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Want Google Glass? Get Ready To Wait...

Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.04.2013 | UK Tech

For a certain kind of early-adopter, Google Glass has already won them over. The new wearable computer features a built-in camera, voice control an...

Google Defends UK Tax Bill

PA | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK Tech

Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt has defended the internet giant's tax affairs, saying the firm was playing a key role in the UK's high-tech g...

This Is The Email Steve Jobs Didn't Want You To See..

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 24.03.2013 | UK Tech

Steve Jobs threatened to sue Palm if its CEO did not stop attempting to hire Apple employees, according to emails released by an American court. Jo...

WATCH: Google CEO Eric Schmidt Dances 'Gangnam Style'

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 26.11.2012 | UK Tech

The Gangnam Style phenomenon has hit stratospheric heights in recent days, reaching 290 million views - so you would expect Google to react. But no...

Huffington Post Picture Desk Live: 27th September 2012

Posted 26.11.2012 | UK

Scroll down for some of the best news and sports pictures from around the world, brought to you by The Huffington Post's Picture Editors Elliot Waglan...

Sorry, iPhone Fans: Google Has Not Submitted Its Own Maps App 'Yet'

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 24.11.2012 | UK Tech

Apple fans upset by its new Maps application will have to wait for a quick fix from Google. Google previously supplied the mapping data in the iPad...

European Consumer Groups Attack Google's 'Unfairly Stacked' Search Results

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 02.09.2012 | UK Tech

Google has issued proposals to the European competition commissioner over concerns it abused its dominant position in search. But Google's response...

Google To Help Change 'Catastrophically Boring' Computer Lessons

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 24.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Google is to fund computer science teachers in a bid to save the "sorry state" of computing education in the UK. Eric Schmidt, the company's chairm...

Future Cities: The Way We Will Live

Huffington Post UK | Alex Fisk | Posted 10.05.2012 | UK Tech

How often have you watched some sort of sci-fi programme or film showcasing space age technology and wondered if and when it will be a part of our eve...

James Cameron, Eric Schmidt, Sergey Brin And Larry Page Plan Asteroid Mining

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 24.04.2012 | UK Tech

A new world of resources is about to open up in outer space and it's backed by some pretty big investors: film director James Cameron and Google billi...

Eric Schmidt Keynote Speech At Mobile World Congress

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK Tech

Eric Schmidt , the executive chairman of Google, launched a straightforward attack on internet censorship and the digital divide in his keynote speech...

Google Vs. Apple: Eric Schmidt Promises 'Brutal Competition' With Apple On Tablets In 2012

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 18.02.2012 | UK Tech

President of Google Eric Schmidt has promised "brutal competition" with Apple in 2012 - especially when it comes to tablets. While Google's Android...

Decline and Fall: The UK's Shocking IT Education Record

Dan Barker | Posted 18.02.2012 | UK Tech
Dan Barker

I left school in 2007. In my entire time at secondary school, I had around 30 hours of computer education, concentrated between the ages of 11 and 12. I was not offered computing as an option at either GCSE or A-Level. Looking back now, it's only because of my learning outside of school that I can do my job today

ICT Lessons Are 'Inadequate', Says Ofsted

PA | Posted 11.04.2012 | UK Universities & Education

The teaching of information and computer technology (ICT) is inadequate in a fifth of secondary schools, according to the education watchdog. Pupil...

Google Opens Up Giant Data Crunching Servers To Small Business Owners

Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.01.2012 | UK Tech

Google has offered businesses the chance to use its data servers to crunch huge amounts of data for a fraction of the usual cost. Using its BigQuer...

UK Charity: Dissolve UK Tech Education System

PA | Melanie Hick | Posted 08.11.2011 | UK Tech

Eric Schmidt was right when he said UK tech and science education is failing to produce well-rounded, adaptable graduates, according to one UK educati...