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Outsourcing May Doom Future IT Careers
News But it's not all doom and gloom, as one member said: "We need to be careful not to confuse "offshore" development with round-the-clock surveillance," wrote ITM member Peter Hannan. The rampant outsourcing of IT jobs could sound the death knell for...
[July 9, 2003, 10:36]
Harry Potter And The Interview Of Doom
Blog Comment Hi, Dear Rupert to tell the truth after reading this text and your high interest in attractive events, I was really upset with you, because first you replied my mail duo to IT electronic seminar in ME & CIS and said "by all means" but after you...
[July 4, 2007, 7:44]
Harry Potter And The Interview Of Doom
Blog Comment Congratulations! This is the first instance I've seen of one of those persistent sales cold callers popping up in a blog comment. It's good to see that they are keeping up with new media. By the way, have you ever considered getting double glazing?
[July 4, 2007, 8:50]
Harry Potter And The Interview Of Doom
Blog Comment Hi , thank u so much for your co operation and comment.would you please give me more explanation about double glazing? Also I found no sentence in your bio but any way if you are interested to attend , It would be our pleasant to invite you for our...
[July 4, 2007, 12:46]
Harry Potter And The Interview Of Doom
Blog Got a call this afternoon: Hello? Rupert? BBC here. World Tonight. Would you be interested in talking about the film industry and the Internet? Of course I would. My interrogator decided that he wanted somewhere to record that would have some...
[July 4, 2007, 0:40]
ITIL: The Doom And The Salvation Of The Typical Information Technology Shop
White Papers ITIL contains an integrated set of well-documented best practices for technology operations and end user services. The specific contents have evolved for decades and represent superior techniques and processes gathered from leading organizations...
[August 1, 2004, 0:00]
It's Not All Doom And Gloom
Talkback Note that many ISO standards have never been used, or have just been ignored, or have been beaten to death with committee work on them. That being said, I think there's oodles of money to be made for people willing to buy up rights to or reverse...
[April 2, 2008, 9:34]
MyDoom's Spread Sparks Antivirus Critique
Talkback I was one of the first to be infected with my doom despite having all the layers of protecion inplace. I checked with my anti-virus vender (AVG) and then with Symantec labs - no knowledge of my doom on their systems.
[February 10, 2004, 13:51]
For 2001, Futurists Are Playing Coy
News Nervous about going out on a gloom-and-doom limb again, futurists have dramatically scaled back their predictions for 2001. Widespread forecasts of doom -- the lights going out in China and mainframes going bonkers in Silicon Valley -- turned out...
[January 2, 2001, 14:14]
Violent Games - Shootings Connected?
News Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the two high school seniors who killed 12 students and a teacher before committing suicide, were avid players of the computer games Doom and Duke Nuke 'Em. High-school student Michael Carneal, convicted of killing...
[April 23, 1999, 7:59]
Patent Directive Faces Fishy Future
Talkback If the open source community is so sure that the directive will bring doom, and given that the directive will not actually change anything, why has this doom not already taken place? Software patents have been available in europe now for many years...
[December 24, 2004, 10:04]
Study Links Violent Games And Aggression
News Because of the killers' penchant for playing the first-person shooting game "Doom," some believe violent video games should be blamed, at least in part, for the violence. Barker believes studies like this, and a succession of earlier reports...
[April 26, 2000, 11:49]
Eidos Faces Lawsuit From Columbine Parents
News The parents of those who died believe that the two killers were influenced by playing violent computer games such as Doom, published by ID Software, and Final Fantasy VII. According to reports, the pair had made a home movie in which they explain...
[June 6, 2001, 16:49]
The Chris Long Column: Turn That Bloody Noise Down!
News In my quieter moments I wonder what kind of person plays these programs over the net, I mean I'm as hard as the next person -- I've played Doom, I know about these things. OK I played Doom at the least violent setting (I think I had it on the "lets...
[December 16, 1998, 6:01]
IT Recovery -- Who Do You Trust?
News Butler Group holds firm to "doom and gloom" But sticking with its "doom and gloom" outlook, Butler doesn't believe that will be the case in the IT industry. Now, some firms are reporting signs of an increase in spending.
[March 14, 2003, 11:37]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog If you're a prophet of doom, you're spoiled for choice at the moment. Monday 13/12/1999 Napster global database size: 1.14 terabytes In the old days, you could just strap on a THE END IS NIGH! placard and go for a stroll -- now you have to set up a...
[December 19, 1999, 21:52]
Apple Boot Camp (beta)
Talkback I agree with the dell favor remark, but i will also add the doom 3 test for maximum performance does favor the higher VRAM'd PC espeecially on the 4xAA and the 8xAF, it is not shared memory (It is dedicatter DDR3 video memory)
[April 12, 2006, 11:52]
Tsunami 'hacker' Conviction Worries Experts
Talkback It will spell doom if quoted as a precedence. An uneducated verdict. Must be challenged to ensure that this profession survives
[October 11, 2005, 5:40]
E3: Smaller Is Better?
News It's not doom and gloom," Schuldenfrei said. On Monday, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) announced that it's scaling back the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), its signature trade show and the video game industry's largest event.
[August 2, 2006, 10:20]
