Flexible working reality gets closer
Thursday, December 18th, 2008Technology-enabled flexible working will increase as employers move away from the assumption that those that are at their desks longer are doing...
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Technology-enabled flexible working will increase as employers move away from the assumption that those that are at their desks longer are doing...
IT market will grow by 2% in 2009, defying downturn
Thursday, December 18th, 2008Demand for IT will defy the downturn...
Yahoo to limit identifiable user data retention to 90 days
Thursday, December 18th, 2008Yahoo has set a new data retention policy, which anonymises user log data within 90 days. The policy covers search log data, page views, page clicks,...
Online banking map reveals North West as leader
Thursday, December 18th, 2008People in the North West of England are the most likely to bank and shop online. This is according to the Association of Payments and Clearing...
Wii, Sony, HD kit top online shoppers’ Christmas wish list
Thursday, December 18th, 2008Wii consoles, Sony Blu-ray high definition video players and televison sets, and Asus eee notebook PCs are the items most likely to fill stockings on Christmas...
Over-55s more prone to complain about poor web services
Thursday, December 18th, 2008Over-55s are far less tolerant of unavailable products and web services than younger generations. Research from SunGard...
Map shows who’s who in the web zoo
Thursday, December 18th, 2008Colin Watson of web security company Watsonhall has produced a map...
HMV continues store revamp with online kiosks
Thursday, December 18th, 2008HMV is rolling out the next stage...
Broadband speed queen Bowe to chair Ofcom
Thursday, December 18th, 2008Colette Bowe, who chaired Ofcom's Consumer Panel from its inception in 2003 to December 2007, is to replace David Currie as chairman of Ofcom. Her...
2,000-year-old ‘computer’ rebuilt
Thursday, December 18th, 2008A new working model of the mysterious 2,100-year-old astronomical calculator/computer, known as the Antikythera...
Internet Explorer 8 updated
Thursday, December 18th, 2008Microsoft has released the first update to its Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2. <a...
Zero-day attacks on the rise, says Scansafe
Thursday, December 18th, 2008Zero-day web malware blocks have risen rapidly, says web security firm ScanSafe. In its monthly Global...
Motorola freezes salaries and pensions as recession continues to bite
Thursday, December 18th, 2008Motorola is bringing in salary freezes and slashing pension benefits to cut costs as the recession continues to bite the IT sector. From 1 March 2009,...
Thousands of barristers and witnesses exposed to ID theft risk
Thursday, December 18th, 2008Thousands of barristers have been exposed to the risk of identity...
More training needed to combat skills gap, say IT staff
Thursday, December 18th, 2008The IT skills gap is growing,...