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As Crucial as Coffee: Web Surfing at Work
A new study of Web surfing behaviors at work finds that on any given day, an employee might check out porn, fall for a phishing scam or drain bandwidth while streaming a music video on company time. Nevertheless, 50 percent of office workers would rather give up their morning coffee than their Web surfing, finds…
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Sun Inches Toward Eclipse
SAN FRANCISCO—Sun Microsystems and the Eclipse Foundation are actively working together after years of competition and grudging respect for each other’s efforts. In an interview May 17 at the JavaOne conference here, Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation, said Eclipse has recognized its first committer to an Eclipse project from Sun. “As of…
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SAP Announces Venture Capital Fund Around NetWeaver
ORLANDO, Fla.—SAP AG announced at its annual Sapphire user conference a $125 million venture capital fund for expanding development around its NetWeaver platform. The SAP NetWeaver Fund is geared toward ISVs that are or will be “Powered by NetWeaver” partners actively developing on SAP’s platform. The NetWeaver Fund is, interestingly, also aimed at helping SAP…
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Apple Unveils MacBook
Apple Computer’s MacBook is back in black. The Cupertino, Calif., computer maker launched the MacBook, a widely expected replacement for its iBook G4 portable computer and a lower-priced companion to its MacBook Pro, on May 16. The MacBook, which appears to take design cues from Apple’s iPod music player, is the latest Mac to adopt…
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Workers Want Lifestyle Benefits More than Cash
One in three workers want flex schedules as part of their overall compensation, finds the Hudson Employment Index’s Transforming Pay Plans 2006 Compensation and Benefits report, released May 17. “[Workers] are placing much greater value on less tangible, lifestyle-oriented benefits,” Peg Buchenroth, managing director of compensation and benefits for Toronto-based Hudson Highland Group said in…
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Nexaweb Tool Helps Developers Build Rich Internet Applications
SAN FRANCISCO—Nexaweb Technologies, provider of tools for building and deploying enterprise Rich Internet Applications, has released jRex 1.0, a server-agnostic, declarative XML user interface engine that generates enterprise Web applications running in any browser. Nexaweb announced the general availability of jRex 1.0 on May 16 at the JavaOne conference here. The jRex 1.0 engine enables…
