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Wrong questions can cost candidates job
News When invited to ask questions at job interviews, tech candidates must think carefully about the right questions to pose and when to ask them, experts advise.
Tags: Interviews, Recruiting, Communication skills, Personal development, Candidate, IT Manager, Question, Dividend, e-mail, Human Resources
'Green' mobile power offers new revenue
News Alternative power supplies can prove lucrative US$2.3 billion market for mobile operators and benefit 485 million mobile users without access to electricity grid.
Tags: Development/design, Network infrastructure, Mobile platforms/communications, Power supplies, surge suppression, Green IT, Phone, cell phone, revenue, mobile, Green IT
Windows 95 wiped out last PC competition
News Industry voices recount highlights of Microsoft's journey with each Windows release over the years, as market awaits launch of Windows 7.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Intel Corp., Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Sales, e-mail, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 95
A Google model for mobile advertising?
Blogs The week is not over yet but it seems I've already exceeded my quota of interviews with IT executives. Most of them are ...
Report: Countries prepping for cyber war
News U.S., Israel, Russia, China, and France are gearing up for cyber offensives, according to a new McAfee report.
Tags: Security, International governments, Defense/military, ARPAnet, U.S., network, Georgia, South Korea, denial of service, McAfee Inc.
APAC SaaS spend to hit $2.3B by 2012
News Asia-Pacific businesses choose software-as-a-service after evaluating on-premise apps, indicating SaaS software has "begun to eat into on-premise" market, says new study.
Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cost control, Software-as-a-service, Cost control, Software, China, small and medium business, India, cloud computing
Asian firms still like their desktops
News Despite rising popularity of notebooks and netbooks, desktops still have a place in region's consumer and commercial markets, say industry watchers.
Tags: Personal Computers, Sales strategy, Product marketing, Hewlett-Packard Co., International Data Corp., Asia-Pacific, Graphics, Notebook, Japan, Lenovo Group Ltd.
BlackBerry brand value dips for young adults
News Since mid-July, the perceived value of a Blackberry has tanked among adults aged 18 to 34, while simultaneously rising among adults aged 35 to 49, market research firm reports.
Tags: Cellular phones, Verizon Communications Inc., BlackBerry Storm, RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., managing director, U.S., brand, health care, agency
Netizens driving firms' social responsibility
News Online communities increasingly driving corporate social responsibility in Asia-Pacific, but governments still hold most sway, finds new study.
Tags: Green IT, Web 2.0, Corporate responsibility, Hewlett-Packard Co., Asia, India, Asia-Pacific, Europe, corporate governance, Corporate Social Responsibility
Bill would give US president emergency control of Internet
News Critics question revised proposal from U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller to let the White House do what it deems necessary to respond to a "cybersecurity emergency".
Tags: Web sites, Cybersecurity, U.S. Senate, computer, aide, White House, Electronic Frontier Foundation, network, Internet, president
Is Tamiflu 'better' than Relenza?
Blogs I can find no clinical evidence that Roche's Tamiflu is more effective than GlaxoSmithKline's less-prescribed Relenza ag...
Yahoo reportedly near decision on new CEO
News The search pioneer is close to wrapping up its search for a new chief executive according to a Wall Street Journal report, and a decision could come as early as this week.
Tags: Web sites, Search, Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Corp., Autodesk Inc., Yahoo! Inc., software company, CEO, News.com, Jerry Yang
Sources: Yahoo's Decker a strong contender for CEO
News Sue Decker, the president of the embattled Internet search pioneer, has been through two rounds of interviews with the board, sources say.
Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Microsoft Corp., Autodesk Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Recruiting, CEO, job, Jerry Yang, industry
HK residents fret most about security
News Hong Kong respondents are the most concerned about personal and financial information being leaked, according to the latest Unisys Security Index.
Tags: Data security, Network security, Security Management, Biometrics, Security, Survey, Hong Kong, financial security, Malaysia, debit card
Poll: More APAC firms looking green
News update Some 97 percent of Asia-Pacific companies are assessing their green efforts, with budgets for environmentally friendly initiatives rising among these firms.
Tags: Security, Survey, Asia-Pacific, Japan, phone, Hardware, Symantec Corp., security company, software-as-a-service, strategy
