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AMD Gains On Intel As Market Perks Up
News Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices gained a pinch of market share year-on-year against rival Intel in a market that seems to be improving. California-based AMD saw its market share in the second quarter of 2003 inch up to 15.7 percent, a tenth-of-a...
[August 4, 2003, 10:00]
When Is A Perk A Necessity?
News Yet, training and education benefits are perks that attract and keep good IT staff. These might include, for example, the ability to ignore certain policies (such as not paying for any certifications) when the employee at hand is an exceptional...
[October 16, 2002, 12:21]
Can A Foreign Assignment Help Your Career?
News Hard work, good perks Companies still offer global assignments with enticing perks, yet it's a lot harder to land such postings than it was five years ago, says Wong. Salaries are considerably less than they are in the United States, and companies...
[June 20, 2002, 9:59]
Unhappy Executives In The Digital Economy
News False The most common perks in the new economy survey are health care and pension plans. Bizarre off-the-wall perks are key in the new economy Surveying 1,500 senior digital economy executives about their working lives, the study reveals that 86...
[July 11, 2001, 21:35]
Top Tech Companies Compete For Interns
News On top of that, Microsoft sells itself to interns with various perks, including San Francisco Giants baseball games at AT&T Park, a sunset cruise in San Francisco Bay, and a dodgeball tournament. As if to underscore his appreciation of the tangible...
[July 4, 2007, 11:48]
Panasonic Toughbook Mini Review
Blog Time to exercise one of the perks of the job, wander over to Charles on Reviews and see if there was a computer on the slush pile I could take for a spin. I needed to get portable, and fast. My fave laptop was in dry dock, and the plane left at six.
[March 6, 2007, 7:49]
Microsoft Increases Support For SMEs
News Microsoft has beefed up its Small Business Centre, adding a site devoted to security, among other perks. The Small Business Centre is a Web site catering to the needs of companies that often have just a handful of employees and a modest amount of...
[February 25, 2005, 13:45]
Boosting Morale Pays Off For Everyone
News Low morale among technology staff is likely epidemic today, thanks to years of layoffs, extended work schedules, declining profits, cancelled projects, and reduced perks due to tightened budgets. While a poor attitude can be evident--a lack of...
[February 4, 2002, 11:38]
AIM: You've Got Email As Well
News The new version, called AIM 4.8, offers a few extra perks, such as the ability to send email and access one's address book. America Online has released an upgrade to its popular AOL Instant Messenger service.
[June 17, 2002, 10:49]
The Technical Culture Has Been Very Discriminatory!
Talkback I worked 20 years in a technical industry that heavily discriminated against men in hiring, promotions and perks. There's been a lot of sexual discrimination in the technical workplace in the last 30 years - virtually all of it against men in favor...
[September 23, 2007, 13:04]
Sun Tries To Outshine EMC
News For several years, EMC has capitalised on building powerful standalone storage systems with data-protection features and other perks of their own. Sun Microsystems tried on Wednesday to elevate the status of its storage strategy, introducing new...
[February 7, 2002, 15:52]
Microsoft Changes Partners For Small Business
News Under the new scheme, Microsoft will change the way it divides up special perks among nearly 800,000 Microsoft resellers, and software and consulting allies, said Allison Watson, a Microsoft vice president.
[October 7, 2003, 10:50]
Salaries Surge For IT Expats In Singapore
News Included in the figure are perks such as club memberships, housing and other allowances. A magazine salary survey has found that Singapore-based expatriates -- foreigners in white-collar jobs -- who are working in the IT industry draw an average...
[December 10, 2003, 9:50]
Angry O2 Workers Disrupt AGM
Talkback I equally deplore the excessive board room pay and perks. If there are employees who are disatisfied with pay and conditions then they are perfectly capable of talking with their feet. If sufficient were to "walk" then the management would need to...
[July 30, 2005, 20:31]
Star Wars Web Site Goes Into Hyperspace
News Called Starwars.com Hyperspace, the new annual membership area will let movie fans track the filming of "Star Wars: Episode III", which starts production in Australia in June, via a Webcam, among other perks.
[May 30, 2003, 14:25]
Netscape Pushes Out Developer-only Netcaster
News The long-awaited version of Communicator with Netcaster can only be downloaded by DevEdge Gold members, an exclusive club who pay $495 apiece for earlybird views of Netscape products and other perks. Netscape is gunning for a say in push by issuing...
[May 16, 1997, 11:48]
Five Years Ago: Netscape Pushes Out Developer-only Netcaster
News The long-awaited version of Communicator with Netcaster can only be downloaded by DevEdge Gold members, an exclusive club who pay $495 apiece for earlybird views of Netscape products and other perks. First published 16 May, 1997.
[May 12, 2002, 7:01]
Hotmail Accidentally Lifts Storage
News The software giant that day was busy upgrading its paid users to 2GB, which costs $19.95 (£10.85) a year, and some of those perks slipped into free accounts. What a difference a few zeroes make. Some new users of Microsoft's Hotmail on Wednesday...
[July 23, 2004, 9:00]
Professional Gaming: The Perfect Job?
News Gaming has been his life the past few years, and he estimates he earns an average of $50,000 a year from tournaments, not counting perks such as free travel to the top tournaments and increasingly lucrative endorsement contracts from tech...
[February 10, 2004, 13:05]
Ballmer: Google's Growth Strategy 'insane'
News Among Google's perks, the company is widely known for letting its engineers devote 20 percent of their work time to pet projects. While many investors have knocked Microsoft for not moving as quickly as Google, Microsoft chief executive Steve...
[March 16, 2007, 7:56]
