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The Weekly Round-Up: 22.08.08
Round-Up Apple is facing a backlash from a number of Japanese iPod Nano owners with smoking trousers. There's a row brewing in Whitehall and just for a change it has nothing to do with government policy on immigration or the loss of yet more personal data. [22 Aug 2008]
iPhone nano: Fact or fiction?
Comment A bottom-dialling, front-facing mobile phone surely sounds more like something limping apologetically off a Microsoft drawing board than Jobsian 'it just works' genius to me. It has probably not passed you by that Apple-flavoured rumours have (re... [05 Aug 2008]
Legal Eye: Bogus brands face web crackdown
Comment It's not just social networks that are facing pressure to improve the policing of content on their sites. A landmark ruling against eBay amounts to more than the multimillion-euro fine imposed by the court. [22 Jul 2008]
Editor's Blog: Flying high with the UK's best CIOs
Comment It was an evening of fascinating conversation that gave me and the rest of the silicon.com team a real insight into the big issues facing our readers - and will help inform how we continue to provide the very best content for you. [19 Jun 2008]
Paul Greenwood
CIO Profile Greenwood joined Clifford Chance in April 2000 as international director of knowledge and information, responsible for client-facing technology. As well as internal and client-facing technology, he is responsible for the firm's knowledge strategy... [11 Jun 2008]
Heather Jackson
CIO Profile Since graduating in History from Oxford University, Jackson's early working career involved a short time as a trainee accountant before moving into the more forward facing IT sector working for five years for a variety of tech companies including... [11 Jun 2008]
Lesley Hume
CIO Profile As group IS director of Atkins Lesley Hume has made a name for herself for both developing the engineering group's worldwide IS strategy, service delivery and customer liaison within the Atkins internal-facing IT group. [11 Jun 2008]
Ian Buchanan
CIO Profile His strategy involves the development of new customer-facing channel technology and the replacement of legacy core banking platforms - working in partnership with Accenture and IBM. As a member of the Alliance & Leicester's executive committee, Ian... [11 Jun 2008]
Christopher Martin
CIO Profile Martin has worked with consumer facing tech for more than 20 years and has previously been CTO at ebuyer.com, led production and development at AskJeeves.com as well as a number of software roles at IBM. [11 Jun 2008]
Vodafone chief's departure is a sign of the times
Comment But he also had fears too, warning operators they are facing the real possibility of becoming 'bitpipes' as innovative new players such as Apple arrive on the scene - a concern surely informed by the slowing growth he has presided over in Vodafone... [29 May 2008]
FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat
Comment Biggest threat facing computer users? The cyber division is one of the faster growing operational departments within the FBI. The growth of international cyber crime and terrorism over the past five years has spurred the FBI to establish dedicated... [15 Apr 2008]
Offshoring - not just about the costs
Comment To transform the new Steria with a strong client-facing culture in Europe, and a new innovation mindset with India at its core. Offshoring to India is often discussed in terms of staff cost-cutting. But speakers at this year's Nasscom Leadership... [18 Feb 2008]
The Naked CIO: Recruitment nightmares
Comment Lying on CVs, exaggerated skills and inflated egos are the petty recruitment problems facing our embattled CIO, newly arrived at a largish company. The bigger problems run deep and are crippling the IT industry. [11 Feb 2008]
The Naked CIO: Time to wage war on home users
Comment That single purchase order typifies the problems I've been facing. What do staff really do at home with their company machines? Our embattled hero - newly appointed CIO at a largish firm - discovers there's a big difference between home workers and... [04 Feb 2008]
The McCue Interview: Dave Lynch, CIO, Go Ahead Group
Comment Some of the technology challenges facing Go Ahead and other transport organisations are around mobile and wireless, electronic ticketing and smart cards. Lynch - voted one of the UK's top 50 CIOs last year - is now group technology director at... [30 Jan 2008]
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