The International Herald Tribune reports that Apple is facing a rebellion over iTunes, with “
According to Wired, “[a] political battle is raging in Russian cyberspace. Opposition parties and independent media say murky forces have committed vast resources to hacking and crippling their Web sites in attacks similar to those that hit tech-savvy Estonia as the Baltic nation sparred with Russia over a Soviet war memorial. While they offer no proof, the groups all point the finger at the Kremlin, calling the electronic siege an attempt to stifle Russia’s last source of free, unfiltered information.”
The Register points out that “IT directors [in the UK] say their number one problem is recruiting and retaining talent” – however, “[d]espite this, they put flexible teleworking at the bottom of their list of priorities. That’s the finding of a survey of 600 UK businesses with up to 1,000 staff by Cisco. Firms which had boosted their turnover by 15 per cent or more in the last year were twice as likely to be flexible on home working.”
The Los Angeles Times has an interesting article on the need for big companies to localize the global footprint on the Internet. The LA Times predicts that even though “some of the U.S.-based companies that pioneered […] techniques [like social networking, photo-sharing and blogging] are pushing harder to claim a market they think is rightfully theirs, […] [these] companies […] may well find that the advantages of scale and global reach take them only so far in what is inherently a local business.”
Yahoo!News reports that “India’s business providing software and services to companies outside its borders will grow a healthy 26 to 29 percent this year, the country’s main trade association for that sector said Monday. Revenue from exports of software, services and business process outsourcing (BPO) will reach about US$40 billion for the fiscal year that ends next March 31, according to data released Monday by the National Association of Software and Services Company (NASSCOM).”