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RSS poll in newsUK drops from 'IT readiness' top 10
News Make your voice heard - take our latest poll. The UK has fallen out of the top 10 in an international league table of IT "readiness" and usage. The UK was ninth last year, according to the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Networked Readiness Index... [11 Apr 2008]
Cyber crime: Police not taking it seriously
News In a poll of more than 100 silicon.com readers, 83 per cent said police should place a higher priority on e-crime than they do now, compared to other crimes. Cyber crimes such as hacking, denial of service attacks and online fraud are not taken... [07 Apr 2008]
Tech budgets escape belt-tightening cuts
News Make your voice heard - take our latest poll. Global IT budget growth remains flat despite the current economic climate and fears of a recession, according to Gartner's latest survey of more than 1,000 organisations. [07 Apr 2008]
BT wins £62m outsourcing deal from KPMG Europe
News Make your voice heard - take our latest poll. KPMG Europe LLP has signed a five-year deal worth £62m which will see BT upgrading its data networks. The deal will provide an IP-based telephone system and other improvements aimed at delivering... [31 Mar 2008]
IT chiefs cutting back on contractors
News This is backed up by the latest poll of silicon.com's CIO Jury panel of IT chiefs - the majority of whom said they are planning to reduce spending on IT contractors. IT contractors are finding it harder to secure work, with the joblessness rate... [28 Mar 2008]
Windows Vista SP1 finally a go
News Poll: Vista gets vote of no confidence The first service pack for Windows Vista has been released. Vista Service Pack 1 went onto Microsoft's Download Center website on Monday, fulfilling Microsoft's claim it would be made available by mid March. [19 Mar 2008]
Poll: Email addiction a hard habit to break
News The latest silicon.com poll of more than 100 readers asked how often people check their email and 44 per cent of those who responded said they check it all the time. Email addiction is taking over people's lives with almost half of silicon.com... [14 Mar 2008]
Are remote workers hitting you where it hurts?
News Almost two-thirds (62 per cent) of IT decision makers surveyed by networking giant Cisco in an annual poll into remote working said they are planning to increase security spending this year to mitigate risks associated with employees who work... [11 Mar 2008]
Ballmer: Microsoft says the future's green
News Poll: Vista gets vote of no confidence Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has claimed that more efficient use of IT is one of the company's main priorities for the future, despite the fact the company has been widely criticised for producing... [06 Mar 2008]
Biometrics cuts days off UK visa processing
News Make your voice heard - take our latest poll. Biometric technology has slashed the time taken to process visas for people coming to the UK, the government has said. Got two seconds? UKvisas, the UK's visa checking agency, said it has cut the time... [05 Mar 2008]
Microsoft COO dismisses SP1 concerns
News Poll: Vista gets vote of no confidence Microsoft's chief operating officer has dismissed concerns an update to its flagship Windows Vista operating system is incompatible with a number of applications. [05 Mar 2008]
Poll: And the next killer app for mobiles is...
News The other options listed in the poll were: video/TV, music, games, email, access to corporate IT apps and social networking. Third place in the reader poll vote was tied between email and video/TV, which had 16 per cent apiece. [04 Mar 2008]
Microsoft slashes Windows Vista price tag
News Poll: Vista gets vote of no confidence In what may be an unprecedented decision, Microsoft has said it plans to lower the retail prices for several versions of Windows Vista. Vista: all the coverage. Some to get Vista SP1 this week [29 Feb 2008]
John Lewis streamlines in-store tech
News Make your voice heard - take our latest poll. Department store John Lewis has been using Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 to pilot a new approach for managing its in-store tech. The company has been trialling an approach which allows its tech team... [28 Feb 2008]
Scientists track bees with RFID
News Make your voice heard - take our latest poll. RFID technology is being used to give scientists an unrivalled insight into the lives of one of nature's smallest creatures - the humble bumblebee. Researchers at Queen Mary, University of London say... [28 Feb 2008]
