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Apache offers 'female friendly' forum
News This is partly a reflection of the under-representation of women in software development as a whole but other issues, such as sexism and aggressive language on mailing lists and forums, have been known to deter women from getting involved. [23 Aug 2005]
Men paid more than women for same IT support
News Male IT support workers earn on average 18 per cent more than their female colleagues in similar jobs, according to research published on Monday. The research, commissioned by the Help Desk Institute, found that the average salary of male IT... [12 Apr 2005]
Has Amazon patented casual sexism?
News Amazon.com has been granted a US patent on "Methods and systems of assisting users in purchasing items", including the use of gift-buying habits to determine the age, gender and birth date of gift recipients, according to a US Patent and Trademark... [10 Mar 2005]
Hewitt wants to stamp out 'old boys network'
News Career sexism limits opportunities for women of all ages and prevents them from achieving their full potential. Although studies in the past have revealed women simply aren't attracted to jobs in areas such as IT, which is perceived as suffering... [26 Oct 2004]
Best of Reader Comments: No place for sexism in Linux
News Meanwhile an anonymous reader from France wrote: "Blatant sexism. Once again it's been a busy week for the silicon.com virtual mail bag with reader comment flooding in on a number of subjects. The story which attracted the most comment, however... [17 Feb 2004]
Virus expert loses head to Belgian hacker
News At the time Gigabyte told silicon.com that she hadn't done so to forward the cause of women using computers, saying in an email: "Writing Sharp to fight against sexism? A row has once again broken out between two of the virus world's best known... [16 Jul 2003]
Female virus writer didn't do it for "girl power"
News The author - a 17 year-old Belgian known by her pseudonym Gigabyte - told silicon.com via email: "Writing Sharp to fight against sexism? Also, if these were my reasons, I would've mentioned something about sexism in the virus itself, right? [06 Mar 2002]
UK businesses making a hash of security
News Morrice added: "You only have to look at the recent cases where email has been so vital - such as the Enron case, the city lawyers accused of sexism, and now the row with Stephen Byers - to realise what a potential minefield this is both legally... [26 Feb 2002]
Sexism still rife in the server room
News Sexism in the IT industry is once again under the spotlight with the latest research finding just five per cent of European networking professionals are women. The situation is showing little sign of any improvement - according to research... [27 Nov 2001]
Sexism and ageism run rife in IT industry
News Government research published today mirrors the findings of silicon.com's skills survey 2001, indicating that the IT industry is failing to attract the mature employees and women it needs to bridge the skills gap. [13 Mar 2001]
