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...
Här är apparaten som kan översätta varje språk*
*Which means in Swedish: Here comes the device that can translate any language MOORE’S LAW STATES that the latest computing chips, of a...
Scotland needs to enlist its hidden alumni army
There are ambassadors all over the world who would help rebuild our image abroad THE SIXTH ANNUAL ‘Scotland International’ forum kicks...
Learning from the champion of the World
Microsoft's strength comes not from being first to market but through aggressive competition TWELVE THOUSAND PEOPLE gathered at the MGM...
The energy of youth is missing from the RSE
Only a modern Royal Society will be relevant MAYBE THIS IS A DAFT question but let’s try it anyway: what exactly is the point of the...
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...
No, we do not need a shed on the Clyde
It is time to emerge from our movie-star fantasy - a Scottish film studio would be meaningless THE PROPOSAL TO SET UP up a film studio in...
Stuck in the high-tech second division
Scotland will remain a branch factory economy until research and development is a priority AS WE ENTER THE 21st century it is as good a...