IT SneakSneak rummages in the dustbin of IT events. IT Sneak blog: More dirt, more often.From Belgium with love- June 11, 2008 Sometimes Sneak wonders what anyone has ever done for him. I mean, take the Belgians for example; apart for a love of mussels, chips and mayonnaise - in that order - and maybe artisan chocolate, oh and Trappist ales, and...http://itsneak.itweek.co.uk/2008/06/from-belgium-wi.html Pimpin' is BT- June 10, 2008 Rather alarmingly BT is offering to 'pimp' Sneak's broadband, well, that's what a press release says anyway. "BT's home IT support service pledges to pimp your broadband or your money back" it screamed, in capital letters. According to the release,...http://itsneak.itweek.co.uk/2008/06/pimpin-is-bt.html Why robot- June 10, 2008 Clever boffins strike again. It's the Japanese way to come up with yet more weird and wonderful technological inventions to astound and amaze. First the heated toilet seat and now this: the perfect woman. Well, that's what scientists Etienne Fresse...http://itsneak.itweek.co.uk/2008/06/why-robot.html It's smash your piggy bank time- June 10, 2008 In a revolutionary move Britons will pay the same as their American counternerds for a piece of IT, or electronics equipment. Yep, the Apple 3G iPhone is gonna cost the same to buy on a UK high street as it...http://itsneak.itweek.co.uk/2008/06/its-smash-your.html IBM just a bunch of conjurors- June 5, 2008 Sneak's heart always sinks when he gets a vendor press release celebrating said vendor's elevation to the 'Leaders Quadrant' of Gartner's 'Magic Quadrant'. But then again is "Vendor exits the 'Leader Quadrant' of Gartner's 'Magic Quadrant' and falls into...http://itsneak.itweek.co.uk/2008/06/ibm-just-a-bunc.html Made-up names- June 4, 2008 A perennial source of amusement for Sneak in his otherwise mundane desk-based job is coming across the crazee names that some IT companies try to invent for themselves. After lavishing hundreds of thousands on market research and the like, these...http://itsneak.itweek.co.uk/2008/06/made-up-names.html |