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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
Park right expertise to stay e-legal
News Firms need to pull expert resources into dedicated team to comply with digital forensics requests, says consultant, who outlines common pitfalls they should avoid.
Tags: Data Management, Legal, IT project management, IT Governance, E-discovery, Asia, Backup, IT Manager, Singapore, QA
Hong Kong to launch new IT certification
News The territory's IT credentialing body is expected to introduce three new entry to mid-level professional qualifications Tuesday.
Tags: Certification, Professional Development, Certification, Hong Kong, Information Security, QA, job, hiring, information technology, consultant
Ubuntu creator wants to squash 'upstream' bugs
News Mark Shuttleworth has called for Ubuntu developers to accept responsibility for all flaws in the OS's code, including those in 'upstream' source code.
Tags: Open source, Operating systems, Software, OpenOffice, GNOME, Ubuntu, operating system, QA, Mark Shuttleworth, blog
A melamine look at sticking with strict liability
Blogs Amid the tainted melamine milk product scandal in China, fingers are pointing in all directions and soon the knives will...
Ensure IT project approval with this quality plan template
Techguide Many IT projects fall short of client expectations because the project manager did not think ahead about how to manage quality on the project.
Tags: Quality, IT project management, Project management, Tool, project manager, QA, information technology, quality control, Project management, IT project management
Mozilla testing near-final Firefox 3.5
News Release Candidate 1 for Firefox 3.5 still could be weeks away, though a widespread testing day to debug the updated browser was held on May 29.
Tags: Browser, Web browsers, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Web Application, Mozilla Firefox, QA, Apple Safari, JavaScript, CNET Networks Inc.
VMware apologizes for licensing bug
News CEO Paul Maritz has apologized for a coding mistake which led to the latest version of VMware's hypervisors not being able to power on again after being switched off.
Tags: Virtualization, Business applications, Software, Virtual Machine, VMware Inc., Hypervisor, QA, CEO, blog, Virtualization
SAP reveals SaaS makeover
News Feature Pack 2.0, which enhances integration of CRM tools with processes such as automated billing and project profitability, aims to add lustre to Business ByDesign.
Tags: Business applications, SAP AG, Tool, business software, payment, QA, decision-making, billing, software-as-a-service
Organized e-crime targets students for recruitment
News Criminals moving from more traditional to online crime are recruiting from universities and security conferences, according to police and security sources.
Tags: Security, Recruitment, Recruiting, Information Security, Computer, AstraZeneca Plc., QA, hacking, computer security, China
Master data management set to thrive in downturn
News Gartner says the market for software that creates a master, or single view, of data will grow by almost 25 percent this year.
Tags: Data Management, Analyst reports, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Master Data Management, File System, Gartner Inc., compliance, QA, software, asset
Report: Sony laptops can't use Windows 7 XP mode
News Sony intends to enable Intel's Virtual Technology, which supports Windows 7's "XP mode", only on select Sony Vaio models in future, says U.K. newspaper.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Microsoft Windows, Processors, Intel Corp., Virtualization, Microsoft Windows 7, Intel Core 2 Duo, Sony Vaio, Microsoft Windows XP, Laptop Computer
Use this outline when creating a Project Management methodology
Insight Don't waste your time and resources putting together a massive methodology template that no one will ever read. Here are some tips for creating a meaningful methodology.
How to define the changing environment
Techguide One of the most important decisions you face as an IT leader is how best to define the environments in which your developers will work.
Use processes to create measurable results
Insight Process is not necessarily a bad word. By helping his client come up with more and more progressive measurements, this consultant enabled them to control change in their environment.
