Daily Archives: 18 February 2008
Indian IT Industry losses Rs 1.6 lakh per staff on net surfing
NEW DELHI: India Inc may soon have to check internet usage during working hours, with an average five hours a week spent on personal web surfing, causing companies an annual loss of about Rs 1.6 lakh per employee. These are the findings of a survey of IT managers in 450 organisations across five cities of … Continue reading
Reduce your exposure to AJAX threats
Three-step guide Fundamentally, there’s nothing terribly new about the problems posed by Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) when it comes to security, we just need to apply some good old security principles to this new technology. The problems occur because, unfortunately, there are an awful lot of devils hidden inside the details. One major security … Continue reading
Former contractor sues Google for $25m
A former Google contract worker is claiming $25m damages from the search monolith for allegedly stealing his idea for Google Sky – the heavenly Google Earth feature that allows users to navigate the universe. In the lawsuit filed last Wednesday in Atlanta’s Northern District Court of Georgia, plaintiff Jonathan Cobb claims that in 2006, when … Continue reading
