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EarthLink restructures, cuts 900 jobs

EarthLink restructures, cuts 900 jobsIt's no surprise...I was a loyal Earthlink subscriber from 2000 to 2005. Once they outsourced the tech. support to India and the Philippines, it was simply a matter of time before people would get frustrated and leave.That's certainly not to say anyone from those regions...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, DSL, Outsourcing, language barrier, signal quality, job, EarthLink Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-08-29

Will India price itself out of offshore market?

Will India price itself out of offshore market?Heaven forbid someone makes any money..It is bad enough we have outsourced domestic IT jobs offshore, but now that some of those we have outsourced to are doing well, we must look for even cheaper solutions. The US corporation is nothing more than...

Tags: Outsourcing, Benefits, Now IT, language barrier, Chinese People, offshoring, catastrophe

Discussion threads 2004-03-29

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Phishers introduce 'Chat-in-the-Middle' fraud tactic

Phishers don't just want to "bank with you", they also want to talk you into revealing the answers to your 'secret' questions, next to more sensitive information that would help them gain access to your online bank account. A new 'Chat-in-the-Middle' fraud tactic was recently discovered by...

Tags: Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-16

When will Microsoft admit the truth about software patents?

HERETIC !My patent is better than you patent!What a waste of resources!I couldn't agree with you more.Now for the sharks in the suits .... what are they to do if they have to keep their Lexus more than 6 months?Duh!I simply do not understand the warped reasoning that would make...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Intellectual property, Microsoft Corp., Protecting intellectual property, patent, software, Donald Knuth, Newton, software patent

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

Microsoft taking pre-orders for Zune HD media player; $219 for 16GB; Sept. 15

Ah-hahahahahahahaha!Stop it! You're killing me!!The Zune HD hardware is substantially more powerful than any Apple offeringhttp://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10308833-64.htmlanother floplack of Linux OS on it will doom this device like it doomed its predecessor.decent priceIt's a decent price for the HD and when Apple presumably ups capacities on the next round of iPod...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Media players, media player, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Zune, Zune HD

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

Shock Horror 'Social Media': Who Will Save/Train the Children?

An interesting US national poll from Common Sense Media asking 'is social networking changing childhood?' opens up some wider issues. Common sense media suggest their poll... ...illustrates a continuing disconnect between parents and kids when it comes to kids’ digital lives....

Tags: Facebook, Network, Social Media, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-08-11

(Hands-on with the Zune HD Web browser)

Nice Photoshop What? ntNTRE: (Hands-on with the Zune HD Web browser)This magnanimous device will transcend the iPod touch.Its advent will equal or perhaps surpass the supposed second coming of Isa. Apple zealots beware! When the zunephone comes into fruition. Microsoft will overcome! Zune HDLooks very nice, and has the...

Tags: Web browsers, Digital media, Digital music, Microsoft Zune, Web browser, Zune HD, Zune HD Web browser, Hands-On, Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

Web 2.5: Is it time we elected an Internet government?

As I watched the BBC News last night after getting in from London, I saw riots in China with death tolls surpassing those of the 1989 Tiananmen Square tragedy. Mobile phones have "stopped working" and Internet access is "limited" in the area, according to the news reports. ...

Tags: China, Web, Nation, Agreement, Internet, Channel Management, Government, Marketing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-07-07

Semantic Technology Conference kicks off with Keynotes from Open Calais and Siri

This year's Semantic Technology Conference got fully underway this morning, with Keynote presentations from Tom Tague of Thomson Reuters' Open Calais Initiative and Tom Gruber from Siri. Despite the wider economic situation, attendance for this fifth year of the event feels a little up on last year, and there's...

Tags: Web, Advertisement, Tool, Siri, Tom Tague, Tague, Enterprise Adoption, Virtual Personal Assistant, Virtual Personal Assistant Paradigm, Podcasts, Channel Management, Productivity, Internet, Marketing, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2009-06-16

A Real ROI from Twitter? The Start of Social Medical Networks

There may not be a big enough return on tweeting yet to report it to your CFO. But it won’t be long before there’s a clear, return on tweeting to report it to your doctor. Let’s say your daughter is suffering from autism, as is Sophie Nelson,...

