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Indian tech tries to retain top workers
News Infosys, Wipro and others are trying to avoid layoffs by reassigning skilled workers to subsidiaries or asking them to accept reduced salaries.
Tags: Human resources, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Wipro Technologies, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Training, Bench, ERP, Sabbaticals, business intelligence, Worker
Symantec exec wants 'better love life' for users
Insight newsmaker Symantec Chief Marketing Officer Carine Clark explains importance of focusing on customers over products in the face of security threats.
Tags: PC security, Network security, Security applications/tools, Antivirus software, Security implementation/standards, Security, Microsoft Corp., software, job, General Motors Corp.
Fusion-io ioDrive (80GB)
Reviews The Fusion-io ioDrive is in a performance field of its own. Home users are much better off RAIDing a few SSDs together; however, for those running servers that need extra throughput now, the Fusion-io represents an expensive, but justifiable, saviour.
Tags: Gamer, PCI Express, Chip, Card, Ubuntu, NAND, operating system, Fusion-io, firmware, hard drive
Getting tested for H1N1 flu in Singapore
Blogs A colleague of mine returned to Singapore on Wednesday, May 27 from Boston, USA, where he'd spent the week between May 1...
Microsoft hams up design in Mix
News Microsoft begins its Web design conference in un-Microsoft fashion, with researcher Bill Buxton talking about design.
Tags: Software, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Conference, Tool, Software, Bill Buxton, Buxton, researcher, programming tool
Bartz as Yahoo CEO? New job, but strong resume
News Sure, selling software is different from selling ads. But Yahoo has more need for fresh eyes and new leadership than for media expertise.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Search, Internet advertising, Autodesk Inc., Yahoo! Inc., CAD, Carol Bartz, software, chairman
Hockey fans to participate in rink-side chat
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SCO names new financial chief
News The litigious software company names a new chief financial officer and moves the previous CFO into corporate-development efforts.
Tags: Business applications, Executive recruiting
Arrest warrant issued for former sex.com owner
News Stephen Cohen, the one-time owner of the sex.com Web site, skipped a US District Court appearance as ordered by Judge James Ware last week and now faces a bench warrant for his arrest.
Measure revenue in your IT organization
News Although most IT departments are cost centers, some actually have revenue-generation responsibilities. Here are some key measurements for tracking revenue in each case.
Struggling Linux company swaps CEOs
News Caldera International has replaced longtime Chief Executive Ransom Love and agreed to buy back shares held by two major investors.
SCO warns of IBM lawsuit risks
News The company says its billion-dollar lawsuit alleging that IBM misappropriated trade secrets will be costly and could have other consequences.
Microsoft backpedals on programming patent
Techguide Microsoft plans to withdraw an attempt to patent technology already used in a free Java programming project called BlueJ, the company said.
Online anonymity wins again
News In another victory for online anonymity, a California judge has ruled that Yahoo does not need to reveal the identities of some message board posters.
Microsoft wins in second Alcatel-Lucent patent suit
News Judge rules the Windows maker did not infringe on patent for speech coding technology; Alcatel-Lucent plans to appeal.
