RFID poses serious privacy risk, says report
Radio frequency identification is becoming increasingly popular inside the US government but agencies have not seriously considered the privacy risks, federal auditors sa...
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EU donates €660,000 to open source research
The European Union is putting €660,000 towards research into open source software and standards across the world.
The newly approved funding is for the two-year FLOSSW...
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Flexible working will wipe out middle managers
Middle managers are facing the chop because they lack the skills to manage teams of flexible and remote workers.
According to research from Henley Management College, ...
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Call centre offshoring "not proven", says HBOS
High street bank HBOS has come under fire from shareholders at its annual general meeting (AGM) this week over its decision to outsource some IT development work to India...
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Internet-illiterate parents hold back kids
Parents that lack internet skills could be damaging their children's education and job prospects - leaving them on the wrong side of the growing digital divide.
Accord...
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Call centres get 'seal of social responsibility
The French social affairs minister, Jean-Louis Borloo, has announced new measures designed to help rejuvenate the call-centre sector and polish the sector's reputation – ...
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Swansea IT staff lose outsourcing transfer fight
Swansea council IT staff appear to have finally lost their battle against a £100m outsourcing deal, after plans were approved to permanently transfer the workers to Capge...
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Lloyds TSB banks on £170m Fujitsu outsourcing deal
Lloyds TSB has outsourced the management of its desktops across all its UK operations in a £170m five-year deal with Fujitsu Services aimed at cutting costs and improving...
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Sacked Waterstone's blogger offered job back
Joe Gordon, the man sacked by Waterstone's - after the bookseller discovered the contents of his blog referred to 'Bastardstone's' and 'Evil Boss' - has been offered his ...
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£100m outsourcing strike row resurfaces
The row over a controversial £100m IT outsourcing deal at Swansea City Council has resurfaced with technology staff claiming management have broken a promise to evaluate ...
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