CIO Insight Staff

Job seekers should tap into online networking sites to help hunt down potential employers, new surveys suggest. The polls, conducted in Canada and the United States on behalf of California-based recruitment firm Robert Half International, showed that most executives believe that professional networking sites will prove useful over the next three years for job seekers. […]

The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday the agency would scrutinize whether broadband Internet providers were open with customers about how they are managing their networks and make good on the speeds they promise. Speaking at an agency hearing on broadband services, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said the commission should look […]

Google’s top executive said on Thursday the company was excited to be testing out a partnership to run at least some of rival Yahoo’s Web search advertising sales. But Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt stopped short of characterizing how far negotiations with Yahoo had gone or how likely they were to lead to an actual […]

Yahoo is looking to turn over Web search advertising to Google following a successful test using Google’s service to deliver ads alongside its Web search results, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources. Spokesmen for Google and Yahoo declined to comment. The possible partnership with Google would be part of an a […]

Hundreds of child abuse Web sites around the world could be shut down if countries worked together to tackle the problem, an Internet watchdog said in a report on Thursday. The Internet Watch Foundation said it had made the first attempt to find out how many sites peddle abusive images and videos of children. Its […]

Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer may be experiencing a case of bidder’s remorse after making an unsolicited $42.3 billion offer to buy Yahoo. Speaking to a group of nearly 2,000 Microsoft enthusiasts at a technology conference in Seattle, Ballmer asked how many people use Yahoo as their primary Web search engine. Only a handful of […]

Two consumer groups asked the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday to create a "do not track list" that would allow computer users to bar advertisers from collecting information about them. The Consumer Federation of America and the Consumers Union also urged the FTC to bar collection of health information and other sensitive data by companies […]

International experts called on Wednesday for greater cooperation to fight threats to computer networks but they differed on the definition of cyberterrorism, with a top British security official describing it as a "myth". Estonian defense ministry official Christian-Marc Liflander said sustained electronic attacks on his country last year came both from crude hackers and from […]

A number of the world’s largest technology companies agreed to commit to a licensing framework for their patents for the emerging mobile network technology known as Long Term Evolution (LTE).  The companies, which include the world’s largest cellphone maker Nokia and top mobile network gear maker Ericsson, said on Monday they were aiming to boost […]

Microsoft wants to stick with its original takeover offer for Yahoo, but is not ruling out News Corp joining its bid or other options, a source close to the company said on Friday. Separately, a source familiar with the matter said News Corp continues to talk directly with Yahoo on reaching a deal without Microsoft. […]

Salesforce.com, a maker of business software for tracking sales calls, on Monday started integrating its products with Google’s e-mail service.   Google’s Gmail — as well as its word processor, spreadsheet and other office productivity programs — were scheduled to be available to Salesforce customers on Monday morning, the two companies said in a news release. Salesforce […]