Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology system (IT system) is generally an information system, a communications system, or, more specifically speaking, a computer system — including all hardware, software, and peripheral equipment — operated by a limited group of IT users.
The Economist reports on the hype around 3D printing and its rapid integration with mainstream manufacturing. 3D printers make things by building them up, a layer at a time, from a particular material, rather than removing it by cutting, drilling or machining – which is why the process is also called additive manufacturing. Even so, additive manufacturing…
According to some technology and intelligence specialists, U.S. NSA Code Cracking supposed to protect the online traffic of the world’s largest Internet companies, will do more harm than good. These revelations raise fresh questions about the security of data held by companies including Google Inc., Facebook Inc. and Microsoft Corp. According to a particular senior staff technologist,…
Tension in the highest ranks of engineering giant Germany’s Siemens had been brewing for months when top managers gathered late last month to review the state of the business. This, after the abrupt exit of 33-year long Siemens veteran CEO, followed by his replacement by and Austrian outsider. Even so, few could have predicted that…
As we know, the dawn of the oil age was fairly recent and since then, the demand for oil has risen steadily alongside ever-increasing travel by car, plane and ship. One of the oil giants, Britain’s BP, actually reckons it will grow from 89m b/d now to 104m b/d by 2030. But the Economist reckons they…
The Economist reports that Silicon Valley’s geeks are trying to turn themselves into jocks. In fact, none other than Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, for one, informed the world that his resolution for 2016 was to run 365 miles. Indeed, gone are the days when geeks wore shapeless T-shirts to prove that they didn’t care about…
The Economist reports that according to Google, cars that need no driver are just around the corner. But Google does not make cars (yet), so it will be up to firms that do to bring the technology to the market. And with carmakers being a conservative bunch, the autonomous car is to arrive slowly and…
