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Can I use a netbook as my everyday work machine?
Comment I'm giving my current hardware setup a holiday and instead will see if I can use a netbook as my main work machine. Netbooks have been enjoying the spotlight of late - but are they suitable for the workplace? [02 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.09.09
Round-Up Throw in that green-tinged Gollum tan that many IT people develop from spending too much time hunched over a screen and add in those odd, bearded sysadmins that lurk dwarf-like in the server room, and you get the feeling that Halloween... [30 Oct 2009]
Third of techies check their work email every day on holiday
News It seems many people find it hard to forget about work completely when they're on holiday. A third of people check their work emails once per day while on holiday (photo credit: jnewland via Flickr.com... [07 Sep 2009]
Future of the NHS: Medical records online could transform healthcare
News At the Haughton Vale Surgery and the Thornley House medical centre in Manchester patients can view their records via a secure website - which helped one patient get medical treatment while on holiday in France, after... [21 Aug 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 21.08.09
Round-Up In fact, it would also give you a chance to take silicon.com's two-second latest poll, which asks how often you check your email when on holiday. When IT executives were asked for their most "memorable"... [21 Aug 2009]
Apple still satisfaction king despite budget PC makers' gains
News The company just recorded its best non-holiday quarter in its history, selling 2.6 million Macs, a four per cent increase from the same quarter a year ago. In a poor economy, some budget PC brands are finding its... [18 Aug 2009]
New Office for Mac coming next year
News Microsoft on Thursday said the next version of Office for Mac will arrive by the 2010 holiday buying season, and it added that the new version will include a version of Outlook. Outlook for Mac will replace Entourage,... [13 Aug 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.08.09
Round-Up Not that it's going to be much consolation when they won't let you buy that lovely new server you've had your eye on for months, but nearly two-thirds of executives are trimming back their holiday plans this summer... [07 Aug 2009]
Windows 7 Pre-RTM Build 7137 98 Screenshot Gallery
White Paper And while the Redmond-based company beat its own estimates for general availability, now pressing ahead for a pre-holiday launch, it is not about to rush the release of Windows Vista's successor. Windows 7 Build 7137 is... [31 Jul 2009]
Big isn't always better: Beware of growing up too fast
Comment There are picnics and holiday parties and a great deal of holistic caring. As companies grow, cultures can become nasty and competitive. Gartner's Jim Sinur suggests how to avoid the pitfalls of getting bigger. [29 Jul 2009]
British Gas customers can turn up the heat using their mobile
News For example, a person can turn on the heat remotely via phone or change the settings for when on holiday using a key fob. UK start-up AlertMe.com on Monday announced an agreement to test a service that will allow British... [21 Jul 2009]
Microsoft's new shops not falling far from Apple's tree
News One would assume Microsoft would want to have the stores open in time for Windows 7's 22 October retail launch and for the holiday selling season. Microsoft confirmed on Wednesday that it is planning to open its first... [16 Jul 2009]
Microsoft's Bing goes off with a bang in June
News Data from companies such as Compete and Hitwise point to only very small gains, according to Search Engine Land, which believes the real evidence of Bing's staying power will come once the summer holiday period ends and... [14 Jul 2009]
Take a trip to the future of air travel
News In the future, your mobile phone could become your holiday concierge, reminding you to check-in the minute you arrive at the airport or automatically ordering a taxi for you when your plane lands. It's a vision that... [03 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 26.06.09
Round-Up That's right: if you ever wanted to explore the Swedish tradition of thieving a gnome, taking it on holiday and sending postcards back to the bereft gnome owner ostensibly from the missing garden ornament, then the... [26 Jun 2009]
