Call centres 'bad for income and health'

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Volunteering 'bad for the health'

Volunteering 'bad for the health' 05/15/2004 02:40 AM
Voluntary work may help the community, but research suggests it may not be good for the helper's health.

UK call centres 'unbeatable'

UK call centres 'unbeatable' 05/07/2004 06:18 AM
The Register May 7 2004 10:41AM GMT

Call centres are a nightmare

Call centres are a nightmare 09/07/2004 07:01 AM
Press '3' to read this story or hold for a hack

Football 'bad example to pupils'

Football 'bad example to pupils' 03/26/2005 09:41 PM
The president of the NUT says footballers can set a bad example of behaviour to children.

Alcohol 'bad for breastfeeding'

Alcohol 'bad for breastfeeding' 04/06/2005 06:51 AM
Breastfeeding mothers who drink alcohol do not produce as much milk for their babies, a US study says.

Fiorina: Sometimes IT spending is a 'bad
thing'

Fiorina: Sometimes IT spending is a 'bad
thing' 09/24/2004 07:38 AM
Not expecting a rush of IT spending during the last three months of 2004, Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Carly Fiorina said Thursday that IT buyers have become smarter and more discriminating in their IT purchasing than they were just five years ago, and that they now realize that technology spending can sometimes be a "bad thing."

Cut kids' TV 'to protect health'

Cut kids' TV 'to protect health' 07/15/2004 10:05 PM
Children should watch no more than two hours of TV a day to protect their future health, scientists have warned.

HP's Fiorina: Sometimes IT spending is a
'bad thing'

HP's Fiorina: Sometimes IT spending is a
'bad thing' 09/24/2004 06:24 PM
Speaking to financial analysts at the Banc of America Securities Investment Conference yesterday, HP Chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina downplayed hopes that corporate budget surpluses would drive IT spending increases in the fourth quarter.

Angry teenagers 'risking health'

Angry teenagers 'risking health' 03/06/2004 02:00 AM
"Angry" teenagers could be storing up health problems for the future, say scientists.

A-level wait 'threatens health'

A-level wait 'threatens health' 08/17/2004 09:22 PM
The wait for exam results is causing problems like insomnia, depression and panic attacks, a report says.

World economy 'in good health'

World economy 'in good health' 09/26/2004 08:48 AM
The head of the International Monetary Fund says the world economy is at its strongest point for five years.

Nuclear scientist 'in good health'

Nuclear scientist 'in good health' 02/16/2004 07:17 AM
The Pakistan authorities deny press reports that top nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan has had a heart attack.

Time Warner 'returns to health'

Time Warner 'returns to health' 01/28/2004 12:28 PM
A year after recording the biggest loss in corporate history, the media giant says film success has helped it to revive its fortunes.

Senator Says Lifetime Terror Detentions
'Bad Idea'

Senator Says Lifetime Terror Detentions
'Bad Idea' 01/02/2005 01:56 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 2 2005 4:38PM GMT

Noth's 'Bad Apple' won't spoil your TV
viewing (USATODAY.com)

Noth's 'Bad Apple' won't spoil your TV
viewing (USATODAY.com) 02/16/2004 07:37 AM
USATODAY.com - Too smart to simply sit back and hope for good roles to come his way, the former Law & Order star and once-and-possibly-future Sex and the City soul mate went out and produced one for himself. The result of his enterprise is Bad Apple, the first in a proposed series of movies based on Anthony Bruno's novels about a team of less-than-brilliant FBI agents.

NHS National Programme for IT to become
agency, 'Connecting for Health'

NHS National Programme for IT to become
agency, 'Connecting for Health' 03/24/2005 04:18 AM
PublicTechnology.net Mar 24 2005 8:23AM GMT

CMS Computers'new centres

CMS Computers'new centres 12/24/2003 08:49 AM
News Today Dec 24 2003 7:42AM ET

Ski centres up for sale

Ski centres up for sale 02/13/2004 09:26 AM
The Glencoe and Glenshee ski resorts are being put on the market after losing £1m in two years.

