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RSS check-in failureThe Gadget Showdown: 'Cocaine, Mrs Phillips?'
Comment It took two hours to train IBM, during which time I became so angry with its failure to recognise simple words I started shouting at it and had to have a cup of tea to calm down. Still, technology takes away with one... [10 Apr 2001]
The Value Proposition: the Y2K ransom theory
Comment A major insurance underwriter I contracted for many years ago, rang me last year and insured their system (that I was the last to work on) against Y2K failure by paying me a very reasonable (read 'low') rate to be 'on... [29 Feb 2000]
EC monopoly warning after record Microsoft fine
News This followed the European Commission's announcement it was slapping a $1.35bn fine against Microsoft for failure to comply with earlier March 2004 antitrust sanctions. Check out silicon.com's latest... [28 Feb 2008]
Inside offshoring: Managing the risks
Comment With both India and Pakistan joining the nuclear powers, any conflict between the nations represents the risk of what is classed as 'catastrophic failure'. Send individuals or small teams out to do an audit and... [02 Jun 2004]
Leader: The big issues of 2006
Leader Many of these people do a great job implementing IT but we still hear so many stories of failure. So check out our 'Re:Viewing' pieces on security and mobile and wireless. Looking back at 2006 is... [21 Dec 2006]
Bluetooth phone hacking tools 'spreading quickly'
News Once again consumers have to bear the brunt of technological failure," he said. Check out silicon.com's latest photo stories here… Bluesnarfing is a method of hacking into a Bluetooth-enabled mobile... [17 Feb 2004]
Technology can't beat casino cheaters
Comment A notorious casino cheat has suggested many of the technologies being touted as anti-cheating measures are doomed to expensive failure - criticising the effectiveness of controversial solutions such as RFID and facial... [04 Nov 2005]
CIO Jury: CEOs 'don't get' technology
News Mike Roberts, IT director at the London Clinic, said: "The lack of understanding in the complexity and cost of implementing the underlying IT is one of the most common issues at the root of the failure... [08 Mar 2007]
Business execs snub Facebook
News I'm not sure whether that's laziness, lack of time, or failure to prioritise my own future opportunities. Check out silicon.com's latest photo stories here… Social networking website Facebook is being... [11 Jan 2008]
Editor's Blog: Time to take the politicians out of technology?
Comment To list a few: the short-term approach of politicians meddling with policies, which hard-pressed techies then have to deliver; the resistance of the civil service to change; the fast turnover of senior management on projects; the lack of... [30 Apr 2008]
Snooping Bill gets security seal of disapproval
Comment The new Bill allows the Home Office and its representatives to demand encryption keys be handed over to the authorities, with penalties for failure to comply including two years in jail.... [12 Sep 2000]
Americans still positive about using email
News Management's failure to check internal email is a potentially costly oversight," Ivan O'Sullivan, vice president of survey cosponsor Clearswift, said in a statement. US workers spend... [19 Jun 2003]
Banking can execute change in real-time
Comment Left too long, this attitude will lead to a systematic failure to keep up with business requisites and check-list complexity. The financial sector is 10 years behind the times in its... [02 Jan 2008]
Offshoring - culture lessons are crucial
News Richard Herbert, CIO of global markets and European IT at ABN Amro, said the failure of outsourcing contracts should not be blamed on overseas service suppliers. Check out the Editor's Blog for the... [16 Oct 2007]
E*Trade goes down for an hour
News A systems failure brought US online broker, E*Trade to its knees yesterday. Guy Knight, executive VP at Charles Schwab, said: "Whether it is a capacity problem caused by too many people logging on at the same time or a... [04 Feb 1999]
