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The Weekly Round-Up: 04.09.09
Round-Up Bosses at Portsmouth City Council are banning Facebook after discovering their staff spent, on average, 400 hours on the site every month. It was only last week that the Round-Up was complaining about how much like hard... [04 Sep 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Who accepts my social networking invites?
Comment It started with companies banning the likes of Facebook, LinkedIn and Plaxo and then moved onto the extremely variable response times to invitations and the varying acceptance rates. Compiled at my home early one morning... [05 Aug 2009]
Inbox: iPhone ad, red boxes, wi-fi piggybacking, sci-fi thinking
Comment Readers were in disagreement over a story on silicon.com concerning the banning of the latest iPhone ad over its claims users can view the 'whole internet'. The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most thought... [04 Sep 2008]
eBay hits back at boycotters
News From May, eBay is banning sellers from posting negative feedback in order to avoid unjustified comments posted on buyers' profiles unfairly compromising their reputations. eBay has hit back at a proposed seller boycott... [21 Apr 2008]
Profile: Nottingham Building Society head of IT Jack Cutts
Comment The previous policy of banning internet use was lifted. Reminiscent of a buccaneer perhaps? Possibly one of the legendary accounting pirates from Monty Python's Crimson Permanent Assurance short film. [11 Mar 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Tax crash, mobile driving, eBay feedback, Vista woes…
Comment How about banning smoking while driving, how about banning passengers from talking to drivers? What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases... [07 Feb 2008]
Second Life clamps down on virtual banks
News Virtual world Second Life is banning unregulated banks from operating within its borders in order to protect its users' investments. From 22 January organisations will have to provide the relevant government registration... [10 Jan 2008]
Trojan targets companies' top brass
News Runald added there is little organisations can do to protect against these threat types besides educating users of the risks because banning the receipt of common file types is impractical. Security vendor MesssageLabs... [26 Sep 2007]
Employers crack down on Facebook "addicts"
News The TUC trade union body this week urged employers not to overreact by banning Facebook in the workplace but Spencer Steel, IT manager at IT recruitment job website Informatiq Consulting, said his company was forced to... [31 Aug 2007]
MySpace vs Facebook: The race is on...
News Such has been the rise of Facebook that, according to various newspaper reports, a growing number of companies are banning it from the office as they see its use as a drain on company time. MySpace attracts the largest... [01 Aug 2007]
CIO Essentials: Open source, green tech, women in IT
News Folks need to know how to operate in the digital world - luddite banning is counterproductive to any company's well-being. Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? Our CIO Essentials feature puts you in the... [19 Jun 2007]
Apple flunks green tech test
News The spokesperson added the Mac maker has a strong environmental track record and has led the industry in restricting and banning toxic substances such as many BFRs, and has also completely eliminated monitors that... [04 Apr 2007]
Qualcomm: There will be no Nokia truce
News As well as legal action on both sides of the Atlantic, Qualcomm has taken its case to the International Trade Commission and is seeking an injunction banning Nokia from importing phones into the US. Qualcomm CEO Paul... [13 Feb 2007]
Enemies of the internet named and shamed
News This could include banning of political opposition sites and excessive monitoring of internet activity. The banning of internet communication tools such as Google's Gtalk IM service, which is forbidden... [08 Nov 2006]
Bet-mad Brits stake claim on Euro domination
News Tessa Jowell, secretary of state for culture, media and sport said the research shows online gambling is on the rise but said moderating, rather than banning should be the way forward. Brits make up nearly one-third of... [01 Nov 2006]
