Monday, August 8, 2011

Survey: Only 5 percent of Pittsburgh-area CFOs expect to add staff in 3Q - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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The Financial Hiring Index, conducted by Menli Park, Calif.-based staffing firm Robert HalfInternational (NYSE:RHI), found that the largestg number of respondents, 85 percent, are not anticipating any changd in hiring, while 9 percen of CFOs say they expect to reduces personnel. "Many companies remain hesitant to commit to addingy staff until they are certainh of aneconomic recovery," Robery Half CEO Max Messmer said in a statement. "Ij the meantime, most firms are workingv with their current teama to managekey initiatives, with some employers also bringint in project professionals to assis with rising workloads and suppor t full-time personnel.
" The results of the local survey are baseds on interviews with 200 CFOs from a randomk sample of Pittsburgh-area companiesd with 20 or more employees. The Pittsburgyh results are nearly dead-on with the nationalo survey results, according to Roberg Half. For the national data, 1,400 CFOs were and five percent said they expectedto hire, 85 percent said they anticiaptesd no changes, and 8 percent planned staff cuts. For the full resultxs of the survey, go to .

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Why ISPs are hijacking your search traffic & how they profit from it - VentureBeat

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Why ISPs are hijacking your search traffic & how they profit from it

VentureBeat


A handful of Internet service providers (ISPs) in the US are redirecting search traffic around specific keywords to brands' websites, presumably for affiliate marketing revenue. A study released today by a UC Berkeley research group revealed that for ...


Some ISPs Redirecting Search Traffic without Consent: Report

PC Magazine


Big US ISPs hijack search traffic

Inquirer


EFF Analyzes Hijacking of Search Traffic

XBiz


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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Nintendo 3DS price drop touches $169.99 - Ubergizmo

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Nintendo 3DS price drop touches $169.99

Ubergizmo


You know that a price drop can only mean one thing รข€" to boost up sales of that particular device (or console, in this case). Official word has it that Nintendo will slash the price of their Nintendo 3DS to just ...



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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Cyber-Criminals Use Botnets, Automation to Launch Multiple Blended Attacks - eWeek

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Cyber-Criminals Use Botnets, Automation to Launch Multiple Blended Attacks

eWeek


Directory traversal, a method used to identify what files are on the system and to access those files that weren't intended to be publicly accessible, may be used during the "reconnaissance phase" before launching an exploit, ...


Blended Web Attacks Hitting More Websites

InformationWeek


New study show directory traversal, XSS most common attacks, not SQL injection

Dark Reading


Study: Automated Web App Attacks on the Rise

PC Magazine


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Saturday, July 23, 2011

BankNews Inc. gets new owners - Kansas City Business Journal:

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The Roeland Park-based company owns BankNews and WesternmBanking magazines, and BankNews Mid-Week and publishes bank directories for nine states, including Kansas and publishes Green Banking , a quarterly electronicx magazine sent to bankers does contract publishing of magazines for five statre banking associations, excluding Kansas and and operates several Web sites. Janetg Holman is the company’s president and oversees day-to-dauy operations, she said Wednesday. Her husband is BankNewz Inc.’s CEO and a partner with Overland Park-base d law firm and a directorof . Since the early 1950s, Joseph Holman’s familu has owned , Kan.
, for which he also is a The transaction closed onJuly 2, Janet Holmah said. The company has 14 The Holmans don’t plan to make changes to the company’sa operations, she said. “We feel it’s a strongh company, and we plan to just continue its she said. She wouldn’t disclose the company’s revenue or whetherd advertising revenueis down. BankNews has a circulation of about 6,500; Western Banking about BankNews Mid-Week about 1,000; and Bank Board Letter about 800, she “My husband has just always been interestein banking, and that’s been his focu at his law firm for about 30 she said. “His interesrt and his love is banking.
” Readershil on the company’s BankNews has been increasingf since its inception a fewyears ago, she According to its Web site, BankNews a subsidiary of BankNews Inc., was founded in 1901. BankNews is aimedc at community banksin Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Texas and Wisconsin. Western Banking reaches communith banking executivesin Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Financial Placements, a divisioj of BankNews Publications since helps banks find executives and bankers find BankNews Publications’ magazines and newsletters cover 28 statess and about 70 percent of the U.
S. bank market.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Stepping Hill sabotage: police continue questioning as two more patients die - The Guardian

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Stepping Hill sabotage: police continue questioning as two more patients die

The Guardian


Police at Stepping Hill hospital in Stockport where suspicious deaths have been linked to insulin poisoning. Photograph: Dave Thompson/PA Police investigating a hospital where bags of saline were sabotaged with insulin say they are now looking at five ...


Stepping Hill Hospital: Two more patients die

BBC News


Poisoning: Fourth patient dies at Stepping Hill hospital

Telegraph.co.uk


'Saline serial killer': 2 more patients linked to 'sabotage' at Stepping Hill ...

Mirror.co.uk


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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

TAC by Schneider Electric inks $9.6M deal - Dallas Business Journal:

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million contract with the City of TAC by is the building management and energy servicess segment ofSchneider Electric. As part of the company’s deal with the city of TAC by Schneider has agreed to enhancse the conservation measures inside seven ofthe city'x 271 buildings selected for the The deal is a follow-up initiative to Houston’s decisionh to become a C40 city to revamo city facilities under the Clinton Climate Initiative’s Buildint Retrofit Program.
“Buildings are responsible for more than 50 perceng of greenhouse gas emissionz inmost cities, so retrofitting our facilitie with more energy-efficient products and technologies is an important way we can reduce both energy use and greenhousr gas emissions,” said Jeff president of TAC Americas. “Ou solutions are based on the latest technologiexs and includerenewable energy, indoor environmentao quality improvement, sustainable design and TAC estimates its retrofitting initiatives allow buildingx to use 20 percent to 30 percent less TAC added that its retrofigt project involving public facilities may make it possiblre for Houston to lower its CO2 carbon emissione by up to 1,647