Microsoft asks laid-off workers for refund
News Microsoft says it made an accounting error when it laid off some employees last month and now feels the best way to correct the error is with what seems likely to add up to a public-relations blunder.
[February 23, 2009, 8:15]
North East Ambulance Service Selects RAM Software Over Oracle Assets
White Papers The Asset4000 system significantly reduced the time spent on their monthly accounting, data reconciliation and error management. The new North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust was formed on 1st July 2006 following the merger of the previous North...
[March 9, 2009, 0:22]
Red Cross Responds to Spreadsheet Emergency With Adaptive Planning
White Papers The Greater New York Chapter began to look for a budgeting solution that could easily share data with its Great Plains accounting system. American Red Cross wanted to increase the efficiency and flexibility of the budgeting process and minimize...
[January 1, 2009, 0:00]
Reliable Computer System Saves Accountancy Practice £10,000 in Annual Support Costs
White Papers Lost work and inaccessible systems resulting from daily failures are things of the past, whilst access to specialist accounting packages is faster and more reliable. By replacing an error-prone, unreliable computer system with one based on...
[November 23, 2006, 0:00]
WorldCom chief apologises in Washington
News Earlier Tuesday, Sidgmore met with Securities and Exchange Commission president Harvey Pitt, who had blasted the company for giving the SEC a "wholly inadequate and incomplete" answer when asked to account for how the intentional accounting error...
[July 3, 2002, 7:42]
Data breaches cost an average business £1.4m
News The researchers found that the cost of lost business was the most significant component of data breach costs, accounting for 46 percent of the total expense. The main cause of data breaches was the loss of laptops or other devices, accounting for...
[February 25, 2008, 15:37]
MxCalc 12c Platinum RPN Financial Calculator Software for Windows Mobile
Downloads Ideal for real estate, finance, accounting, economics and business related work.FeaturesRPN, Algebraic, Programming, Finance, Statistic ModesMore-than 130 built-in functionsFull Screen & Quick Stack DisplayWindow showing all of the financial...
[March 10, 2008, 7:00]
MxCalc 12c Platinum RPN Financial Calculator Software for Windows Mobile
Downloads Ideal for real estate, finance, accounting, economics and business related work.FeaturesRPN, Algebraic, Programming, Finance, Statistic ModesMore-than 130 built-in functionsFull Screen & Quick Stack DisplayWindow showing all of the financial...
[March 10, 2008, 7:00]
Spreadsheet management is not the way to go!
Talkback Accounting based on manual spreadsheet management is not a viable solution for businesses. Advising companies to base their financial management on error-prone worksheets is not the way to go. SMEs need to take control of their financial activities.
[November 5, 2009, 9:39]
Virtual Box Snake
Blog I booted up my trusty VirtualBox virtual machine today, to write out an invoice in some crusty rusty old PC accounting software (proprietary, dropped by developer, no longer supported, but that's another story).
[October 9, 2009, 16:07]
MxCalc 12c - RPN Financial Calculator for Palm Treo, Centro & Tungsten
Downloads Ideal for real estate, finance, accounting, economics and business related work.FeaturesRPN, Algebraic, Programming, Finance, Statistic ModesMore-than 130 built-in functionsFull Screen & Quick Stack DisplayWindow showing all of the financial...
[January 11, 2006, 7:00]
Microsoft lets laid-off staff keep excess severance
News Brummel said it generally makes sense for companies to recover money if they make an accounting error, but she acknowledged that the situation was an extraordinary one. Following a wave of criticism, Microsoft has backtracked on its decision to...
[February 24, 2009, 9:19]
Intuit bug resurfaces at public Wi-Fi hotspots
News Users of a popular accounting package have been warned not to use the software at public Wi-Fi hotspots, such as those found in coffee shops, airports and hotels. We have determined that the prior bug remanifests itself when QuickBooks Pro 2006 for...
[January 3, 2008, 14:04]
Hackers harness Google to hunt for weaknesses
News I only use Google to find vulnerable servers," said Tim Mullin, security specialist for accounting-software maker Anchor IS. Applications left in default modes can also be found by searching for error pages generated by the software.
[July 30, 2004, 8:30]
Intel loses antitrust emails
News AMD called on the judge to require Intel to produce a full accounting of its document retention policy and errors, and to investigate possible remedial action. Intel said human error allowed documents — mainly emails — to slip through the cracks of...
[March 6, 2007, 8:13]
Coverity reveals common open-source code flaws
News The most common type of code defect, accounting for 28 percent of all the defects found, was the NULL pointer dereference, as the use of pointers in C/C++ is error-prone, according to Coverity. This type of error often occurs when one code path...
[May 20, 2008, 17:35]
How scalable is your IT department?
News The problem with many small-company IT departments — along with sales, accounting and other departments — is that, much like the network itself, they "just grow that way". And he/she may have learned a good bit about networking through the trial...
[September 27, 2006, 12:00]
Phishers get smarter
News Financial services companies continued to be by far the most targeted industry sector, accounting for 84 percent of reported phishing attacks in April. Given such knowledge, a scammer can build a site that acts as a 'front end' mask for the...
[June 6, 2005, 13:20]
