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Infamy, infamy, they all have it in for me

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:04:00 GMT

I will admit to enjoying the delicious sense of irony as I watched Nick Leeson, the trader who famously collapsed Barings Bank back in 1995, give a talk on 'risk management in the real world' at Burton Group's Cataylst Conference in Prague this week.

Infamy, infamy, they all have it infamy me

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:04:00 GMT

The cost of wiring up Britain

tomj@techworld.com — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:13:00 GMT

There has been a lot of talk recently regarding the cost of rolling out a NGN (next generation network) for the UK. Indeed, the British government has been calling for a while now for a national rollout of fibre. But the problem still remains, who is to pay?

VMware parts company with CEO

tomj@techworld.com — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:14:00 GMT

The IT industry can at times be a pretty brutal place. No more so than in the complex atmosphere of IT management hiring and firings.

'Must have' iPhone theme

tomj@techworld.com — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:33:00 GMT

Do you want your Apple iPhone to look-and-feel like Windows Vista? No, neither did we. But now you can, thanks to a brand new iPhone theme that will make Apple's handset look-and-feel like a Vista-based device.

'Must have' iPhone theme

tomj@techworld.com — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:33:00 GMT

Virus runs amok at Sun conference

tomj@techworld.com — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:32:00 GMT

Attendees at last week's JavaOne conference had the misfortune to be struck down by a nasty virus. The unwelcome gatecrasher was not a virus of the digital variety however, but rather the unpleasant norovirus, that can cause nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea.

Virus runs amok at Sun conference

tomj@techworld.com — Mon, 12 May 2008 04:32:00 GMT

Spam's 30th birthday

tomj@techworld.com — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:30:00 GMT

This weekend it will be the 30th birthday of spam, but somehow I don't think many people will be out celebrating.

Spam's 30th birthday

tomj@techworld.com — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:30:00 GMT

This weekend it will be the 30th birthday of spam, but somehow I don't think many people will be out celebrating.

Trouble for the little guy

tomj@techworld.com — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:44:00 GMT

Earlier this week 3i, the UK’s largest private equity firm, admitted to the Financial Times that it was abandoning investments into early-stage start-ups.

Trouble for the little guy

tomj@techworld.com — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:44:00 GMT

Earlier this week 3i, the UK's largest private equity firm, admitted to the Financial Times that it was abandoning investments into early-stage start-ups.

The end of the road for HD-DVD

tomj@techworld.com — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:10:00 GMT

2008 has been a grim year so far for the backers of HD-DVD, as the Blue-ray camp looks set to win the format wars over the next generation of DVDs.

The end of the road for HD-DVD

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:10:00 GMT

2008 has been a grim year so far for the backers of HD-DVD, as the Blue-ray camp looks set to win the format wars over the next generation of DVDs.

The road ahead for heating the office?

tomj@techworld.com — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:32:00 GMT

Those crazy Dutch. Or maybe not considering that a Dutch civil engineering firm has come up with a clever system to heat offices and homes. It does this by siphoning the heat generated from nearby asphalt covered roads and car parks.

The road ahead for heating the office?

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:32:00 GMT

Dell turns to 'celebrities' to shift computers

tomj@techworld.com — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:44:00 GMT

Last week computer maker Dell launched a novel way of convincing one's friends and family to chip in and buy you a brand new computer.

Dell turns to 'celebrities' to shift computers

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:44:00 GMT

Last week computer maker Dell launched a novel way of convincing one's friends and family to chip in and buy you a brand new computer.

Two tier network likely for NGN

tomj@techworld.com — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:11:00 GMT

For many people nowadays, access to the internet is not a luxury, but a mandatory requirement. Activities such as doing the shopping, or working from home, are common place now in the UK, where over 60% of households have broadband access.

Two tier network likely for NGN

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:11:00 GMT

In the eye of the beholder

tomj@techworld.com — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:38:00 GMT

Many of us will have heard or read about protests regarding the building of mobile phone base stations in local (normally rural) communities. Some of the protests centre on the supposed “heath implications” of these structures, but also many of these protests centre on the fact that the offending base station (or even wind farm), are a “blot on the landscape” (i.e. they are exceedingly ugly).

In the eye of the beholder

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 02:38:00 GMT

Many of us will have heard or read about protests regarding the building of mobile phone base stations in local (normally rural) communities. Some of the protests centre on the supposed "heath implications" of these structures, but also many of these protests centre on the fact that the offending base station (or even wind farm), are a "blot on the landscape" (i.e. they are exceedingly ugly).

Hewlett-Packard's French farce?

tomj@techworld.com — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:12:00 GMT

In late July a French web site reported on "advanced talks" between Hewlett-Packard and Bull. So the rumour went, and it is hard to be certain as both companies have made no official comment, HP was considering offering around $990 million to buy Bull.

Hewlett-Packard's French farce?

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:12:00 GMT