Masked IT Man

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    Don’t stereotype your support staff

    2010-01-25T00:00:00

    Tube journeys in London are a wonderfully varied experience. One minute you are chatting to a friendly tourist about where Harrods is, the next you are wondering if the enormous person who has parked themselves next to you has bought two tickets, to cater for the fact that they are ...

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    Have we escaped Microsoft's arms only to fall into Google's?

    2010-01-08T00:00:00

    A minor landmark in the world of technology occurred just before Christmas. Well, actually it’s a legal issue mostly. Microsoft has agreed not to bundle Internet Explorer with its Windows operating system. Not exactly eye-popping news for most, but for some it marks the end of Microsoft...

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    Sharing spaces for lawyers may work, but only if lawyers want them to

    2009-12-04T00:00:00

    I was travelling home on the tube the other day and the chap next to me was tapping away on a Windows Mobile device. He looked like an IT type so I engaged him in conversation. Nice fella – turns out he was working on a government project to create ...

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    Trainees lawyers should serve some time in IT, too

    2009-11-13T00:00:00

    I was amused by one of the reader comments on my last blog – that there is nothing wrong with carrying a second phone, as a ‘belt and braces’ approach to IT is a good thing. I have since been busy adding a second PC to each of my users ...

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    How to get a better deal on your firm's mobile bills

    2009-10-16T00:00:00

    You may have read that T-Mobile is being bought by Orange. As someone with a keen eye on the mobile market, it occurs to me that this little merger will take up to two years to get sorted. I suspect that in that time, with the resulting slightly chaotic administration ...