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Philippine school retails online learning
News CAL Philippines provides Web-based education via prepaid value cards, where students pay to access courses based on number of days.
Tags: IT training, Web sites, E-learning, Online Learning, Philippines, Training, Virginia Tech, training industry, University of Texas, U.S.
Special phone plans aren't for everyone
News Long distance telephone firms are engaged in a heated price war, with advertised rates dropping as low in some cases as 3 cents a minute. But these low rates can be deceiving, consumer advocates say.
Will B2G become the "next big thing?"
News First came B2C, then B2B. Now investors are bracing for the newest e-commerce niche: B2G, or business-to-government Web sites.
Texas University launches security tech incubator
News Institute for Cyber Security's incubator at University of Texas at San Antonio to initially help start-ups focused on protecting companies from Web application attacks and threats with using online mashups.
Tags: Security, Start-up, intrusion detection, venture capital, social networking, University of Texas, mashup, security technology, Washington D.C., Texas
US healthcare experts warn of IT adoption challenges
News Health care providers and other experts challenge U.S. President Barack Obama's assertion that implementing the use of electronic medical records will be easily implemented.
Tags: Business applications, Data Management, Data security, Security Management, healthcare reform, health industry, health care company, electronic health record, network, data management
Thieves nab 55,000 U.S. student records
News Online attackers stole information on more than 55,000 students and faculty from insecure database servers at the University of Texas at Austin, the school said on Wednesday.
Motorola sues AMD president over executive hire
News Advanced Micro Devices said it named former Motorola executive Robert Rivet as chief financial officer, and Motorola immediately sued AMD president Hector Ruiz for luring Rivet away.
FTC leads global crackdown on Net fraud
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Michael Dell logs US$199m in profits from options
News Dell Computer founder and chairman Michael Dell realized almost US$199 million in paper gains by exercising options during the company's fiscal 2001 when stock in the world's biggest personal-computer maker lost 35 percent of its value.
Dell's success in the details
News Outgoing CEO Michael Dell built a dorm room operation into one of the world's largest corporations by thinking small, concentrating on costs and customers with pragmatism.
Hackers steal ID info from Virginia university
News Virginia school says intruders stole personal data of thousands. Also: Tool could make Google hacking easier.
Tags: Hacking
Microsoft patch can cause IE trouble
News Latest security update for Internet Explorer can make the Web browser crash. Microsoft plans to release a revamped patch.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Viruses and worms, Authentication and encryption, Security Management, Security applications/tools, Security implementation/standards, windows alerts
Sun's super supercomputer to launch
News Sun looks to challenge IBM in rankings of world's top supercomputers with Constellation, which will get its coming-out party next week.
Tags: Supercomputing
Japan designers shoot for supercomputer on a chip
News The MDGrape 3 chip will calculate faster than most supercomputers in existence, its creators say.
Tags: Processors
Greenpeace: HP stands for 'harmful products'
News Demonstrating at HP headquarters, group calls for ban on brominated flame retardants.
Tags: Recycling
