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New beta of an employee salary-sharing service
Glassdoor.com, a site that allows users to anonymously share workplace information -- including salary, job satisfaction, and workplace and protocol
reviews -- has opened in beta...
betanews.com -
11.06.2008Top ten dumbest things I've seen or done in the workplace
In
twenty-something years in high-tech, I've witnessed and done some
really stupid things. I'm talking about things that were embarrassing, unethical, incompetent, or just plain dumb. This kind of stuff can get you
fired, sued, or even arrested, and worst case, can cause the demise of a company.
Keep in mind, some of this stuff is politically
incorrect, racy, or even illegal, which is precisely why it's so dumb. So if you get offended by that sort of thing, be forewarned. Also, some of
them didn't exactly happen "in the workplace," but after hours with coworkers. Close enough.
Top ten dumbest things I've
seen or done in the workplace...
winbeta.org -
24.09.2007IBM Ships Lotus Notes/Domino 7
New version of collaboration
platform moves closer to a
blend with IBM's Workplace...
pcworld.com -
08.09.2005Creative Workplaces
Your workplace and the atmosphere surrounding you determine the way you work and explore your imagination. The more inspirational your workplace is,
the easier it is to break the creativity block and discover new ideas. And apparently there is a number of things you can do to improve your personal
workflow.
As a part of our Monday Inspiration series we present a dozen of creative and unusual workplaces; in the end of the
post youll also find references to related resources, among them office design galleries and Flickr pools. They can serve as an inspiration once youve
decided to spice up your work environment.
You can also click on the images they lead to the sites from which the screenshots
have been taken...
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10.12.2007Forrester: IBM, Microsoft to dominate 'information workplace'
IBM and
Microsoft are poised to dominate the
collaboration technology market for providing applications to the future workplace, says a new
report by
Forrester Research. But that doesn't mean small
vendors in the Web 2.0 space, or a little company called
Google, won't have a prominent role as well.
Forrester's vision for the future office is the
"information workplace," a 21st century platform that manages content, messaging,
team collaboration, real-time collaboration, and communication
among employees using a common platform.
winbeta.org -
07.04.2008The RIAA Attacks Usenet
Basking in glory after orchestrating a record punishment for a petty file-sharer in the US, the RIAA takes its legal campaign to the next level. Many
may want newsgroups to stay under the radar but its too late - major labels have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Usenet.com and it wont
be going away.
In an ideal world, people would not talk about Usenet. In an ideal world there would be no such things as
copyright infringement lawsuits. Sadly, we do not live in an ideal world.
Today we simply have to talk about Usenet and we have
to talk about lawsuits.
Major record labels - Arista, Atlantic, BMG, Capitol, Caroline, Elektra, Interscope, LaFace, Maverick,
Sony BMG, UMG, Virgin, Warner Bros. and Zomba have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against
Usenet.com.
winbeta.org -
17.10.2007Nokia retools its E51 handset for secure workplaces
Nokia has redesigned its E51 business handset to comply with certain workplace security regulations...
betanews.com -
07.02.2008Designing the Ideal Laptop
Decrying stasis in the laptop industry, InfoWorld's Tom Yager and crew have designed
their ideal laptop for 2009 given the components are available
currently. The project was subjected to the same limitations manufacturers face when whiteboarding a new notebook and introduced only those components
that would increase end-user productivity manyfold. The resulting AMD Puma-based
WorldBook Ether and
WorldBook Meteor include an 'Embedded Smartphone'
system-in-system ARM microcontroller, flash-memory overlay for fast boot, and ATI/AMD Hybrid Graphics for power-saving switched mode.
winbeta.org - 09.07.2008
10 career killers to avoid
Like other types of workers, IT professionals can be vulnerable to committing career sabotage -- sometimes without even recognizing it.
