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The Blackberry Curve 8900

The Blackberry Curve 8900 is the thinnest and lightest full-QWERTY smartphone packed with the latest features.

The striking 480 x 360 - pixel screen offers crisp-on-the-go video, images, text, maps and more. With a sleek new twist on a classic style, the Blackberry Curve 8900 smartphone is an easy-to-use device that delivers expanded functionality and […]

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Interesting stories on remote working from aroud the web.

Vaillant, a leading manufacturer of gas and solid fuel domestic heating appliance boilers, called for Interchange’s help to install the latest GPRS mobile technology to enhance and develop its service and support business even further.
The solution helped out the company’s national service organisation Heatcall, which provides after sales support through it team of 100 engineers.
Under […]

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Technology

Flexible working is more important than money to new graduate jobseekers

New research has found that flexible working, happiness in their job and learning experiences are more important to graduates than a good salary.

The research commissioned by Orange has unveiled the workplace hopes and aspirations for the class of 2010. Of the 1,000 university leavers Orange spoke with, over half (53%) expected flexible working (meaning either from a location of their choosing or outside of ‘traditional’ office hours) as standard when they begin their jobs, with 69% stressing that the option to work flexibly was important to them.

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Remote working tech battles World Cup absenteeism

Remote working technologies are being marketed as a cure to nation’s ’sick days’ during football bonanza.

The 2010 World Cup is in full swing, and if history is anything to go by, this will coincide with a totally unrelated jump in the number of sick days tallied up by workers.

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Remote working helps in emergencies, expert says

According to experts, more companies should be deploying remote working technologies to minimise disruption caused by emergencies.

This comes after the past few months where Britain has experienced heavy snowfall and the current volcanic ash from eruption in Iceland which has caused problems for business travellers.

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Gordon Brown’s broadband pledge to boost remote working

Gordon Brown has explained that making super-fast broadband available to all households is among the targets for 2020.

This pledge to ensure each home in the UK benefits from high-speed access could lead to remote working practices becoming more widespread.

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Home working could help businesses retain staff

According to a new report involving more than 11,000 businesses in 13 countries, being able to work from home could help companies to retain staff.

The recently-published study revealed that 16 per cent of workers have considered resigning from their jobs due to the length of their commute, rising to 33 per cent when the commute is longer than one hour.

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