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Staying relevant in new tech world
News Tech workers must analyze marketplace to identify skills that are in demand, and get training and commercial experience in these areas.
Tags: Trends, Personal development, Counsel, Compensation, Professional Development, Business, Technology, India, Training, Skill
Filipino court unlikely to recognize Facebook libel
News Lawsuit involving damaging status updates made on social networking site won't go far in court because Philippines has no Internet libel law, says lawyer.
Tags: Lawsuits, Local Government, Web 2.0, Philippines, sexual orientation, entertainment, social networking, Facebook, Internet, general manager
Park right expertise to stay e-legal
News Firms need to pull expert resources into dedicated team to comply with digital forensics requests, says consultant, who outlines common pitfalls they should avoid.
Tags: Data Management, Legal, IT project management, IT Governance, E-discovery, Asia, Backup, IT Manager, Singapore, QA
EU banks ditch offshorers for own techies abroad
News Banks are increasingly wary about trusting outside companies to handle their information, and are shunning outsourcing companies to set up their own offshore operations.
Tags: Security, Outsourcing, Outsourcing, Counsel, Outsourcing Company, Financial Company, Europe, Business Process, BPO, financial
Intel, AMD reach landmark settlement
News Upon payment of US$1.25 billion by Intel, AMD will drop longstanding antitrust litigation. The two powerhouses will share chip technology.
Tags: Processors, Servers, Intel Corp., computer chip, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Computer, European Commission, Chip, FTC, Settlement
France adopts three-strikes law for piracy
News Soon, those in France accused of illegal file sharing multiple times could lose Internet access for up to a year, if they don't heed warnings.
Tags: Piracy, Web services, Law, ACTA Member, U.S., job, Piracy, Internet Access, European Union, antipiracy
Microsoft gives shareholders 'say on pay'
News Company's board agrees to give shareholders an advisory vote on executive compensation every three years.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Apple Inc., Compensation, Brad Smith, general counsel, shareholder, analyst, board of directors, board
Misfired e-mail was never viewed by Gmail user
News Rocky Mountain Bank says Google confirmed an e-mail with customer data that was mistakenly sent to a random Gmail address was never opened, has been destroyed.
Tags: E-mail clients, E-mail servers, E-mail Address, Social Security, e-mail, San Jose, U.S. District Court, Google Gmail, E-mail clients, E-mail servers
Microsoft sues over malicious online ads
News Software maker says it filed five lawsuits Thursday in the United States to try to slow the growing threat.
Tags: Network security, Internet advertising, Online Advertising, IM, New York Times Co., malicious code, ad network, Web Site, blog posting, Network security
Europe to test Microsoft browser ballot system
News The EC has said it is happy with concessions made by the software giant to provide a choice of browsers, while Microsoft will make technical docs available to developers.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, Commission, Microsoft Corp., software, European Commission, Business applications, Web Browser, Europe
Intel shakeup gives EMC a longtime chip exec
News Two tech titans are reshuffling their top ranks, with chip bigwig Pat Gelsinger headed from Intel to storage specialist EMC.
Tags: Processors, Business Strategies & Functions, Intel Corp., Paul Otellini, Chip, EMC Corp., Storage, general counsel, Joe Tucci, Processors
Google adds details to Book Search privacy policy
News Privacy advocates had criticized Google's Book Search settlement as incomplete regarding its privacy policy, and Google has responded with additional commitments.
Tags: Data Management, FTC, Settlement, New York, credit card company, blog, credit card, Data Management
Labels pressure Global Gaming for Pirate Bay money
News Trade group says that if Global Gaming acquires The Pirate Bay, it has asked Swedish authorities to order the company to pay the music industry instead of Pirate Bay founders.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, computer, general counsel, copyright law, co-founder, Sweden, File-sharing, founder, record company
Microsoft pushes for single global patent system
News Redmond wants to see a single world patent body established to "promote innovation, enrich knowledge, and encourage competition".
Tags: Business applications, Patents, Patent, Innovation, Intellectual Property Right, intellectual property, Texas, Free Software Foundation, Patents, XML
Veoh wins copyright case; YouTube wins, too?
News Accused by the largest music label of violating its copyright, Veoh wins court decision that says such sites are protected under Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Digital rights management (DRM), Viacom Inc., Universal Music Group, Safe Harbor, Video, copyright violation, YouTube Inc., Web Site
