Ursula Seymour

Articles by Ursula Seymour

Managers resisting mobile workers

IT analyst firm Gartner Inc. predicted at the end of last yearrnthat: "The notion of the office as a fixed location [will] give way to a situation wherern'office' is just the act of paying attention to work through always-on access." But a morernrecent survey of HR managers reveals that most companies still don't trust their staff tornwork on the move.

E-mail and text advertising targeted by code of practice

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has today launched the latest version of its code of advertising practice, which has been extended to cover email and text message campaigns.

Charity seeks secondhand Pentium PCs for refurbishment

Computer Aid International is relaunching its campaign to encourage businesses and the public sector to donate old Pentium PCs to be sent on to the developing world.

Tech future will be wireless, portable

As 2002 drew to a close IT experts indulged in that annual tradition of forecasting the future...

Government Web sites not a hit with the public

The U.K. government is keen for people to use the internet to find out about its services and to this end plans to get all services online by 2005, but a recent poll suggests they have a long way to go.

Customers don

Online banks are failing to win the trust of their customers, who still have more faith in bricks and mortar high street branches according to research released yesterday by ICM Research.

Men are from Mars, women are from Venus

Men and women are different

Cash for content

RealNetworks Inc. has launched its RealOne SuperPass subscription service in Europe. The paid-for service offers users premium content streamed to their PCs.

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