The Government has put its weight behind a report which highlights a major shortfall in the number of engineers being recruited by the industry. The report by EngineeringUK says the number of engineering recruits needs to double each year until 2020 to meet expected demand. “Engineering is fundamental to the UK’s economic progress, so it’s critical that we ensure there are enough skilled people to meet ...

John East worked at Fairchild and AMD before becoming CEO of Actel – a job he held for 22 years.

iLumi Solutions has announced the release of its "intelligent" series of Bluetooth-enabled LED light bulbs, dubbed iLumi. What's this to do with Android? Well the light bulbs can be controlled wirelessly from a mobile app for Android (and iOS).

Cambridge imprinted semiconductor start-up PragmatIC has begun commercial production of organic transistors on flexible substrates, at the National Centre for Printable Electronics in Sedgefield, County Durham, formerly known as PeTEC. “This isn’t just an interesting technology anymore, people are paying money for it. It will be on supermarket shelves in the near future, as soon as it has worked its ...

While RIM, Nokia and HTC are sinking, Huawei, Lenovo and ZTE are rising reports IC Insights in its review of the 2012 phone market.

While RIM, Nokia and HTC are sinking, Huawei, Lenovo and ZTE are rising reports IC Insights in its review of the 2012 phone market.

Shipments of notebook PCs configured with quad-core microprocessors will nearly quadruple from 2012 to 2016, according to a report from IHS

If you run an Ubuntu Linux system at home, this one may interest you. Splashtop has created a remote desktop app for Android (and iOS) devices that lets you communicate with your home PC.

On the radio this morning, I heard that there are a couple of hundred thousand lonely old people in the UK who would be less lonely of only they could use email and get on the web. And that services are increasingly going to be web-based. I am not thinking about the computer-savvy old, but...

Ubiquisys, the developer of femtocell basestations, has identified an interesting trend in the small cell base station market, with operators in Japan and Korea planning deployment of cells for indoor public spaces such as stations, airports and shopping centres. Phone operators have been actively shifting their focus towards indoor public access small cells and away from outdoor models, where they ...