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While the economy is showing signs of recovery and tech stocks posted double- and triple-digit gains in 2009, IT workers are facing a less hospitalbe workplace in the coming year. Many employers say they're going to continue trimming budgets, particularly in human resources. Rather than giving up head count, they're planning to trim 401k contributions, eliminate bonuses, curtail travel and, dare we say, shut off the free coffee (it wasn't that good anyway).
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One of the biggest obstacles to fighting hackers and cybercriminals is that many operate in the safe harbors of their home countries, insulated from prosecution by authoritizes in foreign countries where their targets reside. As Larry Walsh writes in his blog, several security vendors and a growing number of countries are now beginning to consider the creation of a global police force that would have trans-border jurisdiction to investigate and arrest suspected hackers.
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments next week brought by a Nevada accounting firm that asserts the oversight board for the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is unconstitutional. If the plaintiffs are successful, it could force Congress to rewrite or abandon the law used by many companies to validate tech investments for security and compliance.
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Another day, another delay at Microsoft. On the heels of Vista and Office 2007's well-publicized tardiness, Small Business Server 2003 R2 becomes the latest product out of Redmond, Wash., to slip its ship date.
Originally due out in mid-August, SBS 2003 R2 is now expected to be generally available four to six weeks hence — probably sometime in September or early October. The operating system actually had begun shipping to manufacturing partners (OEMs, distributors and systems builders) in July, as planned, but an audit of the software prompted an immediate recall.
http://www.varbusiness.com/sections/news/breakingn ews.jhtml?articleId=191902330
