February 27, 2009 by Sam Narisi
Companies often use technology to catch employees who break rules. But is it possible for them to go too far?
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Tags: monitoring employees, privacy, video surveillance
February 26, 2009 by Sam Narisi
A crisis recently occurred at the White House: Obama administration employees actually had to resort to face time.
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Tags: e-mail, White House
February 25, 2009 by Sam Narisi
An employee is fired after stealing from the company. To warn employees about the consequences of that behavior, his manager e-mails the rest of the staff explaining the termination. Is the company guilty of libel?
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Tags: defamation, e-mail, libel, termination, theft
February 24, 2009 by Sam Narisi
On March 31, companies can start filing petitions for H-1B visas, the document most often used to bring foreign IT workers into the U.S. And if last year is any indication, companies will want to file as soon as they can.
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Tags: foreign tech workers, H-1B, visa
February 23, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Sure, a lot of companies are imposing a spending freeze to combat slumping revenue, but not every organization includes IT in the cutback.
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Tags: budgets, IDC, IT shops, spending
February 23, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Has your organization banned thumb drives in an effort to tighten security and protect important data?
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Tags: data loss, Department of Defense, DOD, security, thumb drive
February 23, 2009 by Sam Narisi
What a nightmare: A disgruntled departing employee tampers with his computer to slow down work and wreak havoc. Here’s what happened when one company tried to do something about it.
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Tags: disgruntled ex-employee, tampering with computer files
February 19, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck

The case against the network administrator who held hostage the passcodes to San Francisco’s computer network has finally made it to trial. For the first time, he’s telling his side of the story.
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Tags: administrator, network, passcodes, San Francisco, Terry Childs
February 18, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
The words Windows and user-friendly aren’t often found in the same sentence, but some folks say the phrasing might just apply to a new Windows release — Windows Mobile 6.5.
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Tags: iphone, new version, smartphone, Software, Windows Mobile
February 17, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Well, Microsoft’s in the legal crosshairs yet again. This time, the software giant’s being sued for the fees computer buyers have to pay to get XP installed on their new systems instead of Vista.
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Tags: downgrade, lawsuit, Microsoft, operating system, Vista, XP