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The Weekly Round-Up: 06.11.09
Round-Up However, despite more than a third admitting working outside office hours, techies still trail some way behind the most prolific cash-in-hand workers of all: the money-strapped, workaholic hairdresser. [06 Nov 2009]
Telegraph CIO on the rocky road to going Google
News A survey of workers in October this year found that in their first six months of using Gmail about 45 per cent of staff rated it as worse or the same as using Microsoft Outlook as their mail client.... [04 Nov 2009]
Techies and hairdressers united in the moonlight
News This lands techies in the top 10 UK professions for moonlighting, although some way behind the most prolific cash-in-hand workers of all: the not-so-humble hairdresser. The survey of more than 1,400 UK... [04 Nov 2009]
Photos: Inside a Microsoft datacentre
Photo Although the containers are heavy (and even heavier when packed with servers), air skates allow them to be moved in place with just four workers. Although the datacentre is massive, it is managed with a... [04 Nov 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? It's almost that... [30 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Augmented reality
Cheat Sheet One AR iPhone app in the pipeline - called WorkSnug - will offer mobile workers in London and San Francisco a solution to their wi-fi finding blues, as the video below shows: Is this another name for Apple CEO Steve... [27 Oct 2009]
Monitoring staff email and internet: The dos and don'ts
News Unlike workers in the US, employees in the UK do have an expectation of privacy in the workplace, and if you fail to follow best practice you could find your organisation on the wrong side of the law: under Article 8 of... [22 Oct 2009]
Microsoft is learning to share - but not soon enough?
Comment Workers need to share data from many sources - but, says David Tebbutt, today's tools don't do a lot to help. This data might live within the workers' blogs, wikis or bookmarks. Jive seems to know that... [20 Oct 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.10.09
Round-Up While workers might create outlandish avatars to escape the restraints and monotony of their everyday lives, such behaviour may soon become a thing of the past as they are forced to dress their avatars appropriately for... [16 Oct 2009]
Telecoms worker? You're in demand. Techie? Not so much
News ICT workers looking for a new job should keep their eye on the telecoms sector. Telecoms workers are in demand As long as the macroeconomic outlook is uncertain, companies will remain reticent to hire... [14 Oct 2009]
Cash won't cut it: Time to get creative in attracting skilled workers
Comment They are more plentiful among self-employed professionals, portfolio workers, freelance entrepreneurs, forward-thinking start-ups, self-organising online communities and skilled people overseas with valuable new... [13 Oct 2009]
Avatars made to wear a suit to work as the style police arrive
News While workers might create outlandish avatars to escape the restraints and monotony of their everyday lives, this may soon become a thing of the past as they are forced to dress their avatars appropriately for work and... [09 Oct 2009]
Downturn means fewer outsourcing workers saying 'I do'
Comment Economic hard times are causing Indian outsourcing workers to put off tying the knot, says Saritha Rai. It's got nothing to with high-value services or cost savings - but rather the marriage prospects of... [07 Oct 2009]
iPhones unshackled, IT wages revealed and outsourcing explained
News Once again, September saw another fresh crop of students head off to university for the first time, on their way to becoming the next generation of IT workers. Incidentally, some of the highest paid... [06 Oct 2009]
Secure Employee Mobility and the Need for Identity Assurance
White Paper Whether it is a sales representative or engineer dealing with a customer opportunity, someone traveling on a business trip, a person trying to extend their hours by working at home at night or on the weekend or perhaps a... [05 Oct 2009]
