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The Weekly Round-Up: 06.11.09
Round-Up One anonymous reader of the story even offered their sophisticated barter-based price list for IT jobs on the side: a case of beer for a 'simple IT fix' along the lines of slow-running desktop, wireless problems or... [06 Nov 2009]
Bletchley Park's World War Two codebreakers in their own words
News Today the youngest veterans from Bletchley Park are in their 80s but they can still recall the smallest details of their jobs, right down to the intense heat given off by the Colossus. The work of the Bletchley Park... [05 Nov 2009]
Techies and hairdressers united in the moonlight
News Almost half of survey respondents said they had done work for customers they had met through their day jobs, while one-third said they had worked cash in hand because they needed the money. A report by the Recruitment &... [04 Nov 2009]
Photos: Inside a Microsoft datacentre
Photo Building the facility, however, generated roughly 3,000 construction-related jobs, with the peak workforce reaching around 1,100 workers. Microsoft recently opened its Chicago datacentre. In its first phase, the ground... [04 Nov 2009]
Photos: The Apple mouse through the ages
Photo The mouse paradigm was one of the key human-computer interface elements pillaged by Steve Jobs and Co from Xerox Parc. Ever a stickler for detail, Steve Jobs reportedly insisted the Mac mouse eschew the... [03 Nov 2009]
Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News Follow-me printing, where a user has to confirm the print job at the device can reduce paper usage by up to 30 per cent through reducing errant print jobs," said Green. In a recent silicon.com survey, more than a quarter... [29 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Augmented reality
Cheat Sheet Is this another name for Apple CEO Steve Jobs' infamous reality distortion field? Augmented reality? Nice try but no. Augmented reality (AR) means overlaying computerised elements, such as graphics or text, on top of a... [27 Oct 2009]
Hackers breach Guardian Jobs site
News The Guardian Jobs site has suffered a hack that could have exposed the sensitive data of some users. Personal details included in users' job applications may have been accessed by the hackers, according to an email sent... [26 Oct 2009]
Windows 7 to trump Snow Leopard?
Comment With Apple carving its own destiny, Vista was manna from heaven to Steve Jobs and the rest of the Apple team. Steve Jobs himself once said that great artists steal. Apple reported record fourth quarter... [20 Oct 2009]
Telecoms worker? You're in demand. Techie? Not so much
News It wasn't such a rosy picture for the technology industry, however: the number of UK IT jobs being advertised online dropped three per cent month-on-month in September - with vacancies down around 30 per cent... [14 Oct 2009]
'A full-scale switch to Macs is laughable'
Comment Some claimed the Mac-phobia was really a way to save IT jobs. Seems to me that a lot less tech support staff would be required if businesses switched over to the Mac OS so the switch is not so much a matter of initial... [13 Oct 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.10.09
Round-Up Good news for Mac fans - and on top of that Steve Jobs has also been voted the most influential individual in the global technology industry. How often have you had the following conversations with your significant other? [09 Oct 2009]
Steve Jobs
AS Profile Steve Jobs becomes the only person, in the 10-year history of Agenda Setters, to have made it to the top of the list - twice. There's no doubt Jobs has been one to watch for some time - particularly... [08 Oct 2009]
Downturn means fewer outsourcing workers saying 'I do'
Comment Indeed, there is no better barometer to assess the state of India's outsourcing industry than measuring the demand for bridegrooms with jobs in this area. Economic hard times are causing Indian outsourcing workers to put... [07 Oct 2009]
No Time for Declarations of Victory: Protecting Customers Beyond Compliance Deadlines
White Paper They understand the strengths and weaknesses of risk management, have adopted continuous process improvement as a best practice, and don't go back to legitimate jobs when they run up against strengthened security. [05 Oct 2009]
