Especially since his death, Steve Jobs has become a god to many in IT and design. As a new film on his life is to be released, Michael Moynihan meets up with an Irishman who worked closely with the former Apple head

Imagine. If you are building a new home or extending an existing one, are you network enabled? I only ask because life as we know it is about to change.

Magner's North of Ireland Championship at Royal Portrush

Imagine. If you are building a new home or extending an existing one, are you network enabled? I only ask because life as we know it is about to change. Eventually most homes will be controlled by a computer centre that will entertain, keep us safe, anticipate our latest domestic problems and generally organise our home existence through a computer nerve centre networked throughout the house. Sounds like science fiction, doesn’t it?

Microsoft is to develop a version of its Office software for use with Apple's new operating system.