In my most recent Leader column (TEST February 2012) I wrote about how the Government in association with e-skills and a bunch of private and third sector organisations is aiming to scrap existing IT teaching in schools for a re-launch in September this year. The move was generally well received across the IT industry, but [...]

There is a deal of woo-haa in the press of late about the iPhone 4S’s latest built-in attraction known as Siri. According to Apple, “Siri on iPhone 4S lets you use your voice to send messages, schedule meetings, place phone calls, and more. Ask Siri to do things just by talking the way you talk. [...]

News reaches us here at TEST that adding e-books to your Kindle makes it heavier. Having checked the date – yep we’re just into November not April – it seems that the story is true… The more info you add to a device the heavier it gets. According to the University Of California, Berkeley’s John [...]

Yesterday was a sad day for the techie world. With the passing of Steve Jobs, one of the true great and original minds of the industry has gone – as I’m sure even his detractors would have to agree. I realise that this is a tribal field and people have their allegiances, but as a [...]