- Location
Ex BT CTO
"-
Antitrust Approved Microsoft's $7bn Acquisition of Nokia's Mobile Phone Business
Dec 4, 2013Antitrust regulators in the US have approved Microsoft's $7bn (£4.6bn) acquisition of Nokia's mobile phone business. The deal, announced in September, sees Microsoft take ownership of Nokia's Devices and Services business, which ...
-
Microsoft "Will Be Dead and Gone" in Just a Few Years
Oct 28, 2013Ex-BT CTO and futurist Peter Cochrane believes Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia could be "like bolting two sinking ships together" as he urged the company to rethink its "gaudy and horrible" branding strategies. Following up his Computing ...
-
Former CTO of BT Has Responded to The Government
Dec 24, 2012Former CTO of BT, Peter Cochrane, has responded to the government and BT who had hit back at his claims that UK's broadband plans were "visionless", by sarcastically encouraging the government to show off its plans to fast-growing economies ...
Tags: Peter Cochrane, BT, UK's broadband, broadband rollout
-
The UK Is to Have The Fastest Broadband Network of All Major European Countries
Dec 17, 2012The UK is to have the fastest broadband network of all major European countries by 2015,culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has claimed. Speaking at the Google Campus in Tech City,Hunt defended the government after criticism from a Lords ...
-
BT Has Affected Broadband Users Across The Country
Dec 3, 2012BT has confirmed a nationwide network problem that has affected broadband users across the country. On social networking site Twitter,the telecoms giant said:"Sorry if you were unable to use the internet this morning,we've got a network ...
Tags: Broadband down, busiest e-shopping day, BT, nationwide network problem
-
UI Has Slammed Microsoft's New Windows 8 Operating System
Nov 21, 2012Usability guru Jakob Nielsen has slammed Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system, accusing the company of hiding everyday features, imposing a tablet paradigm on desktop users, as well as a single-window user interface instead of ...
-
Microsoft Would Enforce Compliance with Software Licence Policies
Nov 12, 2012Microsoft has filed a patent which appears to describe camera-based monitoring of digital content users to enforce compliance with software licence policies. In other words,Microsoft seems to be patenting technology that allows the ...
Tags: files patent, camera, digital content users, patent application
-
Microsoft Will"Die and Disappear"Within The Next Few Years
Nov 5, 2012Microsoft will"die and disappear"within the next few years,futurist and ex-CTO of BT,Peter Cochrane,has told Computing. "Microsoft will die and disappear in the next few years.There is no convergence in IT–what we see is ...
Tags: Microsoft, Ex-BT, Computing, IT industry, cloud, Cohrane
-
Maria Miller Looked to Make Her Mark as Culture Secretary
Sep 7, 2012Maria Miller has already looked to make her mark as Culture Secretary as the government promises to remove the need for local councils'approval to install broadband cabinets. Miller,who replaced Jeremy Hunt as part of the ministerial ...
-
UK Will Have Fastest Broadband Network in Europe by 2015 Ex-BT CTO
Sep 4, 2012Jeremy Hunt has been replaced as the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport by Maria Miller (pictured), who moves from the Department for Work and Pensions. The move comes as part of the government's ministerial reshuffle, which ...
Tags: Maria Miller, Jeremy Hunt, LSE, BT
-
Peter Cochrane Has Responded to The Government and BT
Aug 8, 2012Former CTO of BT,Peter Cochrane,has responded to the government and BT who had hit back at his claims that UK's broadband plans were"visionless",by sarcastically encouraging the government to show off its plans to fast-growing economies ...