Out of sight, out of office, but no longer out of reach
Technology that enables us to stay in touch while on holiday is a mixed blessing IT'S THAT TIME of the year again. E-mails bounce...
Advertisers are focusing on intelligent eyeballs
When it comes to getting a message across, television's loss is new media's gain PEOPLE have always been sceptical about the value of...
Cloud over enterprise must have a silver lining
SE’S failed birthrate strategy should be the spur to encouraging new entrepreneurs LAST WEEK, Scottish Enterprise admitted that its...
Competition needed for e-commerce @ its best
The Scottish Parliament's report on the new economy reveals the gaps it needs to fill THIS week, the enterprise and lifelong learning...
Lessons to be learned in engaging the electorate
Apathy among Britain's voters may be the result of a lack of intelligent debate IT SEEMS QUITE likely that the British public will make...
Now's the time to invest in technology start-ups
After last year's market correction, remember the 'buy low, sell high' rule of investment SINCE I'M KNOWN as a person who works with lots...
Why BSkyB should have witnessed the Berlin Wall
Open's lack of success came as no surprise, given the closed nature of its business IT IS NOW OVER a decade since the Berlin Wall came...
Airport policy flies in the face of common sense
Scottish business is suffering from the lack of any proper direct international air links AS A RELATIVELY SMALL northern European...
E-science is the start of something very big
The world's largest experiment could create new opportunities for Scots companies and universities IN A FEW WEEKS TIME, Gordon Brown, the...
Telecoms sector bled dry by the chancellor's greed
Once-mighty industry has been crippled by what amounts to an advance windfall tax THE CHANCELLOR OF THE Exchequer is normally regarded as...
Should we all seek shelter from the Gates Hailstorm?
Personal privacy could be put at risk by developments that leave nowhere to hide FOR SEVERAL YEARS now Microsoft’s advertising slogan has...
Brave new world that is failing to pay for itself
New media companies are struggling without a decent way of charging for services WHAT HAS HAPPENED to the brave new world of the...
Marriages of convenience don't pay in the long run
Start-ups are better off climbing into bed with VCs than rushing to go public THEY SAID, back in 1995, that it would all end in tears –...
The spin-off benefits of an imaginative grants system
Giving universities a share of cash for new graduate jobs would boost knowledge economy WHAT KIND OF NEW economy do we want for Scotland,...
Such are the political priorities that Scotland could more readily host European football before est
I READ TWO DEPRESSING news stories the other day. The first predicted a ‘bullet train’ between Edinburgh and Glasgow which would link the...
Modern economy owes a debt to technology pioneers
Two men who died last month played a big part in shaping how we work today THE world today is so dependent on the information and...
It will take political will to switch on dedicated Scots TV channels
WE ARE PERHAPS not the best country to use as an example of good public service provision. As our railways have been in a state of...
Internet tax plan will win phone giant few friends
The idea that British Telecom invented hyperlinking comes as a surprise to many YOU WOULD THINK that British Telecommunications plc would...