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The analysts over at IDC reckon that 2010 is going to be a year of "recovery and transformation". On the recovery side, they're expecting global IT spending to increase by 3.2%, returning to 2008 levels but a large chunk of this spending is going to occur in the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China. But more interestingly, the transformation part is going
In GNC #532, Todd mentioned that the price of solar was going to fall by 30%. In this, case, he was talking about photovoltaic cells, i.e. ones that generate electricity from sunlight, but there are a whole host of green energy technologies. So what gives the best return on your green investment? The Self Build show was on in Belfast in
Britain has some of the most draconian security laws of the "free" world. Many of these laws are brought in under the guise of fighting terrorism and paedophiles (which are always guaranteed vote winners) and of course, if you've nothing to hide, you've nothing to worry about. Unless you're an schizophrenic amateur scientist with a distrust of the authorities and you
Earlier this week I attended a seminar on “Emerging Healthcare Technologies”, presented by the University of Ulster. The content was fairly high-level but focussed on several areas that are in various stages of development but will reach the market in the next few years. The first area was that of providing easy-to-use self monitoring devices, often with local data storage
I don't know about you, but I've always found that the rechargeable batteries that replace disposable batteries somewhat lacking. The nickel-cadmiums (NiCd) suffered from the memory effect and the nickel metal hydrides (NiMH) eliminated that, but still lost charge when not in use. I'm currently using the Hybrio / Eneloop batteries which solve both of the above, but they still
Now that the initial hue and cry over the release of Windows 7 has died down a little, I thought that I might report on how I got on upgrading a Vista machine to Windows 7. Basically, it's a doddle, but is it worth it? Being a (somewhat mature) Masters student, I was able to purchase the upgrade to Windows
I’ve just been talking to a colleague in the US and it’s clear that one of the few “technological” differences between the US and Europe is in the cell phone market, so for the benefit of US readers, here’s a top ten guide to the basics of European mobile telecoms. i) They’re called mobile phones. ii) Wireless carriers are network