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The Weekly Round-Up: 25.09.09
Round-Up Minister for Digital Britain Stephen Timms said the government is committed to passing its law to charge landline owners a £6 per year tax to pay for rollout of next-gen broadband in the UK. And it seems the government's... [25 Sep 2009]
Digital Britain fibre tax 'to be law before next general election'
News The proposed fibre tax to pay for next-gen broadband in the UK could be law before the next general election. Stephen Timms, Minister for Digital Britain and financial secretary to the Treasury, said the government is... [23 Sep 2009]
Uncomplaining techies turn in extra hours for free
News While hours may be on the up, pay cheques aren't heading in a similar direction - 75 per cent of those surveyed said their company doesn't pay overtime. Despite an increasing workload and a static... [23 Sep 2009]
The right skills to boost your pay packet unveiled
News Choose carefully and you could make a significant improvement to your pay packet. Thinking of brushing up on your IT skills? According to new research, techies working in IT management should consider brushing up on... [22 Sep 2009]
Tech skills: UK Plc told to get its hands dirty and help students
News More firms should help design and pay for courses for the benefit of the current and future workforce, and more firms should offer students practical work experience. Businesses must do more to help boost the numbers of... [21 Sep 2009]
Macs more likely to be used on your network but you didn't pay for them
Comment silicon.com's CIO Jury doesn't expect IT departments to start buying Macs as a result of the launch of Apple's new Snow Leopard operating system. But in this exclusive article, in response to the CIO Jury findings, Michael Silver,... [21 Sep 2009]
Microsoft asks shareholders: How much should execs get paid?
News Microsoft general counsel and board secretary Brad Smith said in a statement: "Given the interest in executive pay, we think it makes sense to encourage more dialogue with our shareholders on our compensation approach. [21 Sep 2009]
Scammers pose as banks in live chat hack
News Meanwhile, the "chat-in-the-middle" phishing attack, as RSA has dubbed it, is being hosted on a fast flux network that criminals pay to use that hosts malicious websites and other tools for online scams. [18 Sep 2009]
White House looks to the cloud for IT cost-cutting
News Why should the government pay for and build infrastructure that may be available for free? The Obama administration on Tuesday announced a long-term cloud-computing policy intended to cut costs on infrastructure and... [17 Sep 2009]
Dell settles fraud case with $4m
News A year after the state of New York won its case against Dell and Dell Financial Services, the company will now pay up. The PC maker will pay out $4m to settle a case initially filed in 2007, New York's... [16 Sep 2009]
A Revolution in Physician Targeting: In-Source Analytics-Driven Intelligence to Go Beyond Decile-Based Targeting
White Paper Others pay premium fees to outside consultancies to periodically crunch the numbers and generate physician target lists for them. Most pharmaceutical companies focus their sales and marketing activities on the top decile... [16 Sep 2009]
Want to boost your pay packet? Get yourself a bigger employer
News Attention IT pros: the larger your employer, the more bulging your pay packet will be. IT salaries rise the more seats a company has, according to the research, with the difference in pay between a SME... [11 Sep 2009]
Salesforce.com tech to turn customers' Twittering into useful feedback
News The Service Cloud 2 options, announced on Wednesday, will give new web-based options to those who pay Salesforce.com to run their customer-support infrastructures. For companies that want to turn all those customer... [10 Sep 2009]
Google seeks to appease Europe with digital books copyright deal
News Under the terms of the settlement, Google agreed to pay the authors and publishers $125m. In a move to assuage European publishers' concerns over book digitisation, Google on Monday said European books still listed as... [08 Sep 2009]
Microsoft accused of 'scare tactics' as judge grants a stay in Word case
News In May, a jury ordered Microsoft to pay $200m for infringing on a patent held by i4i. Microsoft has been granted a stay of a landmark injunction in a patent infringement case that would have required the software giant... [04 Sep 2009]
