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Gartner: More employees bringing PCs to work
As shipments of laptops surpass that of desktop computers, a new trend is starting to take shape. Employees are increasingly bringing their laptops into the office, and using them as their primary... Read more...
Multitasking: Doing less in more time
While not directly related to IT, I came across news of a Stanford study that suggested heavy multitaskers to be incapable of ignoring things. By putting 100 students through a series of tests, it... Read more...
Survey: Employers are banning Facebook, Twitter
Facebook and Twitter may be popular social networking sites everywhere but at the office. A new survey finds that employers are increasingly blocking the social networking sites for their employees.... Read more...
Write a Twitter policy for your office
It's time to set policy for Twitter use at work and roll it into your office code of business conduct. Should all Twitter usage be for work, or is personal tweeting allowed? How do you make sure... Read more...
Google: Mobile app stores have no future
Vic Gundotra, Google's engineering vice president and developer evangelist, on Friday told the Mobilebeat conference in San Francisco that the future of the mobile industry does not lie with the... Read more...
Businesses ignore the importance of backup
A new survey finds that small and mid-size businesses are unprepared for disasters and don't have solid backup plans. The survey by Charlotte, North Carolina-based Agility Recovery Solutions and... Read more...
Surfing the Net boosts office productivity
Researchers at the University of Melbourne studied the habits of 300 workers and found that workers are more productive when they are able to occasionally do non-work activities online. Dr. Brent... Read more...
Cost-saving ideas for IT leaders
Technisource, the IT staffing division of Spherion Corp, has some belt-tightening ideas for IT executives, reports NetworkWorld. Some of the ways to save money on IT that can also boost efficiency... Read more...
IT worker confidence drops
A new survey finds that overall confidence among U.S. information technology workers has decreased in the fourth quarter of 2008. That's really no surprise given the economic gloom fueled by Wall... Read more...
Study highlights security disconnect
A new study commissioned by Cisco found that many employees are not aware of or don't understand IT security policies, and some just ignore them in the name of productivity. The survey of 2,000... Read more...
