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Banks shun offshorers in favour of own operations
News Banks are turning away from outsourcing companies in favour of setting up their own offshore operations, according to two of Europe's biggest banks. Increased regulatory scrutiny, failure of offshorers to deliver and the recent revelations of a...
[March 11, 2009, 10:49]
Microsoft OOXML finds favour in Malaysia
News The Malaysian government may appear to favour the use of the ODF (OpenDocument Format), with plans to adopt the standard in its ICT deployment, but Microsoft has been able to convince a growing number of Malaysian IT companies and independent...
[January 16, 2008, 10:48]
Skype finds favour with enterprise
News Skype is shaking off its consumer shackles and finding favour with enterprises, with almost one-third of its customers using its telephony software for business. With this in mind, the eBay subsidiary is planning to ramp up its enterprise offerings...
[July 27, 2007, 8:38]
Government dumps email in favour of the fax
News The government is apparently having a few teething troubles with the latest technology, following the revelation that email is being dumped from the corridors of power in favour of the good old-fashioned fax machine.
[March 20, 2000, 16:05]
Developers snub Vista in favour of XP
News A survey has found an overwhelming majority of developers writing applications for Windows are ignoring Vista in favour of XP or older versions of the Microsoft operating system. The survey, released by US research firm Evans Data Corp, found only...
[May 19, 2008, 10:56]
Who paid for the study? The odds are in favour of XP
Talkback So the odds of Windows security are in favour of XP. As a rule of thumb, one can get researchers to say just about anything if one pays them enough. Hence, Gartner, a MS-advocate for some years now, can hardly be called unbiased on this matter.
[December 9, 2007, 18:38]
Fujitsu IT staff vote in favour of strike
News Employees at Fujitsu Services have voted in favour of taking industrial action against proposed cuts to jobs and pensions. A majority of 74 percent voted for strike action, and 92 percent were in favour of industrial action short of a strike.
[November 2, 2009, 16:10]
Cisco: Digital switchover should favour broadband
News The digital switchover involves the turning off of the UK's analogue broadcast signals in favour of digital. Cisco has issued a plea for wireless broadband services to win out in the so-called "digital switchover".
[October 19, 2007, 8:07]
Indian techies snubbing west in favour of home
News Indian tech graduates are increasingly turning their back on western countries in favour of finding work at home. Graduates from the Indian Institutes of Technology — so-called "IITians" — told Evalueserve that India was fast catching up with the...
[April 30, 2008, 8:48]
Software firms favour e-forms
News Microsoft's arguments in favour of InfoPath include a presentation format that mimics other applications in the Office System. Microsoft, Adobe Systems and other software makers are working on separate projects with the same goal: making it easier...
[October 13, 2003, 12:40]
Lords votes in favour of DNA-deletion process
News The balance at present is not in favour of the innocent," she concluded. The government has been defeated by the House of Lords over the retention of DNA and fingerprints. The Lords voted 161 to 150 for a Conservative amendment to the Counter...
[November 6, 2008, 8:55]
60% in favour & 50% against ??!
Talkback "Asked if the government had gauged public opinion on identity cards, Hillier said the latest official findings were that 60 percent of citizens were in favour. However, the link under this text goes to an article that says:
[February 28, 2008, 13:42]
News Burst: AOL will not ditch IE in favour of Netscape
News Addressing a conference call to the press, AOL's CEO, Steve Case, said that AOL would not be ditching Microsoft's Internet Explorer in favour of Netscape's Navigator. Earlier today AOL announced that it was acquiring Netscape in a $4.2 billion deal.
[November 24, 1998, 16:01]
Software makers ignoring anti-piracy technology in favour of sales
Talkback Like most people I hate annyoing anti-piracy features. I especially hate it when you buy software and have to enter in the stupid 16 - 20 digit random code to install it. Recently I have started downloading pirated software (mainly games) off the...
[May 13, 2005, 12:55]
Developers snub Vista in favour of XP
Talkback From what I have read about the UAC, it is an extremely complex application, and requires many more lines of code for it to do its job effectively. It came on my laptop and I replaced it with PCLinuxOS after 2 days because it pops up asking "are...
[May 20, 2008, 14:17]
MOD: Military spending to favour tech
Talkback The UK's MOD decision to target high tech strategies carries risks. Repeatedly officers lose laptops containing sensitive information. My own company has now developed a unique system for tracking and recovering stolen PCs.
[December 13, 2003, 13:05]
Businesses urged to favour IT over cars
Talkback The real problem is the EQ hype. Also, in far too many cases VPN is the internal network security killer. Correctly implemented web based services are far more secure and manageable. Provided you don't outsource hosted services.
[October 28, 2006, 1:21]
Nortel ditches WiMax in favour of 4G
News Telecom equipment maker Nortel Networks is ditching its WiMax business to focus on a more popular 4G wireless technology. The company said earlier this week that it's focusing its money and development efforts on long-term evolution or LTE.
[June 13, 2008, 9:29]
iPhone finds favour with business users
News O2 may be concentrating its iPhone efforts on consumers but research suggests it shouldn't neglect business users, who apparently love the touchscreen interface. The Apple device beats the competition hands down when it comes to user-satisfaction...
[February 27, 2008, 8:44]
Obvious why she's in favour
Talkback There are several reasons why someone as dumb as Smith would want to push ahead with the ID card. An interesting one might be the same as Yosser Hughes ‘gis a job! Is she perhaps looking to the not so distant future?
[November 11, 2008, 15:15]
