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The Weekly Round-Up: 06.11.09
Round-Up More than one in three IT technicians admit to taking on extra work outside office hours. However, despite more than a third admitting working outside office hours, techies still trail some way behind... [06 Nov 2009]
Techies and hairdressers united in the moonlight
News More than a third (37 per cent) of IT technicians admit taking on extra work outside office hours, a survey has revealed. What do Blighty's hairdressers and IT technicians have in common? A shared love of moonlighting... [04 Nov 2009]
£39m boost for London Olympics' emergency comms
News The Home Office has announced a £39m deal to help emergency services comms cope during the London 2012 Olympic Games. As a result, the system will be able to cater for thousands more users from within the police, fire... [03 Nov 2009]
Microsoft to Office Accounting: Your number's up
News Microsoft announced on Friday it is to kill off its Office Accounting product line. The Redmond giant said it will stop distributing the free Office Accounting and Office Accounting... [02 Nov 2009]
Can I use a netbook as my everyday work machine?
Comment I start each day by working from home for a couple of hours before making my way into the office. As a sub editor for silicon.com, my working day is broken down by a mixture of home and office working. [02 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.09.09
Round-Up Leaving the Halloween terrors behind us, let's talk of an issue similarly likely to strike horror into the sturdiest of office workers: should you be friends with your boss on Facebook? Still, if you can't work out who... [30 Oct 2009]
Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News Companies often renew their office hardware every three years without necessarily questioning the business case of upgrades, staff retraining and other overheads involved. It's no surprise that for some companies green... [29 Oct 2009]
Digital Dilemmas: Should I add my boss as a Facebook friend?
Comment Result: You're now the office Facebook stalker. With others - those sober-looking individuals who exist semi-invisibly on the fringes of the office - you might assume they're digitally non-existent.... [28 Oct 2009]
Why CIOs are saying yes to open source software
News While using open source in the IT department - for example on web servers and for back office systems - may not be too controversial, putting these applications in front of the average end user is often seen as a step... [28 Oct 2009]
Photos: Top iPhone apps for business
Photo Here we take a look at some of the best business apps that can help turn your iPhone into a portable office. It alerts users to missed calls, redirects office calls to the iPhone and enables users to... [27 Oct 2009]
Monitoring staff email and internet: The dos and don'ts
News Every office generates so much email, IM and internet traffic it's all but impossible for management to keep track of exactly what's being said, seen and done online. Covert monitoring of staff communications is only... [22 Oct 2009]
It's a dog's life for police BlackBerrys
News The government has committed £80m to ramp up police smartphone use by funding the deployment of 30,000 mobile data devices by 2010 - with the Home Office's plan being to increase police visibility in communities by... [20 Oct 2009]
ID cards: 10,000 Brits want to sign up
News According to the Home Office, to date 10,000 people have asked for further information on applying for a card through the DirectGov site. Photo credit: Home Office) Thousands of UK citizens have... [19 Oct 2009]
IT tsar confirmed: Cabinet Office names Angela Smith
News The Cabinet Office has named Angela Smith as responsible for government IT and information security. According to the list of ministerial responsibilities released this week, Smith's will include responsibility for the... [16 Oct 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.10.09
Round-Up How many times have you heard a tale of woe that features 1) an incriminating photo from an office party and/or 2) a comment on the skills of a co-worker along the lines of "witless, talentless buffoon of a man" and 3)... [16 Oct 2009]
