Opt-In Rule for Web Tracking Urged AT&T Posts, Pulls Free Wi-Fi Offer Lockout Called 'Misunderstanding' Dell Roars Back as PC Sales Jump MS 4Q Profit Rises, but Shares Sink EU Expands Intel Antitrust Case The chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet said he thinks online monitoring services should be required to obtain clear approval. Oops, again. AT&T announced free hotspot access for iPhone owners early Friday on its Web site, but then quickly removed the posting. The exclusive carrier for Apple's iPhone made a similar blunder in May. The lawyer representing an engineer who allegedly locked up San Francisco's computer system called it a misunderstanding and said he has been willing to reveal the password all along. Nearly a year and a half after the return of Michael Dell to the helm of the company he founded, the PC maker finally appears to be on the verge of making a comeback with a 21.9 percent global sales jump. Shares of Microsoft sank more than 5 percent on Friday, a day after the company missed Wall Street's earnings forecast by a penny, and issued softer-than-expected guidance for the current first quarter. European Union regulators have expanded their antitrust case against Intel Corp., claiming that the world's largest semiconductor maker has deliberately squeezed rival AMD out of the chip market.   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   Opt-In Rule for Web Tracking Urged   AT&T Posts, Pulls Free Wi-Fi Offer

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Blog Post: Who Owns Your CRM Data? Test Your Information-Security IQ Google Rewrites Modern Market Rules Deploying Your Mobility Strategy How To Motivate Your Sales Team Blog Opinion: Why We Left NetSuite Who owns your data if you can't access it? A difficult NetSuite data-extraction experience leads one blogger to explore the data-access policies and procedures of other CRM vendors. Information security is a dynamic field, and keeping track of the latest best practices can be a daunting task. How current are you? Take this quiz on information security basics to find out. Under Bill Gates, Microsoft challenged the conventional wisdom about competition, business strategy and even antitrust law. Now Google is prompting a rethinking of assumptions. In today's dramatically growing virtual workforce, enterprises need new tactics to keep mobile workers responsive and productive, rein in spiraling telephony costs, and ensure security and compliance. To motivate sales staff, managers are going to have to become familiar with three new letters that are going to become increasingly important in success: QWL, which stands for the "Quality of Work Life." A blog posting details one small company's nightmarish tale of an SaaS vendor agreement gone very wrong -- underscoring how vitally important it is for a business to have control over its data.   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   Blog Post: Who Owns Your CRM Data?   Test Your Information-Security IQ

Google Rewrites Modern Market Rules Takes industry-leader mantle from MS .   FULL STORY		Deploying Your Mobility Strategy Security, compliance issues are vital.   FULL STORY
How To Motivate Your Sales Team The quality of work life is a motivator.   FULL STORY		Blog Opinion: Why We Left NetSuite An SaaS agreement goes very wrong.   FULL STORY