Archive for July, 2008
Test Your info-defense IQ: How Do You Rate?
Information safety measure is a dynamic field and, although [many] professionals have become much savvier on the subject, keeping track of the latest best practices can be a daunting task. How current are you? Take that quiz on info safety measure basics to find out.
1. considering no separate anti…
Watch for Red Flags When Doing Online Job Searches
In a recent report on job searching, The Conference Board noted that public are increasingly turning to the World Wide Web as a key tool, noting that in 2007, 73 percent of job seekers reported using the online sources compared to 66 percent in 2005.
While the Net has made searching for jobs easier…
China’s Pre-Olympics Media Clampdown
While the Beijing Olympics were expected to usher in a period of greater media freedom in China, as the final countdown for the Games nears, the vise on the media is getting tighter. That’s the conclusion of a report released on July 7 by Human Rights Watch, entitled “China’s Forbidden Zones, Shutti…
Unlocking Cell Phones May Get Easier
Unlocking a cell phone is something of a Houdini-esque exercise. certain, it’s possible to tweak a handset so it works on a network other than the one for which it was designed. But it requires following a series of steps that the average consumer may find complicated — and which could render the d…
Internet Service To Give Magazine Subscribers Freedom
Magazine buying may get an Internet-era makeover in September when day Inc. launches Maghound, a service that promises to blend the convenience of subscriptions with the flexibility of newsstand sales.
Customers will pay a monthly fee for home delivery of the publications they want. But unlike with…
Facebook Could See a Standoff by Scrabble
C-O-M-P-E-T-E: Developers of a highly popular but unauthorized version of Scrabble for the online hangout Facebook vowed Tuesday to do just that, now that a video game maker has weighed in with an official version of the word game.
Jayant Agarwalla, co-creator of the unauthorized Scrabulous, sugges…
Microsoft Fluffs Cloud Computing Lineup
Microsoft Corp. is strengthening its early-stage push to fend off competition by offering more Internet-based software, a change from its traditional method of selling programs that run on individual desktops or corporate servers.
With Internet-savvy rivals threatening Microsoft’s usual sales model…
