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RIP Sir Clive Sinclair: British home computer trailblazer dies aged 81

RIP Sir Clive Sinclair: British home computer trailblazer dies aged 81

From pocket calculators to ZX Spectrum and beyond

 
 

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RIP Sir Clive Sinclair: British home computer trailblazer dies aged 81

From pocket calculators to ZX Spectrum and beyond

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CityFibre scores extra £1bn+ of funding to plumb in up to eight million British homes by 2025

Ikea parent Interogo Holding among the investors

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Ransomware-hit law firm secures High Court judgment against unknown criminals

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Computer and data scientists should be as highly regarded as 'warriors' says top UK cybergeneral

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It's time to delete that hunter2 password from your Microsoft account, says IT giant

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Open-source project migrates deprecated apps to WebAssembly

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UK Cabinet Office calls off its search for a 'partner' in Whitehall SaaS ERP migration

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Turing Award winner Barbara Liskov on CLU and why programming is still cool

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Bepanted shovel-toting farmer wins privacy payout from France TV

Unwitting star of #Slipgate viral images awarded reduced damages, tempts Streisand effect

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Dowden out, Dorries in: Is UK data protection in safe hands?

It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life... for Dorries

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UK funds hydrogen-powered cargo submarine to torpedo maritime emissions by 2050

Green machine will also suck up microplastics between Glasgow and Belfast

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SpaceX successfully sends four amateurs into orbit for three-day tour

Vision from window seats didn't stream, everything else worked

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