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Tech For All Ages?
Blog With new budget/low power laptops targeting education sector and a younger and younger audience will tech gadgets soon replace the rattle and skipping rope for our next generation of children? Seems that last generation it wasn't uncommon for...
[April 9, 2008, 10:56]
Ex-Sun Worker Files Discrimination Suit
News A former Sun Microsystems employee is suing the company, claiming it violated age and race discrimination laws by keeping younger East Indian workers while firing him and other American workers. Walter Kruz, 52, who worked for Sun Microsystems...
[March 19, 2003, 13:50]
E-government Needs Tech-literate Generation
News The research, commissioned by marketing communication consultancy Portfolio Communications, found that just 7 percent of adults have contacted their local council online in the past year and that the figure is unlikely to increase significantly...
[January 17, 2003, 14:01]
Virgin Looks To Cash In With SMS Gaming
News Virtual mobile operator Virgin is hoping to boost the amount of money it makes from its younger subscribers by launching a phone that will let two people play games against each other wirelessly. Virgin is already a big fan of Sendo's earlier...
[February 21, 2002, 14:07]
CIOs: Avoid War Between IT's Twentysomethings And More Mature Workers
White Papers Industry pundits recently opened new skirmish lines in a generational war of words within IT, pitting older IT workers with mainframe skills against younger workers with new technology skills. They should leverage the business and operational...
[December 19, 2006, 23:00]
Electoral Commission Hopes For Email Voting Next Year
News Speaking on Radio 5's Sunday Service, Sam Younger, chairman, expressed his optimism that the British public should have the option of voting by email in local elections this time next year. I would be disappointed if voting by email or on the...
[April 30, 2001, 15:41]
Aging Drives Internet Growth
News These predictions are supported by the RedSheriff survey, which reported a boom in IM usage among younger Internet users, growing from 25 percent in 2001 to 64 percent in 2003. The survey of 700 metropolitan residents, aged 16 years and older...
[September 22, 2003, 16:10]
Napster's Loss Could Be Gnutella's Gain
News The other half of Napster's user base, who tend to be wealthier, will probably be happy to pay for music, while the younger audience will not, asserts Jupiter MMXI. Music analyst with Jupiter MMXI Mark Mulligan believes it is crucial to Napster's...
[March 2, 2001, 11:28]
Older, Wiser CIOs Will Be In Demand
News In direct contrast to longtime assertions that the elder tech professional population has long been discriminated against and pushed aside in favour of younger, and cheaper, IT staff, Drake Beam Morin (DBM), a New York City human resource firm...
[March 8, 2002, 15:34]
Under-25s Ditch Chatrooms For SMS
News The research blows a hole in the conventional wisdom was that younger generation would take to the Internet the fastest and drive future growth. The use of the Internet actually fell among younger people.
[November 6, 2002, 16:49]
Internet Safety Programme Goes To UK Schools
News Home Office minister Beverly Hughes, chair of the Internet taskforce, who recently helped to launch the government's "ThinkUKnow" public awareness campaign, said: "The Internet can be educational, informative, and most of all, fun for younger...
[January 10, 2002, 17:52]
It's Techno Time At Toy Fair 2000
News Digital music players, which have caught on in a big way with older teens and young adults, are now making their way to the younger set. You've got more and more consumer electronics being pitched to kids at a younger age," he said.
[February 14, 2000, 9:24]
Mail Room
News By targeting Macs at the younger generation, and to those 'ludicrous baggy pants' wearers who can see beyond the marketing hype, Steve Jobs is selling to an audience with an open mind, that will then demand Macs when they start work, and will...
[July 30, 1999, 16:48]
'Smart' Tech Toys For Kids Of All Ages
News One product that captures the role of personal digital assistants (PDAs) is the Cybiko, which is a PDA for the younger set. Future plans for Lego include products to reach younger audiences. And because they were viewed as educational toys, parents...
[July 20, 2000, 13:24]
Looking For Love Online Drains Wallets
News What you see here is that younger users respond to paid content more favourably," Zimbalist said. In a related study, OPA found that consumers of paid content tend to be younger and more affluent, and they spend more time online than most Internet...
[September 24, 2003, 16:30]
IM - That's 'Instant Money'
News Since ICQ users worldwide are younger than the average AOL user, ICQ will start with campaigns targeting the younger audience. Sure, tens of millions of people use instant messaging technology on the Web.
[August 25, 1999, 9:44]
E-tailers Missing Out On Teen Sales
News But less than half of 18- and 19-year-olds have credit cards, and the percentage drops precipitously for younger teens, according to TRU. Like younger consumers in previous generations, they generally dislike the idea of waiting three days or a...
[July 4, 2002, 12:15]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog For our younger listeners who may be unaware that networking once involved wires at all, I should point out that in the beginning, PC networking came in two flavours -- thick and thin. Friday 21/5/2004
[May 21, 2004, 18:45]
Microsoft Slammed Over XML Patent
Talkback I worked as a patent clerk when I was younger, and most of our Patent Agents spent extreme amounts of time searching for conflicting Patents, or ensuring that the thing they were attempting to Patent could not be claimed to be obvious and in...
[May 27, 2005, 13:40]
BBC Unveils Major Online Revamp
News The move towards a more tech-savvy BBC is prompted by the broadcaster's fears it may be failing a younger audience who are shunning TV in favour of spending time on the Internet. The BBC has unveiled its Creative Future strategy and its plans for a...
[April 27, 2006, 8:55]
