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News We see a pretty direct path to make this happen. While gesture recognition, such as that seen in Project Natal can help gaming, Microsoft's Craig Mundie showed how it will also transform the office. In a demo,... [31 Jul 2009]
Offshoring is bad for IT skills, say UK tech chiefs
News Birley's view is echoed by Graham Benson, IT director of M and M Direct, who said that while skilled personnel can still find jobs, there are fewer opportunities for... [28 Jul 2009]
PayPal makeover sparks developer charm offensive
News Microsoft probably had an easier time choosing PayPal for its payment service than some of the alternatives: Amazon Flexible Payment Services and Google Checkout both come from companies in direct... [24 Jul 2009]
Cheat Sheet: The Police Central e-crime Unit
Cheat Sheet Probably best not to - they don't take calls direct from the public. So, PCeU. Bless you, that's not swine flu is it? Not a sniff of it - PCeU stands for the Police Central e-crime Unit. PCeU is a police unit that... [20 Jul 2009]
Naked CIO: Don't be petty
Comment All of these situations and more stir up emotional responses - most of the time it drives people into direct conflict where the greater good of the company becomes secondary to the internal battle for... [18 May 2009]
Twitter: The CIO's new best friend - or chocolate teapot?
News Graham Benson, IT Director, M and M Direct In the latest silicon.com CIO Jury, seven out of the 12 members said they are currently using Twitter for information, for... [22 Apr 2009]
Inbox: Underground safe from mobile chatter
Comment Also, how can the data Phorm uses, be truly autonomous when it manages to direct adverts back to a certain user? A silicon.com exclusive got readers talking this week, with (most) responses extremely thankful that trials... [23 Mar 2009]
UK spent £4.7bn online over Christmas
News Neil Samsom, marketing director for online clothing retailer M and M Direct, told silicon.com sales increases for the company in the 10 weeks to 4 January 2009 were in... [15 Jan 2009]
IPTV: Telcos' secret weapon against mobile broadband
News IPTV has had a direct effect on the rate of fixed line decline and has.incrementally increased revenue overall," he said. According to telecoms watchdog Ofcom's International Communications Market 2008... [27 Nov 2008]
Facebook spammer fined $873m
News Facebook has beefed up its anti-spam technology since the spring, creating tools that can delete spam messages from accounts and block URLs that direct people to spam websites. The default judgment was... [25 Nov 2008]
Five ways to recession-proof your IT
Comment Graham Benson, IT director at M and M Direct, says: "Recessionary pressures increase the power of the purchaser in the supplier/customer relationship. With a recession... [05 Nov 2008]
Should your tech chief be a jack-of-all-trades?
News Graham Benson, IT director, M and M Direct had a similar sentiment, pointing out that an awareness of the business needs of a particular business often meant the... [27 Oct 2008]
Five ways to make meetings bearable
Comment Graham Benson, IT director at M and M Direct, says: "Make meetings 30 minutes so people focus. M and M... [21 Oct 2008]
'Mobile broadband is not the same standard as fixed'
News T-Mobile, however, said the leaflet referred to the capacities of mobile broadband, not its speed and "maintained that they did not make any claim that implied a direct technical comparison to fixed-line... [16 Oct 2008]
Connaught cedes control of 6,500-strong mobile estate
News To be honest, the direct relationship we had with the [mobile] vendors - they just didn't seem to provide a service. Housing services company Connaught has expanded a £5.5m voice and data contract with... [16 Oct 2008]
