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The Weekly Round-Up: 25.04.08
Round-Up It's a wonder they manage to haul themselves out of bed everyday and into crowded, smelly Tube carriages, let alone trudge past unsmiling security guards and into the lift which, probably sensing the collective mood of 10 million people, promptly... [25 Apr 2008]
silicon.com Classics: 10 hard drive disasters
News The latest in our weekly look back through the classic stories of the last decade in the silicon.com archive is a story about some of the most bizarre ways people have accidentally destroyed computer hard drives. [28 Mar 2008]
Podcast: The Weekly Round-Up 07.03.08
Round-Up Podcast Protecting the walk 'n' texters, correct mobile phone 'etiquette', give your iPod a wink and smelly job seekers are all discussed in this week's weekly silicon.com Round-Up Podcast. Andy McCue hosts and is joined in the studio by Tim Ferguson... [07 Mar 2008]
Five weird ways to bridge the digital divide
News For smelly broadband… click to page 2 The UN's comms agency, the International Telecommunications Union, is touting the importance of satellite technology in bridging the world's communications divide - as it can offer high-capacity transmission... [06 Mar 2008]
Photos of the month - January 2008
Photo The smelly broadband should provide speeds of up to 100Mbps. A video was played showing Gates asking various celebrities for a job. His encounter with rock band U2's Bono didn't see him recruited. Check out what Gates had to say in his speech. [30 Jan 2008]
Podcast: The Weekly Round-Up 25.01.08
Round-Up Podcast Dancing on the tube, favourite gadgets, smelly broadband and ID cards all get an airing on the silicon.com's Weekly Round-Up podcast, this week featuring Steve Ranger, Tim Ferguson, Nick Heath and Bethan Jones. [25 Jan 2008]
Video: How to bring lost data back to life
Video From mouldy bananas to smelly socks to falling out of a helicopter, there are many different ways to wreck a computer hard drive. Data recovery company Ontrack challenged silicon.com to 'do our worst' to two innocent drives and send them off to be... [15 Jun 2007]
India diary, day 8: Pune or bust
Comment But broken down on a hard shoulder my view is of a smelly stream and my options are to fry in the heat on the side of the road or sit in the car and risk death - but at least enjoy air conditioning. Sunday 11 February - Pune [11 Mar 2007]
Mobile 'smelly phone' hits Japan
News The DoCoMo mobile 'smelly phone' is the SO703i from Sony Ericsson, which uses scented sheets that produce an aroma when the device is opened. Apple is not the only kit maker causing waves with its latest device. [17 Jan 2007]
Stories of the month: November
News Smelly socks, Windows Vista, iPods and the death of the Linux desktop have all been top of the news agenda for silicon.com readers in the last month. Among the most-read stories of November was the list of PC horror stories, where exploding bananas... [29 Nov 2006]
Ten things not to do with your data
News Deaths at the hands of bananas, smelly socks and WD-40 are some of the unusual fates to have befallen innocent hard drives, according to a data recovery company that has released a list of the most remarkable cases of data loss witnessed this year. [16 Nov 2006]
Mobile phone use irks public transport passengers
News Mobile phone use is the most annoying part of using public transportation, beating out late trains, smelly passengers and having to stand during a journey. Of the 345 readers polled over the past week, trains or buses arriving late was the next... [21 Jul 2006]
ITU 03 diary - a weekend of two halves
Comment Try explaining, if you're a PR looking after your American clients, why you'd go to a cramped, smelly venue to celebrate loudly and drunkenly a game where no one scores. The ITU Telecom World conference can be a bit stuffy. [13 Oct 2003]
SMEs slam 'smelly' tech support staff
News Small companies are getting a bad deal from their tech support, a new study has found, with the personal hygiene of the staff sent to resolve their problems just one of a whole host of gripes. IT services firm Blue Screen surveyed 100 SMEs (small... [06 Feb 2003]
Helpdesk hell: your reader comments (part 2)
News Last week we wrote about some of the tales of helpdesk woe that plague the put-upon desktop support teams and customer service staff the length and breadth of the country (www.silicon.com/a55051 ). We asked the question: "Are people really this... [20 Aug 2002]
