The previous year has seen a groundswell of interest and support for the notion that this generation of young people and the next should be equipped with finer digital knowledge. That they should be given the opportunity to create and build digital stuff, as well …
Back in 2007 a gang of us got together from the BBC and Yahoo! and brought Hack Days from the States to the UK. The event was called Hack07 and there was a great deal of talk about how we’d create a space that was …
Article from ComputerHope
First mechanical computer or automatic computing engine concept
In 1822, Charles Babbage purposed and began developing the Difference Engine, considered to be the first automatic computing engine that was capable of computing several sets of numbers and making a hard copies of the results. Unfortunately, because of funding …
- Guest Post by Marco Tabor of Enough Software @enoughmarco
Enough Software will be giving away 400 hard copies of the Developer’s Guide to the Galaxy at OTA12 – we’ll announce the details of how you can pick your copy up at the event.
What a great …
23rd April – 29th April – London / New York / San Francisco / Sydney
Big Data Week is one of the world’s most unique global platforms, offering a series of interconnected activities and conversations around the world across not only technology but also the commercial use cases for Big Data.
Big Data …
We are super-duper pleased with our new website design, thanks to the lovely Harry and Helen over at minimoko.
It seems only fitting that our very first blog post to the new site should be to give them a big thanks for all of their hard …
If you are passionate about Climate Change, you may want to join the Energy and Climate Hackday, taking place on March 3rd at the offices of ThoughtWorks.
The event is organised by the Open Knowledge Foundation in collaboration with the UK Department of Energy and Climate …
On 4th of February 2012 in Bologna reality is going to be hacked. WhyMCA, in collaboration with Microsoft and Nokia, is proud to announce the first Italian hackaton focused on interaction between mobile and reality.
It has been 3 years since Ricardo, Alfredo, Andrea and Paolo (who many of …
We’ve booked a date for the 5th annual Over the Air, so get it in your calendars now!
Boistered by enthusiastic cheers of approval, we’ll once again be holding the event at Bletchley Park, launching the Alan Turing Centenary year celebrations in style…
The Mozilla Festival — Media, Freedom And the Web is on it’s way to London town, and Dees (@cyberdees) is offering attendees of OTA11 a 50% discount when you choose the Student & Partner Community Member option when registering to attend.
The event will be held at the fantastic …
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