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Dear silicon.com... dirty computers, lie detectors, T5 tech, mobile ASBOs

Comment This week, readers get worked up over rude mobile users - should they be slapped with an ASBO? Also, dirty NHS keyboards get an airing, benefit cheats hunted out with lie detectors and the T5 "tech not to blame" fiasco all attracted some feisty...

Tags: rim, blackberry, nhs, mobile

[15 May 2008]

Editor's Blog: Signs of terminal decline at T5?

Comment It's a small claim to fame, I know, but I was one of the passengers who flew from the newly opened Heathrow Terminal 5 last week - and my luggage even came with me. Online check-in worked fine, as did the fast bag drop.

Tags: project, t5, ba

[16 Apr 2008]

The Naked CIO: Crunch time for large projects

Comment Project failures suck all the attention away from IT's real contributions. So knowing when to delay or cancel a project is just as important as giving it the green light, says the Naked CIO. Do large projects make or break a CIO?

Tags: testing, measuring value, failure, projects

[14 Apr 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: Eating your own dog food

Comment Written at London's Heathrow airport after a confused journey through the newly opened Terminal 5. Copy dispatched via a free wi-fi hotel service in Athens. If I could be God for a day there are many things I would put right for humanity and planet...

Tags: pilots, design, testing, t5

[14 Apr 2008]

Dear silicon.com... T5 chaos, mobile maladies, and laptop losses…

Comment The Heathrow Terminal 5 (T5) chaos has dominated reader comments this week, with many readers, unsurprisingly, astonished it went so wrong. Following that, another topic on readers' radars is the debate over the dangers of mobile phones, and lastly...

Tags: laptop, t5, heathrow, mobile

[03 Apr 2008]

Editor's Blog: My Freecycle identity crisis

Comment Recently I had a bed I wanted to get rid of - one that was, I felt, too good to spend the next 1,000 years rotting in landfill. So I decided to have a go at Freecycling it instead, which to my surprise threw up some interesting questions about...

Tags: email, avatar, identity, freecycle

[01 Apr 2008]

How did the Heathrow T5 launch go so wrong?

Comment To many, the travails of Heathrow's new Terminal 5 (T5) won't come as a huge surprise with the airport's infamous delays, lost baggage and struggling infrastructure often making the headlines. But T5 promised to be different.

Tags: airport, testing, baa, ba

[28 Mar 2008]

Dear silicon.com...Naked CIO, silver skills and ID card anger…

Comment What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. Getting naked The Naked CIO: Recruitment nightmares

Tags: id cards, recruitment, jobs, views

[14 Feb 2008]

Paul Coby

AS Profile A respected statesman and valued spokesman for the CIO community, Paul Coby's much-used mantra is "there are no IT projects, only business projects". It is an approach that has proved extremely successful in helping steer British Airways away from...

[12 Oct 2007]

Paul Coby

CIO Profile What they say about him: "A real statesman and valued spokesman for the CIO community. Coby's much-used motto is "there are no IT projects, only business projects" and it is an approach that has proved to be extremely successful during one of the...

[06 Jun 2007]

Leader: IT at the heart of T5

Leader The construction of Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport is a massive project that will mean some big improvements for passengers starting in 2008. These will include pervasive wireless internet access, a private mobile network and a super-fast automated...

Tags: heathrow terminal 5, wireless internet

[20 Feb 2006]

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