Legislative Swiftware On Software Engineers: AB 10 Revises The Overtime Pay Exemption For Some California Computer Software Engineers.
California, which nurtured Silicon Valley into a global phenomenon, has finally acted to stem the off-shoring of computer jobs by simplifying and reducing the compensation requirement for overtime-exempt computer professionals. The new legislation, contained in Assembly Bill (AB) 10, which took effect on September 30, 2008, as urgency legislation,...

Naval C4I systems: naval command and control stays out of the limelight. The thousands of miles of wires and the hundreds of computer screens are rarely seen on news footage from the global war on terror, or during humanitarian intervention and stability operations. For the media, it lacks the 'sex appeal' of troops in combat, or helicopters lowering aid packages to stricken villagers.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] However, naval Command, Control, Computers, Communications and Intelligence (C4I) systems are the knitting that holds a ship's security and its capabilities together. A warship's C4I system is the central point at which information from the ship's sensors and communications systems arrives. It is the point...

Online Holiday Shopping at Risk from 'Browser Wars,' says Gomez, Inc.
Many Retail Websites Not Optimized for 2008's Web Browsers; Online Shoppers Could Experience Slow Page Loads, Missing Graphics and Checkout Problems LEXINGTON, Mass., Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2008 web browser explosion could not have come at a worse time: the most important online holiday shopping season...

ViaWest Adds Enhanced Virtualization Offering.
Design provides customers with high performance computing options & consolidation DENVER, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- ViaWest, a leading provider of adaptable colocation and managed hosting solutions, today announced the availability of an enhanced virtualization product. As no stranger to virtualization, ViaWest provides customers with a solution that...

Eqbal Al Yousuf New Chairman of ZAP.
ENERGY RESOURCE-27 May 2008-Eqbal Al Yousuf New Chairman of ZAP(C)2008 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Electric car company ZAP today named Eqbal Al Yousuf chairman of the company, effective June 2, the day of the next scheduled meeting for the board of directors. Al Yousuf is president...

VOSKY FIRST TO SHIP SKYPE-CERTIFIED PBX-TO-SKYPE GATEWAY.
VoSKY, Sunnyvale, Calif., a market leader in developing Skype for business solutions, has announced the industry's first Skype- certified, enterprise-grade PBX-to-Skype gateway for SIP networks. Designed to enable medium and large-sized enterprises to maximize the value of their IP-PBX, the new VoSKY Exchange Pro VISIP- EX connects an IP-PBX...

Lockheed Martin Receives $6.3 Million Contract to Support MK 41 Vertical Launching System for U.S. and Turkish Navies.
Baltimore, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin recently received a $6.3 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to provide engineering support services for MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) work on the U.S. Navy's Ticonderoga Class guided missile cruiser modernization program and the...

For handheld tools, operating systems are key. (Palm vs. Windows CE).
ATLANTA -- The two main choices of handheld computer operating systems each have tradeoffs for physicians, according to experts. Computers that use the Palm operating system-which runs PalmPilot, Handspring Visor, and similar handheld devices--tend to be relatively inexpensive and easy to use. The operating system is like...

Operating system drives choice of handheld device. (Memory a Limitation).
ATLANTA -- The two main choices of handheld computer operating systems each have tradeoffs for physicians, according to experts. Those that use the Palm operating system--PalmPiots, Handspring Visors, and similar devices--tend to be relatively inexpensive and easy to use. The operating system is like "a finely tailored...

Operating System drives choice between handheld computers. (Palm VS. Windows CE).
ATLANTA -- The two main choices of handheld computer operating systems each have tradeoffs for physicians, according to experts. Computers that use the Palm operating system--which runs PalmPilot, Handspring Visor, and similar handheld devices--tend to be relatively inexpensive and easy to use. The operating system is like...