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Bug testers: Google is clean, Bing is buggy
News Recent contest to probe search engines for bugs found technical issues with Microsoft's Bing but gave it and Google high marks for experience delivered.
Tags: Search, GUI, Bug, Survey, QA, outsource, accounting, Search
Bringing back Mickey Mouse's dark side
Insight newsmaker Well-known video game designer will get chance to show the world mischievous side of cartoon icon in Disney's Epic Mickey, a game for the Wii to be released next fall.
Tags: Digital media, Games, Character, Mickey Mouse, Spector, Video Game, CBS Interactive Inc., Animation, EPIC, 3D
Author: Don't stick Gen Y in cubicle
News Consultant Don Tapscott talks about how digital generation thinks, its impacts on modern corporations and how it should be managed in the workforce.
Tags: Leadership techniques, Digital media, Generation Y, TV, Workforce, Digital media, social networking, Facebook, job, U.S.
OLPC faces 'vicious' rivalry in laptop market
News news analysis One Laptop Per Child exec David Cavallo says the organization welcomes new entrants to the low-cost laptop market, but describes the response of some competitors as "unfortunate".
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Kid, One Laptop Per Child Project, Education, developing country, Silicon.com, Laptop Computer, career, laptop company, network
Is censorship the answer?
Blogs Mention the "c" word in Malaysia these days and all hell breaks loose. Censorship is indeed a highly charged word today,...
Credit cards trapped in archaic security era
Blogs Some years back, after finishing a meal and calling for the bill, I handed my credit card to the waiter who returned soo...
PayPal targets students, parents with debit cards
News New program lets parents keep track of their kids' expenses and act as the bank by funneling money into a monitored debit account.
Tags: Web sites, E-commerce, ATM, PayPal, MasterCard International, VP, debit card, bank, U.S., credit card
Augmented reality augurs the future of toys
News With its i-Tag toy tie-ins to James Cameron's "Avatar" movie, Mattel is just scratching the surface of what's possible.
Tags: Software, Consumer Technology, Game players, Home entertainment, Computer Screen, computer, Software, Webcam, digital image, computer graphics
Keeping the faith in Silicon Valley
News Spirits are high and ideas are flowing in the cubicles of one startup incubator, Plug and Play Tech Center.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Venture capital, PayPal, Start-up, Palo Alto, Real Estate, Recruiting, Investor, Facebook, recession
Researchers seek funds to study cell phone safety
News Scientists have long debated whether cell phones pose health risk and are now looking for money to fund research to help resolve issue.
Tags: Cellular phones, Children, public health, Wireless, radio frequency, researcher, health care, agency, radio, Cellular phones
OLPC slashes workforce in half, cuts salaries
News Founder of the project tasked with giving laptops to children in developing nations, blames tough economic times for restructuring.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Best strategies, Budgeting/cost control, Funding, Workforce, One Laptop Per Child Project, operating system, Salary, developing country, Microsoft Windows XP
Suddenly, infrastructure is cool again
News commentary Cloud computing would have happened anyway. But the recession has given IT a more pressing reason to consider making the switchover.
Tags: Innovation, Network infrastructure, Service level management, Web 2.0, Virtualization, Hardware, Computing, Storage, Cloud Computing, Jeff Bezos
Tech that combats employee fraud
News Companies can cut down on worker malfeasance by using tools that monitor Web use and computer keystrokes, but they can't catch every would-be crook.
Tags: Employee, Fraud, computer, SpectorSoft, layoff, BasePoint, IMV Projects, Worker, software, network
Windows Vista RC1 (build 5564)
Product Reviews Windows Vista RC1 (build 5564)
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live, User Account Control, Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Windows Vista, Password, operating system, Windows Vista RC1, Individual Password-protected Account, Windows Photo Gallery
Disaster recovery worst practices: Don't perform backups on a regular schedule
Techguide Consultant Peter Herbener compiles a series of disaster recovery worst practices based on his experience. The No.1 mistake is not backing up on a regular schedule.
Tags: Storage, Data backup, disaster recovery, Disaster recovery, Storage software
