http://www.silicon.com Results for Round-Up en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39677645,00.htm Much more of this and the Round-Up will be forced to don a leotard and make a fitness video. We've all done something with a mobile that has led to fingers pointed in mirth and mockery: a few years ago the Round-Up even had one of those Bluetooth... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:59:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39661658,00.htm The Round-Up would have thought they'd have got fit simply because of the constant loo visits that would result from all the coffee quaffing, if nothing else. No, the Round-Up is not referring to that dodgy email server that you really should get... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:36:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39646335,00.htm Warning to iPhone users: you may find the contents of this first part of the Round-Up upsetting. If you are of a nervous disposition skip to the second part of the Round-Up. If new research is to be believed, most of the men out there reading the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:52:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39640950,00.htm This is the F-Circle, designed by Yuji Ito and featuring a distinctive round screen: "a departure from the typical rectangular mobile phone shape". October saw silicon.com cast its eye over the top iPhone apps for business. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:16:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39631824,00.htm Well, maybe they do, but it's not what the Round-Up had in mind. The Round-Up has an additional theory - it's down to bad dentistry. Still, the Round-Up reckons it's all downhill from here for techies. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:17:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39621067,00.htm Round and tiny, it was fine if you were a pixie. Lisa mouse Apple's Lisa of the early 1980s was among the first computers to sport a mouse - albeit a boxy and clunky one. And while the Lisa tanked, most people remember the mouse as a key part of... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39617376,00.htm Considering the amount of non-backed-up data on its hard drive, the Round-Up isn't sure which would be worse. No, the Round-Up doesn't mean consultants doing the annual software audit. Now this is not to say the Round-Up is opposed to social... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:00:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60388951p,00.htm Improvements were evaluated in the number of round trips, bytes sent, and bytes received. Microsoft Dynamics CRM business software is designed to help enterprise organizations achieve a 360-degree view of their customers across marketing, sales... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:45:29 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39597167,00.htm Yet more serendipity: the Round-Up moved house recently and while it did in fact check out how close the nearest BT exchange was, more time was definitely spent checking out the local boozers. The Round-Up can only assume a survey of call centre... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:23:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39597166,00.htm The analyst reckons the rise of citizen developers is good news for the IT department as it will free up in-house techies to work on projects they've previously been too busy to get round to. We've had the 'citizen journalist', blogging from war... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:53:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39582317,00.htm The Round-Up feels your pain. Plenty of times, the Round-Up is sure. Of course, an embarrassment shared is an embarrassment halved, so the saying goes (sort of) - and the Round-Up is here to help. As it happens, the Round-Up has its cat as its... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:50:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39568559,00.htm Which sounds more like an upmarket coffee machine to the Round-Up, who is admittedly hardly an expert in these things. We are increasingly turning to the web to communicate our deepest feelings, according to the latest piece of research to arrive... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:03:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39558612,00.htm Ballmer was speaking at a Windows 7 event in London yesterday, where a customer questioned the CEO on his views about making software licences simpler - eliciting a round of applause. I don't anticipate a big round of simplifying our licences," he... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:33:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39558609,00.htm The world was thought to be flat just a few centuries ago and we proved it was round - and now it looks as though we may have flattened it again! Compiled at my hotel in Jersey City, New Jersey, US, on a rainy autumn day and dispatched to silicon... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:57:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39554594,00.htm The Round-Up's request for the next great British institution up for the chop by the internet: foxhunting. As the Round-Up pondered a week of worthy but gag-light news about Intel's tech on show and tech's history under the hammer there was a... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:19:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39546157,00.htm If the Orange and T-Mobile joint venture goes through then three out the top four [operators] will be able to have the iPhone in the UK.it could go to round about three-quarters of the UK," he said. The iPhone is coming to Orange in the UK - ending... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:07:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39535794,00.htm The Round-Up is not making this up. Besides, it seems a little unfair for the Round-Up's 87-year-old Great Aunt Aggie to have to shell out another few quid because she owns a phone (but has no idea what the internet is) to benefit the Round-Up's... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:12:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39527464,00.htm He leapt to the Round-Up's attention by conducting an interesting experiment recently that pitched new technology against old technology. The Round-Up is sure it's going to be a hit, and is already working on a kipper tie that can store an iPod... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:37:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39519219,00.htm The Round-Up presumes the phrase "destroy any fragile street cred you ever had! The Round-Up is happy to enlighten you. And there the Round-Up was thinking all you needed to get a party going was beer and loud music. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:47:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39510623,00.htm It was only last week that the Round-Up was complaining about how much like hard work it is to slack off in the office these days. If the Round-Up was to spend just 20 seconds each minute slacking that would represent a significant performance boost. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:47:01 +0000