An online service dedicated to UK doctors is being hailed as a success by its organisers, just a month after its launch. Doctors.net.uk allows the UK's 180,000 doctors to browse a secure Web site, to which NHS trusts can post job vacancies free of...
A European telco said that it saves $1m per year by cutting just one second off all of its directory assistance calls. There is evidence that in repetitive tasks, speech recognition systems make fewer errors than humans do.
Always check the recipient box of the email you are about to send - are there any recipients that you may have included by mistake? Proof broadcast emails really, really carefully as all the recipients will tell you about your mistake!
Now admittedly Linux is so reliable that its administrators can spend all their time posting comments to websites. But even so, the weight of comments suggests something is happening. Here's a selection of Reader Comments received over the last week:
For customers, Microsoft's hands-on approach could also save them serious money. Businesses could reap savings of 30 per cent from Microsoft's tactical switch of selling more software direct through its Enterprise Agreement (EA) licensing programme.
This saves on typing time. Annotate other people's with comments in the tersest style you can. Use a text précis program (there is one inside Microsoft Word, for example). Always insist on electronic documents - never accept paper copies unless you...