31 Mar 2008Regulators’ obsession with unbundling has made them blind to more pressing concerns affecting software users
19 Feb 2008IT departments should change their culture and make users more aware of just how good a job they do
18 Jan 2008The buzz from CES suggested that the choice between spinning and solid state storage is nearing a tipping point
03 Dec 2007The mouse has constrained user interface design for decades - so when will it be replaced?
02 Nov 2007The happy-smiley environmental claims of printer makers are nonsense and should be ditched
08 Oct 2007Some users waste hours on social 'notworking' sites, but a gentle hint may work better than a ban
10 Sep 2007Some IT departments are needlessly making work for themselves by blocking users from self-help tools
03 Aug 2007Firms must keep reviewing their good practice policy, otherwise it may become an outdated hindrance
12 Jun 2007Buyer choice is being harmed by vendors chasing new technologies that carry a premium price tag
14 May 2007Why do tools that are supposed to make you more organised seem to have the opposite effect?
16 Apr 2007They may laugh now, but those who joke about useless innovations can end up with egg on their face
22 Mar 2007Solid-state laptops were a flop in the past, so why are PC vendors keen to resurrect the concept?
19 Feb 2007Standards for comparing page yields are often sidelined, lest they reveal the scale of vendors’ fibs
22 Jan 2007Apple’s iPhone may be more appealing to professionals than the current stock of inflexible smartphones
11 Dec 2006Industry reaction to Vista’s launch has been lukewarm because everybody wants to wait and see
13 Nov 2006Sometimes consumers are king but they should not always rule in the realm of business
16 Oct 2006Technology supposed to make it easier for us to be mobile actually has the opposite effect, reckons Alistair Dabbs.
18 Sep 2006The number of laptops that go astray at Heathrow and other airports should cause alarm
14 Aug 2006The way other professions view IT reveals a lot about the shortcomings of current technology
19 Jul 2006Why are new displays increasingly widescreen, in a world still dominated by A4 documents?
