Archive for February, 2009

Cloud Computing, Privacy issues and doing something

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

I was interested that the New York Times picked this up, but not surprised whe the first thing they mentioned was the recent Facebook news.  Cloud computing adds a new layer of privacy concerns since your data can and will be stored across multiple providers.  Let’s break down a scenario you all will understand and… »

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HR looks at your Facebook account and snubs you

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Interesting article and survey review from Human Resources Magazine.  In it they make the simple statement that I used in the title, 1/3 of HR staff peek at your Facebook/MySpace accounts and then a mere 24% don’t like what they read.  We won’t even go into the recruiters yet.
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MySpace and the 90,000 confirmed sex offenders. No surprise here

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Before we even begin down the tube on this posting, I want to say that in no way is MySpace a haven for these offenders.  They are everywhere, all networks.  You might be sitting next to one in your office or one lives up the street.  MySpace has taken a stance to remove the profiles… »

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