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Five steps to reduce outsourcing risk
Insight perspective Outsourcing relationships carry some inherent uncertainty but there are ways to lower potential damage to your business. One lawyer offers some advice.
Tags: Outsourcing, IT budgeting, Outsourcing, Supplier, outsourcing agreement, sourcing, law firm, IT budgeting, risk assessment, Change
Asian call centers target for social media
News Call centers, abound in India and Philippines, need to retool and deploy social media tools to say competitive in market, say top Salesforce.com execs.
Tags: Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Web 2.0, Mobile platforms/communications, Facebook, Social Networking, Twitter Inc., Marc Benioff, network, Web 2.0
Second iPhone worm behaves like botnet
News update As with first malware, new worm affects SSH protocol in jailbroken iPhones but is "much more serious" as it may attempt to steal data, F-Secure warns.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Phone, Security, Smart Phone, F-Secure Corp., Worm, SSH, Password, virus, security company
Toggle between date values and serial values in Excel
Techguide When working with time and date values, it can be beneficial to know a value’s serial value. Fortunately, Excel makes it easy to take a quick peek.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Box, font, Ctrl, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word 2007, leader, toolbar, Microsoft Access
Microsoft to tweak Windows 7 settings
News Amid sharp criticism from some corners, Microsoft says it will take steps to strengthen a controversial security feature.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Security, User Account Control, Microsoft Windows 7, control panel, release candidate, Microsoft Windows, CNET Networks Inc., blog
Yahoo dishes up FAQ on severance plans
News Yahoo tells its employees the "that's nuts" comment made by its outside compensation consultant was no reflection of the company's severance package.
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Search, Employee, Plan, Yahoo! Inc., Compensation, Stock, layoff, stock price
Yahoo, Google wrestle to sell changes
News U.S. presidential hopefuls Obama and McCain are not the only ones trying to lobby for change. But Yahoo and Google are running into resistance.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Web 2.0, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Photo-sharing, phone, Facebook, Flickr, Internet
Facebook changes stock structure: IPO on the way?
News The social network has converted all existing shareholders' stock to the more powerful Class B; it'll go back to Class A if they sell it during an IPO. But the company says it still doesn't have IPO plans set.
Tags: Business plans, Business Strategies & Functions, Facebook, Business Strategies & Functions, IPO, Stock, Mark Zuckerberg, shareholder, Wall Street Journal, Business plans
Aust govt sets up new CERT
News Australian government launches in-depth cybersecurity strategy, which includes establishment of a new Computer Emergency Response Team to rival existing AusCERT.
Tags: Government, Network security, Security Management, PC security, cybersecurity workforce, Cybersecurity, AusCERT, Information And Communication Technology, Identity Theft, cyberthreats
Accounting rule change approved by FASB
News Change allows companies like Apple to recognize revenue much faster.
Tags: Business structures, Apple Inc., TV, Sales, Apple TV, financial, Apple iPhone, agreement, accounting, Business structures
Rickroll virus attacks iPhones
News The 'ikee' worm replaces the infected device's background picture with an image of Rick Astley.
Tags: Mobile platforms, Viruses and worms, Twitter Inc., security consultant, F-Secure Corp., Sophos Plc., SSH, Graham Cluley, Password, Virus Attack
New filters in Google search for speed, news
News Google adds several new filters to its search options panel unveiled in May, letting searchers find results from just the last hour, or results from within Google News and Books.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Web 2.0, Google Inc., advertisement, Web sites, Web Page, search engine company, product manager, Search Result
New Firefox 3.6 beta aims to cut crashes
News Third beta imposes new restriction on how third-party software can interact with it. And feature called Resource Package could speed up Firefox 3.7.
Tags: Web browsers, Google Inc., Web Page, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Corp., Beta, release candidate, Mozilla Firefox, performance
Adobe brings Photoshop.com to iPhone
News Adobe introduces Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone that allows users to edit their photos on iPhone.
Tags: Mobile commerce, Mobile applications, Adobe Systems Inc., Phone, App, mobile, Mobile applications, Real Estate, Tool, Adobe PhotoShop
Facebook adopts new privacy policy
News The social-networking site hopes that policy revision will make the policy more accessible and easier to understand.
Tags: Privacy, Facebook, Social Networking, Revision, network, Video, general counsel, blog, Privacy
