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RSS employees in newsMicrosoft: Don't knock Vista 'til you've tried it
News Marketing vice president Brad Brooks told partners earlier this month that Microsoft was "drawing a line in the sand", while CEO Steve Ballmer promised in a memo to employees Wednesday that after doing some hard technical work on Vista that it was... [24 Jul 2008]
Telegraph spreads the news on Google Apps
News The Telegraph Media Group (TMG) is moving all of its employees onto Google Apps following a successful trial of the technology. The group is rolling out Google Apps Premier Edition to its 1,400 employees working on The Daily Telegraph, Sunday... [23 Jul 2008]
Malware-infected site detected every five seconds
News Senior technology consultant at Sophos, Graham Cluley, said: "Many businesses are increasingly putting themselves at risk by not scanning web activity and employees are going to these websites and getting infected. [23 Jul 2008]
Exclusive: Barclays to offshore 1,800 UK tech jobs
News By 2010 the number of UK tech jobs at Barclays will be reduced by 1,800 - a figure that includes IT contractors as well as employees. Barclays is to cut 1,800 IT posts in the UK as part of plans to create centrally managed technology "centres of... [14 Jul 2008]
Businesses have mixed feelings on IM
News The research covered 100 senior decision makers in UK businesses of 1,000 employees or more. Businesses are shying away from adopting instant messaging technology (IM) despite seeing the benefits it can have in the workplace. [11 Jul 2008]
Businesses ignoring social networking potential?
News However, work in this area is still immature and in the meantime companies should be aware of what is happening in the world of consumer social networking and implement appropriate usage policies for employees' use of services such as Facebook and... [10 Jul 2008]
City slickers addicted to email
News Workers in the City just can't resist checking in at work while on holiday with almost two-thirds contacting the office by phone, text or email while they're away. Tech Hotspots: The list 1. Silicon Valley2. [07 Jul 2008]
LiMo adds Openwave browser to arsenal
News Around 80 employees are expected to migrate to Purple Labs, including the general manager of the business unit, Gordon Tsang. Purple Labs, an increasingly prominent mobile Linux firm and a member of the LiMo Foundation, has bought the browser and... [07 Jul 2008]
Techies kept awake at night
News The study of 4,000 workers found that 75 per cent of employees admitted getting less than eight hours kip per night. IT workers suffer more sleepless nights than most other professionals in the UK. Exhausted techies are getting by on just six hours... [01 Jul 2008]
Jonathan Zittrain on why the internet is on a knife edge
News We see it in corporate environments where the CIO has rationally locked down employees' PCs so that they can't install new software or even screensavers without centralised permission. Internet scholar Jonathan Zittrain says the web is on the road... [30 Jun 2008]
Virtualisation key to staff-owned devices
News The ability of virtualisation technology to free software from the underlying hardware could give more companies the option to allow employees to choose and run their own devices at work, according to analysts. [30 Jun 2008]
TCS employs another 350 in UK
News Infosys has about 3,500 employees in the UK, mainly based on site with its customers. An Indian outsourcer is opening two development centres in the UK that will employ 350 people. Outsourcer TCS has opened centres at Redhill in Surrey and Stirling... [27 Jun 2008]
SAS becomes sun worshipper
News SAS CEO, Jim Goodnight said employees and customers expect the company to be responsible corporate citizens and the solar farm is "one small gesture" among the company's green initiatives. Business intelligence software company SAS is to build a... [26 Jun 2008]
Timeline: HM Revenue & Customs data blunder
News In subsequent emails, NAO employees emphasise the CDs must be "delivered to the NAO as safely as possible due to their content". Timeline of the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) data losses The loss of 25 million records from HMRC's Child Benefit... [26 Jun 2008]
Microsoft's future in the post-Bill Gates era
News She added there may well be a profound change in the company's priorities with Steve Ballmer in charge, including the kinds of employees it promotes and hires. Bill Gates steps down as Microsoft chairman on 27 June, effectively ending his day-to... [24 Jun 2008]
