Nortel wants to speed up $17.65M Alteon sale Nortel wants to speed up the sale of assets of its application-delivery division because it's worried it will get less money from the sale as time goes by, according to bankruptcy court documents filed on ... Ex-Microsoft workers may not have to return severance pay Microsoft's decision to ask some of the 1,400 people it laid off last month to return part of their severance package is "bad PR," a Seattle-based employment attorney said Monday. Plus: Microsoft Asks Laid-off Workers to Return Overpaid Severance Arrests soar after new wiretap law Criminal arrests made under more powerful wiretapping laws have increase by 96% following reforms that make it easier for police to intercept and access telecommunications. Starbucks sued after laptop data breach A Chicago-area Starbucks employee has brought a class-action lawsuit against the coffee retailer, claiming damages from an October 2008 data breach. Another payment processor said to suffer data breach Just weeks after Heartland Payment Systems Inc. disclosed what may be one of the largest breaches of payment card data thus far, news is emerging of what could be another major breach involving a payment processing ... 40% of geeks surveyed work fewer than...how many hours? Buzzblog: The key here was the phrasing of the question: "How many hours do you REALLY work each day?" More than 27,000 Slashdot readers responded and an astounding 40% copped to working four or fewer. Then everyone argued about the definition of work. Verizon Wireless offers low-cost push-to-talk phone Verizon Wireless announced the availability Monday of a new push-to-talk, clamshell-design mobile phone developed by Personal Communications Devices LLC. An unhackable payment and ID managment system?,br> Cisco Subnet blogger Jamey Heary has ventured into the land of science fiction to give you a glimpse if IT - and its security - in the year 2109 based on the science of today. Brocade posts $26 million quarterly loss, record revenues Cisco is not likely shaking in its boots quite yet from the company that acquired Foundry in December and vowed to take on Cisco. Podcast: Why ex-employees are stealing your data Dr. Larry Ponemon talks with Tim Greene about a study that showed 59% of employees who had quit, were fired or laid off admitting to stealing company data. What's being stolen? How can companies stop this? Ponemon and Greene discuss these issues. (15:09) Podcast: Starting a new business in a bad economy With a gloomy economy and layoffs looming at every corner, you might think that now would not be the best time to quit your job and start a new business. But that might be the perfect time to do so, argues author Ed Hess, who talks about some of the steps you should take before you make the leap into starting a new business. (15:17) Video: iPhone controls concept car It can send e-mails, play video, access the Web and snap pictures, but control a car? Swiss automobile design house Rinspeed will unveil a concept electric car controlled by an iPhone at next week's Geneva Motor Show. Today on Microsoft Subnet Microsoft has been beat-up over its treatment of open source, but why have the hardware vendors been left out of the open revolution? So asks blogger Kerry Meyler.; Plus, Microsoft is the largest U.S. user of H-1B visas, study says; and a $99,999 keyboard could be a bargain. Today on Cisco Subnet VMware: new Linux servers (not new ownership)? The latest gossip is that the two will announce a joint partnership for Linux blade servers; Cisco stock repurchases: Brad Reese notes that the company has spent billions in this way and wants to know … what's the point?; NPA Awards for Professionalism - Nominations Have Begun. February giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet Up for grabs: One American Express gift card worth $250 from Global Knowledge; One Microsoft training course worth $2,995 from Global Knowledge; 15 copies each of the hot book titles Voice over IP Security, and CCNA Wireless Official Exam Certification Guide and 15 copies of Exchange Server 2007 How-To: Real Solutions for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Administrators. Get all the entry details here. |
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