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The Weekly Round-Up: 12.09.08
Round-Up It's the same nostalgic flush inspired by seeing a girl you used to go out with at school again years later (although these beauties haven't married the school bully, had five snotty kids and work in the supermarket). [12 Sep 2008]
Brunel University uses spam filter to fight cyber bullying
Case Study The bully succeeded in sending over 150 malicious emails before they were finally caught. Based in the west of London, the university is one of the main higher education centres in the city and uses a distributed email... [11 Jan 2008]
Cyber bullying crackdown kicks off
News The campaign will cost £200,000 and features guidance and a short film to help schools deal with people who use the internet or mobiles to bully other children or abuse their teachers. The government has launched a... [21 Sep 2007]
Leader: Vendors must quit 'bully' tactics
Leader What the bully-boy tactics demonstrate is a lack of trust. The prickly subject of software licence audits once again got the backs of corporate IT departments up this week, as users accused cynical vendors of using them... [12 Jan 2007]
Leader: Vendor bully boys take note
Leader Nobody likes an aggressive salesman - whether it's a second-hand car salesman, pushy estate agent or the more recent stereotype of the obnoxious IT salesman. IT is confusing at the best of times and these characters are often portrayed... [30 Nov 2005]
Stop bullying your outsourcer, companies warned
News Companies that use harsh service level agreements to bully their outsourcing supplier could be missing out on a "trust dividend" worth up to 40 per cent of the total contract value. Outsourcing based on mutual trust can... [24 Nov 2005]
Intel faces AMD lawsuit for "illegal" behaviour
News AMD has filed a lawsuit against Intel in the American courts accusing the chipmaker of forcing major customers to accept exclusive deals and withholding rebates and marketing subsidies to punish those customers who, it says, buy more AMD... [29 Jun 2005]
One in five kids hit by 'digital bullying'
News Kids can also text the word 'bully' to 60000 to receive more advice and support. One in five youngsters has suffered from 'digital bullying' either by text messages, email or in internet chatrooms. According to a survey... [07 Jun 2005]
Radioactive: Ready or not, here comes mobile music
Comment Mobile operators are in a prime position to capture this market: they have an existing billing relationship with at least 10 million customers; they have a device that can support music (although much can be done to improve the device);... [14 Apr 2005]
Apple in iTunes.co.uk cybersquatting row
News Just because you are a big brand owner you can't bully small businesses," he said. Apple has been accused of bullying tactics in its battle to force a small UK firm to hand over ownership of the iTunes.co.uk web address. [07 Dec 2004]
How Microsoft keeps its edge
Comment That's not to mention the bully tactics along the way that ultimately got the company's higher ups into hot water with the US Justice Department. Charles Cooper looks at how Redmond pulls off this feat. [15 Oct 2004]
UK detective agency hits back at Intel 'passing off' claims
News However, 7intel has accused Intel of "a thinly veiled attempt to bully them into handing over their legally owned collateral, websites and trademarks". A small UK private detective agency has hit back against chip giant... [26 Jul 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: CIO tactics, Hi-Fi using Wi-Fi and free software
Comment The Cost Cutter: A strong-minded CIO who is prepared to bully his IT department into working on a shoestring. Although not all CIOs leave because they are sacked they all face the daunting challenges of: [29 Mar 2004]
Sun slams IBM's desktop confusion
News I wouldn't bully our staff into using what we use. Sun has offered IBM the benefit of its "experience" if Big Blue decides it wants to implement a wholesale move to the Linux desktop. In a memo issued on Wednesday, Sun's... [22 Jan 2004]
Bill Gates: on web services, Linux, security and more...
News This year he used the bully pulpit to make it clear that the industry is at one of its perennial crossroads. For two decades, Bill Gates has used his Comdex keynote speech to mark out his vision for technologies, from... [20 Nov 2003]
