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Software firm tracks RFID tags
News RFID is being hailed as a next-generation barcode that promises to reduce labour-intensive manual inventory scanning and tackle perennial business problems such as shoplifting, inventory shortages and logistical errors.
[October 28, 2003, 10:05]
Microsoft's pre-modern message puts a new face on Vista
Blog Volkswagen, Guinness, the Labour Party: browse Soho's adland bookshops and you'll find cubic metres of glossy, expensive paper explaining how to pull that trick off. Over at ZDNet.com, Ed Bott reports a first sighting of Microsoft's eagerly awaited...
[July 23, 2008, 7:33]
Oh come now ...
Talkback After all, the Labour government are going to need a retirement plan .and as soon as %%%%ing possible as well ! Oh come on now people, don't be so harsh to Ms. Smith. She is obviously a world class security expert, so we should simply take her...
[November 10, 2008, 12:25]
US Report: High Tech aliens see vote go to Senate
News But it is opposed by labour advocates, who say that it will take jobs away from Americans. The bill, which has received strong support from high-tech companies, would extend the quota of H1B visas granted to highly-skilled foreign workers.
[September 25, 1998, 6:54]
E-commerce minister chases digital dragon
News With our world class R&D base, our highly skilled labour and our competitive market, we are the ideal location for China's blossoming ICT industry. The e-commerce minister, Stephen Timms, has embarked on a visit to the Far East to try and persuade...
[July 9, 2002, 11:35]
Firm tries to sooth workers over Indian merger
News Ebeyan -- who is moving to head up the Infosys Australia operation -- moved to reassure them they will not be replaced with imported labour. The chief executive of Expert Information Services has sought to allay concerns over the impact on its...
[December 24, 2003, 10:30]
London is Internet capital survey finds
News A damning internal report published in March accused Labour of not doing enough to combat lack of Internet access in deprived areas. London is the swinging centre of Britain's Internet scene with nearly a quarter of the UK's surfers living in the...
[June 6, 2000, 7:45]
Networks '99: UK snoop plans will force Net users abroad
News Straw battles to convince ISPs that intercept capability is necessary to protect Britain against industrial espionage and organised crime, experts scoff at what has become an embarrassing exercise for Labour.
[June 30, 1999, 14:49]
Is the world ready for the self-aware robot?
News They recognise, she says, that it is impossible to rebuild human intelligence in machine form even as they labour to build robots and other devices that mimic real-world skills. For early researchers in artificial intelligence who were out to play...
[April 12, 2005, 19:25]
Mobile barcodes permit conference entry
News This has huge implications for trade shows and conferences which are highly labour intensive when it comes to printing and mailing name badges and other information," said Kelleway. Visitors to trade exhibitions can now simply present an SMS...
[April 19, 2004, 10:45]
MPs extend deadline for public DRM consultation
News Derek Wyatt, the chairman of APIG and the Labour MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey told ZDNet UK on Wednesday that over 60 different organisations have already submitted evidence to the inquiry. An inquiry by the All Party Parliamentary Internet...
[January 11, 2006, 13:50]
Sun hits back at Torvalds in open-source row
News They are trying to use us as free labour without making us a partner. Software colossus Sun Microsystems has hit back at the founding fathers of open-source for criticising its decision to release some of the source code to Solaris, its version of...
[October 7, 1999, 16:31]
Patent Impending
News On the other hand, the directive could lead to a more consistent framework for patents across the EU, which would make it easier for companies to legitimately profit from computer-related inventions, according to Labour MEP Arlene McCarthy...
[August 27, 2003, 9:34]
Snoopers' charter - changes are not enough
News It is a bungled and shambolic bill which will work against the interests of British industry, and in particular the new industries which New Labour tells us they are so keen on. The government's controversial Internet surveillance bill has been...
[June 28, 2000, 16:22]
Paying the true cost of technology
Leader Cheap Chinese labour means that tech company suppliers such as Foxconn use the country to assemble gadgets such as the iPod under questionable conditions. A survey from Greenpeace this week claims that, despite the bad press the Chinese Government...
[June 29, 2006, 13:15]
Self-employed leading teleworking charge
News The ONS report Labour Market Trends: October 2005 said: "[Teleworking] potentially widens opportunities for people to participate and remain in employment. Working from home is on the rise in the UK, though it's still largely for the self-employed.
[October 6, 2005, 10:30]
Dutch government's Microsoft talks collapse
News MPs from D66, the Labour, Green and Socialist parties (PvdA, Groen Links and SP) reportedly questioned the ministers of defence, home affairs and justice about the potential deal. Negotiations between Microsoft and the Dutch government over a...
[December 23, 2004, 16:10]
Government creates ID card agency
News Charles Clarke, the home secretary, has already announced that the Labour government will make the scheme compulsory if it wins the next general election and a new agency to issue passports and ID cards has already been set up.
[April 3, 2006, 10:00]
3G network operator announces jobs boost
News I know that the company's decision to locate in Scotland was based on the availability of skilled labour and first-class communications infrastructure," she added. Six hundred new jobs are to be created in Scotland by Hutchison 3G, which is...
[November 14, 2001, 16:23]
Ken Clarke takes campaign onto the Web
News In the live online interview, Clarke answered ten questions emailed to him by Internet users -- defining his political philosophy, explaining how his economic policies differed from the current Labour government and discussing how he would boost...
[August 22, 2001, 12:11]
