Bespoke Computing Ltd, Cut & Paste - our weblog for Information Technology in the real world

In this tough economic climate you would not be blamed for being totally focussed on running your business and not really thinking about how your employees (at all levels in the company) are using their office computers, or the consequences of how they are using their computers.

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Have you ever taken work away from the office to get something finished? You might have worked at the kitchen table or in a hotel - where is the most exotic place you have remotely worked? Take our survey.

With the business at your fingertips remote working becomes a really useful tool, but it’s too easy to take things for granted and even easier for a simple mistake or miscalculation to cause massive issues.

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The truth of the matter is spammers wouldn’t be sending out masses of e-mails if nobody – including you – ever clicked through to buy anything. We’re talking about e-mails that trick you into handing over bank details (or boldly promise a 12 inch man-hood).

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As we leave 2008 behind us and crash head first in to 2009 it’s worth taking a moment to look back at some of the tech developments last year, as well as some of those to look forward too.  There are simply too many developments from the past year to discuss in detail, some of them are overly complex to explain, and some of them are just not really that interesting from a users perspective (although given time they no doubt will be).  So I’ve taken a selection of what I think are interesting developments that have or will have some impact to you – the reader.

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