Data centres suck it up

Data centres suck it up 07/10/2004 01:16 AM
Sunday Times South Africa Jul 10 2004 5:21AM GMT

Praise for new family centres

Praise for new family centres 06/12/2004 12:02 AM
Ofsted inspectors say a new breed of family centre is helping tackle the effects of poverty on young children.

IBM opens SOA design centres

IBM opens SOA design centres 05/19/2004 07:19 AM
Computer Weekly May 19 2004 11:33AM GMT

Maintenance of computerised reservation
centres

Maintenance of computerised reservation
centres 10/31/2003 10:39 PM
The Hindu Oct 31 2003 9:26PM ET

HP cans Centres of Excellence scheme

HP cans Centres of Excellence scheme 06/28/2004 06:33 AM
Personal Computer World Jun 28 2004 10:49AM GMT

EU in battle over air traffic control
centres

EU in battle over air traffic control
centres 02/19/2004 03:31 PM
Personal Computer World Feb 19 2004 8:11PM GMT

IBM opens two Linux centres in Brazil

IBM opens two Linux centres in Brazil 12/08/2003 06:57 AM
ZDNet UK Dec 8 2003 6:07AM ET

Apple Centres For Middle East

Apple Centres For Middle East 05/19/2004 08:55 AM
The distributor of Apple products in the Middle East is seeking to set up the region's first chain of Apple Centres. By Macworld UK (via MyAppleMenu)

E Cape creates multimedia centres

E Cape creates multimedia centres 08/02/2004 10:18 PM
Sunday Times South Africa Aug 3 2004 2:21AM GMT

On future developments in home media
centres...

On future developments in home media
centres... 06/05/2005 10:48 PM

A couple of days ago I was e-mail interviewed by a guy writing an article on future developments in televisions and home media centres who was interested in the piece I wrote on Social Software for Set-Top Boxes. For what it's worth - here are my answers in full, slightly edited for clarity:

In your presentation you outlined some interesting ideas (buddy lists, watch with friends etc.) - Is anyone going down this route? Online gaming is leading this kind of hybridised social / entertainment stuff - things like Xbox Live already make it possible for you to talk and chat and play alongside people from all over the world - and to manage those relationships. Simultaneously, each of these boxes is coming closer and closer to the idea of a home entertainment hub, so I wouldn't be surprised if the edges between the various activities you could do with them started to blur. Also, around the same time that I put up my stuff on Social Software for Set-Top Boxes, the PARC people also started talking about similar stuff. Obviously, a huge amount of the technology that we take for granted today was developed at PARC, so that bodes quite well for the future.

Is TV and PC convergence a dead idea? I think the idea of a screen in the corner of your room that you watch TV on and then completely change modes so that you can do your taxes is pretty much inevitably going to have limited appeal. There are machines that can do this kind of stuff already of course, but they're really targeted towards people with very limited space - students and the like. I think the future looks much more interesting than that - with some of the functionality that has been associated with PCs starting to appear in entertainment appliances all around the home. The technology behind all the devices is probably going to be pretty much the same and slightly further off I think we can expect that they'll all be talking to each other behind the scenes. The various devices in your home will be acting together to give you relatively unified access to your data and media and to the network - but each device will provide its own way of mediating that data - it's own tailored interface.

What about the Apple media hub? Yeah, I don't know quite what Apple are doing to be honest. With computer technology gradually moving out of the desktop PC and into the rest of the home, you'd think they'd be right at the forefront. That kind of thing - making complex concepts and devices comprehensible - is exactly what they're great at. Sony and Microsoft are clearly making huge inroads with their gaming machines to the extent that they already have low-powered media hubs attached to millions of televisions worldwide - I really would have thought that Apple would similarly be looking to get into that space by leveraging their advantage in the digital audio space. But while there are rumours that the Mac Mini is destined to be a foundation for that kind of thing, there's very little actual evidence of it so far.

