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Signature makes cards 'less secure'
News Signature-based cards less secure and targeted to be phased out, says analyst, with countries like Australia, U.K. and France, already opting for safer alternatives.
Tags: Security, Authentication and encryption, Authentication and encryption, Chip, Fraud, Singapore, Card, Australia, personal identification number, e-mail
Filipinos turn to Web for typhoon help
News Philippine online community rides on blogs and social networking sites in bid to galvanize relief efforts and assistance for victims of Typhoon Kestana.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Philippines, Powerline, social networking, Facebook, food, Internet, blog, Joel D. Pinaroc
Global drug firm opens M'sian IT center
News GlaxoSmithKline sets up US$17.7 million tech center in Malaysia, its first in Asia, to support company's global operations and networks across 85 countries.
Tags: Services, Data centers, Outsourcing, GlaxoSmithKline Plc., U.K., Information Technology, revenue, GSK, Pharmaceutical Company, Manufacturing
Long contracts more popular than wads of cash
News Contract length is top of contractors' priorities, with 20 percent of survey respondents saying it is the current most important factor for them, new survey finds.
Tags: Outsourcing, IT outsourcing, Priority, Survey, IT Contractor, London, Silicon.com, job, managing director, information technology
Doing more with less: UK CIOs disclose their plans
News When asked what their top business or strategic issue is this year, cost cutting was the subject mentioned most often by U.K. IT chiefs.
Tags: IT budgeting, Priority, Virtualization, Information Security, Microsoft Windows 7, Steve Ranger, CIO, WAN, Silicon.com, business development
Alterna-browsers Firefox, Chrome get quick fixes
News Just eight days after a previous update, Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5 introduces fast fixes for three bugs, one of which was critical. Google Chrome has also been updated for security and stability.
Tags: Web browsers, Browser, Google Inc., Security, Browser, Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5, Copy Image Feature, Web Browser, Web browsers, Apple Macintosh
Chinese domain names coming soon to S'pore
News Registration for .sg domain names based on Chinese characters to be accepted from Nov. 23, according to Singapore's national registrar.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Regulations, domain name registration, SGNIC, Domain Name, Web sites, Singapore, Japan, intellectual property
Microsoft fixing Bing bug that aided spammers
News Company works to fix a bug, discovered earlier this week by Webroot researchers, that let spammers piggyback onto Bing redirects and get through spam filters.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Search, MySpace, RSS, Security, Web Page, Microsoft Corp., Spam, Spammer
Red Hat takes JBoss further into the cloud
News Launch of JBoss' latest enterprise application platform advances both Red Hat's cloud strategy and its commitment to Java.
Tags: Cloud computing, Linux, Java, Red Hat Inc., JBoss, Sun Microsystems Inc., Consulting, Cloud computing, CEO, programming model
Google unleashes biggest ever Apps rollout for 35,000 users
News IT overhaul signals advent of cloud-based collaboration for one U.K. company.
Tags: Applications and tools, Business applications, Security applications/tools, Open Source, Google Inc., Rentokil Initial Plc., Information Technology, Taylor Woodrow Plc., Business applications, Video
Understanding the big picture sometimes means scaling back
Techguide Easy come, easy go. After winning approval for a new position, Benny Sisko is almost immediately asked to give it up. Believe it or not, the reasoning made sense.
Tags: Leadership techniques, Business Strategies & Functions, Position, Information Technology, revenue, job, Human Resources Inc., Business Strategies & Functions, Consulting, CIO
Businesses overlooking biggest security risks
News Companies are looking in the wrong places to defend against online attacks, according to security training organization Sans.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Spam and phishing, Security, Phishing, Training, Vulnerability, Attack, Web Application, Programming
How green credentials are shaping IT contracts
Insight perspective Green IT is not just a buzzword--sustainability is finding its way into contracts throughout the IT industry, says legal expert.
Tags: Green IT, ISO 14000, Green IT, Information Technology, Branding, Supplier, ISO 14001, Environment, public sector, sustainability
Singapore firm offers street-level maps, too
News Local mapping startup Gothere.sg, provides street-level images covering 70 percent of country; intends to integrate these with Google's Street View service.
Tags: Privacy, Web sites, Web services, Singapore, photograph, API, search engine company, camera, Pittsburgh, team
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
