Apple is close to becoming the first US company worth $1 trillion
Apple is within shouting distance of becoming the first American company with a market capitalization of $1 trillion, ahead of both Amazon and Alphabet (Google)....
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UK will enjoy rapid growth in VR, gaming, video streaming and internet spending in the next four years, reports PwC
PwC has just released its latest forecast for the UK's entertainment and media industries for 2018-2022. It's predicting that revenues will grow by £8 billion to a total of £76 billion....
Pentagon delays disputed JEDI cloud contract
The JEDI will have to wait a while longer for the award of the Pentagon's hotly-contested multi-billion "winner-take-all" cloud contract because the RFP has just been delayed....
The GDPR can slim your mailbox while improving mailing lists and business processes
Thanks to GDPR requests, I've deleted hundreds of emails and got off lots of mailing lists, which actually benefits the senders. Meanwhile, smart companies are using the new law to reduce the amount of data they keep and improve their business processes, according to an IBM survey
Companies may think they are ready for GDPR, but their employees are not
While EU organizations have been scrambling to meet the GDPR deadline, more than half their employees are not ready, according to a UK survey from Egress Software Technologies....
Garzetta is offering bespoke, hand-painted mini PCs...
An obscure company in Groningen in the Netherlands is offering Ardea mini PCs that look different, and you can order your own, bespoke hand-painted design....
Finding a software updater to replace Secunia's PSI
Now that Flexera has discontinued Secunia's Personal Software Inspector (PSI), users who want vulnerability management software to check and update third-party Windows programs are looking for alternatives. Here are two....
IBM: still failing after all these years
IBM is betting its future on growth in new businesses that it calls "strategic imperatives", but the 5 percent revenue growth in its latest quarter came from the 10 percent decline in the value of the US dollar
Transport for London's contactless and mobile device payments system will be adopted in some American cities
London's world-first contactless ticketing system is now being licensed to New York, Boston, Miami, Sydney....
Toshiba follows WD in colour-coding its hard drives, but with different colours
Toshiba has colour-coded its hard drives to help buyers pick the right kind of drive for their storage needs. Western Digital has been doing this for years, but perhaps an industry-wide standard would help everyone
Book review: Are we nearly there, yet? How autonomous driving will change the world
Autonomous vehicles are going to change the world in many ways you may not expect, just as the horseless carriage did. An authoritative new book has the details...
UK government seeks city to showcase 5G connectivity
The British government is spending £200 million on testbeds for the rollout of 5G phone networks, and it's looking for a city that can come up with some innovative projects
Gatwick Airport to trial British self-driving car system from Oxbotica
Gatwick Airport will use self-driving cars that use Oxbotica's LiDAR-based Selenium system, but only "airside". Airline passengers won't encounter them unless, after successful trials, the system is fitted to transportation buses.
British government pumps £95 million into fibre broadband for selected areas
The Spring Budget included funding for 13 projects to provide gigabit fibre-to-the-premises broadband across the UK, with another £95m to come. But it's not going to make a significant difference to the UK's appalling record in providing FTTP connections.
Last chance to put a Bombe in the UK's National Museum of Computing
The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park is crowd-funding £50,000 to build a new gallery and install the electro-mechanical Bombe codebreaking machine alongside its Colossus rebuild. The deadline is 9.30am on Tuesday 13 March.
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