acceptance in news
Five ways Microsoft could change after Gates
News A greater acceptance of open source: Bill Gates has left the building and the question on many people's lips is: will Microsoft change as a result? What influence will Steve Ballmer have and how will the company's strategy alter without Gates? [07 Jul 2008]
Developers snub Vista for XP
News John Andrews, CEO of Evans Data, said in a statement: "The new operating system has had more than its share of problems and the desire to move from XP on the Windows platform is still lagging - that coupled with interest in alternative operating... [19 May 2008]
Top 10 skills stories of the year
News Offshoring's impact was also examined, with evidence to show increasing ambivalence among UK techies about whether it is a threat to their jobs - perhaps a sign of growing acceptance of the challenges of working in an increasingly global economy. [17 Dec 2007]
Mobile tracking tech to take off in Europe
News The business sector will be the main area where it will take off but there is also potential in the consumer sector for child and pet tracking systems, which are gaining acceptance. Business needs and personal security concerns will contribute to... [10 Dec 2007]
O2 Tube trial takes mobile payments underground
News Sandra Alzetta, senior vice president, innovation and acceptance at Visa Europe, said the wallet phone "just gives customers more choice" and is a "natural follow on" from Visa's contactless card system. [28 Nov 2007]
Steria runs off with £17m MoD contract
News LSRC communications and information systems project manager Phil Hitchinson said in a statement: "The team offers an approach which equips the LSRC to deal with the increasing demands for testing and acceptance, as it uses internationally... [01 Nov 2007]
Is cash costing you three days per year?
News Head of innovation and acceptance for Visa Europe, Sandra Alzetta, said with more than 70 per cent of commuters admitting to spending up to £50 in cash each week on sundry expenses, it is "easy to see the opportunity" for contactless payments as a... [29 Oct 2007]
Microsoft's OOXML fails to get ISO stamp
News If the proposed modifications are such that national bodies then wish to withdraw their negative votes and the acceptance criteria are met, the standard may proceed to publication. Acceptance of OOXML as an ISO standard would pave the way for... [06 Sep 2007]
Small firms snub videoconferencing
News BT's general manager of broadband, VoIP and software services, Chris Lindsay, said acceptance of videoconferencing will eventually come about as a result of concern for the environment and the development of new social norms. [05 Sep 2007]
No open door for Microsoft's Office Open XML
News Acceptance by INCITS is critical for Microsoft in the US. It failed to gain acceptance for Office Open XML (OOXML) by the slimmest of margins. Microsoft has failed by one vote to get the backing necessary for Office Open XML to become an... [14 Aug 2007]
Galileo and GPS learn to share
News But EC director general Matthias Ruete said the interoperability agreement should help "facilitate the rapid acceptance of Galileo in global markets side by side with GPS". The EU and the US have put the finishing touches to a system designed to... [30 Jul 2007]
CIO Essentials: Vista, BBC iPlayer, BlackBerrys and spam
News The underlying issue here is the widespread acceptance of the inevitability of spam and the received wisdom that best practice is therefore to deal with it after the fact, when it has already been created and queued for delivery somewhere, and not... [24 Jul 2007]
IM users to get etiquette lessons
News Penny Edge, managing director of The Finishing Academy in Cheshire, said business and communications etiquette is evolving as technology and social acceptance change but many of the same old principals should remain. [06 Jul 2007]
Telecoms body may disappear
News Acceptance of the new proposal, which will be presented to members at the CMA's AGM in July, would see the association become a subsidiary of the BCS. The only representative organisation for UK telecoms professionals is set to lose its status as... [22 Jun 2007]
Biometric airport security gets thumbs-up
News The report into the miSense trial said: "The advancement of technology has meant that biometric information can now be captured quickly, unobtrusively and, as observed during the trial, with a high degree of traveller acceptance. [20 Jun 2007]
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