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News As a result we are distancing our delivery service further from the 'white-van man' stereotype, which improves the level of customer service we can give. Tesco.com has upped delivery rates and reduced fuel consumption of its delivery vans - by 10... [25 Jul 2008]
Microsoft: Don't knock Vista 'til you've tried it
News Of course the focus groups didn't have to install Vista or hook it up to their existing home network, however the emotional appeal of the "every man" trying Vista and liking it clearly packs an emotional punch. [24 Jul 2008]
London: Card fraud hotspot
News Security analysts The 3rd Man looked at 30 million online and mail order card transactions from high street retailers and pinpointed the card fraud blackspots. Andrew Goodwill, director of The 3rd Man group attributes the fall to increased levels... [24 Jul 2008]
Charity Commission saves a bundle with online returns
News The site has saved a substantial administration and paper cost overhead with more than £180,000 saved in reduced printing and postage costs, and £250,000 in reduced admin headcount and saving 18,000 man-hours per year - or around eight full-time... [24 Jul 2008]
Flight booking checks into mobiles
News Justtheflight.co.uk, a flight booking website based in the Isle of Man, claims to be the first to launch a search-and-book facility for the mobile phone. ORTG is one of the companies encouraged by the Isle of Man government to base operations on... [23 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News The devices are still vulnerable to sophisticated man-in-the-middle attacks, said Sophos senior technology consultant Graham Cluley at the time of the rollout. The UK's third-largest bank said this week that it has distributed the card reader, made... [18 Jul 2008]
The Bill Gates era ends at Microsoft
News Anyone who thought there'd be a single successor for the great man would be gravely mistaken, says Mary-Jo Foley. Bill Gates leaves Microsoft on Friday 27 June after more than 30 years in charge of one of the biggest and most influential technology... [26 Jun 2008]
In his own words: Bill Gates' best quotes
News I wish I wasn't [the richest man in the world]. Here's silicon.com's pick of the best: The early days… There's nobody getting rich writing software that I know of. Did he honestly believe that? From an interview in 80 Microcomputing (1980). [26 Jun 2008]
Smart phone battle: Qwerty vs touchscreen
News Ian Auger, IT director at ITN, admitted to liking the iPhone touchscreen and interface for navigation but said: "I'm definitely a Qwerty man. That view is backed by IT chiefs who say that, particularly for business users, the Qwerty keyboard on a... [22 May 2008]
Beijing 2008 Olympics IT gets ready for the big freeze
News Jeremy Hore, chief integrator for the games, is the man who has to make sure all the bits fit together. With less than 100 days remaining before the start of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, work on the IT systems to support the event is moving into its... [13 May 2008]
Tech-savvy workers to make IT decisions in future
News This is particularly so in emerging markets such as India, where there is a high concentration of "one-man businesses", explained Gutberlet. Within two years, the brand and model of the enterprise laptop could be decided by the user, not the IT... [14 Apr 2008]
IT chiefs cutting back on contractors
News Allan Paterson, director of the IS division for the Isle of Man government, said: "We have no intention of reducing our spending in this area - we see external contractors as a key complementary resource to our in-house headcount, allowing us to... [28 Mar 2008]
iPhone SDK downloaded by 100,000 developers
News Intuit (TurboTax), Namco Networks (Pac-Man and Galaga), NetSuite (ERP/CRM software), and Six Apart (blogging software) are a few of the companies whose PR departments graciously worked up executive quotes for Apple's announcement. [13 Mar 2008]
Manx police to use covert Tetra handsets
News The Isle of Man is deploying 'covert' Motorola Tetra handsets to its undercover police and customs officers. According to Robert Williamson, technical director for the Isle of Man Department of Home Affairs, 50 of the small-format units will be... [10 Mar 2008]
'Data guardians' keep a watch over HMRC
News The guardians' role protecting HMRC's data was previously performed by just one man, the chairman of the HMRC. Scores of "data guardians" have been employed to protect HM Revenue & Customs from a repeat of the child benefit data scandal. [29 Feb 2008]
