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Neil Sedaka sang how "Breaking Up is Hard to Do," though if he were to go back after all these years and add another verse, it would have to include a disclaimer about Facebook, even if he decides to only sing the bonus lyrics when touring the U.K. According to a survey carried out by U.K. divorce website Divorce-Online, 33 percent of divorce petitions filed in 2011 made mention of the world's largest social playground.
Young employees determined to log onto Facebook or bounce around the Web are going to do so, in part because they're motivated to get online and frequently ignore IT policies, and also because the policies in place simply aren't tough enough, according to a global study from Cisco. Seven out of 10 young employees outright ignore IT policies on a frequent basis, and one in four is a victim of identity theft before the age of 30, Cisco says.
After ranking last in a customer satisfaction survey conducted by Consumer Reports last year, AT&T had two options. The wireless carrier could lick its wounds and take steps to improve its image, whether real or perceived, or it could bury its head in the sand, because after all, who cares what thousands of people think? AT&T apparently chose the latter, and its reward is another last place finish.
The American Student Survey aims to reveal how students preceive organizations as employers in the United States, and if the latest results are any indication, today's college students would love to work for Google. Or Apple. Or several other technology companies, and not just in the field of IT, but also business, engineering, natural sciences, and humanities/liberal arts, each of which is ranked individually.
Are you concerned that Windows 8 with its radically redesigned UI and Metro style Start menu will be too much to swallow on the desktop? It's a valid concern, though it doesn't appear to be scaring off businesses and IT departments, both of which are already showing strong interest in Microsoft's upcoming OS well ahead of its 2012 launch.
The results of "The Most Epic Facebook Survey" are in and there's only one conclusion: You're addicted to Facebook. Maybe not you personally, but ping ten of your Facebook friends and there's a good chance the majority of them couldn't go 24 hours without visiting the world's largest social playground. Coed magazine, College Candy, and Busted Coverage got together and surveyed 2,500 people by posting a questionnaire on Google and then posted their findings in an infographic.
Sending jobs offshore is more commonplace than ever in the tech industry. According to a recent survey, nearly two thirds -- 65 percent -- of tech firms outsource at least part of their business. Nearly one in four of these offshore jobs are for existing services, while another 20 percent said they use offshore services to manage their day-to-day operations.
The consumer outrage over Netflix's recent price hike and even more recent announcement to spin off its DVD-by-mail service into a completely separate business has been well documented here and elsewhere on the Web. Now that the dust has had some time to settle, are subscribers ready to forgive and forget, or at the very least move on? Researchers at Piper Jaffray seem to think so.








