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FCC: telcos received over $970 million in bogus USF paymentsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 36 days ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: communications | Tags fcc, telcos, million, bogus, usf, payments, scandal,
Matthew Lasar writes, "A key program in the Federal Communications Commission's Universal Service Fund overpaid telecommunications carriers by almost a billion dollars from July 2006 through June 2 read more »
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Baidu caught in search ad scandal, vows to overhaul systemOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 36 days ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: internet | Tags baidu, search, scandal, china, medical, , ,
"Chinese search giant Baidu has been caught allowing unlicensed medical suppliers to buy higher ranks in its search results, causing some Chinese citizens to lose thousands of yuan on ineffective tr read more »
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Entellium Scandal Gives Ignition Partners a Black EyeOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by articleeditor 89 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: internet | Tags entellium, scandal, ignition partners, fbi, , , ,
The CEO and CFO of CRM startup Entellium have been arrested for keeping two sets of books - one with fake figures, the other real. read more »
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Apple tries to put options scandal behind it with settlementOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 118 days ago (http://www.betanews.com)
Category: other | Tags apple, options, scandal, settlement, , , ,
"A shareholder lawsuit accusing Apple and its executives of improper accounting as a result of its stock options practices will yield a $14 million payout to the plaintiffs." read more »
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The most crazy tech story since the HP pretexting scandalOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 223 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: security | Tags the, crazy, tech, story, hp, pretexting, scandal,
"Maybe temporary insanity will serve as a defense strategy but the emerging story of the weekend denial-of-service attack against Revision3 boggles the imagination." read more »
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Level Playing Field - IT Sales to the Government.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 309 days ago (http://www.simple-talk.com)
Category: other | Tags it, sales, scandal, government, us, uk, ,
Richard Morris takes a look at how contracts are awarded for large IT projects in the United States and United Kingdom and finds both have severely lacking processes which allow large companies to ta read more »
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