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Philippines puts brakes on vehicle RFID plan
News Public uproar compels Land Transportation Office to indefinitely postpone country's multi-million dollar project to install RFID devices in vehicles.
Tags: RFID, Privacy, Local Government, Plan, RFID tag, IT infrastructure, Information Technology, RFID chip, U.S. Department of Transportation, Rep.
Lenovo's next chief looks to the future
News PC deal gives IBM a big boost in a market "growing like crazy," says incoming Lenovo CEO.
Tags: Personal Computers
Ask these questions to assess e-info vulnerabilities
Insight Getting a grip on good security means getting honest, comprehensive answers from your IT staff about what's being done and what's not.
The Net platform for abusive feedback
Blogs It used to be that, every once a while, journalists would receive hate mail from readers irate over opinions expressed i...
Are we smarter than a fifth grader?
Blogs A couple of months back, I caught an episode of U.S. gameshow Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader. The show plays like a s...
Creating and enforcing acceptable use policies
Techguide If you haven't developed an Acceptable Use Policy for your organization's computers and network, you're leaving your company open to security breaches, possible regulatory fines and lawsuits.
Microsoft: No Office on Linux 'at this time'
Techguide Microsoft has no plans to tweak its Office productivity suite for Linux anytime soon, according to a company executive.
Tags: Microsoft Office
Top Google execs: US$1 salary, no bonus, no options
News Maybe there is such a thing as enough money. Eric Schmidt, Sergey Brin, and Larry Page got no salary, bonus, stock grants, or stock options in 2008.
Tags: Stock options and grants, Sergey Brin, Google Inc., Compensation, stock grant, Stock, Larry Page, stock compensation, Stock options and grants, Salary
The dangers of asking too much of staff
Insight Do you ask too much of your staff? It happens more often than most CIOs will admit, but consciously or unconsciously, tech leaders push top managers and employees beyond their limit. However, this pressure might result in undesirable and unforeseen results.
A prescription for 'performance plateau'
Insight If a star employee has begun to lag in his or her job, then it's time to battle the performance plateau. Here are some tactics for isolating the cause behind the slump in work and bringing that employee back on the fast track.
Dealing with irritating people on your IT team
Insight Negative, irritating staff members can be a thorn in the side of new managers. Get some tips for intervening and, ideally, converting a difficult staffer into a flourishing contributor to your IT team.
'Off the record' complaints can be managing land mines, so step carefully
Insight When a staff member approaches you with a specific complaint about a peer and asks that you keep the comments secret, beware the situation that could develop. When anonymity is requested, it's best for managers to be on the defensive.
Who are these virus writers?
Insight Who takes the time and effort to pull off malicious stunts, like viruses, malware, worms, Trojans, or any other deliberately damaging actions? And why?
SpamHaus targeted by child-porn email attack
News The anti-spam service has been targeted by a scam that is designed to end up with it being sent angry emails by users who'd been told they were being sent pornography.
Cleanup dampens Blaster worm
News The MSBlast worm's infection rate is slowing as people and businesses disinfect compromised computers, say antivirus companies--though not everyone agrees it's all over yet.
