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RSS pollPoll: Tech trade shows? Who cares...
News nearly half (49 per cent) of respondents to the poll said they don't attend any. Make your voice heard - take our latest poll. They may offer rich pickings if you're looking to add to your USB key collection but it seems trade shows are not a... [04 Oct 2007]
Techies chilling not stressing - poll
News The tech world may be fast-paced but techies are not yet at breaking point, according to the latest silicon.com reader poll. Despite a smorgasbord of potential issues - from offshoring-fuelled job security fears to the UK's IT skills crisis or... [09 Jul 2007]
Foreign workers not needed by UK IT - poll
News Not according to technology users voting in a silicon.com poll, the majority of whom firmly believe it's unnecessary for overseas workers to be drafted into service here. More than three-quarters - a resounding 77 per cent - of respondents to the... [18 Sep 2006]
Poll: Execs should be jailed for data loss
News That's the view of more than a third (35 per cent) of readers who took part in the latest silicon.com poll and who believe the punishment for data loss should be much more serious. The poll follows on from the HM Revenue & Customs loss in November... [14 Feb 2008]
IT bosses aren't worth their high salaries - poll
News Whether this is good old-fashioned jealousy, a reaction to news of a select few fat cat CIOs, or a genuine reality check for paymasters is unclear but an overwhelming 64 per cent of respondents to a poll run on silicon.com over the past two weeks... [06 Jun 2006]
Poll: Wi-fi sharing not for everybody
News Asked if they are happy to share their wi-fi, nearly half (46 per cent) of respondents to a reader poll said it is something they would never do. Security is clearly a key issue when it comes to letting strangers piggyback on your wi-fi connection... [15 Oct 2007]
Poll: And the most over-hyped event of 2007 was...
News An impressive 43 per cent of respondents to the reader poll fingered Vista as the biggest load of hot air to make a noise in 2007. In a poll last month, two-thirds of respondents vowed never to migrate to Vista. [03 Jan 2008]
Poll: MP3 player king of commuter gadgets
News The latest silicon.com poll found 31 per cent of respondents feel listening to their music MP3s is the best way to get though the journey to work. Make your voice heard with the latest silicon.com poll. [08 Feb 2008]
Poll: And the next killer app for mobiles is...
News The other options listed in the poll were: video/TV, music, games, email, access to corporate IT apps and social networking. Third place in the reader poll vote was tied between email and video/TV, which had 16 per cent apiece. [04 Mar 2008]
Poll: IM for business - is it all or nothing?
News Nearly two fifths (39 per cent) of silicon.com poll respondents have a 'buddy list' on which between 75 and 100 per cent of the contacts listed are either colleagues or people they only contact for work reasons. [29 Aug 2007]
Vista: Companies slow on the uptake - poll
News Despite all the hype and razzmatazz surrounding Vista, a poll of silicon.com readers has found most businesses are certainly not planning to adopt the OS overnight. The majority (40 per cent) of poll respondents, when asked when their company will... [06 Dec 2006]
Poll: Vista gets vote of no confidence
News More than a year after Vista's business release, the latest silicon.com poll asked readers when they think their organisation will migrate to Redmond's latest OS offering. Poll: In a fight between Vista, OS X, Linux, XP. [06 Dec 2007]
Web poll reveals rise of online shopping
News The poll found that for the first time ever, more people logged onto the Internet from home than from work. The Ecommmerce Association has welcomed the latest Internet Monitor report on Web use in the UK. [03 Jul 1998]
Poll: One in three of you would switch networks for an iPhone
News In our poll of more than 700 readers, a third said they would switch mobile network operators to get their hands on Apple's mobile phone. silicon.com readers are willing to swap mobile networks to get hold of an iPhone, according to exclusive... [17 Sep 2007]
Comparing and Evaluating Epoll, Select, and Poll Event Mechanisms
White Paper This paper uses a high-performance, event-driven, HTTP server (the µserver) to compare the performance of the select, poll, and epoll event mechanisms. Interestingly, initial results show that the select and poll event mechanisms perform... [18 May 2007]
