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Naked CIO: Is IT responsible for workers' output and errors?
Comment Has technology made us a more productive workforce or just allowed us a justification to do less as workers? IT leaders may not be fully responsible for workers' actions - but they could take more... [10 Nov 2009]
Photos: Emerging tech from location-based services to social networking
Photo But US carrier AT&T liked what it saw and partnered with the company to enable the wireless networking that allows photos to be sent from a computer or phone to this frame. AT&T Labs in San Francisco opened its doors on... [09 Nov 2009]
Photos: Android marches onto even more smartphones
Photo The 3.7-inch touchscreen slider device arrives in the US today - where it's called Droid - but Motorola says it will also be coming to Germany and Italy "soon", under the Milestone moniker. It's two years since Google... [06 Nov 2009]
Windows 7: Over 200 per cent more popular than Vista
News NPD found that boxed copies of Windows 7 outsold their Vista equivalent by 234 per cent in the US. A recent survey of European and US IT professionals found that more than half of new corporate PCs are... [06 Nov 2009]
Bletchley Park's World War Two codebreakers in their own words
News I got married in 1948 but the need to keep it secret was drilled into us so hard that it was 10 years before I told my husband what I did there," she said. It was impressive living in the surrounds of Woburn Abbey but... [05 Nov 2009]
Telegraph CIO on the rocky road to going Google
News Cheesbrough said that the key to a successful transition is compulsory training for staff on using the new system, warning that initially TMG swapped workers over to using the Google system with no formal training, a policy Cheesbrough... [04 Nov 2009]
Naked CIO: Social networks are useless for finding a job
Comment Let us know by posting a reader comment below While social networking sites can be fun for connecting with family and friends, they're no use when it comes to professional networking, says the Naked CIO. [04 Nov 2009]
Why the UK will never create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle
News Spire Healthcare IM&T director Marc O'Brien said the UK does not applaud success and doesn't respect the entrepreneurial spirit in the way the US does, warning: "I can see a future where the ideas and initial launches... [03 Nov 2009]
Magic Mouse - Apple's best ever?
Comment PC users taunted us. Second button envy haunted us. The Apple mouse has long been the weak link in its hardware set-ups. Seb Janacek asks: Can the new Magic Mouse change all that? I have a dream… a... [03 Nov 2009]
Implementing Device Restrictions in Vista and Server 2008
White Paper With Vista clients and Server 2008 systems, there are a number of new Group Policy settings that allow us to exert some level of control over which devices users can install and use. Depending on the mix of Help Desk... [03 Nov 2009]
How Does Ping Really Work?
White Paper Ping is an Internet program that most of us use daily, but do you know how it really works? Gain an understanding of the cycle of processing associated with ping. [03 Nov 2009]
10 Hot Skills for 2009
White Paper Whether we are in a down economy, seeing jobs go offshore, or witnessing jobs being cut altogether, there are certain IT skills that will never go out of style With spending on cost-saving technologies such as virtualization rising, and... [03 Nov 2009]
Microsoft to Office Accounting: Your number's up
News The Redmond giant said it will stop distributing the free Office Accounting and Office Accounting Express in the UK and US next month. Microsoft announced on Friday it is to kill off its Office Accounting product line. [02 Nov 2009]
Smooth Transition: Preparing for IFRS
White Paper The SEC proposes that 2014 be the first year for US registered companies to file their financial statements in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) format. This white paper covers how to effectively... [30 Oct 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.09.09
Round-Up Leaving the Halloween terrors behind us, let's talk of an issue similarly likely to strike horror into the sturdiest of office workers: should you be friends with your boss on Facebook? Which leaves us... [30 Oct 2009]
