Techs Duck And Cover After WorldCom
News The bottom line: More scrutiny for all telecom companies, including the ones that are deemed to be safer than WorldCom. Stock option scrutiny Tech companies will be more closely scrutinised for a wide range of reasons, including ties to auditor...
[June 27, 2002, 8:43]
Tech Firms Go On A Legislative Offensive
News The influence-buying practices of all industries have fallen under increasing scrutiny in recent months because of a federal investigation centring on lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who pleaded guilty in January to fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy to...
[March 28, 2006, 16:20]
P2P Seeks Refuge On West Bank
News On its face, Earthstation 5 appears to be at the leading edge of the movie and music industry's next nightmare -- copyright-flouting networks based in a territory without strong intellectual property laws, with security built in that protects...
[August 14, 2003, 17:05]
HP Sets Up Indian Call Centre
News The quality of tech support work done abroad has come under scrutiny. Hewlett-Packard has set up a contact centre in India to support US customers who use HP consumer products, in another sign that overseas operations are attractive to US tech...
[February 12, 2004, 7:35]
Antitrust Ally Returns To Haunt Oracle
News Oracle's bid to buy PeopleSoft has come under antitrust scrutiny by some state attorneys general, who have complained that their state governments and their constituents would have to pay more for software if the deal went through.
[June 27, 2003, 9:30]
Is Autism Inherent In IT?
News IT comes under particular scrutiny because the gender breakdown within the IT industry mirrors that of people with autism. Levels of autism in children living in areas where many parents are employed by high-tech companies is above national...
[August 16, 2002, 10:13]
Apple Talks Up Security
News Apple senior vice president Phil Schiller said the Mac's security is good and noted that the company is under more scrutiny now that the Mac is facing what he described as the first critical vulnerability since the release of Mac OS X three years...
[June 3, 2004, 13:25]
RSA Conference Puts Security In The Spotlight
News Ofcom's chairman Lord Currie is due to embrace the conference with a Wednesday lunchtime keynote, and issues such as fixed-mobile convergence and next-generation telecoms networks will also come under scrutiny.
[February 5, 2007, 11:48]
US High-tech Visa Quota Already Met
News The use of H-1B and L-1 guest-worker visas by companies based in India and elsewhere has come under scrutiny for allegedly fuelling the movement of technology jobs overseas. Comments from a Bush administration official indicated the proposal may...
[February 19, 2004, 13:39]
Salesforce.com IPO Delayed By Accounting Questions
News Federal regulators in the US have taken issue with a change in accounting methods at software maker Salesforce.com, prolonging their scrutiny of the company's plans to offer its stock for public trading.
[April 12, 2004, 10:45]
CIOs Ally To Beat Software Firms
News After all, CIOs have a lot to be grumpy about these days, what with their budgets under constant scrutiny, local tech talent as scarce as ever, and wily software suppliers always finding ways to bleed companies dry.
[April 30, 2004, 10:30]
Negotiators Step In To Software Deals
News Years ago companies would come to negotiations with just the CIO and tech support, but now most organisations are giving deals more scrutiny," said Jane Disbrow, an analyst at Gartner. For a weekly round-up of the enterprise IT news, sign up for...
[August 22, 2002, 13:01]
Palm Expected To Hand In Good Earnings Report
News Despite expectations, Palm does face some scrutiny. Tech investors should finally get a bit of good news Wednesday when handheld maker Palm reports earnings that are likely to beat analyst forecasts. Palm's earnings report comes amid a flurry of...
[December 20, 2000, 14:34]
Privacy Experts Warn Of 'ambient Intelligence' Risks
News Costs incurred by data breaches include the notification of people affected and dealing with increased regulatory scrutiny, said Wright. A group of European technology researchers and academics has warned industry and policy makers of the privacy...
[February 4, 2008, 10:26]
Naked Innovation Online
News Because much of the adult industry operates free of the scrutiny to which other industries are subject, there is more freedom to exploit new technologies and use them in groundbreaking ways. Although few at the top of the IT industry would like to...
[November 18, 2005, 14:10]
MPs To Scrutinise Tech Industry
News Broadband availability and offshore outsourcing to places such as India are to come under scrutiny from MPs as part of a wide-ranging examination into the health of the UK's IT industry over the next year.
[August 19, 2003, 11:00]
IBM Taking Moore's Law By The Horns
News Despite falling under scrutiny from time to time, it continues to accurately reflect the progression of chip technology and become associated with increases in processor performance and complexity. New technology breakthroughs from IBM Research...
[August 11, 2000, 15:03]
SendMail To Adopt Cloudmark's Anti-spam Tech
News This deal is important because there's so much Sendmail out there, that anything associated with it is bound to get some scrutiny from commercial Sendmail shops," said Matt Cain, research analyst at Meta Group.
[November 3, 2003, 11:10]
