Today's News: Bizarre IT stories

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July 29, 2004 Published by  Search400.com    Today's News Issue Sponsored By:   > iStudio400.com IN THIS ISSUE:   >  Bizarre IT stories   >  IBM tries to curb outsourcing layoffs   >  PeopleSoft's 'better plan' leaves customers cold   >  More headlines   >  User poll -- Rate Al Zollar's performance   >  The Missing Link: GPS phone for kids a good call for parents Bizarre IT stories [Search400.com] Take the humdrum out of your day with these IT stories. Some will make you laugh and others will simply amaze you. If you're into the unusual, you'll enjoy these stories. MORE INFO: > View previous Feaured Topics   iStudio400.com Have you ever had the need to synchronize real-time data from a Microsoft SQL, Oracle, Sybase or other ODBC compliant database? If you ask someone how to do it, the answers you usually get are that you need to do it from the PC side, because the iSeries can't do it. Yes it can. Find out how:   IBM tries to curb outsourcing layoffs [CNNMoney] IBM will try to reduce the damage of its offshore outsourcing practices by finding jobs for many of the 5,000 jobs sent overseas. PeopleSoft's 'better plan' leaves customers cold [CNET News.com] Some former J.D. Edwards customers say since PeopleSoft acquired the company they're paying higher maintenance fees and receiving worse customer service. PeopleSoft's CEO says the customers he meets with are "extremely gratified" with the takeover. More headlines [From around the Web] Users choose Linux to avoid vendor lock in SURVEY:  User poll -- Rate Al Zollar's performance How would you rate Al Zollar's performance as iSeries general manager? PROGRAMMER'S DISCUSSION FORUM:  Interact with other programmers Are you an iSeries programmer with questions? Join your peers in our Programmer Forum to ask and answer questions about XML, COBOL, CL, ILE, Web development, Java and much more. GAMES FOR GEEKS:  Word search #2: iSeries commands Interested in a REAL challenge? Try your hand at our latest iSeries word search puzzle. This puzzle is not for the easily frustrated. See is you can locate the iSeries commands hidden in the grid. GPS phone for kids a good call for parents [Reuters] If cell phones were cereal, a new one from South Korea's SK Telecom Co. would be Lucky Charms. The company has cranked out a sweet mobile that's tailor-made for kids -- it comes in cool colors and has an antenna shaped like an ear. What the kids may not know is that the phone also packs a GPS device so Mom and Dad always know where their little wireless wonder has wandered. So it's the cell phone that's really good for kids -- maybe it's more like Life cereal.   Contact Us Sales For sales inquiries, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Editorial For feedback about any of our articles or to send us your article ideas, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]     Free E-Newsletters! Select e-newsletters you would like to receive via e-mail!  Search400: Administrator Tips  Search400: Programmer Tips  Search400: Security Tip Not a Member? We?ll activate your membership with your subscription.   This e-newsletter is published by Search400.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. To unsubscribe from "Today's News": Go to unsubscribe: http://search400.techtarget.com/unsubscribe?track=NL-177&ad=487733 Please note, unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed. Contact Us: Search400 Member Services 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494