With the Apple iPad tablet set to launch this month, silicon.com readers couldn’t get enough of Cupertino’s latest creation, with our Apple iPad Cheat Sheet one of the most read stories last month.
And while consumers debated the merits of the device, the reaction from IT chiefs has been unequivocal – according to silicon.com’s CIO Jury, the iPad will get a thumbs-up from the enterprise. You can read more here: Apple iPad for business? Yes please, say CIOs.
Another Apple handheld was also making the headlines in February, with the news that rival mobile maker Nokia’s touchscreen devices are beginning to catch up to Apple’s iPhone. Read the full story here: Nokia versus Apple: Smartphone touchscreen race hots up.
Along with the proliferation of touchscreens, the explosion of apps can also be laid at Apple’s door. The BBC announced last month its own contribution to the apps feeding frenzy with the unveiling of iPhone apps for iPlayer, sport and news.
If you’re keen to create a mobile app for your business but not sure how to convince those holding the purse strings, check out another popular article from last month: Want to build a mobile app? Here’s how to convince the CFO.
Old-school wireless also made the silicon.com best-read list in the form of a blog post by Peter Cochrane, which saw the futurist debating the question: why do we still secure wi-fi networks? For Peter’s argument against the wireless lockdown, read the full article here.
Another article getting silicon.com readers interested last month centred on HM Revenue and Customs CIO Phil Pavitt. According to Pavitt, It’s time to kill big IT contracts, with the taxman’s head of IT calling for public sector tech deals to be reduced to under £100m.
However, the technology dominating the list of last month’s most popular stories was artificial intelligence, with three articles on the subject making our top 10.
The first was a video featuring Kevin Warwick, professor at the University of Reading’s cybernetics department and former cyborg, discussing how and why he put his nervous system online, and discusses other experiments he’s conducted – using cells taken from rat brains to power the decisions of robot bodies. The video, entitled Artificial intelligence: Ex-cyborg Kevin Warwick on mixing man and machine, can be seen here.
The second piece, Artificial intelligence: 55 years of research later – and where is AI now? probes how far the field of artificial intelligence has come since the term was first coined in the 1950s.
The final feature in our artificial intelligence package put one of the key problems with the field under the spotlight, asking Artificial intelligence: Can AI crack the conundrum of consciousness?.
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