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Dear silicon.com... NHS 'savings', e-crime coppers, skills crisis?...
Comment Because of the government 'Degrees for All' policy, even the dumbest, most unpromising students get rubbish degrees, which they then believe entitles them to a cushy job in a nice warm office. Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are... [20 Mar 2008]
ID tech tightens up compliance
Comment For example, a user logging in from a remote location using a VPN tunnel could be allowed to access office productivity tools but denied access to the customer relationship management system or financial records when they are not at the office. [18 Mar 2008]
Retail leaders will open up in tough times
Comment His premise is that retailers can no longer keep all that messy back-office stuff behind closed doors. An icy wind is blowing through the high street. The danger is that a downturn will bite into IT spending even though technology could be... [13 Mar 2008]
LinkedIn CEO on 'grown up' social networking
Comment Online business network, LinkedIn has almost 20 million members worldwide and recently opened its European office in London. During 2007, LinkedIn doubled in size in all of its major regions including Europe and signed up its millionth UK member in... [28 Feb 2008]
Dear silicon.com...Illegal file-sharing, biometrics flying high, ID fines…
Comment Recently, talking to the pensions office, they refused to discuss my information because my birth date on their records does not correspond with my actual birth date. Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest... [28 Feb 2008]
The Naked CIO: Identity crisis
Comment Once in my office, I buy flowers for delivery to my significant other, purchase a golfing magazine subscription, pay some bills and buy an iTunes gift voucher for a friend - all using my credit or debit card information. [25 Feb 2008]
Get mobile addicts out of the BlackBerry jam
Comment When IT applications decentralised onto the PC, there was a time when the office desktop was mostly autonomous and operated independently from the network. Addicts may take their CrackBerrys on holiday and even up to bed. [21 Feb 2008]
Tech Visions: New media floods firms' networks
Comment Laurie Heltsley, P&G Director of Strategic Projects, is responsible for various media-related initiatives across the organisation and reports direct to the CIO office. Experts are forecasting an important role in the enterprise for new media data... [19 Feb 2008]
Can the government offshore with confidence?
Comment For example, the Cabinet Office has prevented Fujitsu Services from using offshore resources without prior consent. While the emergence of a single common policy for the public sector is highly unlikely, it is essential that the Office for... [14 Feb 2008]
Legal Eye: High Court's patent sense
Comment The court decided the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) was wrong to refuse patent claims for computer programs. But initial coverage may have overstated the importance of the ruling, because the European Patent Office (EPO) has long been... [13 Feb 2008]
How to prepare for the interview
Comment Office insights… Bored and underpaid? You're not alone… Health warning to overweight IT managers Demand for tech workers hits six-year high How the staffing crisis is deepening ... [08 Feb 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 08.02.08
Round-Up The office of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. The meeting is interrupted as a roller-blading product manager crashes into the glass wall of the office suffering multiple fractures. Once again, after one too many cinnamon cappuccinos, the Round-Up is... [08 Feb 2008]
How to give tech to those on less than $1 a day
Comment But this tends to affect those on more formal licence agreements or in more affluent areas, whereas for qualifying governments purchasing Windows-based PCs, Partners in Learning provides a full stack of Windows XP Starter Edition, Office Home and... [07 Feb 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Locked in at the bank
Comment People only had one line at home and office, and for the telecoms provider the world was a safe and stable place. Written in a coffee shop at Wickham Market, Suffolk, and dispatched via a free wi-fi service in Woodbridge a day later. [07 Feb 2008]
Editor's Blog: Another blow to identity fraudsters
Comment Seven months after we launched our Full Disclosure campaign calling for a rethink of legislation in this area, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is now asking that knowingly or recklessly breaching the Data Protection Act should be made... [06 Feb 2008]
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