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- iPod Sweatshops. Say it ain't so.
- Do you think it could be true?Apple computers using sweatshops to push their iPod.read the full article here and tell me what you think.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13357555/RealityReality is that once yo go the sub contracting route, especially outside the country, you lose control of the manufacturing environment.This isn't restricted to Apple, most computer...
- Tags: Apple iPod, inspection, ipod, apple, scandal, labor, sweatshop, Mail, -TwiTch-, Apple Computer Inc., agreement, iPod Sweatshop, job
- Discussion threads 2006-06-16
- DOWNLOAD: 13 interview questions that will help reveal candidate qualities
- http://techrepublic.com.com/5138-10878-5913681.htmlAfter you take a look at this download, please post your feedback, ideas for improvements, or further thoughts on this topic.Thanks,--The TechRepublic Downloads Team[My reactions] and answers1) [Uh oh! A sweatshop.] Uh... Yea, great.2) [Yup, definitely a sweathop. Salary better be good ... awww, the very idea! I'm wasting my...
- Tags: future behavior, hiring, interview, it management, job, JodyGilbert, sweatshop
- Discussion threads 2005-10-25
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- Google looking to build world's biggest server farm in Asia
- According to some reports, Google is interested in setting up the "world's largest data center" in Malaysia. The Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi told journalists at the World Economic Forum in Davos that, "They want to make their presence felt in Malaysia. It will be a big boost for our...
- Tags: Google Inc., Server Farm, Server, Malaysia, Data Centers, Construction, Storage, Benefits, Hardware, Data Management, Human Resources, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
- Photoshop File Threat - Did You Ever?
- I' m not getting paranoidI'm going into a rage. How can programs be written in this day and age when you can avoid buffers easily, that do this!!!??? @#!@#$(*&%@#$(%|+_!@#$%!!!Strangle, choke "you little ..." The sad state of software today. Oh well, I'm...
- Tags: Outsourcing, SECURITY, Dr Dij, coder, Adobe PhotoShop
- Discussion threads 2007-05-07
- Forced change to my writing timeline
- So I take a gander at Futurismic, and somebody out there has already started down the road to building an application I dreamt up to use as a plot device in a science fiction story. The State Machine is a cute little animated app that visually...
- Tags: Supermarket, Product, List, State Machine, Camera Phones, Manufacturing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2005-06-17
- Gold farming is not a job
- Although I don't agree with itthe opportunity to make a quick illegal buck is a real life input to the games. There are so many spammers in World of Warcraft that I am considering quiting the game. It is a shame but as in real life people who...
- Tags: Games, Nick Linenberger, game, farmer, job, Gold Farming
- Discussion threads 2007-05-18
- Top IT news for April 21: XP SP3, Internet to hit capacity in 2010, Muni Wi-Fi is over
- This news roundup is a joint venture between TechRepublic and ZDNet that publishes every weekday morning. For breaking news and top stories, follow Tech Sanity Check and ZDNet's Between the Lines. TechRepublic Kraken: The biggest, baddest botnet yet Ad-funded software: A potential security vector? ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Hard Drive, Information Technology, Municipal Wi-Fi, Microsoft Windows XP, Wi-Fi, Microsoft Corp., Instant Communication, Internet, Help Desk, Linux, It Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- live to work or work to live?
- live to work or work to live?As a young IT professional, I'm strugging with this issue. Judging by a lot of the posters here and with conversations with people outside of this forum, there aren't too many people who actually like their job. It's rare to find someone...
- Tags: career, information technology, job, joy, Lumbergh77
- Discussion threads 2004-12-20
- Unionize?!?
- Unionize?!?I have noticed but never been employed at some companies that have a union for their IT groups. I was wondering if I could get feedback as to the pros and cons of such an environment and any experiences with an IT union.I have the experienceOf having managed two groups...
- Tags: job, UNIONS, management, it, union, structure, LCM Man, it management
- Discussion threads 2005-12-20
- Are unions the answer for government IT workers?
- Are unions the answer for government IT workers?article rootWhat about private industrySince 9/11, IT professionals have been seen as the whores of business. We once demanded salaries even above top executives, and now it seems it is payback time. I am absolutely a proponent of unionization! With the increasing outsourcing...
- Tags: American IT, industry, it management, private industry it unionization, royce.powers@...
- Discussion threads 2005-06-07
- Ever been fired from a job?
- Ever been fired from a job?I was thinking the other day about the 4 jobs I've had in my "professional" career; that is the jobs that I've held since striking out on my own 22 years ago. In three of these, I was evaluated highly and felt that...
- Tags: job, DMambo, jobs, careers, fired!, off-topic
- Discussion threads 2006-08-24
- Spell it correctly! It's SweatSHIP, not SweatSHOP.
- SeaCode, Inc., a San Diego-based startup, plans to acquire a "cruise ship" and staff it with 600 Indian and Russian software engineers (2). They will anchor it 3.01 miles offshore of Los Angeles, just out of the reach of U.S. labor, tax, and immigration law. This is offshoring that is...
- Tags: 3-Mile, career, h-1b, immigration law, jobs, offshore, offshoring, outsourcing, U.S. Labor, visas, www.softcorp.us
- Discussion threads 2005-05-12
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