June 2009

Living in the future (Lesley Gavin, W-Tech)

Oops. Overloaded my laptop, so crashed for the start of this session. (And thanks to forgetting to build in a lunch hour, getting a bit of a sugar-low crash in my own system too! Must rectify that ...  Continue Reading

Marks & Spencer, Tesco, BP and Thomas Cook lead flexible working charge

Two-thirds of FTSE 100 companies are using flexible working to keep their staff happy. Flexible workingrequires the introduction of a wide range ofmobile...

Facebook: The Movie!

Somebody has found the business value of Facebook in a big way.  Continue Reading

Interacting with technology - speech, touch, presence, etc (W-Tech)

Speakers: Jane Lewis, PFE from Microsoft UK and Eileen Brown IT Pro Evangelism Manager (Aside: Jane Lewis kicked off by mentioning this was the first time she'd presented to a room that's almost ...  Continue Reading

Security professionals fail to use passwords

IT security workers are not using passwords on mobile devices despite sensitive company information residing on them.  Continue Reading

How to behave in an all-male team (W-Tech, Christina Ioannidis)

What a way to get crowd engagement! Christian Ioannidis kicked off her session on 'how to behave in all-male team' by asking everyone in the packed room if who'd ever been the only woman in a ...  Continue Reading

Commentable Digital Britain report goes online... good approach to collaboration

Commentable Digital Britain report goes online... good approach to collaboration  Continue Reading

Google appeases China over pornography

Google has changed the way it filters porn to stop it appearing on its Chinese site.

Google said it has carried out a major engineering effort to meet...

Google site tackles malware advertising

Google has created an "Anti-Malvertising" website, which it says will help internet users and businesses make better-informed decisions to protect against...

Paul Allen launches Microsoft plug-in

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has made a comeback with the launch of his latest venture, Xiant, which has developed a product to manage Outlook InBoxes.  Continue Reading

Having fun and being a great technical professional - at Microsoft (W-Tech)

Microsoft has fielded the speakers for this session on "Having fun and being a great technical professional". In his intro, Andy Gitsham laid out his position: "Work hard, play hard" is too 90s - ...  Continue Reading

Samsung’s jet phone gets 2 million pre-orders

Samsung is reporting that its jet phone has had over two million pre-orders, which is double the number of Apple iPhones sold in its launch weekend.  Continue Reading

W-Tech first impressions - welcoming, but confusing!

It's a beautifully sunny day in London, and the walk from Embankment to the IET building on Savoy Place for today's W-Tech women in technology recruitment fair / networking event was pleasant. ...  Continue Reading

Twitter: UK's fastest growing website

Traffic on Twitter has increased 22-fold in the past 12 months, according to Hitwise, which analyses internet usage, making it the fastest growing site in...

Oracle shrugs off downturn by increasing software revenues

Oracle's revenue for 2009 has grown 4% to $23.3bn, showing that businesses are still buying enterprise software licenses and renewing maintenance contracts...  Continue Reading

Habitat apologises for Twitter abuse

Furniture retailer Habitat has apologised for using the unrest in Iran to help it make sales through microblogging website Twitter.  Continue Reading

Video: Android-based HTC Hero on Orange from July

The first Google Android device, the HTC Hero is due to be available in the UK from Orange early July.  Continue Reading