Selected Tech News

Nokia pours oil on burning Symbian 3 Feb 2012, 1:38 pm

Rips up roadmap, axes development Exclusive  Nokia is said to be hastening the demise of its legacy Symbian platform, cancelling the development of all but one new Symbian-based device. Although Noki. […]

Source: The Register - Software: Developer The Register - Software: Developer | Andrew Orlowski

RIM shot at Android: Free PlayBooks for devs 3 Feb 2012, 11:44 am

Knock up an app before Valentine's, get 16GB love-slab RIM is offering a free PlayBook tablet to developers who submit an Android application to RIM's App World before Valentine's Day, though the T&Cs. […]

Source: The Register - Software: Developer The Register - Software: Developer | Bill Ray

Computer Weekly / TechTarget IT priorities survey 2012 3 Feb 2012, 11:10 am

Learn which IT priorities are at the top of UK IT managers lists for 2012. Coverage from across our network includes cloud, budget cuts, networking, security, disaster recovery and more.

Source: ComputerWeekly: Enterprise software ComputerWeekly: Enterprise software |


Let’s play

By BBC News and Sport Search: php | September 1, 2006

Out-of-practice coder Bill Thompson looks forward to programming his own games for the Xbox 360.

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Straight questions

By BBC News and Sport Search: php | April 20, 2005

Accusations of foul play abound after the wording of an online poll by straight-talking Veritas was changed.

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Call for ‘responsible’ coding

By BBC News and Sport Search: php | March 30, 2003

Coders need to think more like responsible commercial pilots than fighter pilots, argues technology analyst Bill Thompson.

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