British office workers struggle to find important files they thought they had saved on their work computer, according to a new poll. The Iron Mountain-commissioned YouGov research finds that 58 percent of office workers have had difficulty locating such files. With some 60 percent of company data now being kept on PCs and laptops, looking […]
Trendhunter recently drew our attention to two USB sticks with lockable data access. The LOT-IT Secure Flash Drive is an encrypted flash drive that works like a combination padlock. A pin is required to unlock the data and encryption and authentication are handled on the drive itself, rather than by hacker-accessible software. Perhaps even more […]
Technology megabrands such as Apple, Facebook and Twitter cause activity in the brains of devotees similar to that of religious people stimulated by religious imagery, according to some neuroscientists. The BBC documentary, Secrets of the Superbrands, explored why such brands could harness so much popularity and hold over people’s lives. In the first episode, an […]
Html <HEAD> tag earrings from Etsy The semiotics of computing and information technology continue to pervade the bricks and mortar of popular visual culture as the words “geek” and “chic” become more comfortably juxtaposed. You may have seen these html beer glasses, with a <HEAD> tag to geekily signify the frothy top of your beverage. […]
Sales of DVDs have collapsed, according to recent figures. Total sales from film-related “packaged goods” – which include DVD and Blu-ray discs – fell from $2.6bn to $2.1bn in the US, according to Digital Entertainment Group figures, or some 20% The shift to video streaming – rather than piracy – has been pinpointed as the […]
A round of recent studies have confirmed the health risks inherent in sedentary office work. The Zambian Independent Online has recently summarised the main maladies associated with office work. Colon cancer People who work in sedentary jobs for 10 years or more double their risk of colon cancer. Some make a link between prolongued sitting […]
One in four office workers will consider breaking their work PC in order to get a better, more up-to-date one, according to a survey by Mozy, an online backup firm. The poll of 3,000 office workers in the UK, Germany and France also found that two-fifths of staff think their old PC is affecting their […]
A Buckinghamshire software company is recruiting coders – both men and women – who must be prepared to work in the buff. Nude House is a “warm and private” naturist work environment in Amersham where nudity among workers is compulsory. Company spokesman Chris Taylor told The Register, “As far as I am aware this is […]
Everyday office objects such as waste bins, personal diaries and calculators face extinction, according to Real Business, a publication for entrepreneurs. Their recently published list of the top ten “most endangered” office products was compiled by e-commerce firm Pixmania-pro and based on current and historical sales data. The increasing ubiquity of smartphones and pressures on […]
Watch this video for a lesson in probability. A genial professor asks, What are the odds that a monkey tapping away at a typewriter keyboard its whole life would type, “To be or not to be”? ”That is the question,” jokes the professor and we are told that a monkey typing three characters a second […]
How to plan the office Christmas party Whether you count down the days, or desperately scrabble around for an excuse not to go, the office Christmas party is an event on almost every company’s calendar. So, how do you plan a party that everyone will enjoy? It’s a tricky balance to get Bob from Accounts […]
Top tips to improve your time management skills Despite what people say, time is not a commodity. It cannot be traded, expanded or reduced. It is fixed. Our perception of time, however, is another concept. How often do you think at 4pm “Where has the day gone?” and go into panic mode to try to […]
Planning in business is essential Everything from the monthly sales drive to a new product launch or project needs planning. It promotes joined-up thinking and good decision-making throughout the whole organisation. “A goal without a plan is just a wish”, observed the famous writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery, summing up a key business principle. Each business […]
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