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Downtime
Taking a look at the lighter side of IT - technology may be a serious business but it rarely fails to raise a smile too.
February 2010
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First Direct offers xxx banking on twitter
- Managing Editor 26 Feb 2010 -
They say you marry your Mum...
- Senior analyst 25 Feb 2010 -
The iPad will make a fantastic Windows 7 machine
- Managing Editor 24 Feb 2010
First Direct's twitter account has been hacked by a spammer, who used the online bank's account to post a link to a adult sex aid site. Who says banks don't offer overdraft extensions anymore?
They say you marry your Mum, or at least someone like her, and in a bizarre twist, mobile technology has hooked up a Chinese man pining for his mother with the love of his life. Lou Yixion called ...
David Angwin, director of marketing at Wyse Technology is a happy man. So far the Wyse PocketCloud App for iPhone, has had 10,000 downloads - not bad for a product which costs $17.99 from Apple ...
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Middlesbrough Football club turns to software as football fails
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 24 Feb 2010 -
You can be my IT hero
- Managing Editor 24 Feb 2010 -
Cabinet Office bosses silence bully blog
24 Feb 2010 -
Cheryl Cole voice blunder extends marriage
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 24 Feb 2010 -
Big Brother online replacement should be a hit
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 24 Feb 2010 -
Tories blunder sets scene for next four years
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 18 Feb 2010 -
Three IT men in a lift
- Managing Editor 18 Feb 2010
Middlesbrough Football club is so desperate to get fans through the turnstiles it has decided to buy an events management system from Clarity Commerce.Non match-day revenue is becoming increasingly ...
VmWare helps IT manager get a life
the internal communications team are refusing to allow the thread to be published
Apparently Cheryl Cole thought she had told her hubby Ashley that she was leaving him ages ago but a bizarre mix up of backing tracks meant she said the wrong thing. She is so used to miming that ...
The problem with the Channel 4 show big brother is that the contestants don't suffer enough. But an experiment being carried out in the UK known as man in a box is more like it. Some chap is locked ...
Downtime couldn't help laughing about the latest blunder by the Conservative party.Apparently, according to the Tories, in the most deprived areas in the UK 54% of girls get pregnant before their ...
The other day three IT men got into the newly refurbished lifts at Downtime's office. One remarked that the MDF was a really high quality beech affect, which goes well with the plush spotlights and ...
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At last! A use for iPads
18 Feb 2010 -
Sacrifice iPods for Lent
- Senior analyst 18 Feb 2010 -
It's official people care more for reality TV than realpolitik
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 18 Feb 2010 -
Domino's helps customers from the oven to the loo. Almost.
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 16 Feb 2010 -
Women in IT - your new role model is here
- Editor in chief 16 Feb 2010
how cool is it for Apple have have wrinklies toting its logo?
Church leaders, demonstrating yet again that they can move with the times, have suggested the faithful should give up their iPods for Lent instead of the more traditional sacrifices. The suggestion ...
A survey has revealed a disturbing reality. More young people vote on reality TV shows than in general elections. Yes a survey from a mobile phone comparison website has found that 66% of youths ...
Downtime was fascinated that the Domino's Pizza has developed a system that allows customers to track the progress of their order from the oven.The pizza tracker system is designed to help hungry ...
The crisis of women in IT is officially over. It's a well-known and extremely disturbing fact that less than 18% of UK IT professionals are female - a figure that has been dropping consistently for ...