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Asia sees jump in hiring expectations
News Companies in most sectors optimistic about new hires, as HR priorities--especially in IT and telecoms--focus on developing and retaining talent, finds new report.
Tags: Recruiting, Employee communications, IT training, Survey, IT&T, Information Technology, job, Asia, Telecommunications, Hong Kong
Asia's search hits record high in September
News Search queries in region clocks 38.6 billion last month, compared to 33 billion last year, with Google leading way as preferred search site, study shows.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., search engine, Search, Web sites, Asia-Pacific, Australia, South Korea
PlayStation Go digital, but not all to follow
News Digital downloads can help "lock out" content pirates, but games companies say they will not shift business model solely to online platform.
Tags: Game players, Games, Gamer, software, Microsoft Xbox Live, Sony Playstation, Sony PlayStation Portable, Singapore, Microsoft Xbox, entertainment
Have we started to turn the corner?
Blogs I'm back from some surgery--something we'll all be pleased to outsource to experts! Making predictions is very risky,...
End of an era for Office 2000
News Support for Office 2000 expired Tuesday, 10 years after Steve Ballmer announced a Web-based version of the productivity suite.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Office suites, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, productivity suite, software-as-a-service, online application, Web, Microsoft Office, Office suites
Twitter on the blink again, no word on cause
News Following two outages, the microblogging site appears to be undergoing another technical hiccup--feeds have stopped updating.
Tags: Web 2.0, Twitter, Site, RFC, denial of service, Web 2.0
Closing chapter of Google Books saga near
News Monday's deadline to submit a revised settlement could mark the beginning of the end for the Google Books legal process, after a year of rancorous debate.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web services, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Web 2.0, U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, New York, copyright law
Accounting rule change approved by FASB
News Change allows companies like Apple to recognize revenue much faster.
Tags: Business structures, Apple Inc., TV, Sales, Apple TV, financial, Apple iPhone, agreement, accounting, Business structures
Monitoring staff e-mail and Internet: Dos and don'ts
News Should you be keeping an eye on the inboxes of your workers or not? Here are dos and don'ts for monitoring staff e-mail and Internet usage.
Tags: E-mail servers, E-mail clients, Security implementation/standards, Web sites, IT Governance, Communications, Staff E-mail, Malware, compliance, e-mail
Linux buoys up Novell earnings
News Novell's third-quarter financial results show its Linux business up, while its enterprise applications are sinking.
Tags: Business applications, Linux, Open source, Novell Inc., compliance, Earnings, Linux system, access management, data center, Intel x86
Intel-Dell dealings under fire
News Pressure on Dell, as outlined in Cuomo's lawsuit, provides fresh insight into the marketing payments that regulators say left PC makers beholden to Intel.
Tags: Processors, Personal Computers, Complaint, Intel Corp., Cuomo, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Computer, CEO, Personal Computers, PC Company
UK online banking fraud rockets as fraudsters get smarter
News As Internet banking fraud jumps 55 percent in the first half of 2009, banking industry body warns that cybercriminals are "never going to shut up shop".
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Data security, PC security, Phishing, Security, U.K., bank, One Security Inc., Authentication and encryption, MasterCard International
Orange, T-Mobile merge to create UK's largest carrier
News Decreasing revenue and heavy competition trigger U.K.'s biggest mobile merger, which will give the new joint venture lead position in United Kingdom with more than 28 million customers.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Carrier, Britain, 3G Network, T-Mobile
Facebook acknowledges access problems
News Some members of the social network claim to have been unable to access their accounts for several days now; it's a database problem, Facebook says.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Database management, Databases, Facebook, Database, CBS Interactive Inc., Web 2.0, Web sites, e-mail
Bing claims 8 percent rise in users during June
News Microsoft's relaunched search engine attracted 8 percent more unique users in June, according to the company's data.
Tags: Search, Search Engine, Wireless, Hitwise, communications company, wireless communication, Search
