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Treasury looks to replace HCI
News The chancellor initially said the abolition of the HCI will recoup the Treasury about £150m by 2009. Under the HCI, employees could take out tax-free loans from their companies to buy home computers. The Treasury could replace the Home Computing...
[April 3, 2006, 17:30]
The Essential Role of Mental Models in HCI: Card, Moran and Newell
White Papers In the formative years of HCI in the early1980s, researchers explored the idea that users form mental models of computer systems which they use to guide their interaction with the system. This was a powerful concept because it meant that if the...
[May 1, 2008, 1:02]
The Future of Mobile Device Research in HCI
White Papers This paper presents four trends that point toward the increasing importance of mobile device research in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). These trends indicate a future in which the gap between the user and the desktop is even wider than today...
[February 22, 2006, 0:01]
Treasury looks to replace HCI
Talkback The Governement has no idea about how to train our population in IT skills. They think that an NVQ is a pretty neat idea. The problem in the UK is that the lowest common denominator is seen as the level to aim for.
[April 4, 2006, 10:19]
Gordon Brown dubbed 'analogue Chancellor'
News Gordon Brown has been dubbed the "analogue Chancellor" for failing to save the Home Computing Initiative (HCI). The HCI allowed companies to loan PCs to staff as a tax-free benefit, with the fee deducted from their salary each month.
[May 8, 2006, 9:55]
PC loan schemes take off
News The number of companies offering Home Computing Initiatives (HCI) schemes to employees has more than tripled in the past year. The research by the HCI Alliance — whose members are BT, Intel and Microsoft — also found three-quarters of the employees...
[January 20, 2006, 16:15]
Will the Budget boost PC-employee scheme?
News The chancellor, Gordon Brown, could be poised to give companies extra incentives to embrace the government's Home Computing Initiative (HCI), according to industry observers. Wednesday's Budget statement could be an ideal time to give the...
[March 16, 2004, 13:20]
Government gives further boost to employee-PC scheme
News The government on Monday launched new guidelines to help kickstart the UK's computer literacy through Home Computing Initatives (HCI), which entail getting bosses to give PCs to their staff. HCI schemes and the tax benefits that go with them have...
[January 20, 2004, 10:25]
Government pulls support for Home Computing Initiative
Talkback I've always thought that the HCI initiative was ill conceived as a way to address the digital divide between lower income groups and others and welcome the rethink. The cruel irony of the HCI scheme was that those on, or just above minimum wage...
[March 26, 2006, 20:21]
Surface computing looks good
Talkback Personally, the biggest change I see here is the HCI (human computer interface). If the new HCI can be made to offer the functionality in a commercial sense, then it will work very very well. While I'm sure you can still have access to a keyboard...
[June 3, 2007, 14:58]
Government pulls support for Home Computing Initiative
Talkback 17th of March 2005 HCI gets a major boost from the Government, 23 March 2006 Government pull the plug,As someone who works within the Hci with Charities and Not for profit companies this is a major blow.
[March 23, 2006, 11:02]
Government pulls support for Home Computing Initiative
Talkback By scrapping HCI (Home Computing Initiative - www.dti.gov.uk/hci) without warning or consultation, he has just wrecked the businesses and jobs of hundreds of those working in this area. The hundreds of thousands of those who took advantage of HCI...
[March 23, 2006, 10:59]
Government pulls support for Home Computing Initiative
Talkback I run a HCI business which helped the government to reach its digital Britain strategy. People that are already in a HCI scheme before 6th April 2006 (determined by the date on the hire agreement) will not face any taxable benefit.
[March 23, 2006, 6:15]
Integrating Human-Computer Interaction Development Into SDLC: A Methodology
White Papers Incorporating a Human Computer Interaction (HCI) perspective into the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is critical to Information Systems (IS) success and in turn to the success of businesses. This problem can be fixed by carefully integrating...
[April 26, 2006, 1:00]
Approaches to the Integrated Network Design for Modern Health Care Institutions
White Papers Off late, there are a lot of decisions for office communication and automation networks for Health Care Institutions (HCI), which are conceived and designed separately. This paper discusses the problems of integration of different networks in HCI...
[January 9, 2008, 0:01]
Government 'hindering knowledge economy'
News Woodget cited the recent decision to cut funding for the Home Computing Initiative (HCI) as an example of the kind of mistakes the government is making in this area. The HCI allowed companies to loan PCs to staff as a tax-free benefit, with the fee...
[May 10, 2006, 16:30]
BT details success of PC loan scheme
News BT has loaned 30,000 PCs to staff for home use as part of its policy to encourage flexible working and raise digital literacy levels in the two years it has been taking part in the government's Home Computing Initiative (HCI).
[March 15, 2006, 11:25]
Employee home-PC scheme gets revamp
News Although firms can reduce their tax bill by taking part in the Home Computing Initiative (HCI), which was launched four years go, few have actually done so. The Office of the E-envoy wants to increase awareness within British business of the...
[October 7, 2003, 14:00]
Evesham blames Brown for financial crisis
News Evesham, which sells a range of IT equipment, including PCs, servers and storage kit, had invested heavily in the Home Computer Initiative (HCI), which allowed employees to buy PCs tax-free. It's no secret that Evesham Technology has been going...
[August 6, 2007, 18:06]
BH4-X For Series 60 Bluetooth Developers
Downloads DescriptionIf you develop Bluetooth wireless technology enabled applications for Nokia Series 60 mobiles, BH4-X from CYBERABI is an easy-to-use Windows 2000 device driver that can help with your debugging.BH4-X allows industry standard USB...
[March 28, 2004, 8:00]
