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NewsTributes to Steve Jobs, 1955-2011
Steve Jobs died Wednesday at the age of 56. Apple, the company that he co-founded with Steve Wozniak in 1976, announced that it "has lost a visionary and a creative genius, and the world has lost an Read more...
California employees told to return cell phones
Like many organizations, California is facing enormous budget pressures, and this week Gov. Jerry Brown decided to cut spending by collecting 48,000 cell phones used by state employees. Brown hopes Read more...
Guilty verdict against network admin sparks debate
The guilty verdict against former San Francisco network administrator Terry Childs has sparked some heated discussion in the blogosphere over IT management and security practices. Many see the case, Read more...
Social networking site sued over email harvesting
There's a war going on over purloined email, and the latest complaint ended up in federal court in San Francisco. Two California residents have sued social networking site Tagged.com for allegedly Read more...
Non-solicitation agreements fail in CA
A California court has awarded a big victory to IT professionals who have found themselves constrained after being forced to sign a non-solicitation agreement to prevent them from taking clients and Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Get ready for VoFi; McAfee apologizes for buggy software; and much more...> Get ready for VoFi. Article > McAfee apologizes for buggy software. Read more... ALSO NOTED: Corporate blogger feedback goes ignored in Japan; Security expert says Internet is not a huge terrorist target; and> Corporate blogger feedback goes ignored in Japan. Article > Security expert says Internet is not a Read more... ALSO NOTED: New IE bug pops up for second time in a week; A call for better federal cybersecurity; and much more...> New IE bug pops up for second time in a week. Article > A call for better federal Read more... | Press ReleasesPartnership Launches First-of-its-Kind Website to Help California Businesses Navigate 2,409 Pages of the Health Care LawMajor statewide business organizations join together to create Health Law Guide for Business to make it easy for employers to get facts on the law’s business-specific provisions SACRAMENTO, Calif.--( Read more >> REPORT: Calif. Workers Lose Billions in Wages Due to I.T. PiracyOrange County Business Council Study Finds California Lost $1.6 Billion in Economic Activity; Nearly 20,000 Jobs and $700 Million in Tax Revenue in 2011 "I will not stand by when our competitors Read more >> ADVISORY: Business and Jobs Experts to Discuss Economic and Job Impacts of Software Piracy in CAFOR PLANNING PURPOSES Orange County Business Council; American Jobs Alliance; Protect California Jobs & Innovation To Discuss New Report on Economic and Job Impacts of Software Piracy in CA The Read more >> New Study Reveals 51% Growth in Californians Using Mobile Devices to Access Internet Within the Last Three YearsGrowth in mobile “advanced data users” greater in many smaller regions than statewide average Study also reports over 400 patents were granted in the wireless communications field in California Read more >> Tweet This: Keep Your Home California Unveils Text Service, Redesigned Web Site and Expands Social Media Efforts to ReachSACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Keep Your Home California, the $2 billion federally-funded effort to help struggling California homeowners, is now connecting with homeowners whether they call, Read more >> |
