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RSS techiesMicrosoft XP blunder means party time for hackers
News Microsoft's team of techies are working to fix a glitch in one of its web servers which is preventing XP users from downloading software updates - including a patch for a security hole in the operating system's Universal... [15 Jan 2002]
BT's in-house boffins name their technologies for the future
News BT's techies also predict that within 10 years the internet will be all but unavoidable. The boffins at BT's Adastral Park research centre have been telling the telco which technologies they believe will be most... [05 Dec 2001]
"Invincible" Oracle not so secure
News Privately the company's techies are thought to be upset by the stance which has made the company's software a chief target for the hacking community. Oracle is coming under increasing fire for its repeated claims that... [23 Nov 2001]
What's all this 'IT' malarkey, then?
News Furthermore, 43 per cent of techies say reporting back to the board is the task they dread most. A survey of project managers has revealed that no matter how hard they try, or how patient they are with the board, company... [06 Nov 2001]
Devil's Advocate: Why do techies get such a bad press?
Comment It's funny how it seems to be a characteristic of IT to talk about techies. Everyone seems to have it in for techies, propellerheads, geeks or whatever we call them. No, nowadays many people would claim... [23 Oct 2001]
Compaq techies get top jobs in HP merger
News Compaq's top technology officers have beaten their counterparts at HP to keep their jobs in the post-merger organisation. Chief technology officer Shane Robison and chief information officer Bob Napier came in ahead of HP rivals CTO... [15 Oct 2001]
Survey shock: IT pros aren't geeks
News The biggest ever lifestyle survey of techies shows that the average worker is a bit more interesting than most people think. It's official: the geeky image of the IT professional should be consigned to the dustbin of... [10 Oct 2001]
Techies love Eastenders
News IT professionals prefer Eastenders to Coronation Street after a hard day's work - and after they've been out to dinner with Bill Gates and invited him in for coffee, of course. A survey involving 5,000 IT workers found more IT... [10 Oct 2001]
Dmitri case ushers in age of hacker crackdown
News Keen for Dmitri's captors not to forget the hordes of techies calling for his release, the Campaign for Digital Rights is to hold a simultaneous demo in London and Edinburgh tomorrow in support of the hacker. [29 Aug 2001]
Freedom in the air for Dmitri?
News Techies sing to free jailbird hacker http://www.silicon.com/a46294 The defence lawyer for Russian programmer Dmitri Sklyarov has said he asked for today's trial to be postponed because he believes the case could be... [23 Aug 2001]
500,000 techies required
News The IT industry is still facing a massive skills shortage despite the ongoing slump in the technology sector and the global economic downturn. According to research by IDC, qualified technology workers should have no problems finding... [10 Aug 2001]
Can dot-com recession therapy jump the pond?
Comment At Recession Camp - which follows the tradition of US summer camps - unemployed dot-commers and techies gather together to talk about life, unemployment and chill out with outdoor pursuits. We have self-help groups for... [09 Aug 2001]
DefCon hacker free as a bird
News The 20 or so techies who took to the American Embassy in London last Friday were outnumbered by police. Dmitri Skylyarov, the Russian hacker who became a global cause célèbre when he was arrested at last month's DefCon... [07 Aug 2001]
Techies sing to free jailbird hacker
News A strong-willed handful of techies gathered together outside the US embassy in London this afternoon, hell bent on freeing Russian software developer Dmitri Sklyarov. In the true spirit of peaceful political protests,... [03 Aug 2001]
Summer months worse for IT staff
News IT departments are under greater stress during the summer months, according to a survey published today. The study, published by systems integrator Bull, found European IT departments are stretched to their limits because of holidays and... [03 Aug 2001]
