Zachary Rodgers

At least four advertising trade associations will hold a powwow next week to assess the outcome new proposed spyware legislation will have on legitimate marketers and consumers, ClickZ News has learned. The meeting, to be held in Washington D.C. on January 25, will include representatives of the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), the Network Advertising Initiative […]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued an ambivalent report on the likely efficacy of boosting its CAN-SPAM enforcement efforts through the creation of a bounty reward system. In the document, the FTC looks closely at how bounties might help overcome the three primary obstacles to successful spammer prosecution under the nine-month-old law: identifying and […]

Report Latin America’s Digital Divide The digital divide is widening in Latin America, in terms of access to both basic telephone services and to the more sophisticated services such as those provided through the Internet, according to Dataquest Inc., a unit of Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner Group, Inc. There are a number of indicators that show […]

Java Still Has It A recent survey from Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner Group, Inc. found that Java, along with Microsoft technologies, will represent 75% of new e-business application development initiatives by 2003. According to the survey of more than 400 IT professionals, 80% report that their organizations use Java technology today. Gartner insists that unlike the […]

Linux fell out of the headlines rapidly after the open source buzz peaked in March and April 2000, just as NASDAQ began to sicken. But popularity and demand for the operating system are again on the rise. The same goes for the wages available to Linux professionals, who on average make $2,000 to $3,000 more […]

Microsoft finally responded to the uproar over MCSE NT 4.0 upgrade deadline last week, moving it from December 31, 2000 to February 28, 2001. This will reduce the panic felt by countless overburdened IT pros, but it’s important to note that the deadline for MCSEs to upgrade to Windows 2000 has not changed. As the […]

With hundreds of training options to choose from, there’s no excuse to stay ignorant about Windows 2000. In fact, the sheer number of choices is a bit daunting. To help keep you from being overwhelmed by the prospect of finding a Windows 2000 training provider, we’ve compiled a list of reliable resources that should narrow […]

The skiing season has by now descended on Denver, bringing with it the regular influx of weekend tourists and professional ski bums. But there is another influx underway in this city of just over two million people. While clearly not competitive with IT meccas like New York, Silicon Valley, and Los Angeles, the number of […]

There still aren’t many employers actively recruiting IT workers with Windows 2000 skills and training, according to dice.com, EarthWeb’s online job board for IT professionals. At first glance that comes as a surprise, given the steadily building enthusiasm for Win2k and widespread adoption. However, since most companies aren’t migrating to the new OS until the […]

Business analysts are offered an average salary of $72,000 per year and an average contract rate of $60 per hour, according to dice.com, EarthWeb’s online job board for IT professionals. The highest paid positions come in at around $150,000 per year and the lowest at around $30,000. Of currently open positions, 74% are salaried and […]