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The Weekly Round-Up: 08.08.08
Round-Up Characterising staff as either stupid, Luddites, lazy, or all three, the report says the worst offenders are "old school printers" - who can't read emails unless they're printed out, the "competitive printer" - who spreads paperwork around to make... [08 Aug 2008]
eBay pays a high price for fakes
Comment This checking will be a costly undertaking for any reseller and is likely to result in a reduction of online resellers as they struggle to discharge the responsibility of policing their sites and taking action against counterfeiters. [01 Aug 2008]
The McCue Interview: Phil Pavitt, CIO, Transport for London
Comment The first step in this plan is what Pavitt calls the "infrastructure 101" - making sure all the fundamentals at the network and core infrastructure level are there, removing single points of failure, removing design flaws and double and triple... [29 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.07.08
Round-Up And checking emails isn't going to solve anything anyway. And yet for those working in the glass citadels in the City it might prove a bit stressful - it seems they're so obsessed with checking their work email that they'll even check it on holiday. [11 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.05.08
Round-Up Either way, the project took the wraps off its new laptop design this week and you can judge the design merits for yourself by checking it out here. If the thought of ermine-clad Lords gliding gracefully up and down the hallowed corridors of the... [23 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08
Round-Up Fancy checking your emails or updating your Facebook profile at speeds above 320kmph? Planes, trains and automobiles - the title of an amusing comedy flick starring Steve Martin is also a neat segue into the Round-Up's opening gambit, after a week... [28 Mar 2008]
How to detect data leaks
Comment Losing laptops or other storage is still one of the most common sources of data leaks and DLP tools can help by checking whether confidential data is encrypted. Yet most firms don't know how sensitive data is getting out, let alone how to stop it. [19 Mar 2008]
Editor's Blog: An everyday tale of e-crime
Comment A bit of credit card statement checking later, it became clear that his identity had been stolen - or at least borrowed - by someone who had managed to buy three or four mobile phones on his plastic. A little while ago a friend of mine got a mobile... [13 Mar 2008]
Outsourcing - life after the contract
Comment This constant checking, referral and change is needed to achieve the outsourcing objectives and to keep the contract properly aligned with those objectives. But the work is not all done just because the ink has dried on the paper, argues Paul Bentham. [12 Mar 2008]
Editor's Blog: Time to fight the flab in the IT department
Comment And maybe you've decided this year you really will change jobs - in which case you might be checking out our top tips on writing an effective CV. By now you've probably pretty much given up on all your New Year resolutions. [30 Jan 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.07.07
Round-Up If you have to leave the safety of your office, with its warm, familiar vibe and worn but comfy chair, you can find out how to make business travel more bearable by checking out the top business travel tips from silicon.com staffers and our... [20 Jul 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Moving office
Comment I started fault finding by checking for dial tone on every socket, and then worked back to the midpoint termination hum. Written at my hotel in Orlando during a weekend stopover between assignments. Dispatched to silicon.com via free wi-fi from the... [11 Jul 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 29.06.07
Round-Up However, this revelation came too late for quick-fire folks at PGP and at least one UK media outlet which appears to show similar disdain for such tiresome chores as fact-checking. So goodbye Tony Blair, the world of high-tech will miss you. [29 Jun 2007]
Editor's Blog: The green revolution and Everything 2.0
Comment I've already come across nasties such as PR 2.0 and offshoring 2.0 and of course there's the now ubiquitous web 2.0, which you can read a media sector CIO comment on here, understandably name-checking guru Tim O'Reilly who coined that phrase. [03 May 2007]
Opinion: Global services' level playing-field
Comment This immovable deadline and the immense task of checking every single computer system throughout the world to ensure they could cope with the 'millennium bug' created an enormous opportunity for the offshore service providers - particularly in India. [02 May 2007]
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