e-waste in comment and analysis
Dear silicon.com... File-sharers, women in tech and the price of 'experts'
Comment Either way, it is an unacceptable waste of money and it is long overdue that those of us that pay for it (the tax-payers) have a proper way of indicating our displeasure. This week, readers had a thing or two to say... [17 Apr 2008]
Minority Report: A greener Apple
Comment The argument has at least focused attention on the issue of safer, greener manufacturing processes and the recycling of e-waste. A good result, says Seb Janacek, but how fair was the eco mud-slinging to... [23 Aug 2007]
Leader: Should we doubt NHS IT?
Leader Few hackers would waste their time trying to attack an individual GP's office to access data - in contrast the uploaded care record would be a very juicy target for a hacker to go after. News today that the NHS has been... [18 Dec 2006]
Editor's Blog: Don't knock e-government until you've tried it
Comment Because there must be thousands of litres of water going to waste and I thought I should let you know. I've had some good experiences with e-government, with my local council, in recent months. And... [17 Nov 2006]
Leader: How much do you spend?
Leader Which all sounds like a bit of a mess - not to mention a waste of money that is costing firms hundreds of millions of pounds each year, according to the research. Half of businesses surveyed in new research this week... [10 Mar 2004]
Leader: E-tailers can't quite get the hang of Christmas
Leader It's not only a waste of time but spending half my day online doesn't go down too well with the boss. silicon.com today revealed the performance of 10 top e-tail sites and found that even the biggest and... [19 Dec 2003]
Boardroom Despatches: E-learning - will its day ever come?
Comment They have been labelled a waste of time. In the first of his new series for silicon.com, Rene Carayol explains how businesses should now be viewing e-learning. Has its time finally come? Opening... [12 Feb 2003]
The silicon.com Weekly Round-Up: 07.02.03
Comment A study has found that employees with net access in the office may well waste some time surfing on the job (as it were) - but they tend to make up for it by working from home in what should be their 'personal time'. [10 Feb 2003]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Shopping protocol
Comment How much time do we waste standing in queues, often at shops? Peter Cochrane has time saving tactics for both retailers and shoppers - even if the latter now just tend to stare at him, puzzled. My wife and daughters will... [05 Feb 2003]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: No market savvy
Comment At the most fundamental level if there is no high-tech sector then there is no industry, food, heat, light, power, waste disposal, water, medicine or indeed life. How can we make sense of the economy's cyclical nature? [30 Jan 2003]
Official: MPs are scared of your emails
Comment Apart from the sheer silliness of it and the complete waste of forests, surely the information committee is missing a point. Email your local MP this week about the state of the roads or your council's refuse collection... [22 Jul 2002]
CRM - citizen relationship management?
Comment Other CRM vendors are getting in on the act, with Onyx establishing a special task force to sell ebusiness applications to government and bidding for a contract in Brent (where it happens to share its name with one of the capital's... [20 Nov 2001]
Sci-fi or sci-future? Hollywood technology scrutinised
Comment Until we can, discussion is mostly a waste of time. We asked two of the world's top tech thinkers to cast judgement on concepts seen in some well-known films. From memory implants in Johnny Mnemonic to the paranoid... [18 Oct 2001]
Oracle CEO touts rough and ready ware
Comment He also said that systems integration is a waste of time and money when it comes to embracing the net. He thinks users ought to opt for software which enables them to get their business processes online quickly - even if... [14 Feb 2001]
The best of 'Reader Comments': the mystery of Ginger and call centres' great expectations
Comment It is to be standalone so you can take it with you (hence the quick assembly time) and you don't have to damage your property and it will run on waste, having almost no running costs. We ran several pieces looking at the... [18 Jan 2001]
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