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State ethics exam: University types are too fast

State ethics exam: University types are too fastEven WorseGilbert Jimenez, the state deputy inspector general for investigations, incorrectly intimated to the Chicago Tribune on (1/4/07) that the people taking the test were full-timers with all the time in the world to slowly go through the material.The truth is everyone had...

Tags: business ethics, tribune co., ethics, state ethic

Discussion threads 2007-02-06

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The shine is off another apple

Techies to Apple: You treat us like indentured servants.In a lawsuit filed Monday that the plaintiff hopes to turn into class-action that could include all staff at retail stores, an Apple employee alleges that the company denied technical staffers overtime pay and other compensations required by state law. The network...

Tags: job, overtime, apple inc., recruitment & selection, human resources, workforce management, deb perelman

Blog posts 2008-08-07

Global solid state drive market to grow at a 70% CAGR

The worldwide solid state drive SSD market is for real and generated nearly $400 mln in revenues in 2007. SSD revenue will increase at a 70% compound annual growth rate CAGR from 2007-2012 and unit shipments at a slightly faster rate of 76%, IDC predicts, according to IDC. by NB

Tags: revenue, solid state disk, compound annual growth rate, nb

Blog posts 2008-08-07

Global solid state drive market to grow at a 70% CAGR

The worldwide solid state drive SSD market is for real and generated nearly $400 mln in revenues in 2007. SSD revenue will increase at a 70% compound annual growth rate CAGR from 2007-2012 and unit shipments at a slightly faster rate of 76%, IDC predicts, according to IDC. by NB

Tags: revenue, solid state disk, compound annual growth rate, nb

Blog posts 2008-08-07

Talking Firefox security with Mozilla's Window Snyder

LAS VEGAS -- Mozilla security chief Window Snyder wants to open-source much more than the Firefox browser. During a sit-down chat at the Black Hat security conference here, Snyder announced plans to launch three new initiatives around threat modeling, training and vulnerability metrics that push the envelope...

Tags: mozilla firefox, window, training, web browser, mozilla corp., window snyder, web browsers, security, internet, ryan naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-06

The social media corporate identity crisis

The recent "hijacking" of the ExxonMobil brand for Twitter use made a whoosh as the news traveled around the socialsphere. It also brought into view a lot of questions around brand validity and responsibility in terms of social networking. Joel Postman, principal of Socialized, authored this guest piece on the...

Tags: brand, social media, twitter, joel postman, popeyes chicken, q., branding, social networking, marketing, online communications, advertising & promotion, jennifer leggio

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Oracle: Gimme an L. Gimme an I. Gimme an N-U-X

Enterprise software giant Oracle is at LinuxWorld this week, positioning itself as head cheerleader for widespread adoption in the Enterprise. In addition to a keynote speech that discussed Oracle's position around Linux, as well as details of its own deployment, there were two announcements issued today. The...

Tags: data center, oracle corp., linux, data centers, unix, operating systems, open source, software, storage, hardware, data management, sam diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Consumer Reports urges Mac users to dump Safari, cites lack of phishing protection

The 2008 edition of Consumer Reports' "State of the Net" report, advises that a common security mistake is "thinking your Mac shields you from all risks", and that due to Safari's lack of built-in phishing protection Mac users are urged to switch to Firefox or Opera : "According to...

Tags: apple macintosh, apple safari, consumer reports, phishing protection, phishing, cyberthreats, spam, viruses and worms, security, spam and phishing, dancho danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Today's assignment : Coding an undetectable malware

Today's dynamic Internet threatscape is changing so rapidly, that the innovations and creativity applied by malware authors can easily render an information security course's curricular on malware outdated pretty fast, or worse, provide the students with a false feeling of situational awareness about today's malware that's driving the entire cybercrime...

Tags: malware, antivirus software, virus, cyberthreats, spyware, adware & malware, viruses and worms, security, dancho danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Will the $12 computer pwn the $100 laptop?

