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Note to governors: Eat your own dog food, please

Apparently, U.S. states are doing some offshoring of their own. According to a study released yesterday, at least $75 million in U.S. state contract work has been captured by companies that specialize in offshore outsourcing. The total amount can't be estimated, the study notes, because most states don't know where the work is being performed. I imagine taxpayers will be thrilled to hear about this.

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India sees fading of outsourcing backlash
The New York Times: A bellwether Indian software company posted better-than-expected earnings, mostly on improved business from the United States.

iPod: Weapon of network destruction?

With the UK's Ministry of Defense banning iPods from most of its offices, Apple's media player joins a list of mobile gadgets that, due their USB connectivity and extraordinary capacity, are prohibited from being brought to work. Sure, a Ministry of Defense has a reason to be sensitive to the capabilties of such devices. But should businesses adopt a similar model--considering that devices represent a potential hole in their firewalls? Or should they entrust the security of potentially mobilized data to technology-based solutions such as Senforce's Enterprise Mobile Security Manager?

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Japanese authorities decide tracking is best way to protect kids

The rights and wrongs of using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on humans have been debated since the tracking tags reached the technological mainstream. Now, school authorities in the Japanese city of Osaka have decided the benefits outweigh the disadvantages and will now be chipping children in one primary school.
The tags will be read by readers installed in school gates and other key locations to track the kids' movements.