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The Weekly Round-Up: 14.08.09
Round-Up OK, the Round-Up will break it to you gently. The Round-Up can't help but wonder what software package the statement was drafted on… The... [14 Aug 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.08.09
Round-Up The Round-Up certainly has. Eliot wrote "April is the cruellest month" he had clearly never faced the prospect of writing pithy news round-ups in August. In two different organisations... [07 Aug 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 31.07.09
Round-Up What amazes the Round-Up is that its ISP came out on top. The Round-Up's talking about ID cards. What most people have focused on is the absurdity of a 20-page document... [31 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.07.09
Round-Up It's the press officers the Round-Up feels sorry for. The Round-Up's still on about the phishers, by the way. Surely one of the meanest scams ever, the... [24 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 17.07.09
Round-Up The Round-Up thinks it might be churlish to point out the presence of Windows XP (via downgrade rights from Vista), the eight versions of Vista itself and the Windows 7 beta not to mention Windows... [17 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 10.07.09
Round-Up Despite the best attempts of the political correctness lobby, appearance and image are very important, especially to middle-aged men working in corporate IT. Yes, personality counts but unless you've got a lot of stickers on your side... [10 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 03.07.09
Round-Up There's a bit in the original Transformers movie (the Round-Up accidentally saw half of it recently on a plane before the gin and tonics kicked in) where some kind of space-alien doohickey is used to... [03 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 26.06.09
Round-Up The Round-Up is a big fan of Scandinavian countries. The Round-Up never normally needs help identifying stressful situations, not after having to extract a freshly... [26 Jun 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 19.06.09
Round-Up The Round-Up is sure you've had a boss who, quite frankly, was a complete git. The Round-Up wonders what all the fuss is about - surely 50p for 2Mbps broadband is a bit... [19 Jun 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 12.06.09
Round-Up The second thing the Round-Up noticed was that it isn't a word. The first thing that occurred to The Round-Up was that 'web 2.0' has probably been referenced a lot more... [12 Jun 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 05.06.09
Round-Up You may recall the Round-Up discussed Bing last week, and in particular the reasoning behind the brand name: Bing being the noise made at "the moment of discovery and decision making". Given another... [05 Jun 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 29.05.09
Round-Up The Round-Up also wonders whether your browser will go 'Bing! Yeah, just like the Round-Up is a 'sentence architect'. Which makes the... [29 May 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 22.05.09
Round-Up And second, perhaps you could explain why you're reading the Round-Up in bed, instead of in the office on a Friday afternoon like everybody else? It may come as some surprise, but if you are reading the... [22 May 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 15.05.09
Round-Up Well, at the time the Round-Up first started following him he hadn't tweeted anything much. Personally, the Round-Up loves working from home and has noted the following... [15 May 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 08.05.09
Round-Up Nine of the most exciting words the Round-Up has heard since a red-haired sociology student told it at the end of Freshers' Week: "OK, but only if you have a bath first. But as to the idea of a... [08 May 2009]
