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IE 8 hits Beta 2, privacy features added
August 29, 2008: Microsoft Wednesday released the second beta of Internet Explorer 8 and introduced new features focused on privacy, including one users are referring to as "porn mode.".. full story.
Kenya BPO society lobbies for license fee reduction
August 29, 2008: The Kenya Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Society has urged the Communication Commission of Kenya to reduce the annual license fee for BPO businesses. The group wants the fee lower from 100,000 Kenyan shillings (US$1,516) to 10,000 shillings in order to attract more investors... full story.
Trucker Introduces Obama
August 29, 2008 : A truck driver frustrated by the loss of manufacturing jobs in Michigan was among the speakers at the Democratic National Convention Aug. 28... full story.
IT workers hit hardest by offshore outsourcing, survey finds
August 28, 2008 (Computerworld) As many as 8% of IT workers have been displaced by offshore outsourcing, either through job loss or an involuntary transfer to a new job by their employer, which is twice the rate of workers in other occupations, according to a study based on data collected from some 10,000 people, which may be the largest survey of its kind... full story.
Another patent for Microsoft
August 29, 2008 : Microsoft has patented a technology it calls 'Method and system for navigating paginated content in page-based increments'... full story.
China’s outsourcing market up to £41bn by year end
August 28, 2008 : The HR outsourcing market in China is expected to be worth more than £41bn at the end of this year, according to a new study.
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Wipro co-CEO sees tough times driving outsourcing
LONDON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Indian information technology outsourcer Wipro Ltd (WIPR.BO: Quote, Profile, Research) is seeing strong demand from customers seeking to drive productivity and profits in tough economic times, co-Chief Executive Suresh Vaswani told Reuters... full story.
Virus attack in space station
August 29, 2008 : Scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) were busy fighting a computer virus that managed to infect one of the laptop computers used by astronauts on the space station, a spokesman for the US space agency said... full story.
Microsoft unveils Internet Explorer 8
August 28, 2008: San Francisco: Microsoft has unveiled the trial version of a new Internet Explorer designed to fight the growing challenge from Firefox... full story.
13 best practices for IT outsourcing
August 26, 2008 : While reading outsourcing horror stories may be somewhat entertaining, especially if it hasn't happened to you, it's even better to learn from the mistakes of others... full story.
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