Whizz For Atomms!
Blog Comment A quick poll around the office reveals that nobody knows what I'm on about. Confused readers should google for Molesworth and St Custards.
[March 3, 2008, 13:49]
Sun: IT Departments Must Tackle Energy Ignorance
News Wilkinson conducted a quick straw poll of the audience, which revealed that only around a fifth of the IT professionals present knew what their company's energy usage was. A similar poll showed that everyone present knew what their home energy...
[November 28, 2007, 16:31]
Americans Support A Ban On 'uncrackable' Encryption
News A poll in the US has found widespread support for a ban on "uncrackable" encryption products, following US Congress proposals to tighter restrictions on software that scrambles electronic data. The poll, which was conducted by Princeton Survey...
[September 18, 2001, 14:57]
Top Ten Stories Of The Year
News And all over a straw poll. But this was not just any story: A poll run by ZDNet UK asking people whether they planned to deliver Web services using Java or Microsoft's .Net technology showed a dramatic swing as voting continued.
[December 27, 2002, 6:10]
Telstra Caught In Online Poll Swindle
News ZDNet logs showed that a "bot," which is set up to send an automated online response, had been let loose from a Telstra Internet Protocol address, bombarding the ZDNet poll with rogue answers. In an interesting aside, before the results of the...
[January 29, 2002, 13:56]
Intranet Dashboard (iD)
Downloads Applications includes: Content Manager CMS, Documents Manager, Project Space, People Search, Forms Manager, Statistics, Feedback Director, News, Search, Forum, Survey Pro, Quick Poll, Brand Manager, File Express, Calendar, World Time, Meeting Room...
[July 2, 2008, 10:16]
Gartner: Open Source On Windows Is The Future
News A quick straw poll of the audience of around 50 IT professionals at the Gartner event showed that around half were using Linux and roughly two thirds were planning to deploy it in the near future. The next few years will see many companies opting...
[June 23, 2006, 14:30]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog The methodology behind the poll was interesting: I'll be peering more closely over the weekend, but the basic thrust appears to be "Here are ten fantastic advantages the ID card will bring. I know we're a nest of anarchistic naysayers, but a quick...
[October 14, 2005, 18:45]
Businesses Still Wary Of SaaS
News A recent poll of IT directors by ZDNet.co.uk's sister site silicon.com found half of businesses are still cool on SaaS, which is either very low priority or not on their radar at all. Lindsey Armstrong, co-European president for Salesforce.com...
[September 21, 2007, 13:15]
SMEs Reveal Their Tech Support Gripes
News Poll: What is your experience of technical support? He has had many bad experiences and highlighted the need for a quick response, reasonable price and thorough knowledge. The top ten tech support complaints (unranked) by SMEs were:
[February 6, 2003, 12:43]
Laptop-shooting Tops Computer Mishaps Poll
Talkback Although apparently a very quick and effective way of driving the piles into the ground it also shook the Psion development building to the foundations. In the late eighties Psions main mini computer was effectively buzzed to death by an enormous...
[October 14, 2003, 14:12]
