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Staff Writer
James Laird
James stumbled out of Goldsmiths College with a shiny English degree in 2011 and has been working as a journalist ever since. Starting out as a freelancer, he wrote for local news outlets and blogged extensively before deciding to eschew the dole queue in favour of more regular feeding patterns and take an internship at Net Communities. Since joining, he has learned an unhealthy amount about gadgetry, with mobile, tech politics, and the enigma that is Apple emerging as specific areas of interest. Now employed as a full-time staff writer, James is noted in the office for his Loyd Grossman-esque transatlantic drawl. He has a particular hatred of eBook readers.
Articles by James
Tablets
BlackBerry CEO: tablet will be dead in five years but Q10 to sell "millions"
BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins stepped out with a bold prediction during a recent interview – tablets will be dead within the next five years.
Green Tech
IBM helps launch Be The Start sustainability campaign at London HQ
IBM has helped to launch this year's Be The Start campaign with an exclusive event at its London headquarters and will showcase its green tech efforts on 14 May.
Mobile Phones
Today's Tech: Xbox 720 features detailed, BlackBerry Q10 sells out, and ZTE Blade 3 reviewed
Elsewhere, Will Dalton was out pressing the flesh at Infosec recently and dug up a choice scoop on the security world's worrying gender imbalance.
Telecoms
O2 enlists BT to help bolster 4G network ahead of Q3 launch
O2 has put pen to paper on a 10-year deal with BT that will bolster its backhaul network infrastructure ahead of 4G rollout later this year.
Mobile Phones
BlackBerry Q10 enters the record books as Selfridges' fastest-selling gadget ever
The BlackBerry Q10 is off to a flying start, with iconic UK retailer Selfridges reporting that it sold out of its initial allocation of the device within two hours.
Laptops & PCs
Intel to launch new 'Haswell' Core processor family at Computex in June
Intel has confirmed that it will unveil the fourth generation of its Core processor family, dubbed Haswell, at the beginning of June, with the smart money on a Computex debut.
