• The scientific method: Computing the future, The Economist, 2006 Mar 23 (the practice of science may be undergoing yet another revolution)
  • 2020 — Future of Computing, Nature, Vol.440, No.7083, pp.398-405, 409-421, 2006 March 23 (eight papers with PDFs free online; also Towrds 2020 Science by Microsoft)
  • Graeme Philipson, Hello, does anyone know how to use this IP thing? (this is a tale of technology gone wrong)
  • Sharon Beder, Expanding Engineering Education
  • Mark Townsend and Paul Harris, Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will kill us, The Observer, 2004 February 22 (secret report warns of rioting and nuclear war; Britain will be "Siberian" in less than 20 years; threat to the world is greater than terrorism)
  • Polly Toynbee, Nader is a wrecker, but he's right about public malaise, The Guardian, 2004 February 26 (reforming voter choice is the only way to re-engage the electorate)
  • John Naughton, Still searching for the web's holy grail, The Observer, 2004 February 29 (stand-up comedians have a saying that "you're only as good as your last gig"; the same goes for computer technology)
  • Michael Cross, Public Domain, The Guardian, 2004 March 5 (say goodbye to unsightly politicians; new e-governance gets rid of liars, fixers, and other known stains; this, more or less, was the selling point of e-politics)
  • Phil Hogan, Appliance science, The Observer, 2004 March 7 (scientists are lining up to retrain as plumbers; have they gone clean around the bend?)
  • Simon Caulkin, Software must stop bugging us, The Observer, 2004 March 7 (US hi-tech giants need to get it right first time - or die)
  • Nick Cohen, The unfree market, The Observer, 2004 March 7 (the young need to be protected from advertising for the same reason they are protected from sex)
  • A prescription for success (Simon Caulkin: forget off-the-shelf remedies and think for yourself)
  • Why encyclopaedic row speaks volumes about the old guard (John Naughton: according to the laws of aerodynamics, the bumblebee should not be able to fly; yet fly it manifestly does, albeit in a stately fashion; so much for the laws of aerodynamics)
  • Michael Cross, Public Domain, The Guardian, 2005 March 3 (disturbing evidence is emerging that big IT contracters have a harmful influence)

    Julian Borger, FBI chief admits $170m computer failure, The Guardian, 2005 March 10 (more than three years after the September 11 attacks the FBI has abandoned an attempt to upgrade its computer database)

    Jack Schofield, Shipping in the chips, The Guardian, 2005 March 10 (the world will be moving to multi-core processors in the next couple of years)

    Kieran McCarthy, Divided by a common language, The Guardian, 2006 July 27 (pressure is growing for a net that recognises Asian, Arabic and Hindi characters, too)

    Charles Arthur, How can I tell if I'll be any good as a programmer?, The Guardian, 2006 July 27

    Sean Hargrave, A qwerty keyboard, so cozy and warm, International Herald Tribune, 2007 September 13 (the foundation of a new qwerty keyboard—the most commonly used English-language keyboard—that allows smart-phone and PDA owners to input text wirelessly, roll it up and stow it in their pockets)

    Exzessiver Computergebrauch verändert Gehirn, Netzeitung.de 2007 September 18