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Advertising Standards Authority gets enhanced internet remit

by Sandra Vogel on 01.09.2010 14:36 0 comments 53 views
Categories: IT, Value from IT
Tags: regulation, advertising standards authority, asa, online advertising
The Advertising Standards Authority will have new powers from March next year that extend its remit on the internet.

Currently the ASA does have some powers with regard to the internet. These include coverage of advertisements in paid-for space a...
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Confidentiality and IT - a guide for business managers

by Richard Anning on 26.08.2010 15:10 0 comments 73 views
Categories: IT, Secure IT
Tags: privacy, confidentiality, it law

The faculty has recently published a technical publication on Confidentiality and IT as part of its legal series of publications. This has been written by Rachel Burnett, a qualified lawyer and previous President of the BCS.

 

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How long do we spend on TV/mobile phone/comms devices per day? Go on, have a guess.

by Sandra Vogel on 23.08.2010 12:53 0 comments 48 views
Categories: IT, Future IT
Tags: internet, tv, ofcom, report, mobile communications, multitasking
The chances are you’ll be way off the mark. The figure is just one small part of the seventh annual Communications Market report which was published by Ofcom last week.
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Intel buys McAfee for US$7.68 billion

by Leo Waldock on 20.08.2010 18:12 0 comments 176 views
Categories: Secure IT
Tags: antivirus, mcafee, intel
In a move that has startled the tech world, chip giant Intel has bought security company McAfee for US$7.68 billion.
McAfee is a solid player in the global security market with annual sales of US$2 billion however it had a valuation of US$4.7 billi...
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Bye bye web, hello internet. Maybe

by Sandra Vogel on 19.08.2010 11:15 1 comment 299 views
Categories: IT, Future IT
Tags: internet, web, wired, future of the internet
The cover story from this month’s American edition of Wired magazine has caused quite a stir among some of the internet/web chatterati. So what is it all about?
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Excel hidden treasures 2 – super sums

by Simon Hurst on 19.08.2010 09:27 4 comments 1811 views
Categories: Office IT
Tags: excel, sum, subtotal, aggregate, array
This is the second episode in a series of indeterminate length. Episode 1 looked at conditional formatting in PivotTables. This time we’ll look at the rather more prosaic task of adding up.

If you’re familiar with only one Excel function it is li...
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Spying laptops

by Leo Waldock on 18.08.2010 17:55 0 comments 55 views
Categories: Secure IT
Tags: xbox 360, webcam, playstation 3
Recently I speculated that the Sony Move and Microsoft Kinect controllers for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 could potentially act as a CCTV system in a great many homes.
After I wrote the piece I came across a story from the USA that harks back to Feb...
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Three steps forward followed by two steps back?

by Sandra Vogel on 17.08.2010 14:13 6 comments 295 views
Categories: IT, Future IT, Value from IT
Tags: cost cutting, race online 2012
Race Online 2012 claims as I write that 669 partner organisations have committed to help 1,736,673 people get online.
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Accountancy Practices – top technology tips

by Richard Anning on 13.08.2010 16:06 1 comment 1122 views
Categories: Value from IT
Tags: technology, google, cloud, accountancy practices, document management

I met with a number of accounting practices early in July to see what use they make of technology.  All are active users of different aspects of technology, but all seeking to leverage business benefit from its use. One uses document management soft...

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Improve your Outlook

by Simon Hurst on 13.08.2010 09:50 7 comments 1096 views
Categories: Office IT
Tags: outlook, keyboard shortcut
We’ve looked at keyboard shortcuts before on IT Counts –notably an article on Excel shortcuts which attracted 25 comments and has so far been viewed over 11,000 times. Of course keyboard shortcuts can be equally useful in the other ...
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