A surprising thing about Goldman Sachs, one of the globe's most influential investment banks, may be the sheer size of its technology organization. It makes up a major part of its workforce.Another... read more
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Goldman Sachs, with 10,000 tech workers, embraces open computing
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2013-12-10 02:18
A surprising thing about Goldman Sachs, one of the globe's most influential investment banks, may be the sheer size of its technology organization. It makes up a major part of its workforce.
Another big surprise from the firm, a major player in one of the most risk adverse industries, may be its philosophy that embraces commodity approaches, open systems and platforms, and ultimately perhaps, the public cloud.
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TPP leak: US babies following bathwater down the drain
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2013-12-10 02:11
America is pushing too hard on too many fronts in the Trans Pacific Partnership treaty negotiations, making it unlikely the treaty will be finalised this year, according to a new round of leaked documents from the recent Salt Lake City meetings.
The latest leaks, posted at Wikileaks, reveal how deeply unpopular some of America's most treasured TPP positions are.
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Oz Government: TPP papers will stay secret
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2013-12-09 01:49
Australians interested in knowing just what's going to be in the controversial Trans Pacific Partnership agreement will have to hope someone leaks the latest text, with the government resisting last week's Senate order to produce the documents.
According to Fairfax, the government says the treaty text will only be made public after it's been signed.
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Samsung tries to silence user whose S4 caught fire, it doesn't go over well
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2013-12-09 01:42
Oh Samsung, you tried to have a YouTube video pulled after it showed a Galaxy S4 that caught fire while charging but this is about to blow up in your PR and legal teams face after you sent a ‘hush’ document to the user.
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On snooping disclosures, AT&T wants to remain silent
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2013-12-09 00:47
AT&T wants to silence a shareholder proposal that it disclose the government requests it receives for customer information, rejecting a step that Google, Microsoft and other Internet companies have already taken.
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