actions in comment and analysis
Brampton Factor: NHS IT - can this project be saved?
Comment Deliberate actions exacerbate the situation, such as the transfer of PC ownership from general practitioners to Primary Care Trusts and the Health Act which imposes compulsory disclosure of medical information. [19 Sep 2006]
Editor's Blog: HPgate?
Comment How many probes of HP's actions will there be? Disclaimer: Several of the reporters related to the ongoing leak scandal involving HP's board and private investigators write for CNET News.com, a sister publication of silicon.com - both are published... [13 Sep 2006]
Open source - is it a risk for your business?
Comment Crucially, the licence includes no indemnity protection against claims by third parties for intellectual property rights (IPR) infringement, so the user of the software is not automatically protected from such legal actions. [31 Aug 2006]
Leader: What porn?
Leader But to be fair to the Home Office, while the people who wrote and produced these ads were clearly fools, their actions hardly exposed anybody to porn. The Home Office has been rapped on the knuckles today for a radio ad which inadvertently sent... [23 Aug 2006]
Leader: Should McKinnon be extradited?
Leader Perhaps this is because we realise the US is unlikely to give him a fair trial, given his actions trampled over the highly sensitive line marked 'Homeland Security' - but can we really say, hand on heart, that this man, who rather idiotically... [07 Jul 2006]
Analysis: Intel's big push for convergence
Comment An Intel representative declined to respond to the reports, saying the company will not comment on any possible actions until it has completed the review Otellini discussed. Chip giant Intel has long been hoping to make its computer processing... [07 Jun 2006]
Analysis: Does ID management invade workers' privacy?
Comment Employers are responsible for the actions of their employees, even if the employee claims he was conducting personal business at work. Organisations are turning to ID management systems to ensure that only authorised personnel can access sensitive... [10 May 2006]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: RFID - what can it do for the business?
Comment It is in making the decisions or triggering actions based on live and accurate data that these processes can be transformed or made more efficient. Quocirca's Rob Bamforth helps you figure it out. All too often, when a novel technology concept... [16 Mar 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Parking fiasco
Comment But I suspect the people that design parking meters, create nightmare traffic systems, and all those like them that make life difficult and unpleasant for the populace, will not relate it to their actions in any way. [10 Jan 2006]
Leader: Tis the season to be litigious
Leader Whether either Microsoft or RIM infringed those patents is for the lawyers and courts to decide, of course, but in terms of business models, we can't help but think these actions are a nifty move from two second (if that) tier mobile email players. [15 Dec 2005]
Opinion: Don't forget security when you wrap up for Christmas
Comment Just as physical security is a mixture of community and individual actions so online recovery should be as well. With so many organisations - especially small ones - unprepared for disasters, Brian White suggests the government should step in to help. [15 Dec 2005]
Leader: Heads should roll when gov't IT goes wrong
Leader As one silicon.com reader pointed out in a comment posted on the site: "Until civil servants are made to accept personal responsibility for their advice and actions, with sacking closely linked to failure and incompetence, then we will continue to... [07 Dec 2005]
Opinion: So why can't Microsoft build in security?
Comment Without a doubt, Microsoft, through previous antitrust actions which very nearly saw it broken up, has created a moral dilemma which the courts cannot easily resolve. Regardless of whether you believe Microsoft is responsible for the poor state of... [12 Oct 2005]
Chin Dae Je
AS Profile With Korea emerging as one of the most advanced countries in the IT industry, the actions of Chin Dae Je will undoubtedly have a resounding impact on the people and economy there and abroad. Chin has said it is his intention to make Korea the IT... [23 Sep 2005]
Devil's Advocate: The fate of AOL
Comment So if we were to suppose their actions might have triggered a reaction to unproductive financial engineering, we would be mistaken. As rumours circulate that Time Warner may sell off AOL to another big-name internet player, Martin Brampton wonders... [20 Sep 2005]
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