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Sprint Employees Get Chatty Over Palm Pre, Get Fired
Even though the Palm Pre has been publicly announced, Palm and Sprint are guarding certain details about the device closely. In response, one Sprint employee launched a blog spilling some information about the device. Does he share anything noteworthy?
Bob Evans
HP Looking To Buy Fidelity India IT Unit Over IBM, Infosys
Hewlett-Packard's recently acquired EDS services unit is close to buying Fidelity's India-based IT operations for $150 million plus a long-term outsourcing deal from Fidelity, the world's biggest mutual-fund company. IBM had the inside track earlier this year, and Infosys, which has 3,000 people on the Fidelity account, could lose one of its largest clients.
Michael Hickins
How To Make Money Selling iPhone Apps
Developers hoping to cash in on the enormous popularity of the iPhone have to hold their collective breaths every time they submit an app to Apple, hoping it will not get rejected for some unknown reason.
George Hulme
When It Comes To Getting Hacked, Organizations Fatalistic
According to a British Telecom survey, to be released later this week, 94 percent of the 200 IT professionals surveyed from around the globe expect to suffer a breach.
Randy George
A Data Loss Lesson Learned The Hard Way
I experienced what felt like a death in the family recently when my own laptop was stolen right from my office, along with all of my work, personal financial data, and most importantly to me, family photos. Being a security analyst, I felt a sense of complicity for not being better prepared for this eventuality. Don't let what happened to me happen to you. You can fight back, and on the cheap...read on.
Nicole Ferraro
Google Puts the Brakes on Saving the World
Google delays revealing the winner of 'Project 10 to the 100th' indefinitely, due to an overwhelming number of submissions from budding philanthropists
Gaston Hillar
Measuring Parallelism: How Much Power Are You Wasting?
Management professionals love metrics. However, they don't like the idea to optimize applications that are currently running. Thus, what about showing them some metrics about the power that they are wasting using a free tool?
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Clearly, the rules of social networking engagement are still evolving. Either these tools are shedding light on business issues, or they're just a distraction.
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A broader move from regional to global IT teams lets the company remain responsive to regional market needs while gaining the benefits of its global scale.
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