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RSS height in newsMicrosoft touches the Surface of AT&T
News AT&T will use several counter-height units inside its retail stores. Microsoft has announced it has its first customer ready to put Surface computers into public use. Perhaps most interestingly, the first one out of the... [02 Apr 2008]
Sat-nav tackles congested HGV 'rat runs'
News The OS data will help lorry drivers calculate the safest and most suitable route to their delivery and pick-up points, taking road height, width and weight restrictions into consideration. Digital road routing... [21 Dec 2007]
UK in-flight calls get green light
News Once the aircraft reaches a height of 3,000 metres the mobile phone system can be switched on by the cabin crew. UK airlines could let passengers use their mobile phones to make calls and send text messages by 2008,... [18 Oct 2007]
Telecoms body may disappear
News The CMA grew in popularity, from its establishment in the 1950s until the height of the dot-com boom, as the use of telecommunications rocketed. The only representative organisation for UK telecoms professionals is set... [22 Jun 2007]
Downloads sound the end of cassettes
News In 1989, at the height of sales of pre-recorded music cassettes, 83 million such tapes were bought by UK shoppers, while 1990 saw 95 million blank tapes shifted. Following the demise of the floppy disk, it looks like... [08 May 2007]
Tech acquisitions hit $337bn high
News But despite the high activity levels the report says there is still no bubble, with the total M&A value still falling well short of the $764bn seen at the height of the dot-com boom in 2000. The level of European... [08 Feb 2007]
Flu simulation puts spotlight on homeworking
News The exercise simulated levels of staff sickness rising from 15 per cent at the start of the exercise to a peak of 49 per cent at the height of the pandemic - with clusters of absence taking the peak rate up to 60 per... [05 Jan 2007]
Gangs groom kids for cyber crime
News Organised crime gangs, sometimes posing as legitimate employers, are using tactics which echo those employed by the KGB to recruit operatives at the height of the cold war, the McAfee report reveals. Internet-savvy teens... [08 Dec 2006]
Airlines to replace 'no smoking' with 'no mobiles'
News The 'no mobile' sign will show a mobile phone crossed out and will be illuminated during take-off until the plane has reached a certain height in order to ensure there is no interference with mobile networks on the ground. [07 Aug 2006]
In-flight mobile calls set for green light
News OnAir is also calling on the national regulators to exempt the service from spectrum licensing because the system will not interfere with mobile networks on the ground, as usage on planes will be restricted until the aircraft has reached... [28 Jul 2006]
'Social networks are the web's future'
News Yet other panellists openly questioned how and whether these companies make money, comparing the frothiness around social networks and video sites such as YouTube.com to the height of the internet bubble. [13 Jun 2006]
'No link' between IT job losses and offshore outsourcing
News The report comes in the same week that a study by US IT industry body the Association of Computer Machinery also claimed offshore outsourcing has not hit IT jobs, citing the fact there are more jobs now than at the... [03 Mar 2006]
IT jobs 'not hit by offshore outsourcing'
News More IT jobs are available in the US today than at the height of the dot-com boom despite the impact of offshore outsourcing, according to a new study. The wide-ranging research by US IT industry body the Association for... [27 Feb 2006]
City IT contractors paid £50 per hour
News She added in a statement: "2006 could be the year when the ghosts of the dot-com era are finally laid to rest and IT pay in the City tops the £54 per hour record set during the height of the boom. City IT contractors are... [13 Feb 2006]
AOL co-founder steps down as ISP plans comeback
News The multibillion-dollar merger between AOL and media conglomerate Time Warner came at the height of the internet boom. AOL co-founder Steve Case stepped down from Time Warner's board of directors as the internet division... [01 Nov 2005]
