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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

BBC tech staff to strike over outsourcing

BBC tech staff to strike over outsourcingHow do I send a check to help support the union?Glad to send a check along if someone knows where to send it.My, aren't we all PC"The union asked Siemens to guarantee that no BBC technology employees would be made redundant within three years,...

Tags: Google Inc., British Broadcasting Corp., outsourcing, tech staff

Discussion threads 2004-07-12

Additional Resources

Sonnet Aria extreme n PCI - network adapter

A 802.11n pci card that wont do n.PROS : It doesn't hurt small furry animals.CONS: It wont do 802.11n , the software sucks, doesn't show up in the airport icon , needs pci software even to work in G mode which is the only mode it will work in. It...

Tags: NETWORKING, network adapter, adapter, PCI, IEEE 802.11n, card, network

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Cray's Jaguar tops IBM's Roadrunner for fastest supercomputer

I think.....they yanked the quad cores and put in six core CPUs. The real question is: What happened to all those quads?Yes....It plays Crysis90% Linux, where all the Windose Fanbois now!Doh! Bunch of Homers.Yes, but can it play Crysis ;)?I wanna play Crysis, I think I'll need at least...

Tags: Linux, IBM Corp., Cray Inc., supercomputer, Crysis

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Active Directory User Editor 1.0 (Windows)

Ever wanted to delegate editing of User content to HR or Admin staff, instead of letting employee user data being managed by expensive IT-Staff? With Active Directory User Editor, End users can edit user content without getting in touch with sensitive profile data. Using Active Directory User Editor, you...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-08

An unusual day, part 2 (or "My lease is up! Now what?")

Smart Boards...Are Smart Boards such a great idea? Those projectors are all good and nice but there are other ways to achieve the same thing...The Interactive whiteboard is a compelling technology for teachers, it closely mimics what they're already used to. But there are weaknesses. Firstly using a whiteboard is...

Tags: Projectors, Tablets, Notebooks, projector, unusual day

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Are the Microsoft layoffs over now?

I hope soI hate seeing "SoandSo killing X amount of jobs" in the news =/Ballmer should be the first to get laid offHis reklessness to ignore the FOSS and cling to the proprietary model drove M$ into the ground.Q1 revenues of $13Bn generating $3.5Bn in net profit ...... would tend...

Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, accounting, Creative accounting, Microsoft Corp., layoff

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

CNET launches social news river

When I worked at ZDNet as a tech producer, the term "river" meant "flood of new content". I guess CNET uses the same terminology. CNET River is a new perspective on their content. It includes blog posts, videos, photo galleries, and Twitter updates from the staff: ...

Tags: CBS Interactive Inc., Blog, CNET River, Blogging, Corporate Communications, Internet, Marketing, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-29

What's the key to Apple's success?

One word: QUALITYA concept absent from WindowslandTDSo sad to see how Apple destroyed the word "innovation"Apple has never, ever, done anything innovative. By applying the term to blatant rebadging of 5 year old technology, you devalue the meaning of the word and insult those who actually [b]do[/b] innovate. For shame.Oh,...

Tags: Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

So about this SIF thing

Difficulties in implementationLong before I retired from being a computer coordinator for our district, SIF was in the news.The reality for my district was changing Student Information Management software three times in 10 years (and a fourth since '06 when I retired). In each case, the transfer of data from...

Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, SIF

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

How did IT fall so far behind the tech curve?

Okay, butThey also go out and buy their own servers with some hidden budget line, then try to foist maintenance off on the CIO. And then we try to integrate the data - and the data isn't theirs, it's critical to the health, even survival, of the enterprise.Yes, we...

Tags: Strategy, Virtualization, cloud computing, Regulatory compliance, Marketing Guy, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Netbook or a cheap Compaq for students?

Re: Netbook or cheap CompaqThe problem I see at least in my organization it is never 1:1. Sometimes I wish we could get away with a netbook or using some of our older desktop hardware for lighter 1:1 usage. We bought a small cart of Netbooks...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Compaq Computer Corp., netbook

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

Getting your teachers started with 1:1

Tech geeks believe the answer is always more tech.Sort of like when the only tool you own is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Here is my point, tech has been increasing in the schools for a couple decades, during that same time SAT and ACT scores have...

Tags: cloud computing, Google Apps, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

The Windows 7 judge and jury: Your mom

Win 7 and the below average userI have quite a change up ahead with my co workers. We are a small financial institution and run XP currently. I am sure some of my co workers have vista at home however they have no idea what they are doing if a...

Tags: Gender and diversity, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, women, Microsoft Windows Vista, Win7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Two Perspectives of the HR Technology show

Some positive surprises - strong attendance Last week, Dr. Katherine Jones and I attended the HR Technology show. Katherine is one the best known HR analysts out there and covered the space for Aberdeen Group for a number of years. Together, we sat down with 21...

Tags: Human Resources Inc., Katherine, Herewith, HR Tech, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Weak passwords dominate statistics for Hotmail's phishing scheme leak

Weak Passwords suckUntil about 4 years ago my organization had no restrictions on passwords. Our students got their birthdays or their phone numbers as passwords and our staff could choose whatever they wanted. Most common staff password was 1234. Well after years of security breaches and administration...

Tags: MSN Hotmail, phishing, password, weak password

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Does social media reward whining?

The worm is turningIt's taken a while, but it's clear the social media world is waking up to the fact that companies using Twitter as a back-door customer service channel staffed by PR personnel isn't a sustainable practice.I think it's great that PR people I am one are using social...

Tags: Public relations, Twitter Inc., social media

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

News to know: Intel's IDF; Google; Microsoft; Yahoo

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Critical iTunes flaw exposes Mac, Windows to hacker attacks Sam Diaz: Otellini at...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Cloud Computing, Data Centers, E-mail Providers, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Corporate Communications, Linux, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-23

It's flu season: connect and optimize your workers

More than technology to truly enable remote workingThis blog brings up a big point when discussing telecommuting: the technology must be able to handle the bandwidth when it becomes the norm. But that is solved by applying some well known technologies. It is a technical shift in where the bandwidth...

Tags: Development tools, worker

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Can Microsoft duplicate the "Apple Store" experience?

I hope they do much better than Apple Store..My two experiences with Apple Stores both sucked, so I hope they do a lot better than Apple stores.Duplicate? I hope not....I think they need to focus on creating their own in-store experience. My experience limited, but good.I went in the other...

Tags: Public relations, Insurance, Apple Store, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Zune

Discussion threads 2009-09-22