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Offshoring stymied by new VAT rules?
Comment However the basic place of supply rule applies to certain cases of outsourcing back-office administrative services such as call centre operations. Do you wish to continue your current offshore arrangements or consider... [11 Nov 2009]
Photos: Firefox through the ages
Photo While the official Mozilla effort still was working on the unified browser and email software package dating back to the Netscape era, Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross began work on a simplified browser initially called Phoenix. [10 Nov 2009]
Revealed: Your favourite Windows operating system
News A multitude of Microsoft operating systems have been launched into the world since the first versions of Windows appeared back in the early 1980s. But after all these years of development, which operating system software... [09 Nov 2009]
BT offers free fibre to Glasgow businesses
News Back in 2008 BT announced it would be spending £1.5bn to bring fibre broadband to around 10 million homes and businesses by 2012. BT is offering a free taste of superfast broadband to businesses in Glasgow. [05 Nov 2009]
Photos: The Apple mouse through the ages
Photo Firstly, it was the first Apple mouse I used, back when the whole one-button thing was quite charming. Lisa mouse Apple's Lisa of the early 1980s was among the first computers to sport a mouse - albeit a boxy and clunky... [03 Nov 2009]
Can I use a netbook as my everyday work machine?
Comment What started back in 2006 as a niche product aimed at children in the developing world, have quickly become the latest must-have piece of hardware - with many people considering them not as a second machine, but indeed... [02 Nov 2009]
Photos: Salesforce.com rides the Google wave with CRM app
Photo The Wave app copies all of the information contained in the wave back into Booyah's customer records, held on a Salesforce system, so customer service staff can pull out any useful information when needed. [30 Oct 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Uneconomics
Comment Looking back over the past 40 years we see the rate of economic crises is speeding up, and the severity of each gets worse. Compiled at the IoD, Pall Mall, London, and dispatched to silicon.com via a... [29 Oct 2009]
Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News For the most part… they haven't actually sat back and asked, what are the material issues that we should be addressing? It's no surprise that for some companies green initiatives are dropping down the list of IT priorities. [29 Oct 2009]
Digital Dilemmas: Should I add my boss as a Facebook friend?
Comment It's the mother of digital conundrums: you log into your Facebook account and there's a friend request from a work colleague staring back at you. If they've sent you a friend request, make no mistake: they have you in... [28 Oct 2009]
Photos: Windows 7 - the latest PCs from Acer to Samsung
Photo The above PC is a touchscreen all-in-one computer produced by Acer, where the computer is built into the back of the monitor. The official release of Windows 7 last week has seen the debut of a slew of hardware sporting... [26 Oct 2009]
Mind the details with Windows 7
Comment Had I read those messages about issues with the graphics card a little more closely, I would have turned back - but alas I didn't. Gartner's Stephen Kleynhans has been happy with his initial installs of Windows 7 - but... [23 Oct 2009]
A better backup to get you back up, fast
White Paper Hardware failure, viruses and user errors can strike any time. Maintaining regular backups of data is crucial for recovery after such a disaster. But manual processes such as tape backups can be time-consuming. [21 Oct 2009]
Blocked: BBC plan to share iPlayer with rivals
News The BBC Trust has rejected a proposal that would allow UK broadcasters such as Channel 4, ITV and Five to share the BBC's iPlayer technology. The BBC Trust, the body that oversees the BBC, announced yesterday it thought the scheme "was... [21 Oct 2009]
Windows 7: Who's adopting it, when and why?
News If you are in a medium-sized organisation you may not have the capability to do the clean install, put back all of the applications and find out where all the data is for every machine. The outlook from analysts,... [21 Oct 2009]
