Independent Auditor
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Why Wikipedia block went wrong
Insight newsmaker Internet Watch Foundation chief Peter Robbins talks about self-regulation and the 'Scorpions' blocking incident that disrupted Wikipedia.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web services, Data Management, List, Image, Wikipedia, independent auditor, Block List, U.K.
Steve Jobs' new role in Hollywood
Insight Even with precautions, experts say, deals between Disney and Apple could pose some serious conflicts of interest.
Tags: IT Management, Digital media, Mergers
Commentary: Complex privacy issues demand enforcement
News A privacy audit by a Big Five accounting firm is a nice marketing move by Expedia.com, and such audits may give users of dot-coms some reassurance. But they hardly answer all the questions about online privacy.
Philip Yeo unconvinced that SingNet has no 'sugar daddy'
News Pacific Internet advisor Philip Yeo is unconvinced SingTel is not SingNet's "sugar daddy" and said so in a letter to Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS) yesterday.
How deep is the online-ad well?
News Forget the bubble; technology has advanced to the point where marketers can see how and if their ads are resulting in sales.
Tags: Web sites, Marketing, Advertising
Google settlement, click fraud won't go away
News Planned US$90 million settlement may end lawsuit against search behemoth, but it won't end problem for Net advertisers.
Tags: Web sites, Web services, Lawsuits, Internet advertising
Be prepared for a postproject audit
Insight Perhaps every project you work on won't be the subject of an audit, but it doesn't hurt to plan for one. Save your documentation and keep in mind these areas of an IT project that an auditor will most likely examine.
Nortel beats Cisco for IP telephony contract
News Nortel announces that San Jose, Calif., has chosen its IP telephony gear over Cisco's products.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony
Ernst & Young punished over PeopleSoft links
News Accounting firm Ernst & Young is barred from adding publicly traded firms to its client roster because of its dual relationship with PeopleSoft.
Tags: Accounting
California sues Microsoft for antitrust--again
News Five California counties and two cities sue the software giant under state antitrust laws, for taking advantage of government buyers.
Encrypted cell phone foils eavesdroppers
News A Berlin company has developed a cell phone designed to be impenetrable to eavesdroppers.
