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Apple, Google and Symantec top loyalty stakes
News Apple came out ahead of Compaq, Dell, eMachines, Gateway, HP and IBM in the computing sector, while Google beat eBay, MSN.com, MyPoints.com, Netscape, and Yahoo in the online services stakes. Apple, Google and Symantec are the companies we are most...
[July 13, 2006, 16:40]
Stakes are high for Xbox online play
News Microsoft on Friday will raise its stakes in the gaming market with an elaborate new online service for its Xbox video game console. The new service, launched first in the US and arriving in Britain early next year, lets Xbox users play games over...
[November 15, 2002, 8:10]
High-stakes hacking, Euro-style
News You don't have to look much further than the Chaos Computer Club to see that the stakes are higher in Europe for computer hackers. In the United States, a hacker is usually viewed as a teenage, blue-haired nuisance who defaces Web sites.
[October 25, 2000, 9:31]
IT specialists trail in happiness stakes
News Helping other people pays off in the happiness stakes, says City & Guilds, as topping the poll of contented occupations are the country's care assistants (40 percent are 'very happy'). If information technology is your chosen vocation, think again...
[March 19, 2004, 11:55]
Need for Speed: High Stakes
Downloads The full version of Need for Speed: High Stakes will have 18 dream cars. In this game you can earn money to repair and upgrade your car, and take the ultimate high stakes challenge: lose the race, lose your car.
[June 2, 1999, 8:07]
Microsoft stakes application future on integration
Talkback Bullocks. Various existing Microsoft Windows products don't even have the same user interface (different commands to get the same results and all that). So Microsoft's argument that 'more of the same' is better is simply bogus.
[October 30, 2005, 19:37]
EDonkey picking up pace in Euro P2P stakes
Talkback I found old version of winmx here so just wanted 2 share it! http://www.oldapps.com
[January 6, 2006, 1:24]
Google trumps Yahoo in the index stakes
Talkback Are search terms "Joe Schmoe" and "pickles" what seach engines exist for? Is how many pages are found with the term "Joe Schmoe" the standard by which search engines are to be judged? How did CNet discover how many pages google - that great...
[September 27, 2005, 20:19]
Microsoft stakes application future on integration
Talkback Integration leads to open doors, which is why MS is a major security risk.
[October 31, 2005, 13:11]
ViewSonic raises resolution stakes with Mega Monitor
News The 21-inch P815 Mega Monitor (£1,440 + VAT) boasts a resolution of 1856 x 1392 at 75Hz (or 1600 x 1200 at 93Hz) and is aimed at high-end document imaging and CAD users. The device is PC and Macintosh compatible and uses graphics card company...
[November 21, 1996, 10:18]
Britannica tops Wikipedia in accuracy stakes
Talkback China is blocking Wiki from day one. How great a government.
[December 19, 2005, 11:53]
IT specialists trail in happiness stakes
Talkback I believe this report. So many of my friends have taken “temporary” jobs as chefs or plumbers after being laid off from IT - and have discovered that it’s a better life away from all the office politics, bullying bosses and job uncertainty.
[March 20, 2004, 11:15]
Britannica tops Wikipedia in accuracy stakes
Talkback I'd like to inform you all that Wikipedia is now blocked by the Saudi Arabian authorities. If anyone knows why, or would like to pass this info along to the Wikipedia staff, I'd be grateful. I think its a great tool, I recommend it to my students...
[December 16, 2005, 22:42]
IT specialists trail in happiness stakes
Talkback Comparing IT professionals to hair dressers is like comparing apples to oranges. The people who go into the IT field have much different intellectual level from the ones pursuing a career in hair dressing or cooking.
[March 21, 2004, 14:11]
IT specialists trail in happiness stakes
Talkback "I believe it is more fair to compare IT careers to other professional careers like accounting, medicine or law. What? Sure you worked hard to get your education, but don't overestimate your importance.
[March 22, 2004, 3:00]
Stakes multiply in search wars
Talkback MSN ought to turn their attention to the Microsoft knowledge base. Why do i have to go to Google, do a search, find a KB result then go back in?
[February 17, 2004, 17:11]
Apple, Google and Symantec top loyalty stakes
Talkback It'll take more than a scratched screen to put me off Apple :)
[July 13, 2006, 16:47]
Apple, Google and Symantec top loyalty stakes
Talkback Hasn't it been demonstrated that google's results are no better than yahoo's and microsoft's? So why this irrational preference?
[July 14, 2006, 13:58]
IT specialists trail in happiness stakes
Talkback Lawyers, Doctors hairdressers.who cares. We're all as important in what we do. Are you going to tell the person who cleans the street at night while you're sleeping, he's not important? Just imagine what'll be like with tons and tons of rubbish all...
[March 23, 2004, 13:12]
Apple, Google and Symantec top loyalty stakes
Talkback it has not been shown that googles results are better than MSN or Yahoo's. I spend 90% of my working day using google searching for information, but why do i use google? It is superior to both MSN and Yahoo combined.
[July 14, 2006, 17:28]
