Recent Articles
-
Editors Picks Culled by Google News Experiment
Google confirmed the program was one of 50 to 200 experiments the company regular runs on its Websites all over the world. Now Google, which threw its hat into the social media ring with Google Buzz, is toying with human curation on its normally algorithmically-generated Websites. Participating publications are not paying to place their links,…
-
Small Business Buying More Computer Hardware Online, Report Finds
A report from IT market research firm Access Markets International (AMI) Partners, Inc. found small businesses (firms with less than 100 employees) in the United States are increasingly relying on online channels to purchase computing hardware and packaged software solutions, a far cry from the days when retail stores and channel partners were overwhelmingly the…
-
Trend Micro Acquires Humyo for Online Storage Expansion
Trend Micro Inc, a specialist in Internet content security, announced an agreement to purchase online storage and data synchronization company Humyo, based in Leeds, UK. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Humyo offers automatic data synchronization of files to a secure online storage center across a business’ computers and Internet-connected devices. Their solution…
-
Bizarre, Yet Entertaining, Job Hunting Strategies
When it comes to looking for a job, the weirder the better? Wait—that doesn’t sound right, does it? According to a new CareerBuilder.com survey, it seems the days of buttoned-up ties and canned responses to age-old interview questions like “Where do you see yourself in five years” are gone. Instead, desperate job seekers are getting…
-
FCC Eyes Online Security Following Apple iPad ATT Breach, Google Street View Scandal
(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said it would step up scrutiny of online security and privacy issues following recent security breaches involving Apple Inc’s iPad and Google Inc’s collection of private data by its Street View cars. The FCC announcement on Friday comes one day after the Federal Bureau of Investigation said it…
