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Devil's Advocate: Microsoft and users - 2002 as a turning point
Comment That may turn out to be a superficial analysis, though, and 2002 could turn out to be an important turning point. All things considered, rather than assuming that the changes have been happily accepted, it may well be more accurate to see 2002 as a... [17 Dec 2002]
ICL post point-of-sale
Comment If it can translate all those point-of-sale system contracts into ebusiness deals, it's got a fighting chance. ICL may be the grandfather of British IT, but yesterday it fell victim to exactly the same problems that face 90 per cent of dot-com... [02 Aug 2000]
Opinion: The weak point of wikis
Comment The communal publishing methods of wikis have proved popular - but it's a paradigm not without its challenges, says Charles Cooper. Perhaps the most recognized application of open-source technology in the world, Wikipedia is the online encyclopedia... [05 Dec 2005]
Opinion: What's the point of security?
Comment Security trade shows are booming - but does that mean companies are any safer? Simon Moores reports from Infosecurity 2006. It's Infosec time again. Walking the aisles of Europe's most successful information security trade show, I found myself... [26 Apr 2006]
Leader: How will Nokia make a difference to your business?
Leader Judging by its results last week, it may seem picky to point out things have been less than perfect in the house of Nokia this year. Network upgrades - to Edge, to 3G and maybe those using push-to-talk - is a good starting point but while users... [29 Oct 2003]
ITU03: Final analysis
Comment As weary attendees nurse their feet and expense accounts and get ready to return home, it is worth reflecting on the point of the quadrennial get-together. It was a high point of a particular time in the industries of telecoms and IT, an era when... [17 Oct 2003]
Devil's Advocate: Legislating for security
Comment Is there any point, asks Martin Brampton, in legislating for security attacks when a bit of housecleaning could prevent many breaches? There is no point throwing together a system devoid of protection and then expecting the law to somehow solve our... [19 Feb 2002]
The Weekly Round-Up: 13.04.07
Round-Up For reasons that will become obvious in a moment, this week's Round-Up will be brief and to the point. A whimsical, magical place where.the Round-Up swears there was a point to this bit but it’s forgotten what it was. [13 Apr 2007]
Boardroom Despatches: Leadership
Comment Now, before I go on, I know an educated audience will jump on me if I simply point out how many oversees CEOs there are in UK boardrooms these days. Isn't the starting point identifying who our role models should be? [27 Aug 2003]
Treading the legal minefield of message boards
Comment At what point does a rumour become a fact? Returning to the original question, at what point does a rumour become a fact? What about once it's been published online? After all, the internet is a great source of rumours dressed up as fact - many... [23 Jun 2003]
Leader: Why we don't need more techies
Leader The most telling point in the latest study to highlight the growing IT skills gap in the UK is that, in fact, the biggest problem is increasingly around "non-technical" skills. Some people point to the declining numbers of students applying for IT... [02 Aug 2006]
Editor's Blog: Of Luddite clinicians
Comment I stand by that phrase but do hasten to point out I wasn't trying to say all clinicians in the NHS are Luddites, thankfully. My point is simple. Responding to a recent post, a reader told me I was wrong to refer to 'Luddite clinicians'. [17 Aug 2006]
Leader: Livelier with 3G please, Vodafone
Leader It seems a small point but this week's mega-3G launch (you know the one we are talking about), while good for several reasons, took a step backwards in terms of its branding and how it will reach the mass market. [11 Nov 2004]
Leader: Missing laptops and lazy risk management
Leader The first point comes from a recent silicon.com Freedom of Information enquiry - or enquiries, to be precise, as we had to approach more than half a dozen departments separately. At what point does a lost laptop become stolen? [03 Aug 2006]
Will's Web Watch: easy, easy, easy...
Comment Granted, easyPizza is only selling to select parts of Milton Keynes - which sounds like an oxymoron if ever I heard one - but Stelios is clearly testing the waters and there must have been some logic behind his choice of starting point. [20 Apr 2005]
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