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16th December 2006 Archive

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  • BOFH: The most important user in the world...

    Episode 42 Is that a rocking horse in your bedroom?

    "I... what?" the PFY sniffles, reading through his email. Once in a while - not very often mind - I could swear the PFY had been to a customer service course or maybe worked in one of those soulless fast food chains. Like today for instance: "Hi there, I need someone to come up and change the toner cartridge in my machine …

    BOFH 16 Dec 2006, 08:02

  • Nasdaq chides Dell for a second time

    We're delistening

    Accounting laggard Dell has received a delisting warning from Nasdaq officials. Dell - one of the greatest performers in Nasdaq history - has failed to file documents summing up its third fiscal quarter with the US Securities and Exchange Commission in a timely fashion. The computer maker did the same thing last quarter at …

    Hardware 16 Dec 2006, 17:33

  • How Telewest makes extra work out of a crisis...

    Status anxiety

    I know I'm not the only person who has problems with their cable TV service today, because when I ring the support number, I can't get through. The problem, apparently, started out with an attempt to update the "TV Drive" service. TV Drive is a hard disk. It records TV programmes and plays them back when you want them played …

    Telecoms 16 Dec 2006, 18:08