Technology

This section contains features looking at current and future technology.

 
The forensic view of bits and bytes 

6 May 2009
The forensic view of bits and bytes
The rapid increase in digital storage across a myriad of electronic devices is also fuelling the growth of a nascent technology specialism - the science of digital forensics...

Healthcare - A look into the future 

30 March 2009
Healthcare - A look into the future
It’s a well-known fact. We’re all living longer. Part of the reason for this is that as medical technologies improve, we find that there are more and more things we can fix – all helping to prolong our lives...

Paving the way for Enterprise 2.0 

10 February 2009
Paving the way for Enterprise 2.0
Over the next few years social networking technologies are tipped to become as commonplace in large organisations as e-mail and the telephone...

Open innovation – the economy booster 

12 November 2008
Open innovation – the economy booster
Greater collaboration between the public, private and academic sectors, improved productivity through the deployment of ICT and the encouragement of innovation to help deliver economic growth....

Broadband users benefit from BT Wholesale innovation 

29 October 2008
Broadband users benefit from BT Wholesale innovation
It’s all too easy to forget life before broadband. The endless waiting for pages to appear on-screen...for files to download...for anything to happen...

How r u? - the social side of technology

13 October 2008
How r u? – the social side of technology
They’ve been dubbed the “Facebook Generation” – a huge swathe of people who don’t give a second thought about communicating with others online....

Noise elimination boosts broadband

7 October 2008
Noise elimination boosts broadband
It’s just a simple piece of moulded white plastic. Yet this inexpensive bit of kit could improve the broadband performance for millions of people in the UK...

The internet - augmenting democracy and taking on the 'credit crunch

The internet – augmenting democracy and taking on the ‘credit crunch’
A major report commissioned by BT reveals how communications have changed over the past ten years and illuminates what consumers expect from the next generation of technology...

Meet the disruptive evangelist

Meet the disruptive evangelist
BT futurologist Ian Neild is acknowledged as a leading authority on technology trends and the impacts of technology on society and business...

Savvy shoppers need to be understood

Savvy shoppers need to be understood
Shoppers are getting smarter. They’re becoming more astute, more demanding and more commercially savvy. So much so, they can spot an organisation that isn’t 'joined up' and offering an integrated service a mile away...

Jonathan's eye for the future

Jonathan's eye on the future
Jonathan Mitchener has always got an eye on the future. And he's got one of the most interesting - and intriguing - jobs at BT. Here he explains why...

You can bank on it

You can bank on it
Casting an eye over the scale of progress in electronic banking over the past 20 years, it would be tempting to assume that the relentless march of technology might now pause for breath...