December 2008

Service desk woman paid less than men

Women on the IT service desk earn 4.5% less on average than the men, according to a survey from the Service Desk Institute (SDI).

Howard Kendall,...

Internet leak reveals government's VAT flip-flop

The government has taken the bold decision to cut VAT, judging that a 2% reduction in the price of goods will prompt Britain's unemployed homeless populace of the financial Armageddon into a ...  Continue Reading

Major job cuts expected as Palm cuts costs

Major jobcuts are expected at Palm after it said it would be cutting operating costs by 20% in response to poor sales.  Continue Reading

Woolworths collapse causes Zavvi website shut-down

Entertainment retailer Zavvi has shut down its website because of stock shortages caused by the collapse of Woolworths.  Continue Reading

Windows 7 Beta 1 available from January

Microsoft plans to release the first beta of Windows 7 https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240087282/Microsoft-takes-the-wraps-off-Windows-7,...

One billion mice from Logitech

Logitech has manufactured its one billionth computer mouse as the technology moves to its...  Continue Reading

Utility firms improve online experience

Utility firms have improved their websites this year and firms such as Southern Water and EDF have made significantly improvements in customer usability.  Continue Reading

Nokia takes Symbian open source plans forward with acquisition

Nokia has completed its previously announced acquisition of Symbian, which controls the world's most popular mobile operating system.  Continue Reading

Jobs market decline hits record levels

The jobs market continued to worsen in November, says the monthly Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG Report on Jobs.  Continue Reading

Nervous staff trawl corporate networks for sensitive data as job losses loom

Nervous office workers are trawling company networks for sensitive data as job losses loom.

A survey of 600 workers in New York, London and Amsterdam...

IT departments confident of delivering their projects next year despite recession

UK IT departments are confident about the delivery of their projects over the next 12 months despite the economic challenges ahead, according to a survey...

British Airways in talks to merge with Quantas

British Airways is in talks to create a global airline by merging with Qantas.  Continue Reading

Nokia N97 geo-location phone launched at Nokia World 08

Nokia has launched its latest smartphone, the N97, which incorporates a 3.5" touch screen display with a QWERTY keyboard and Web 2.0 features for social networking.  Continue Reading

The slow progress of people-oriented information security

Today is my annual lecture on the Royal Holloway University of London MSc course in Information Security. It's a great course, the very best of its kind, with a good balance between lectures from ...  Continue Reading

Oracle users: Are you really that happy?

The latest annual survey from the UKOUG shows people are very happy with Oracle. Call me a twisted, old hack, but I do actually find this somewhat hard to believe.  Continue Reading

Government injects £30m into small IT firms

The government is to invest £30m in technology SMEs, business secretary Peter Mandelson has announced.  Continue Reading

Recession-proof website # Tip 7 Keep it Short & Simple

Is your web site easy to understand. I've been researching a number of companies that all do the same thing - not that you'd know it from the guff on their websites - their main differentiator was ...  Continue Reading