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Google rejects Viacom’s copyright claims Google Inc. has rejected claims that it enables copyright infringement on its YouTube.com Web site, its first response to entertainment giant Viacom Inc.’s $1 billion lawsuit filed in March.
Data breaches seen to threaten IT job security
Most IT professionals feel their jobs would be on the line in the event of a security breach and at the same time feel ill-equipped to prevent such corporate or personal data loss, according to a survey released this week.
IBM lays off 1,315 workers, union says
IBM Tuesday laid off 1,315 U.S. workers from its global services division, a union group under the Communications Workers of America said Tuesday.
Study says CEOs sending more jobs overseas
Close to half of the 500 fastest-growing North American companies use offshore services and another 55% intend to send work overseas in the next five years as CEOs cite hiring and keeping qualified employees as their biggest operational challenge, according to a survey released this week by Deloitte.
Google urges shareholders to permit censorship
Google’s board of directors has recommended shareholders next week vote down a proposal that would require the company to legally resist government censorship efforts and to notify users when the company is required by governments to censor search results.
EMC unveils high availability enhancement
EMC today is expected to announce enhancements to its availability, performance and path management software that will help customers maintain uptime while migrating data or virtualizing their storage environments.
Users force Digg to stand firm over AACS encryption key
Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, threw in the towel on Tuesday night.
J.P. Morgan Chase probing possible data breach
Financial services firm J.P. Morgan Chase is investigating claims by a Washington D.C.-based workers union that it dumped documents containing personal financial data belonging to its customers in garbage bags outside five branch offices in New York.
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From Microsoft Subnet: Some questions remain over Longhorn
Paul Thurrot has a full review of Longhorn Beta 3 at his SuperSite for Windows blog, and says the product is “highly recommended,” but some questions remain …
