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  • The next life: Netbooks report back from their new homes

    Fascinating project from MIT's SENSEable City Lab which turned used netbooks into independent "reporters" to document their 'second life' after they were sent off to be reused in developing countries. In Spring this year, MIT equipped 4...  Opinion

  • Thoughts on HP's MPS Confessions campaign: what kind of people have 'beloved' print devices?

    In case you missed it, HP has just launched its "MPS Confessions" campaign - no, not MPs Confessions (now that might be diverting) but MPS. For those of you who have been living in a desert outpost somewhere miles away from an internet...  Opinion

  • How to keep Vince Cable occupied during the summer hols

    Summer's here, andlike everyone else, we're wondering what to do to amuse ourMPs. They're off work for weeks on end and they're either hanging around the house, getting under your feet, or running wild in the streets, neckingcider in the park and smo...  Opinion

  • Is there more to Microsoft than Windows?

    Only the churlish would seek to dismiss a company reporting record revenue and profits, especially when that company is Microsoft, the biggest software business in the world. As I'm not churlish by disposition, I won't, although quite a few others ha...  Opinion

  • Five minute interview: Darrell Polden, Altodigital

    This week MicroScope puts its questions to Darrell Polden, group service and technical director at digital print and document solutions provider Altodigital What is the best/worst advice you have received and from whom?The best piece of advice I rece...  Opinion

  • Fake reseller presents an interesting conundrum for Apple

    As China continues to advance its global economic power, we've all become familiar with the Chinese capacity to deliver uncannily accurate knock-off products, particularly when it comes to desirable consumer items such as designer handbags or iPods. ...  Opinion

  • Apple may not be a computer company anymore but it's doing very nicely

    In January 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that the company was dropping the word "Computer" from its name to become "Apple Inc". As he pointed out at the time, only one product (the Mac) was a computer out of the four pr...  Opinion

  • Currency fluctuations can be good for your business, ask IBM

    Here's an interesting snippet of information: IBM's second quarter revenues were positively affected by currency fluctuations to the tune of 7% or around $1.6bn. In other words, without positive foreign exchange rates, IBM's revenues would have been ...  Opinion

  • Staff benefit from Softcat's "rubbish forecasting" with beer and cake

    When Softcat broke throughthe £200m revenue mark last week, managing director Martin Hellawell revealed that it would be celebrating with beer and cake for staff. "I never dreamt of getting to the £200m mark this financial year,&quo...  Opinion

  • Memo to Turner: You can run Windows 7 on an iMac. It's not a big deal

    Microsoft chief operating officer Kevin Turner was in combative mood at the vendor's Worldwide Partner Conference last week, taking jabs at all manner of rivals, including Google, IBM, Oracle, salesforce.com, VMware and Apple. On the latter, he m...  Opinion

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