To help IT professionals become more aware of potential career blunders, Computerworld yesterday spoke with John M. McKee, president of
BusinessSuccessCoach.net, a Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based career coaching and consulting firm. McKee is the author of author of Career Wisdom: 101 Proven Strategies to Ensure Workplace Success. Here are 10 career-killers, with McKee's advice
about how to recognize and avoid them.
winbeta.org - 07.11.2007
Beta test a new wireless headset for the office and your PC
Best test firm Centercode is looking for people in the workplace who spend a significant amount of time on the telephone. The product being tested is
unlike any other in that it not only connects to the desktop phone system at your office, it also works with your PC...
betanews.com - 24.10.2008
The 8 most dangerous consumer technologies
High-tech consumer products and services of all kinds are making their way into the workplace. They include everything from smart phones,
voice-over-IP systems and flash memory sticks to virtual online worlds. And as people grow more accustomed to having their own personal technology at
their beck and call -- and in fact can't imagine functioning without it -- the line between what they use for work and what they use for recreation
is blurring.
In a recent Yankee Group Research
Inc. survey of corporate users, 86% of the respondents said they had used at least one consumer technology in the workplace, for purposes related
to both innovation and productivity.
Unfortunately, this trend poses problems for IT organizations. For one thing, the use of
these technologies increases the risk of security breaches. Moreover, users expect IT to support these devices and services, especially once they
interact with applications in the corporate environment.
winbeta.org - 05.09.2007
"Google is a bummer of a place to work at" says internal Microsoft email
An interesting view inside
Google as a workplace has
surfaced on the net. This
could be either a look at the
actual reality of Google or
just a desperate attempt by
Microsoft HR to boost employee
morales and keep its employees
within the fortress that is
Redmond. Either that or a
prankster who hates both
companies just as much.
"The following has
been making the rounds on just
about every internal email
list I belong to in Microsoft.
Here it is to share a little
insight with the rest of the
world. Microsoft is an
amazingly transparent company.
Google is not. Any peek is a
good peek."
An
anonymous Microsoft employee
has
posted on a fresh
Wordpress.com blog of what
appears to be the full
contents of an email
circulating Microsofts
internal mailing lists.
Patriotically enough, he or
she wanted to share this with
the rest of the world just to
show what a great workplace
Microsoft is and Google is
not.
winbeta.org - 27.06.2007
Generation Blend Helps Companies Bridge Technology Age Gap
Q&A: Rob Salkowitz, author of Generation Blend, the latest book in Microsofts Executive Leadership Series and series editor Dan Rasmus discuss the
emerging demographic currents impacting the workplace and the implications for technology strategies...
microsoft.com/presspass - 12.03.2008
BSA Offers Cash Rewards for Piracy Snitches
The Business Software
Alliance, a leading software
industry organization, has
announced a new approach to
fighting piracy in the
workplace: up to $1 million in
cash to those whistle-blowers
who rat out their employers.
But the reward is only paid
out if the BSA receives a cash
settlement from the company...
betanews.com - 04.07.2007
Microsoft on Win7 Beta: 'The download experience was not ideal'
After adding some server horsepower to the Windows 7 beta download over the weekend, some testers did manage to receive working copies. That's not to
say everything's working perfectly just yet...
betanews.com - 12.01.2009
Dell Now Accepting PayPal
Payments
Dell said on Monday that its
online store now accepts
PayPal as a form of payment.
The company said it was
interested in giving customers
more choice in how to complete
their transactions, and
tech-savvy users of the site
are ideal prospective
customers...
betanews.com - 14.11.2005
Sling Media to Develop for
'Origami' PC
Not far behind Thursday's
announcement of the
Ultra-Mobile PC by Microsoft,
Sling Media said it would
begin offering a customized
version of its SlingPlayer
software for the platform. The
company says it sees the new
market as an ideal solution
for portable entertainment...
betanews.com - 09.03.2006
Applying the 'community' ideal to Web advertising
Business leaders in the Web advertising and network-building industries convened today at Fordham University to discuss how they can remake the Web
advertising model so that it helps forge communities the way Web sites already do...
betanews.com - 01.02.2008
Best Buy launches collectively customized 'Blue Label' laptops
How would you describe your 'ideal laptop'? Starting with new Toshiba and HP models, Best Buy is now offering an exclusive line of CE products --
based on people's answers to questions like these -- under its new 'Blue Label" program...
betanews.com - 10.10.2008
AOL: The ideal Microsoft deal-breaker for Yahoo?
Over the weekend, reports surfaced that Yahoo's new financial advisors want it to chase down a merger with AOL to counter Microsoft's
multi-billion-dollar bid. But can AOL parent Time Warner afford Yahoo's financial freight?..
betanews.com - 11.02.2008
