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Retired House of Fraser IT boss won't be replaced
News The IT director of the department store chain House of Fraser has retired, and the retailer has confirmed it currently has no plans to appoint anyone else to that role. Frank Berridge, the retailer's IT director, has left to begin his retirement...
[August 2, 2007, 13:49]
Microsoft hires national security advisor
News Microsoft said on Wednesday that it has tapped Thomas Richey, a retired US Coast Guard officer, to fill the new post of federal director of homeland security at the company. After serving for 20 years in the Coast Guard, Richey retired in 2001 and...
[November 14, 2002, 8:14]
eBay grabs hold of Gumtree
Talkback I absolutely agree with Tradesmen opinion & disagree with 'Retired'. Probably, Gumtree is an excellent website for retired people & people who are looking for a fun. However, it is only beneficial & suitable for certain nationalities that have...
[March 10, 2006, 22:44]
India imports UK teachers to train call centre staff
News A team of retired teachers from the UK is in India training call centre staff, reports the Hindustan Times. Led by a retired teacher from Glasgow, Scotland, the team will conduct general-knowledge classes for the Indian workers to teach them how to...
[August 19, 2003, 11:40]
UK government 'needs more CIOs'
Talkback No, Ian Watmore is now classed as 'retired' within Accenture. However, although he is now 'retired', he still has access to many Accenture resources (as do all retired Partners) Just for info, his hire date within the firm was Dec 15, 1980, and he...
[October 8, 2004, 11:26]
BT hoovers up broadband punters with 'free' flights
Talkback if retired at london is interested i have had my ticket booked and was very pleased with service.they contacted me reasonably quickly and i was actually quite impressed. I think 'retired from london' has very little do with his time and should...
[September 9, 2004, 9:48]
Future fibre networks to exceed light speed?
News German scientists claim to have broken the light-speed barrier, which could blow away the known limitations of modern networking, but the technology is unlikely to make it into a product — if at all — until most administrators working today have...
[August 16, 2007, 13:39]
A Year Ago: FTC witness list released in Intel case
News First on the FTC's list is Richard Barnes, a retired Compaq executive who had served as chief technical officer for the Houston-based PC maker. Former Digital chief executive Robert Palmer will also testify, along with James Paschal, who had been...
[February 22, 1999, 5:37]
A Year Ago: FTC witness list released in Intel case
News First on the FTC's list is Richard Barnes, a retired Compaq executive who had served as chief technical officer for the Houston-based PC maker. Former Digital chief executive Robert Palmer will also testify, along with James Paschal, who had been...
[February 22, 2000, 5:37]
A Practical Guide for Retiring Legacy Applications
White Papers Budget savvy CIOs appreciate the cost savings realized when legacy applications are retired. Many forward thinking organizations have already established best practices and methodologies to review application portfolios at regular intervals and...
[March 28, 2009, 0:22]
BT hoovers up broadband punters with 'free' flights
Talkback Over the Infamous promotion: Len Hadley retired, Edward H Graham retired, James Powell ? Hoover " Fiasco" Free Flight BBC with out doubt the Largest Marketing Blunder in the World. There will probably never ever be another Hoover.
[June 29, 2004, 17:54]
One billion PCs now in use worldwide
News The disposition of retired PCs has become a high-profile issue for many PC vendors, governments and environmental interest groups," said Escherich. It will become an even more pressing issue, especially in emerging markets, as the number of retired...
[June 23, 2008, 11:04]
Is VicodinES the Author of Melissa?
News When we talked to Roger Sibert, the administrator of the Source of Kaos site that hosts VicodinES, he claimed that VicodinES had retired. The full text states: "When asked about being 'retired' from virus writing, VicodinES started cursing loudly...
[April 1, 1999, 10:40]
Building a new Yahoo! is on the cards
News executives have either changed their roles or retired, while fresh blood has been brought in from the outside. s former general counsel, John Place, has also retired and was replaced by Jon Sobel, formerly assistant general counsel.
[April 9, 2001, 12:00]
ZDNet UK News' Mailroom
News In 1988 I retired from the United States Army. After I retired, I went to work for a 'private' corporation here where I live in the US. I've since 'retired' -- quit -- again twice. Want to ask a question?
[March 26, 1999, 11:38]
Sun lays an open source licence to rest
News Intel retired the Intel Open Source Licence in March. Sun is recommending that nobody use an open-source licence it created, a small step in a broader push to pare back the number of such licences. The server and software company is retiring its...
[September 5, 2005, 9:35]
Site slams IE's security
Talkback Anonymous-Retired: "I would not like it if I had not installed IE's Web Accessories and Web Developer Accessories which allow me, among other things, to toggle images" Download Firefox Download the NukeAnything Extension - lets you remove anything...
[August 26, 2004, 18:34]
Spammers fool Outlook with a new trick
Talkback To retired in Wales, this 'bank' scam is sent to thousands of prople to try and catch legitamate bank customers into giving out their accout details and passwords. You can either report it as abuse to the ISP or bank involved or just delete it with...
[April 5, 2004, 11:33]
Country vicar 0 - evil technology 1
Blog My father, the retired country vicar, is used to the vagaries of technology. At midnight on Christmas Eve, for example, a 400v electrical surge took out just about every electrical gadget in the family home, with much buzzing, banging and smoke...
[February 17, 2009, 16:45]
Dell admits Indian mistake
Talkback Jean Lewis, the retired man, said he wasn't able to talk with someones whose first language is English, and that's why when he purchased the computer from the website, he got the computer without a DVD burner.
[November 26, 2005, 22:50]
