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Telework is greener, reduces stress and boosts productivity July 3, 2009 

So why aren’t more people working anywhere but the office? That’s a very good question, say many observers

By Hailey Eisen

Three years ago David Hawkins spent more than two hours a day crammed into a crawling Vancouver bus. He jostled and was jostled, breathed other people’s air and stared out the windows at rush-hour pedestrians who sometimes made faster progress than the commuters trapped in the bus. Hawkins was fed up and ready to ditch this rush-hour purgatory. Today, by telecommuting and shifting his hours, Hawkins now spends less time at his office and accomplishes a great deal more.

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 Top 5 Techniques for Maximizing Resilience in Your Global Service Delivery Network
July 3, 2009 By consider the source
Categories: General Outsourcing
If unrest broke out where your critical business processes are handled, could your operations continue unscathed? The potential for geopolitical threats, terrorism, communal violence, pandemic outbreaks and other unpredictable situations that can undermine your business continuity seems to be...

The issues with robot interfaces being too human
July 2, 2009 By Charlie Bess
Categories: General
There is an article in this month's Smithsonian magazine about robotics and the issues with what they can do, and the problems people have when robots look too human. This is a good article for those interested in robotics or in the numerous robotics projects currently taking place. The article also...

How often should we change passwords?
June 30, 2009 By Vaclav Vincalek
Categories: General Security
The conventional wisdom from identity management and security wonks is that you should change your passwords frequently. WiseGeek puts it at once every three months. Some say as often as every day. But is it practical? With an ever-growing number of work applications, social networking and cloud...

Axum - New Parallel Programming Language from Microsoft
June 29, 2009 By Charlie Bess
Categories: General Software Companies
I mentioned last week that I am trying to develop a better understanding of parallel coding issues and approaches. Microsoft has a new language for parallel programming in the works named Axum. It was formerly known as "Maestro". There is a channel 9 video on the MS site about the effort from last...


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Symantec Unveils New Model of Consumer Protection Codenamed “Quorum”
July 3, 2009

HP Introduces First Professional Workstation with Six-core AMD Opteron Processor
July 3, 2009

oDesk Enables Online Work Opportunities via Facebook® Connect
July 2, 2009

Two major investment companies partner with Creaform
July 2, 2009


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