Downtime
November 2009
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Take a break from the IT department with IT Manager III
- Computer Weekly 30 Nov 2009 -
Does my tum look big on this?
- Editor in chief 30 Nov 2009 -
Home Tweet Home
- Security Editor 30 Nov 2009
Forget Championship Manager. If you really want to relax after a hard days work in the IT department you need IT manager III. This strategy game created by Intel could be bigger than World of ...
In these troubled times, time itself is clearly at a premium for the busy health-conscious IT professional. But worry no more, for now you no longer need to waste precious seconds glancing down at ...
Everyone now everything seems to be sending messages via the Twitter microblogging service, including a 16th century cottage. Isle of Wight resident Andy Stanford-Clark has installed hundreds of ...
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Mobile love gets husband into hot water
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Swiss stay on fence
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 30 Nov 2009 -
You have been unfriended
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 30 Nov 2009 -
Proof there should not be an iPhone app for everything
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Websurfing no longer deadly for teenagers in China
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Bruce Schneier gets dolled up
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Dirty Den to return from Emmerdale and Coronation Street.
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 24 Nov 2009
Mobile phones make life a lot easier, but failure to end calls properly could turn out rather badly as a businessman in China found out. Gao Meng called his wife, but did end the call properly ...
Two Swiss human rights organisations (HROs) have been monitoring computer war games to see if they flout international humanitarian law. Games, including Modern Warfare: Call Of Duty and Conflict ...
In a recent awards ceremony 'Unfriend' was named word-of-the-year by the New Oxford American Dictionary. It is defined as the act of removing a 'friend' from your contact list on a social or ...
iPhone makers Apple are keen to boast there is an iPhone app for everything, but two Texans have proved there should be exceptions to the rule. They have developed an iPhone app that enables them ...
Teenage websurfers in China can now indulge their passions without fear of physical punishment, which has been banned as a form of "treatment" for internet addiction. The ban comes after the death ...
Own a Bruce Schneier doll
Downtime saw the news that the Christmas scripts of soap opera EastEnders could get into the wrong hands. A laptop and the scripts were taken from a scriptwriter's home during a burglary. The BBC ...
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Computers don't smoke
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 24 Nov 2009 -
Texting killed the reindeer star
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Lotteries pose business continuity risk
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 17 Nov 2009 -
Catholic Church asks Google how to connect to masses
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 17 Nov 2009 -
Barrichello gets consolation prize
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 17 Nov 2009
Downtime was shocked to read that a consumer in the US was told his computer warranty was void because it had been used in the company of smokers. When his computer overheated he was told by the ...
Well over half of people will dispense with Christmas card this year and send a text message instead. According to a survey carried out by www.rightmobilephone.co.uk people only seem to bother ...
News that a group of call centre workers won a staggering £91m in the lottery should come as a warning to businesses outsourcing or offshoring work. We wonder how many will continue to field calls ...
The Catholic Church is receiving tutoring from internet experts about how best to communicate in the modern world. Officials from the likes of Google, Facebook, YouTube and Wikipedia are helping ...
Formula One driver Rubens Barrichello has had a cash bonus. Despite losing this year's championship he is going to receive at least $500,000 from Google after a court ruled that damages should be ...