worker
RSS workerTop 10 web frauds
News However, despite the rapid growth of the Nigerian money scam - in which victims are contacted by a Nigerian bank worker, or similar, hoping to get millions transferred into their account as a means of getting around complicated inheritance laws... [23 May 2002]
Parents prefer email to kids
News Email takes up on average 49 minutes of a UK worker's day, compared to only 25 minutes per day spent playing with the kids. British children are losing quality time with their parents because of email, according to new figures from the Department... [20 May 2002]
Teleworking - Staying sane by the Seine
News And teleworking doesn't only benefit the worker - it can save millions of pounds in property costs. The pressure comes, said Gemmell, from the fact that the typical flexible worker is the least IT savvy. [22 Apr 2002]
IT managers say: 'Don't blame us for the lack of flexible working'
News I had a home worker who connected 10 hours a day on ISDN seven days a week. Unsurprisingly, that has provoked a deluge of responses from our readers - according to most IT managers, the main barriers are in fact a lack of board-level understanding... [16 Apr 2002]
The Daily Round-up: Monkey! Monkey! Monkey!
News CALL CENTRE WORKER RESORTS TO DRESSING UP AS A MONKEY Story of the day SMART BEER GLASSES SAVE LONG WALK TO BAR Chips and beer http://www.silicon.com/a52450 Quote of the day We saw one plan to buy a Middle East country. [05 Apr 2002]
Microsoft: The loveable software company
News It already gives 10p to the NSPCC every time a worker leaves early, trying to avoid a culture of overwork in its offices. Children's charity the NSPCC is today to launch a revolutionary new online service aimed at providing secure, expert advice... [27 Mar 2002]
Programmer challenges BT's hyperlink claims
News The 82-year-old is a former IBM worker employed as chief of programming standards at Big Blue. Long-time programmer Bob Bemer has stepped into the hyperlink furore by claiming that he created the coding critical to the technology. [15 Feb 2002]
Compaq's Capellas collects the cream
News The news, revealed in an SEC filing, may be hard to swallow for worker's at the Houston-based company, and comes as renewed efforts are being made to bulldozer objectors to the merger. Compaq CEO Michael Capellas raked in a whopping $1.6m salary... [31 Jan 2002]
Surviving the recession: a Quocirca series
Comment In the many years I have been involved in the technology space - as an end user, as an IT worker and as a consultant/analyst - the one refrain I have heard time and time again is that the use of a certain technology will improve the company's... [31 Jan 2002]
Brussels muscles in on copyright scene
Comment That's law-making for you - if one year is worth seven to an internet worker or a dog, it's worth about six weeks to a lawyer. The people who tried to straighten our bananas and classify our carrots as a fruit have brought us another piece of... [26 Oct 2001]
IBM's dream: computer, heal thyself
News Presently computers come with manuals to describe how to configure the system, creating a certain mindset for the IT worker. The post of systems administrator could soon become little more than a memory as IBM unveils plans to create a highly... [18 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 history. [10 Oct 2001]
Kournikova virus writer sentenced
News The verdict against the computer shop worker could have been far worse if other victims apart from the 55 victims, who claimed damages totalling $166,827 in an FBI collated report, would have stepped forward. [27 Sep 2001]
Angelo soothes stressed call centre workers
News The system is called Angelo and it measures call centre employees' heart rates at the same time as monitoring the number of calls each worker takes. Another sensor can be attached to a worker's finger to measure perspiration, which is said to be... [07 Sep 2001]
500,000 techies required
News Is the golden era of the IT worker over? 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... [10 Aug 2001]