Will the $12 computer pwn the $100 laptop?Will it pwn the XO? No, and here's why...the XO and what MIT is cooking up here serve two totally different purposes and audiences. The XO is for teaching children how to collaborate, create content, and learn with a computer. MIT's proposal will...

Tags: productivity, laptop computer, cherrypal c100, computer, $100 laptop

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

I Am Rich is the most expensive iPhone app

I Am Rich is the most expensive iPhone appWell, the perfect icon would bea picture of Bill Gates, but it would look a little out of place on an Apple product :)How about the "I am really rich icon"Its the exact same thing except...you don't even use an iPhone to...

Tags: apple iphone, expensive iphone app, iphone app

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Indictments in huge hacking & theft case

Indictments in huge hacking & theft caseNo sympathy on my partThere's something terribly ironic that hackers "concealed the data in encrypted computer servers that they controlled in Eastern Europe and the United States." I thought information was suppose to be free...I'm not interested in hearing about good hackers and...

Tags: security, wi-fi, retail, hacker, hacking, huge hacking, wireless, manifesto, theft case

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Copying pasting blogging = trouble

Copying pasting blogging = troubleAgreeI agree... Too many people talking about the same thing.RE: Copying pasting blogging = troubleIt drives me nuts. The amounts of comments pinged back to my blog are purely regurgitated, as if it's been automatically picked. It's just...

Tags: blog, blogging, cut-and-paste

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Apple: Shut down MobileMe immediately

Apple: Shut down MobileMe immediatelyWhat about .Mac?I'd have been happy with them waiting to release it until it was perfect, but in it's current state it's exactly like .Mac with a flashier interface. I don't see how it's really a detriment to keep it going. MobileMe's sync actually...

Tags: recruitment & selection, mme, apple inc., shut-down mobileme, mobileme, shut-down, job, apple macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Cerf's call for simple pricing: Net Neutrality all over again

Cerf's call for simple pricing: Net Neutrality all over againCerf's call for simple pricing: Net Neutrality all over again[i]Rather than a volume cap, I suggest the introduction of transmission rate caps, which would allow users to purchase access to the Internet at a given minimum data rate and be free...

Tags: pricing, telecommunications, networking, net neutrality, vint cerf, simple pricing, pricing strategy, internet, cerf, network

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Should colleges really teach hacking?

Should colleges really teach hacking?Bartending SchoolIn the mid-70's I took one of those vocational courses you see advertised on late-night TV: "Learn to be a Bartender in One Week". Although I never used it (I went at night, which takes 2 weeks and over the weekend I got my...

Tags: food & beverage, security, cyberthreats, tools & techniques, beverage, hacking, chemistry

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

On eve of Olympics, Internet companies agree to code of conduct

Internet companies have reached agreement on a voluntary code of conduct for doing business in China and other repressive countries, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced yesterday. "I commend Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft, and other participants for agreeing on the principles of an internet freedom code of conduct,"...

Tags: google inc., censorship, yahoo! inc., agreement, code of conduct, internet, policies and procedures, human resources, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Should colleges really teach hacking?

Newsweek featured an interesting article Saturday about a professor at Sonoma State University who actively teaches his students to create malware and otherwise do the nasty things online that cost companies billions of dollars every year. According to the Newsweek piece, [Professor George]...

Tags: newsweek, student, ledin, cyberthreats, productivity, security, viruses and worms, hacking, christopher dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Best practices for e-archiving

Best practices for e-archivingindex and accessYou will need a way to index/group all those files and some way to ensure/prohibit access according to your privacy statement at the school.I prefer PDF but you will need to store the application and probably a computer also so you can access the files...

Tags: content management, managerial accounting, workforce management, groupware, best practice, training, document management

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Best practices for e-archiving

Our guidance department has long been crammed into a small space that made it difficult to meet with students, help kids with college searches or scholarship applications, and otherwise, well, guide. Fortunately, this summer the district was able to set aside some money to blow out a wall and...

Tags: storage, best practice, xml, software/web development, web development, christopher dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-05