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10,000 mobiles per month left in London cabs
News Other belongings left in cabs include a sawn off shotgun, false teeth, 12 dead pheasants, a variety of pets, toilet seats, funeral ashes, £2,700 in cash and even a couple of kids. Londoners are leaving 10,000 mobile... [17 Sep 2008]
Leader: The evolution of the CIO career path
Leader Our special report also featured real-life examples of each CIO personality: David Lister, CIO at Reuters who is a paratrooper - the James Bond of CIOs; Paul Burfitt, ex-CIO of AstraZenca who is the loyal and long-serving professional... [22 Sep 2006]
The Executive CIO: David Weymouth, ex-CIO Barclays
Comment Brinley Platts, author of the CSC Leading Edge Forum research Building Effective Executive IT Teams and chairman of CIO Development.com, says: "They are brought in to ride shotgun. The executive CIO is generally the... [21 Sep 2006]
Browser wars: Dell and Google to buddy up?
News They're like that loaded shotgun that's just lying around - nobody's sure when it's going to go off," Baker said. Fighting for icon space on the desktop is so 2001. The new frontier on a virgin PC is the browser and... [08 Feb 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 17.10.03
Round-Up The silicon.com editorial team adores daft, contrived press releases. Partly because they make us laugh but mostly because they give the Round-Up something to write about on slow news weeks. Like this one. [17 Oct 2003]
RIAA in $2,000 settlement with 12-year-old file swapper
News The quick settlement points both to the public relations dangers of the RIAA's shotgun lawsuit approach and to its simultaneous effectiveness. Barely 24 hours after suing alleged file swappers around the United States,... [10 Sep 2003]
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.06.03
Round-Up The police undertake extensive training before they are allowed to drive with the 'blues and twos' going - as a necessity they may also be in radio contact with their control or other units (though it's worth noting the driver is not... [27 Jun 2003]
'Shotgun wedding' for Palm and Handspring
News After years of lacklustre interest in merging with Palm, Handspring had a change of heart at the beginning of this year, culminating in yesterday's deal which some are equating with a 'shotgun marriage'. [05 Jun 2003]
Scientists cry fowl over satellite test shotgun shocker
News Scientists using satellite technology to track the migration movements of six geese have uncovered the whereabouts of one errant bird - it's in an Eskimo's freezer. The Irish light-bellied brent goose was one of six being monitored by... [27 Aug 2002]
Farmers: Don't go reaching for the tractor, cider and shotgun clichés
Comment Whatever we think about them and however much sympathy they do or don't get in the face of supermarket demands and the foot and mouth crisis, one thing's for sure - farmers have entered the high-tech arena. [11 Oct 2001]
