trio that heads up new digital agency Shout, which is based in Newcastle and has just launched its first iPhone application.Read
FILM-MAKERS in the North East will be able to get a fresh view of their work thanks to the new technology at the movie industry’s headquarters in the region.Read
ALMOST £2m has been injected into a new scheme that aims to unearth the most successful software firms from the region since Sage first hit the market.Read
THE future of the region’s burgeoning green energy sector could lie in refuse and sewage, if a team of North East scientists achieves its potential.Read
PLANS for a digital superhighway linking the region’s best creative brains with those in the rest of the North of England have been revealed in a bid to challenge Soho’s status as the creative capital of the UK.Read
FOREIGN language students at home and abroad will be able to fine-tune their English skills thanks to online software developed by two former teachers.Read
