What's going on in the UK? 'constant attacks on success; an absurd belief that fixed pay is a better system than variable pay and that politicians can determine what a "fair" wage is; the government's failure to deregulate labour markets; high income and other taxes; an energy policy which is killing manufacturing; the tax raid on the North Sea; an inefficient and bloated public sector; inadequate airports; a gargantuan budget deficit and excessive private and public debt; an inadequate education system'. Read more - http://www.cityam.com/latest-news/allister-heath/britain-now-anti-business-nation
The appointed rapporteur for ACTA in the European Parliament resigns and explains the situation, Mr. Kader Arif says: "I want to denounce in the strongest possible manner the entire process that led to the signature of this agreement: no inclusion of civil society organizations, a lack of transparency from the start of the negotiations, repeated postponing of the signature of the text without an explanation being ever given, exclusion of the EU Parliament's demands that were expressed on several occasions in our assembly. " Further comment is superfluous!!! Read more - http://www.prisonplanet.com/european-parliament-official-in-charge-of-acta-quits-and-denounces-the-masquerade-behind-acta.html
Very recently Microsoft released an update to resolve an issue which requires an update to the certificate revocation list on Windows Mobile devices and to keep your systems certificate list up to date. Affected systems are Windows Mobile 6.x, Microsoft Zune HD and Windows Phone 7. Remember that compromised digital certificates could allow spoofing. The fraudulent certificates go back to the Comodo incident that happened last year and could affect login.live.com, mail.google.com, www.google.com, login.yahoo.com (3 certificates), login.skype.com, and addons.mozilla.org. Although, Comodo has revoked these certificates browsers need to have an updated version of the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) enabled to be able to block these certificates from being used. Go here to download this update - http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28733
According to Business Insider, China offers more benefits than just cost-savings and that's why major manufacturers of electronics such as Apple, build devices there! • Most of the components of iPhones and iPads — the supply chain — are now manufactured in China! • China's factories are now far bigger and more nimble than those in the United States. They can change production practices and speeds extremely rapidly. • China now has a far bigger supply of appropriately-qualified engineers than the U.S.! • China's workforce is much hungrier and more frugal than many of their counterparts in the United States. Read the full story - http://www.businessinsider.com/you-simply-must-read-this-article-that-explains-why-apple-makes-iphones-in-china-and-why-the-us-is-screwed-2012-1#ixzz1kJ71QTKz
There's more to Data Backups than a software solution! Although, some major solutions are so well designed that you can form procedures around them! However, Data Backup Policies and some specific procedures still need to be created for your environment and aligned with other processes. Then, you can use the backup solution according to the set policies and procedures. To get an example of a data backup policy and procedure go here - http://www.itinfomag.com/data-backup-recovery/example-of-a-data-backup-policy-and-procedure/