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Archives for February 2009

Way to employee's heart isn't always cash

Friday, February 27 2009 04:05 AM

Big old Microsoft faced some harsh criticism this week after it tried to reclaim excess severance pay that was mistakenly awarded to 25 workers. It eventually reversed its decision.

The company's HR department probably didn't imagine this accounting error would snowball into such a big public relations gaffe, but..... Read more ť

Tags: Talent, Human Resources, layoff, job, career, accounting, industry, asset, team, worker

Rise of the social generation

Friday, February 20 2009 03:45 AM

It's been one rough week for social networking phenomenon Facebook.

Two weeks after it revised the site's terms of service regarding user content, the company on Wednesday reverted back to its previous policy, bowing to harsh criticisms that the amended terms had violated user privacy.

The revised policy was..... Read more ť

Tags: Human Resources, Mark Zuckerberg, Social Networking, terms of service, CEO, blog, Facebook, advertising tool

Parenting young minds in Net era

Friday, February 13 2009 04:20 AM

Once upon a long time, in a far distant past, as a child, I used to pretend-play the role of a teacher. I would lock myself in a room, scribble on a makeshift blackboard and pretend I was giving a lesson to a classroom filled with young kids.

I was very drawn to the idea of helping to mold and..... Read more ť

Tags: Mind, Child, Blogosphere, Internet, ethics, environment, teacher, tool, Web

A new skin for 'unkind' blogosphere

Friday, February 06 2009 03:13 AM

Remember that episode of Seinfeld where the four friends were sent to jail for not being good Samaritans?

In the finale of the popular U.S. sitcom, the quartet stood watching while a guy was carjacked at gunpoint. They were then taken into custody for violating a Good Samaritan law, which decrees that bystanders must offer help under such circumstances.

This..... Read more ť

Tags: Blogger, Blogosphere, Internet, Singapore, environment, U.S., Korea, Saddam Hussein, public domain, Google Inc.

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Eileen Yu

Eileen Yu began covering the IT industry when Asynchronous Transfer Mode was still hip and e-commerce was the new buzzword. These days, she gets stirred up over issues concerning Internet regulation, intellectual property rights and software patents, online privacy and data protection. Eileen is senior editor at ZDNet Asia, where she oversees the business tech news site.