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- Outsourcing on the brink of changes
- Outsourcing on the brink of changesForeign workers are difficult to deal withForeign workers tend to be very nice, not talk back, work long hours, etc.But the problem is, they are very nice, do not talk aback, and work long hours. But their English tends to be bad and their skills...
- Tags: admission, data security, outsourcing, foreign worker, worker, Foreign Workers
- Discussion threads 2005-05-12
- Labor group: Tech firms tops at courting foreign workers
- Labor group: Tech firms tops at courting foreign workersIt is simple, they want the best workers.And they want workers with certain qualifications. Foreign workers are often better qualified and they work harder. Love the competition, it is making our country greater. All of the best and the brightest working for...
- Tags: Workforce management, Strategy, Foreign Workers, Now IT, worker, tech staff, training
- Discussion threads 2005-01-26
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- Inside India's CAPTCHA solving economy
- No CAPTCHA can survive a human that's receiving financial incentives for solving it, and with an army of low-waged human CAPTCHA solvers officially in the business of "data processing" while earning a mere $2 for solving a thousand CAPTCHA's, I'm already starting to see evidence of consolidation between India's major...
- Tags: CAPTCHA, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Perot: Making Sure "Everybody Has Access To The Truth"
- Perot: Making Sure "Everybody Has Access To The Truth"that's anti American FUD!I wodn't lose any sleep over over these issues.Perot did not see the 3 easiest solutions.1.Just don't pay the debt and settle it for a few penies on the dollar.2.Print enough dollars to make the deficit smaller relative to...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Perot
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- MegaCrammer (msi)
- MegaCrammer is essential for the student who wants to get ahead. MegaCrammer allows users to create personalized tests to suit their specific needs. After easily entering the material into MegaCrammer, the program creates a unique test that automatically changes each time it is taken. MegaCrammer will grade the tests and...
- Tags: Test, KatzReview, MegaCrammer
- Software downloads 2008-08-28
- The enterprise: All fun and 'serious games'?
- Will video games becoming to an enterprise near you? Forrester Research seems to think so as companies cook up new ways to train employees--especially those so-called millennial. I can hear the laughter now. Video games? We're about serious business, you'll say. What's the ROI you'll ask? Video...
- Tags: Forrester Research Inc., Games, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Dems: Broadband policy crucial but so-far nonexistent
- John McCain can't get online without his wife's help, but the storyline is that doesn't matter because as former chair of the Commerce Committee, McCain is intimately familiar with tech policy issues. At panels at the Demo Convention today, Democrats assailed that argument, saying that, ""On McCain's...
- Tags: Broadband, John McCain, Government, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Tech giants may face dollar daze
- Tech giants may face dollar dazeMerchants of chaos strike againand they can't resist putting a negative spin on ANY news, even items that are contradictory. So, when the dollar declines, it's bad. When the dollar stops declining, it's bad.Journalists must be some amazingly depressive people to be around.The most important...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Tech Giants
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- MSD Organizer Portable (zip)
- MSD Organizer Portable is a personal and professional information manager to be installed in pen drives, with the following modules: calendar, contacts, alarms, tasks, cards, diary, property, budget, health and music. It is very easy to use and allows to personalize many features to fit your personal preferences. It allows...
- Tags: MSD Soft, Diary, Health Care, Information, MSD Organizer Portable, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
- Software downloads 2008-08-26
- Tech policy and presidential politics: Is it a vote getter?
- Tech policy and presidential politics: Is it a vote getter?Tech Policy should be highest priority.No one in congress or the presidential race has a clue about technology, which is the basis of our entire economy. And everyone wonders why we are falling behind in the world. Energy technology...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Fluorescent light, vote getter, presidential politic, getter, IS IT
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
- News to know: RIP enterprise data center; Red Hat breach; Google
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Dion Hinchcliffe: Are we ready to declare the "time of death" for the enterprise data center? Joe McKendrick: Is SOA an elixir or real fix for 'medieval'...
