message are common in comment and analysis

The Weekly Round-Up: 25.07.08

Round-Up When the Round-Up borrowed a sat-nav from a friend it didn't realise the friend in question had amended the device so it added a personalised audio message to the end of each spoken direction: "Turn left in 20 metres… you tw*t". [25 Jul 2008]

Quocirca's Straight Talking: A game of two halves

Comment Microsoft has had some time to refine its message and ensure that it is at the forefront of the subject. All very much common sense and workable. But the software giant's approach to SOA is woeful, says Clive Longbottom. [30 Jun 2008]

Get mobile addicts out of the BlackBerry jam

Comment One can only imagine the flood of pent-up message-reply demand after the service outage was fixed. It's becoming quite common to take a BlackBerry on holiday and some no doubt are carried up to bed. But there's nothing wrong with the core... [21 Feb 2008]

Whose data is it anyway?

Comment As would be expected, the clear and common-sense message is that we need to design our systems from the beginning so that they address privacy and data security concerns adequately. The loss of two CDs containing the data of 25 million people by... [17 Dec 2007]

Will's Web Watch: Why I'm not in captcha rapture

Comment In case you've never seen one (though they've been around for years), here's what a captcha box looks like on Hotmail - complete with the obligatory error message which my efforts to interpret these things normally engenders. [10 Apr 2007]

Will's Web Watch: Glastonbury and lessons in uptime

Comment One thing I certainly wouldn't rank up there with 'fun ways to spend a Sunday morning' is sitting staring at a constant 'Page not found' error message and listening to an engaged tone on the phone. The fact the phonelines were chocker is... [02 Apr 2007]

Stop communications overload before it starts

Comment This troublesome for an individual but potentially disastrous from an auditing perspective, where actions triggered by one message are not countermanded by another message through an alternative route. [26 Mar 2007]

Editor's blog: Rambling questions, tricky answers

Comment Of course there is much more to CRM than buying some technology, flicking a switch and waiting for the customers to beat your door down with fistfuls of cash and that (really-should-be-obvious) fact has been a central message of the day so far. [07 Mar 2007]

Leader: Fear sells?

Leader This company 3V is not alone - we see this sort of 'fear' message from tech vendors, security vendors in particular, too much. For if we as journalists are growing weary of the 'fear message' you can bet the people buying IT - who are perhaps even... [23 Jan 2007]

Oracle - how to make friends and influence people

Comment Kuper said: "During their last conference call [to discuss quarterly results], I don't think a lot of analysts picked up on [CEO] Larry [Ellison's] subtle message. Fusion could generate significant revenue as existing application customers upgrade... [25 Oct 2006]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: What are the risks?

Comment Is it the media's love of the pessimistic disaster scenario and the 'you're all going to die' message? Searching the web I have found plenty of sites relating risk - or opportunity - with cost and benefit but nothing that gives a comprehensive... [16 Oct 2006]

Quocirca's Straight Talking: SOA - huh?

Comment The main message must be that businesses' existing IT investments are safe - SOA does not require an organisation to dump its SAP or Siebel installations. Quocirca's Clive Longbottom explains the common misperceptions about this approach - and why... [22 Sep 2006]

Opinion: Online security school now in session

Comment Behind him will be companies such as eBay and Yell.com, which in partnership with the other Get Safe Online sponsors will be pushing the 'Is it Safe' message to customers and visitors at every opportunity. [24 Oct 2005]

The Weekly Round-Up: 14.10.05

Round-Up By sending a text message to the special PG Tips kettles (though we presume the water is good for coffee, Horlicks or even hot chocolate) the sender can switch on the kettle and start the process from the comfort of their desk (assuming they don't... [14 Oct 2005]

Election '05: Can technology change a campaign result?

Comment Politicians realise the best way to get the word out is to incite recipients to pass the message on to others - through including jokes, for example. Parties like the technology for this targeted approach, which allows for effective use of... [29 Apr 2005]

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