Experience

As a freelance journalist, I have written about technology for the Guardian, the Telegraph and other titles. As a staffer at Guardian Unlimited, I kept Europe's first newspaper blog.

Areas of journalism

Technology journalism

Portfolio

Smarter sparks

Green Futures
Published on Sunday January 4, 2009

Environment | Technology

Meters which cut consumption are to be rolled out to every home, the government says. Chris Alden reports.

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People power

Green Futures
Published on Sunday July 1, 2007

Environment | Features | Technology

Every step you take, every move you make, you generate tiny amounts of power. Now scientists are working out how to turn it into electricity. Chris Alden reports.

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Log on to the revolution

Telegraph "Broadband Horizons" supplement
Published on Friday February 23, 2007

Features | Technology

With so much now available online, it’s a shame to be cramped by a slow connection. Time to move into the fast lane, says Chris Alden

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Strange bedfellows

Guardian Unlimited Money
Published on Friday November 3, 2006

Business | Features | Money | Technology

As rising prices force many people to abandon their dream of home ownership, co-buying is beginning to find favour among the hopefuls. Chris Alden investigates.

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How blogs can make the link

Guardian Unlimited
Published on Monday January 9, 2006

Education | Features | Technology

Blogs offer connection – between pupils and between schools, and sometimes with surprising results. Chris Alden looks at how some schools work with the medium, and wonders why more don’t

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Looking back on the crash

Guardian Technology
Published on Thursday March 10, 2005

Business | Features | Technology

On the fifth anniversary of the dotcom collapse, Chris Alden reflects on the hysteria and hubris that fuelled the boom

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