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RSS workers in newsTelegraph spreads the news on Google Apps
News The company carried out a six month trial of the Google Apps technology with around 10 per cent of workers across all departments, gathering feedback through Google Sites. The Telegraph Media Group (TMG) is moving all of its employees onto Google... [23 Jul 2008]
Malware-infected site detected every five seconds
News He said the biggest threat comes from home workers because the wider range of websites visited in the home increased the risk of getting infected. Websites poisoned with malware capable of infecting visitors' machines are being discovered at a rate... [23 Jul 2008]
Credit crunch turns techies to second jobs
News Economic gloom and the rising cost of living in the UK is making IT workers in full time employment take on extra work outside office hours. The website points to increasing consumer inflation as the main factor driving IT workers to seek ways to... [22 Jul 2008]
Take part in the silicon.com skills survey
News New for this year is a focus on the role of women in IT and the attitude of the industry towards older workers. Help us to find out more about the state of tech skills in the UK by taking the silicon.com skills survey. [16 Jul 2008]
ID cards face student scorn
News The ID scheme will be rolled out over the next four years, starting with about 10 million "critical" workers in 2009, young people in 2010 and the rest of the UK public in 2011/12, when people will have a choice of a passport or ID card. [09 Jul 2008]
Microsoft readies online apps for business
News Enabling telecommuting, which many employers and workers increasingly favour, is likely to be a selling point for the productivity and "deskless worker" tools within the Microsoft Online Services line up. [09 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. More than a quarter of the 300 London workers surveyed by IT security company... [07 Jul 2008]
ID cards: 'Political' move, claim airport workers
News ID cards for 'airside' workers - those who work beyond airport security checks - will become compulsory in 2009. The British Air Transport Association (Bata) said aviation workers were being used as guinea pigs for the scheme. [07 Jul 2008]
ePassport upgrade scaled back
News The IPS is also responsible for delivering the ID cards scheme, which will be rolled out over the next four years, starting with about 10 million "critical" workers in 2009, young people in 2010 and the rest of the UK public in 2011/12, when... [02 Jul 2008]
IT teacher applications continue to decline
News At the start of the year, industry sector skills body, e-skills UK, predicted 140,000 new IT and telecoms workers will be needed annually to satisfy the industry's demand for increasingly skilled staff. [01 Jul 2008]
Techies kept awake at night
News IT workers suffer more sleepless nights than most other professionals in the UK. IT pros are getting one and a half hours less shuteye than recommended, putting IT just behind high-stress professions, including lawyers and call centre workers. [01 Jul 2008]
Offshoring: India still number one
News Jenna Griffin, senior research analyst for global delivery services research at IDC Asia-Pacific, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet Asia that Bangalore and New Delhi were attractive due to existing infrastructure, large quantity of skilled... [27 Jun 2008]
Flexible working still a stigma, say techies
News Although more than half (61.1 per cent) of the more than 900 IT workers polled do work flexible hours, almost half (45.2 per cent) of those think the industry has not adapted to flexible working, according to research conducted by online... [25 Jun 2008]
Tech workers part of the jet set
News International travel is increasingly becoming a part of the job for people working in IT, with jet set techies travelling around the world on work-related business. Two out of five (38 per cent) tech professionals travel abroad with their work at... [23 Jun 2008]
Warning: ID cards face fingerprint errors
News The ID scheme will be rolled out over the next four years, starting with about 10 million "critical" workers in 2009, young people in 2010 and the rest of the UK public in 2011/12, when people will have a choice of a passport or ID card. [20 Jun 2008]
