
Stories of the month - April 2008
By Tim Ferguson
Published: 28 April 2008 15:33 GMT
It was time for some tech nostalgia during April with the Sinclair ZX spectrum crowned the most popular first home computer by silicon.com readers. Check out where your favourite golden oldies came in the running.
Meanwhile, back in the present, silicon.com's Apple guru Seb Janacek contemplated what converted him to the ways of the Mac 10 years ago.
Stories of the month - April 2008
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O2 slashes £100 off iPhone price
Thieves foiled by 'phone home' computers
How did the Heathrow T5 launch go so wrong?
BBC hits back at ISPs over iPlayer usage
Windows Vista take-up crawls at snail's pace
ZX Spectrum crowned king of computer classics
Minority Report: Why I am a Mac user
eBay hits back at boycotters
The Naked CIO: IT staff disloyalty
Microsoft: Vista security feature designed 'to annoy users'
Sticking with Apple, O2 announced it will slash the price of the iPhone in the UK by £100, fuelling speculation that a 3G version might be on the way.
Soon to be ex-BBC tech chief Ashley Highfield raised interesting points about how the broadband industry should deal with the explosion of online content.
Staying online, eBay had a few things to say on a proposed buyer boycott. The company argued its decision to ban sellers submitting negative comments was aimed at helping them rather than hindering them.
Following the less than auspicious opening of Heathrow's new Terminal 5 we examined why it all went wrong. From first hand experience it seems the processes are at fault, rather than the technology itself.
Another big launch that hasn't quite gone to plan is Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system which continues to make slow progress.
silicon.com's Naked CIO was keen to talk about a change in attitude of IT worker, saying loyalty to employers is a thing of the past.
And finally, we reported a novel way to combat computer theft with a computer that phones home when it's been stolen. The tech has so far turned up stolen computers in places as far flung as Argentina and Saudi Arabia.
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