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HR: It's time to make friends with the IT department

Why there is no room for technophobes in the modern human resources team Human resources and IT might seem... Read more

18 November, 2010 by Tim Ferguson
Microsoft products that fell by the wayside

Microsoft products that fell by the wayside

...WebTV endured for years, often because it was an easy way for technophobes to get email. Microsoft rebranded the service as MSN TV in 2001... Read more

22 April, 2011 by Jay Greene
Program or Be Programmed (by Douglas Rushkoff) 2.0

Program or Be Programmed (by Douglas Rushkoff) 2.0

...by original illustrations from comic artist Leland Purvis, Rushkoff provides cyberenthusiasts and technophobes alike with the guidelines to navigate this new universe.In this spirited... Read more

23 July, 2011
Tune Drop 1.1

Tune Drop 1.1

...something just like this so I don't have to hand hold technophobes fiddling with the tunes." - UK iTunes reviewer"Great jukebox app! Friends can... Read more

20 March, 2011
TechDefs Lite 1.0.1

TechDefs Lite 1.0.1

...person. TechDefs will allow you to impress your teacher, friends, and fellow technophobes! With this app, you'll be sure to gain many new technology... Read more

5 March, 2011
TechDefs 1.0.1

TechDefs 1.0.1

...duh!) TechDefs will allow you to impress your teacher, friends, and fellow technophobes! With this app, you'll be sure to gain many new technology... Read more

5 February, 2011

Technology in the workplace: More important than managers?

...do at work if they didn't have access to IT. Even technophobes realise the importance of technology, with one in five saying that although... Read more

21 October, 2002 by Graham Hayday
Linux laptop takes the strain for <endeca_term>technophobes</endeca_term>

Linux laptop takes the strain for technophobes

...has launched a Linux-based laptop and support package designed to encourage technophobes online. Built by the Broadband Computer Company, the Alex laptop runs an... Read more

19 February, 2010 by Richard Thurston

Introducing Linux for technophobes

...Wednesday, said BabelDisc was suitable for a variety of users, not least technophobes. "It is pretty much designed for people's mothers — certain users want... Read more

18 April, 2007 by David Meyer

'Zire' aims to flame cheap device desire

...David Christopher, senior director of product management for Palm. "They are actually technophobes." To reach the technology wary, Palm plans to sell the Zire in... Read more

7 October, 2002 by Ian Fried

Leader: Why Blair must foster tech savvy

Technophobes in top government jobs are doing the UK a disservice... Many of... Read more

21 March, 2006 by silicon.com staff
Intel aims to make fibre optics mainstream

Intel aims to make fibre optics mainstream

...standard established to turn on the entire ecosystem to Light Peak." Even technophobes are familiar with USB. The plug-and-play technology started its journey... Read more

29 September, 2009 by Stephen Shankland

McAfee: How cybercrooks get under your skin

...bargain price, said Hollin. Users who fall for scams are not necessarily technophobes or the innocent, said the psychologist. Risk-takers might be fooled by... Read more

26 June, 2007 by Tom Espiner

Excel 12 (beta 1)

...better surfacing of ways to make common calculations. We also wonder whether technophobes using Excel for ultra-basic tasks will appreciate the dynamic response of... Read more

18 November, 2005 by Elsa Wenzel

Linux 'not just for power users'

...to the open source operating system are more likely to succeed with technophobes and very inexperienced computer users than with Windows power users. In a... Read more

6 April, 2005 by Munir Kotadia

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SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

41 minutes ago by SoapyTablet on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

4 hours ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

11 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

11 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

13 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

15 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

16 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

16 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

17 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

19 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

20 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

21 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

22 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

23 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

24 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

1 day ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

1 day ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

1 day ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

1 day ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

1 day ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2