Microsoft IM displays ads for malware ... Google Apps adds Docs and Spreadsheets

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News: Google Apps suite to add Docs & Spreadsheets
News: SanDisk to cut jobs as prices fall
News: Dodgy program advertised on MSN Messenger
News: Dell taps Motorola exec to lead consumer division
Storage Tip: Who's responsible for electronically stored information
Podcast: Today's IT news audio update
Study: Active daters send more text messages


NEWS UPDATES

Google Apps suite to add Docs & Spreadsheets
Google Inc. is finalizing the integration of Docs & Spreadsheets with Google Apps for Your Domain, another step in its strategy to build a suite of hosted applications for organizations.

SanDisk to cut jobs as prices fall
Flash memory maker SanDisk Corp. is cutting 10 percent of its work force to remain profitable while being forced to make steep price cuts.

Dodgy program advertised on MSN Messenger
Banner advertisements for a security application said to report false or inflated threats appeared for at least a few days on Microsoft Corp.'s instant messaging (IM) program, prompting warnings from security analysts.

Dell taps Motorola exec to lead consumer division
Two days after naming an electronics manufacturing executive to a new corporate position, Dell Inc. Chief Executive Officer Michael Dell has continued a shakeup of his struggling company by hiring another outsider for his leadership team.

Wikipedia breaks into U.S. top 10 sites
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.'s popular Wikipedia online encyclopedia cracked the top ten list of most popular Web sites in the U.S. for the first time in January, according to comScore Networks Inc.

DirectRevenue to pay $1.5M in adware settlement
A New York company has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle charges that it infected victims' computers with adware.


STORAGE TIP

Who's responsible for electronically stored information
By David Hill, Mesabi Group

Who has responsibility for electronically stored information (ESI)? When data protection focuses on its traditional role of business continuity, the majority of responsibility was on IT and not the business functions. However, with the rise of compliance demands and new demands for governance such as mandated by changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), the question of who has responsibility becomes less clear. Your problem is avoiding getting caught in the middle.


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Study: Active daters send more text messages
Fifty-nine percent of those actively dating and not in one single relationship said they had sent a text message to their partner, as opposed to 30 percent of those in monogamous relationships or married. Overall, 33 percent said they had communicated with a date or partner with text messaging, up from 27 percent in 2006.