researchers in comment and analysis
Uneasy bedfellows: IT directors and academics
Comment The UK's leading computer science researchers are predicting the next 20 years will be all about protecting users from technology. For academic researchers to admit this is no breakthrough. It's not a... [16 Jun 2000]
Are vulnerable times responsible times?
Comment We continue to urge security researchers to disclose vulnerability information responsibly and allow customers time to deploy updates so they do not aid criminals in their attempt to take advantage of software... [02 Mar 2005]
Radioactive: Mobile operators' family secret - churn
Comment During 2003, churn cost European mobile operators €4.5bn in unnecessary expenses and €5.6bn in lost revenues, according to the latest figures from researchers Analysys. While this is something of an urban myth - TARP,... [09 Feb 2005]
Analysing the analysts: Should we trust them?
Comment When researchers come out with predictions for most markets they rely on a variety of factors. Will Strauss, president of US-based market researchers Forward Concepts, pushed the boat out furthest. The... [20 Feb 2001]
'Putting a chastity belt on technology': Copyright law and technology
Comment For example, security researchers have many more hurdles to overcome under the DMCA to publish research, said Joseph Liu, a law professor at Boston College Law School. Researchers can circumvent... [03 Mar 2003]
John Lamb's Week: Innovation, in its various forms
Comment Work will soon begin on a building to replace the old STC premises where, in 1966, researchers first proposed the idea of optical communications. The Essex boffins, who absorb a sizeable chunk of Nortel's European... [23 Feb 2001]
Intel developing chip with two brains
Comment Like researchers at other companies, scientists at the chip-making giant are experimenting with one of the dominant trends in microprocessor design: putting two chip cores, or 'brains', into the same piece of silicon -... [21 Aug 2002]
Brunel University's Business Class: How to turn a mistake into a positive event
Comment In a recent survey carried out by researchers here at Brunel, only 2 per cent of respondents - all senior IT managers - stated they had a formal process of feeding back lessons learnt from project implementation. [16 May 2003]
VoIP threats to watch out for
Comment According to market researchers AMI Partners, worldwide SME spending on VoIP solutions topped $3bn in 2006, up 26 per cent over 2005. If your business uses or is considering rolling out VoIP, you should be aware of the... [09 Mar 2007]
Technology, the great privacy protector
Comment One hundred and fifty academics and researchers got together this week at IBM's Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California, to explore ways of protecting privacy amid an explosion in the amount of personal... [11 Apr 2003]
Why does Sharon Stone use Mitel?
Comment According to researchers Nielsen Netratings, product placement went up 30 per cent year-on-year and time spent devoted to 'placed' products rose by 21 per cent. Tech brand owners are like many others in seeing the demise... [01 Aug 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 01.02.08
Round-Up The researchers reported that Mac users are indeed more assured of their superiority, less modest and more open than the general population, which suggests why they're willing to take a chance on switching to a different... [01 Feb 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Open source 'brotherhood' closed to co-operation
Comment Open source software is such a remarkable phenomenon that it has attracted psychological and sociological researchers - with some of their quite striking findings. The reality is sadly very different, says Martin Brampton. [03 Apr 2008]
To buy, or not to buy? The ASPs think renting is the answer
Comment The market researchers certainly seem to agree that application service provision is set to explode. "Five years from now, if you are a CEO with a head for business, you won't be buying computers anymore. [20 Sep 1999]
SMS: The neglected mobile platform
Comment Typically considered the poor relative of voice calls, some mobile operators are now making seven to 10 per cent of their revenue from SMS traffic, according to Danish researchers at Strand Consult. In the UK, ITV (with... [30 Jan 2001]
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