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jcatcw writes “Computerworld’s annual summary of the best places to work in IT lists companies that excel in five areas of employment: career development, retention, benefits, diversity, and training. According to the scorecard, the top five retention methods are: competitive benefits; competitive salaries; work/life balance; flexible work hours; and tuition reimbursement. Of the top 100 companies, 64 expect the number of U.S.-based IT staffers to increase in 2007, on average by 7%. Here is the whole list. The top three are Quicken Loans, University of Miami, and Sharp HealthCare.”
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Original post by kdawson and software by Elliott Back
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Mark Spencer never expected to be where he is today, but the Auburn, Ala., native is making a name for himself in the world of technology. Spencer is the founder and creator of Asterisk and the chief technical officer of Digium. The company, based in Huntsville, specializes in the development of private branch exchange hardware and open source telephony software. Digium is the primary developer and sponsor of Asterisk, The Open Source PBX.
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Original post by Lindsay Field and software by Elliott Back
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An anonymous reader writes sends us to Ars Technica for a dissertation on how detached and manipulative the discussion about copyright is becoming. “NBC/Universal general counsel Rick Cotton suggests that society wastes entirely too much money policing crimes like burglary, fraud, and bank-robbing, when it should be doing something about piracy instead. ‘Our law enforcement resources are seriously misaligned,’ Cotton said. ‘If you add up all the various kinds of property crimes in this country, everything from theft, to fraud, to burglary, bank-robbing, all of it, it costs the country $16 billion a year. But intellectual property crime runs to hundreds of billions [of dollars] a year.’” Ars points out how completely specious that “hundreds of billions” is.
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Original post by kdawson and software by Elliott Back
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Thunder crashes, lightning flashes and a camera zooms in on a shadowy, futuristic-looking, gray-and-black office. The camera follows a female avatar in slacks and a button-down shirt as she jogs from one cubicle to the next, up a spiral staircase and across a high gangplank as dramatic classical music plays in the background. This YouTube trailer could easily be a plug for a new shoot-’em-up video game, or a slasher flick. Instead, it’s promoting a video game called Innov8, which IBM will start selling in September.
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Original post by Aili McConnon and software by Elliott Back
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Linspire has become the latest Linux vendor to sign a deal with Microsoft, the two companies announced Wednesday. The pact promises a closer working relationship between the two software makers. For consumers, it brings greater interoperability and a technical collaboration that also includes intellectual property assurances, Microsoft said. “Delivering interoperable solutions for our customers is an important priority,” said Bill Hilf, general manager of platform strategy at Microsoft.
Original post by Walaika Haskins and software by Elliott Back