Is D-TV more likely to see a continuation of selected internet or internet-like functions rather than fully-fledged net access? Fundamentally the interface just isn't there for web-browsers on the TV to really take off enormously. I don't doubt that people will continue to develop them, and I don't doubt that there will be some people who use them, but having to have an extra wireless keyboard or input device and having to control the screen from the other side of a room makes the whole enterprise less than optimal. In the longer term, I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't pretty easy to install network-enabled apps on your TV that allowed you to do things like access your Flickr photostream or the iTunes music store, but I would think you'll probably do that kind of stuff via a different lean-forward interface somewhere else in your home.

How do the next generation of games consoles fit in to the mix? I think they're fundamental - unlike with set-top boxes, it's not a fully commoditised market, there's enormous scope for technological development and each of the major players is throwing enormous amounts of money into the area - often expecting years of loss-leading before profit. Of course they're looking to the future. Of course they're competing to own this new critical space under the TV and at the heart of the connected home. That's not to say that the gaming element is just a Trojan horse - it's clearly not - but I think it's also fairly clear that it's not the end of the road. The set-top box space is a really powerful and important area - for a start it can potentially mediate all your media consumption. Whoever controls that has a lot of power. And the market for operating systems is huge - how many more people in the world have televisions than computers right now? Think how much money you could make by having your media centre installed on every new TV sold. And boxes like the X-box are in the perfect space to position for that final leap...

Apple Centres coming to Middle East

Apple Centres coming to Middle East 05/19/2004 10:18 AM
The distributor of Apple products in the Middle East is seeking to set up the region's first chain of Apple Centres, according to Macworld UK...

Computerised customer care centres to be
set up Statewide

Computerised customer care centres to be
set up Statewide 11/01/2003 08:41 PM
The Hindu Nov 1 2003 7:48PM ET

Microsoft to set up 20 training centres
in Pakistan: Berkin

Microsoft to set up 20 training centres
in Pakistan: Berkin 12/22/2004 01:56 AM
Hi Pakistan Dec 22 2004 6:39AM GMT

Birlasoft plans centres in Bangalore,
Noida

Birlasoft plans centres in Bangalore,
Noida 03/28/2005 05:56 AM
ZDNet India Mar 28 2005 8:28AM GMT

NCHD to setup 16 computer training
centres

NCHD to setup 16 computer training
centres 08/28/2004 11:17 AM
Geo Tv Aug 28 2004 2:40PM GMT

Wireless 'hot spots' plan for hi-tech
centres

Wireless 'hot spots' plan for hi-tech
centres 02/14/2004 10:33 PM
The Scotsman Feb 15 2004 2:33AM GMT

TNOU to develop study centres for
computer courses

TNOU to develop study centres for
computer courses 03/26/2005 06:59 PM
The Hindu Mar 26 2005 9:43PM GMT

Compuware products selected for use at
Microsoft Technology Centres

Compuware products selected for use at
Microsoft Technology Centres 01/19/2004 05:06 AM
AME Info Jan 19 2004 9:43AM GMT

Internet Training Centres for Africa -
ITU and Cisco Meet Targets

Internet Training Centres for Africa -
ITU and Cisco Meet Targets 05/14/2004 03:35 AM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum May 14 2004 7:16AM GMT

IBM to spend $35M to create services
centres for small and mid-sized
businesses

IBM to spend $35M to create services
centres for small and mid-sized
businesses 09/04/2004 12:25 PM
Canadian Press Sep 4 2004 4:15PM GMT

Bill Gates to open computer centres for
indigenous Aussies

Bill Gates to open computer centres for
indigenous Aussies 06/28/2004 08:01 AM
Hindustan Times Jun 28 2004 12:26PM GMT
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