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It’s going to be a big night in the world of Microsoft, as the company’s Windows boss Steven Sinofsky alights to the stage at the D9 conference. He is widely expected to show off the coming Windows 8 tablet user interface (UI) to the world for the first time. The eyes of every technologist, analyst, investor, and computing enthusiast will be fixed on Sinofsky as he takes the wraps off of what is set to be Microsoft’s answer to not just the iPad, but to the question of where Windows will go in the future....

Consumers, businesses and politicians are already aware of the usefulness of tablet devices; sales continue to increase, more and more apps are being developed to extend the feature-set of the devices and they are starting to beallowed in Congressto aid discussion in the some of the world’s most powerful parliaments. In many countries, citizens are able to request information from their governments, simply by filing what is known as aFreedom Of Information Act request....

We’ve reached the point now where almost all the world’s under-18s in the developed world don’t remember a time when the Internet wasn’t a major part of everyday life. Growing up with a direct connection to the whole world gives today’s children a view on the way the world works that is vastly different from the older generations. What can we learn from the ‘digital natives’? That’s one of the questions that research firm Latitude is looking to answer with itsKIDS – Kids Innovation Discovery Seriesinitiative....

If you had asked me 6 months ago whether I’d ever write a piece about how technology and startups could learn from traditional business than I probably would have laughed at you. Typically speaking old business versus new business, when it comes to marketing, is like comparing apples and oranges. Recently though I have talked to a few start ups that have opened my eyes to the fact that there is a lot that can be learned from effective marketing even when it’s done by older businesses....

Twitter, launching just over five years ago, has captured the hearts and minds of over 200 million Internet users. The service, operating as a sort-of-centralised SMS message that allows interested parties to read should they be so inclined, has grown with the smartphone generation as communications go mobile and users become addicted to sending and receiving real-time updates. Blamed for facilitating the breaking of so-called super-injunctions, helping celebrities land themselves in trouble but often the source of news on worldwide events before it hits the major newswires, Twitter divides opinion thanks to the diversity of its users....