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Yahoo to probe claims CEO lied about CompSci degree

Yahoo's board is to investigate claims by a hedge fund that its CEO Scott Thompson did not receive the Computer Science degree he put on his CV Read more

4 May, 2012 by Steven Musil
Ten rules for a slick and sane helpdesk

Ten rules for a slick and sane helpdesk

Solving user problems while retaining your sanity requires a special blend of skills and attitudes, says Jack Wallen Read more

28 August, 2011 by Jack Wallen
IT pay rises: Ten arguments to get one

IT pay rises: Ten arguments to get one

If your payslip fails to measure up to your experience, dedication and skills, here are some grounds for securing an increase, says Jack Wallen Read more

12 June, 2011 by Jack Wallen

Lib Dems back IT skills office for government

...have said the government should set up a new office to promote IT skills throughout Whitehall, in an effort to fill the "skills gap" in... Read more

27 September, 2011 by Mark Say
IT teaching to get radical shake-up

IT teaching to get radical shake-up

...he asked. The UK's general shortage of people with high-level IT skills extends to teachers, which could put a spike in the government... Read more

11 January, 2012 by Tom Espiner

"Dull" IT lessons to be axed this autumn?

...of business, Gove said the current IT curriculum's focus on office IT skills has "bored" students and resulted in a decline in the number... Read more

11 January, 2012 by Nick Heath

SQL and SQL Server skills in highest demand

...website The IT Job Board, capabilities in the two areas are the IT skills currently in greatest demand. Alexandra Farrell, managing director at The IT... Read more

19 December, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Weak IT teaching fuels tech skills crisis

...and context to classroom studies. The report also identified "insufficient" integration of IT skills with other areas of the curriculum. Also few of the schools... Read more

14 December, 2011 by Nick Heath

Government aims to build in-house IT skills

The government aims to reduce spending on contractors by recruiting more CIOs from its own academy, training staff in-house and promoting career development Read more

1 November, 2011 by Mark Say

Immigration cap won't hit foreign IT worker numbers

...silicon.com last year found that one-third reported a shortage of IT skills. Skills identified as being in shortest supply were programming languages such... Read more

26 November, 2010 by Nick Heath

Raspberry Pi: Cheat Sheet

Get to grips with one of the world's cheapest computers... Read more

3 October, 2011 by Nick Heath

IT workers: 10 ways to avoid being outsourced

From getting chummy with the rest of the business to utilising insider knowledge... Read more

29 September, 2011 by Shelley Portet

IT jobs: British Gas launches tech apprenticeship

e-skills UK joins British Gas to run IT apprenticeship scheme... Read more

15 April, 2011 by Shelley Portet

IT jobs: Demand for skilled tech staff drives up pay

IT salaries rise five per cent as employers compete for skilled workers... Read more

7 April, 2011 by Shelley Portet

IT jobs: Firms risk losing staff over poor benefits

Bosses could find permanent IT roles hard to fill without improved packages, says Hays... Read more

5 April, 2011 by Shelley Portet

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Jake Rayson

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archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

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unlockworldwide

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yeah! all we want free software

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Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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Sungwoo

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itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

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Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

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UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

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Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

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Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

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Philip Charles Cohen

Read about it and weep, John Donahoe ... In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another...

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apexwm

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songmaster

SHleG: Do you remember building a clockwork scorpion kit (I'm pretty sure I have a photo of it somewhere) — I think it was called something like...

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Chris Wortman

Good I love Yahoo! Their search engine is getting better than Google as of late. I find more of what I want on the first page, and usually within...

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PatrickG

openhgs has made the point for Windows 8 multiple monitors without realising it! With Windows 7 you have to switch the mouse and so your focus...

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Leslie Satenstein

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Andy Bolstridge

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Jack Schofield

@openhgs Windows users have had multiple desktops since Linus started writing Linux. They just haven't shipped as standard because not enough...

4 days ago by Jack Schofield on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake