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// ISSUE 18 // December 2008
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from everyone at Kingpin.
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CIO Executive Briefing - Security
The IT executive's bible CIO Magazine is inviting sponsors for its high-level briefing on IT security on 26 March 2009. A panel of experts will address some of the UK's most senior IT decision makers on the leading security issues facing the industry in 2009 followed by a period of round table discussion for sharing insight and information. The venue for the UK event is yet to be announced, though it is expected to be in London.
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For more details please contact Kingpin today.
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Train your business brain
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Business software specialists Sage, the people behind the New Year relaunch of The Krypton Factor (7.30pm on ITV1, New Year's Day, Factor fans!), have a challenge for you. Inspired by the intelligence quiz, which has been revamped to strain the brains of 21st century minds, the specially developed test is designed to test your foresight, logical thinking and ability to process information quickly. It's all part of an ambitious project to help develop the UK's business acumen, which could go on for years. The test however, only takes a few minutes. Test your business IQ www.trainyourbusinessbrain.com
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DevWeek 2009 – last chance for booking discount
The 12th annual DevWeek conference, Europe's biggest gathering of software developers, database professionals and IT architects, is coming up fast, but the organisers still have a few places left for sponsors and exhibitors. The event includes a Microsoft Professional Developers' Day offering an early peak at the next generation of technologies coming out of Redmond and there's £100 if you book before 27 February. |
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But places are going fast…for more infomation please contact Kingpin today.
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Social media for beginners workshop
Flustered by Facebook? Befuddled by blogging? This half-day course run by KMP's blog expert Paul Fabretti aims to take the lid off the possibilities of the new social media, outlining their uses and pitfalls, using case studies to explain how companies are making Twitter, Delicious, bookmarking and Facebook work for them as part of their marketing strategy.
More at mad.co.uk
Event details
Location: MDDA, Manchester
Date: Thursday 29 January 2009
Open: 09:00 - 13:00
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Unlocking the potential of emerging markets to drive global brand extension
This one-day, all-you-need-to-know guide to opportunities in emerging markets from Marketing magazine will offer more than 100 delegates a crash course in exploring market sensitivities as well as logistical and legal considerations with breakout case studies. It will be presented by a global marketing panel of 13 expert speakers from world-wide brands, including American Express, Xerox and Pernod Ricard.
More at mad.co.uk
Event details
Location: New Connaught Rooms, London
Date: Thursday 22 January 2009
Open: 09:00 - 17:30
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How to design for persuasion, emotion and trust (PET)
Today's interactive, dynamic online environment requires constantly evolving tools to relate to potential customers and decipher how they make decisions. This three-day training course aimed at designers and marketers offers tools to help create designs that motivate specific actions; appeal to both the emotional and rational aspects of decision making; measure your website's persuasive impact; and increase customer conversion, loyalty and adoption.
More at mad.co.uk |
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Event details
Location: 16 Albemarle St, London W1S 4HW
Date: Tues 20 Jan - Thur 22 Jan 2009
Open: 09:00 - 16:30
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The mouse that
changed the world
Forty years ago, US inventor Douglas Engelbart demoed his latest contraption – and changed the direction of technology. The 'mouse', as he apologetically called it, proved to be a breakthrough system in computer interaction that helped spark the computer revolution – within eight years, Microsoft and Apple were already using Engelbart's invention in their earliest systems.
More at guardian.co.uk
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Sony OLED
touch Walkman
The rumour mill is rife that Sony plans to launch a touch-screen Walkman as a rival to the iPod Touch in January. No official announcement from Sony yet but the unveiling is strongly tipped to take place at next month's annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. If the rumours are true, the device will have a super-advanced 3inch-OLED screen – the best images available and great battery life – plus Wi-Fi and internet browser, and come in 16GB and 32GB flavours.
More at gizmodo.com
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Apple more closed than Microsoft
Who'd have thunk it? Apple, long considered the people-friendly (and very pretty) David to Microsoft's profit-guzzling Goliath has turned the tables on its nemesis – but not in a good way. In a recent survey by online tech mag The Register, 55 per cent of respondents said that Apple now appeared more 'closed' than Microsoft, referring to the company's attempts to control every aspect of its development, thus limiting compatibility with other products. Wing-clipping legislation curtailing Microsoft's monopolisation of the software industry was seen as the main factor in the Seattle company's increased openness, while the success of the iPod and iPhone were seen as the temptations leading Apple down the path to the corporate dark side.
More at theregister.co.uk
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Virgin's 50Mbps
broadband
Time to get some go-faster stripes for your 'putah. Virgin has announced its new super-ultra-mega fast 50Mbps broadband service, which it claims should be available to 40 per cent of its 12 million customers by the end of the year. The rest of Virgin's customers are expected to be able to receive the £51-a-month service by the end of summer 2009. It's a massive leap from Virgin's previous top speed of 20Mbps and catapults the company into the forefront of broadband provision – none of its rivals will be able to achieve similar speeds without significant investment.
More at zdnet.co.uk |
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Do you predict the current financial situation will impact your business/IT department?
Sample: 250 developers |
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Zero Gravity
It's fast, it's furious, it's unfeasible. Zero Gravity is a palm-sized remote controlled car that can climb walls and race on the ceiling. It works via a mini vacuum cleaner that allows it to cling to any flat surface and support its own weight even as it runs circles around your light fittings. Sure, you use it for races on the floor, but where's the fun in that?
Visit fiveTV for more information.
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Portable digital TV
The portable TV has been around for a while, and it's generally been rubbish. But this chic little gizmo hides a DVB-T receiver behind its 4.3in screen, offering digital Freeview in pristine quality, devoid of the fuzziness that affects most analogue portable TVs. With its supplied headphones you can enjoy Loose Women at work, X Factor in the park or sing along to CBeebies on the bus. The rechargeable battery offers 3.5 hours of TV viewing, or twice that if you use it to watch videos loaded on to its memory card. Who needs Friends? Oh hang on, you can get that, too.
Visit firebox.com for more information.
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Christmas vacation lights
If you don't do Christmas like this, you're not really trying. See it on youtube |
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The Night The Reindeer Died
When psychos seize Santa's workshop. See it on youtube |
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