Tags: Web, Zoho, Condition, Network, NetSuite Inc., ROI, Twitter, ChARMTracker, Development Platform, Storage, Social Networking, Channel Management, Databases, Hardware, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-05-22

Foxconn may have contract to manufacture Apple netbook

The Inquirer is reporting that none other than Foxconn Electronics may be manufacturing a netbook for Apple. According to the piece Digitimes and several Russian hardware sites are quoting Chinese-language site Commercial Times, which in turn is...

Tags: Apple Inc., Netbook, Inquirer, Foxconn Electronics, Details, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-04-20

Will Google Android wreck Ubuntu?

Will Google Android wreck Ubuntu?I think we're all forgetting something here...I'm a strong supporter and user of both Ubuntu on the desktop and server and Android on the smartphone (and hopefully down-market as well). But this whole idea surrounding Android on netbooks (which is an 'Ubuntu area' IMO) falls apart...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Ubuntu, Google Inc., netbook, Linux, Google Android

Discussion threads 2009-04-01

Inside BBC's Chimera botnet

Earlier this month, the controversial BBC purchase of a botnet and modifying the infected hosts in the name of "public interest" sparked a lot of debate on the pros and cons of their action. Condemned by certain security vendors, and naturally, at least from guerrilla PR perspective, applauded and encouraged...

Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Malware, Chimera Botnet, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-03-30

Panorama 5.5.2 (Mac)

Panorama is a powerful RAM based database for storing, organizing and analyzing information. Since 1988 Panorama has been in use all over the world for everything from custom accounting to medical research, from church directories to college track meets. Panorama's unique RAM based technology makes it the fastest and most...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Panorama, RAM, Provue Development, Memory, Storage, Databases, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-03-24

iPod, iPhone, iNet?

iPod, iPhone, iNet?Ah, another of Murph's False Facts.You said "and since 4.0 was basically just a VMS port to Intel" Hmm, no, NT 4.0 was an evolution of the previous NT code basis. Yes, Cutler came from DEC, and NT has VMS influences, but there was no re-write from 3.5...

Tags: Digital music, Linux, Digital media, Blogging, Microsoft Windows NT, Operating systems, Apple Products, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Stryon iNET

Discussion threads 2009-02-10

Would you 'Kumo' it?

Would you 'Kumo' it?RE: Would you 'Kumo' it?Kumo would definitely take some getting used to. First thought, it reminds me of Cujo (Stephen King's rabid dog)...not necessarily a great association. Kimono, closer to home for Japanese language, is a close second. But several million dollars in brand awareness could have...

Tags: Branding, SEARCH, Kumo, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-23

Apple aims to dismiss Psystar countersuit

Apple aims to dismiss Psystar countersuitTime will tell.....However knowing Apple I have my doubts about the suits success. Still if they do loose the case there is nothing stopping Apple from switching processors again. So far that tact hasn't hurt business any.Pagan jimTheftThis is an abstraction, you're going...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Operating systems, Processors, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-01

India's outsourcing bubble is bursting

India's outsourcing bubble is burstingIndia's outsourcing bubble is burstingProbably because outsourcing doesn't work.Long overdueIt's about time. It never should have gained traction in the first place. It makes me cringe everytime I hear out political leaders saying how "education" is how we must compete in the global economy....

Tags: outsourcing, outsource

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

Google's Top 10 Cloud Computing List

Dontcha just love Top 10 lists? At the Office 2.0 conference in San Francisco today, Matthew Glotzbach, who leads the Enterprise Products team at Google, offered a "Top 10 Things I Can Do in the Cloud That I Couldn't Do A Year Ago." No surprises that many of the tasks...

Tags: Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Mobile, E-mail, Productivity, Web Browsers, Advertising & Promotion, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Internet, Marketing, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-09-04

JavaScript 2.0: Why Give Programmers Crutches?

[Guest Comment from Shane Steinert-Threlkeld] A new spec on which JavaScript 2.0 will be based , should be finalized by the end of the fall. Yet most of the proposed changes do close to nothing to actually improve the language. A lot of...

Tags: JavaScript, Programmer, JavaScript 2.0, Shane Steinert-Threlkeld, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-08-29