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China's WTO entry boosts Linux
News The same issues that have kept the operating system from becoming a mass-market desktop platform in the West also apply in China, including the availability of mission-critical applications, support and training capabilities.
[January 7, 2002, 17:15]
PCG offers help with IR35-proof contracts
News For all job and work-related news, or to search for a job and get information on training, go to ZDNet Jobs The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) has created a series of draft contracts that it believes self-employed workers could use to avoid...
[September 25, 2001, 10:20]
Contractor loses High Court IR35 case
News For all job and work-related news, or to search for a job and get information on training, go to ZDNet Jobs. The High Court on Friday denied a software contractor's challenge to the IR35 tax regime in a case that a contractors' group called "a...
[March 31, 2003, 15:45]
AMD and Intel battle for next-gen servers
News Much as Intel did a year ago, AMD is training the eyes of customers, analysts and press on a product that has yet to ship, in hopes they don't notice the current product. Intel and AMD, already fighting over today's customers, held simultaneous...
[March 1, 2007, 8:23]
E-envoy disputes 800,000 job-loss quote
News For all job and work-related news, or to search for a job and get information on training, go to ZDNet Jobs. The e-envoy, Andrew Pinder, has said that comments he made about job losses from putting government services online were taken out of...
[May 15, 2002, 17:06]
IR35 battle moves to the Court of Appeal
News For all job and work-related news, or to search for a job and get information on training, go to ZDNet Jobs The government is facing a new challenge to IR35 after the Professional Contractors Group (PCG) announced on Tuesday that it is to take its...
[August 28, 2001, 10:18]
Falling market? Sell yourself up
Leader Get yourself the widest skill set you can, and get as much training -- academic and vocational, theoretical and practical -- as you can. You'll take the news of falling contractor rates differently, depending on which side of the fence you're on...
[November 25, 2004, 11:25]
UK police help fight outsourcing cybercrime
News The organisation's vice-president, Sunil Mehta, said his country takes economic crime extremely seriously and was actively involved in training local law enforcement agencies to tackle the problem. The Metropolitan Police and the Commonwealth...
[July 12, 2005, 18:45]
Gateway founder Waitt back in as chief executive
News The company was also one of the first major PC companies to begin to drive revenue from selling Internet access and for selling training, software and other peripherals through its YourWare program. Amid a sharp downturn in its PC business, Gateway...
[January 30, 2001, 8:18]
Microsoft unveils new security initiatives
News Also at TechEd, Microsoft launched two training and certificate programs specially tailored to security concerns in an effort to reduce vulnerabilities that arise from poor application configuration. Microsoft has opened up its drive to improve...
[June 4, 2003, 8:28]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog It is not in the nature of the Diary to pull its punches, but having seen the exchange of emails in question all I'm prepared to say is that young Scoop's assertiveness training has worked. Tuesday 16/11/2004
[November 19, 2004, 16:55]
Microsoft: Web services stuck in first gear
News In addition, software programmers have to learn new skills, and businesses have to invest in training their IT staff to make Web services work, Lucovsky said. Lucovsky helps lead a team of software engineers at Microsoft charged with developing the...
[April 16, 2002, 10:09]
Tech salaries edge up but stock options vanish
News For all job and work-related news, or to search for a job and get information on training, go to ZDNet Jobs. Information technology workers got a slight pay raise in 2003, but long-term employee incentives such as stock options declined, according...
[July 10, 2003, 8:23]
Number 3 responds!
Talkback I am disappointed with MS's new interface in 2007 which potentially means some re-training anyway and I must admit that outside of the business.my new installs do already get open office rather than MS office.
[November 6, 2008, 16:07]
AT&T restructure cuts jobs
News For all job and work-related news, or to search for a job and get information on training, go to ZDNet Jobs. AT&T will record a restructuring charge of around $240m (£149m) in the fourth quarter as it eliminates roughly 3,500 jobs, the company...
[January 6, 2003, 15:48]
US Report: White House orders crackdown on software piracy
News The grants, worth $82m (£50m), are earmarked for federal research into computer-based training, digital video technology, and diagnostic medical testing, White House officials said. The White House ordered federal agencies to purge their networks...
[October 2, 1998, 11:32]
Tories pledge to curb abuse of surveillance powers
News We will continue to work with key partners, including local authorities and the police, to improve appropriate training, guidance and understanding. An incoming Conservative government would curb the abuse of powers granted under the Regulation of...
[October 29, 2008, 17:29]
IT pros 'must put something back'
News For all job and work-related news, or to search for a job and get information on training, go to ZDNet Jobs. A national initiative to encourage IT professionals to get involved in community projects was launched on Friday.
[November 11, 2002, 10:35]
HP closes California plant
News For all job and work-related news, or to search for a job and get information on training, go to ZDNet Jobs. Aiming to consolidate some server manufacturing in Houston, Texas, Hewlett-Packard plans to close a California plant that makes servers...
[January 31, 2003, 8:07]
Tight job market encourages innovation
News For all job and work-related news, or to search for a job and get information on training, go to ZDNet Jobs. The buzz around the Australian IT sector is that tighter times are encouraging job hunters to take different approaches to finding work.
[January 21, 2002, 16:02]