- Tags: Google Inc., Red Hat Inc., Palm Inc., Video, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Corporate Communications, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Open Source, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- Demanding users: good news for RIAs, bad for "tech pros"
- I've always taken two things as given. One, RIAs provide a far better experience for every day users and make them more productive. Two, that it was difficult to convince companies to spend money on that kind of prodictivitiy. That's why I was interested to read about the opinion of...
- Tags: Software, Rich Internet Application, Worker, Tools & Techniques, Management, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-08-23
- Virtual economies employ 400,000 people in 2008
- In 2008 the virtual game economy employs 400,000 people who earn an average of $145 per month, creating a global market worth about $500 mln, according to Professor Richard Heeks from the University of Manchester. 80% of virtual game workers are based in China. by AM
- Tags: Worker, Games, Personal Technology, AM
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- Virtual economies employ 400,000 people in 2008
- In 2008 the virtual game economy employs 400,000 people who earn an average of $145 per month, creating a global market worth about $500 mln, according to Professor Richard Heeks from the University of Manchester. 80% of virtual game workers are based in China. by AM
- Tags: Worker, Games, Personal Technology, AM
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- Worker suspended over loss of data on all English prisoners
- An employee at Home Office contractor PA Consulting has been suspended after the loss of a memory stick holding the unencrypted details of every prisoner in England and Wales. A staff member at PA Consulting Group has been suspended after the contractor lost details on all prisoners in England...
- Tags: Data Loss, Data, Worker, Spokesperson, Government Department, Government, Memory, Flash Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk, security, UK, memory stick, Home Office
- News items 2008-08-22
- 2012 Olympics: Give Us Webcams On the Wall
- The organizers of the Olympics really blew it this time. Not showing the unbelievable comeback of Michael Phelps in the 100-meter butterfly race, which he won by one-hundredth of a second, is evidence of cowardice. And a total lack of commercial savvy, in the digital age. Can...
- Tags: Olympic Games, Webcam, Video, Athlete, Camera, Wall, Sport, Corporate Communications, Games, Marketing, Personal Technology, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- Apple puts on back-to-school full court press
- Apple puts on back-to-school full court pressYaaa!More proliferation of the closed lip beast! Issues? What issues?RE: Apple puts on back-to-school full court pressDon't know where you get the idea that by giving out iPods..."universities can find some useful things for the devices, profs can't be that happy about...
- Tags: back-to-school, Apple Inc., iPODS
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- Compromise on the drinking age debate
- Compromise on the drinking age debateThe Land of Misfit toysA brief conpendium of former Rice people would have to include Howard Hughes, Carrie Bradshaw and Matt Wilson, all of whom left after their freshman year.Among our graduates are John Doerr, writers William Broyles and Bill Goyen, game designer Steve Jackson...
- Tags: Food & Beverage, drinking age, beverage
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- Intel unveils Nehalem 'turbo mode'
- At IDF, the chipmaker announced a power-control feature in its new micro architecture, claiming it is 'pretty compelling' for enterprises. Intel unveiled on Tuesday a new aspect of its upcoming microprocessor architecture, which promises better power management and efficiency. Speaking in the afternoon keynote on day...
- Tags: Data Center, Intel Corp., Nehalem EX, Data Centers, Processors, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Semiconductors, Components, Vivian Yeo ZDNet Asia, Intel, Intel Developer Forum, IDF, Pat Gelsinger, Nehalem, chips, servers
- News items 2008-08-20
- IDF Opening Keynote: Are you listening, Washington?
- IDF Opening Keynote: Are you listening, Washington?PURE BS!Look, I KNOW several people with advanced degrees in the sciences and math. Guess what? They have been laid off and replaced with offshoring and H1-B workers.Tech companies like Intel want to point the finger? Fine, hand them a mirror...We...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job, Barrett, education, IT IS
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
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