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A lawsuit has been filed against Google by an employee it sacked recently, who alleges that the company exhibits bias against white and Asian men in favor of women and people of color.
Google could find itself in hot water for its internal confidentiality policies that all of its employees are required to sign, as it encourages violations of Californian labor laws and spying.
One of Apple's ex-employees has been found guilty of selling confidential info to Apple's suppliers who would later send some cash the employee's way. He confessed and entered a plea agreement.
Foxconn is back in the news, this time after hundreds of its employees not only helped a thief get away from two security guards calling out for help, but then rioted causing further damage.
A new report claims that the UK division of Microsoft has paid a former female executive over £1 million after she was allegedly passed up for the managing director of Microsoft UK.
According to the New York Times, Facebook has fired one of its senior employees, Michael Brown, for insider trading after he purchased shares through a secondary market which violated the company's policies. At the time,...
The corporate world of Apple is clouded in secrecy. But what is it like to actually work there? Popular Mechanics has an amazing article based on an interview with an apple store employee which gives...
Apple's a company well known for secrecy; you'll know so after having read the article we posted about it not too long ago. Though, can this obsession with secrecy actually be harmful to a human...
Microsoft recently accused Mike Mullor, a former employee for applying for his job in Microsoft under false pretenses and using his role at the company to gain access to confidential data. Mullor, Chairman and Founder...
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the head of Apple's iPod division, Tony Fadell, is stepping down for personal reasons, according to close sources. Partly involved in the development of the iPhone, Fadell will...
Google has confirmed that personal data of US employees hired prior to 2006 has been stolen in a recent burglary. Records kept at Colt Express Outsourcing Services, an external company Google and other companies...
IBM admitted that a contractor is believed to have lost multiple tapes containing identifying information on an undisclosed number of current and former IBM employees. The tapes hold employment data on them, including names, addresses,...
Despite a series of high-profile executive firings and resignations connected with the backdating of stock options that are shaking the US technology industry, the president of Adobe believes there will be little effect on the...
A former employee of Sony Online Entertainment has spoken out about how an online article criticising the PlayStation 3 ended up getting him fired from the company. In an interview with...
As posted on this and other sites, one of the most famous icons of the internet, the butler of Ask Jeeves, is about to get sacked. A fan and former employee speaks out --...
If was an AOL user, asides from being majorly angry, this guy would have just made my hit list! * U.S. investigators said on Wednesday they had arrested an America...
There's a new legal battle over Kazaa -- and this time it has nothing to do with swapping copyrighted music online. A native of Romania is filing suit and he claims that...
Michael Mace, once a marketing director at Apple, says that overall, Apple Computer has been a "massive failure." Instead of changing the world from "bad computer design and stifling corporate dictates," Apple today is "the...
If you have been chatting on IRC warez channels with someone called Warlock and you haven't seen him for the last 4 months, you might have been chatting with a former Microsoft employee who has...
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said on Tuesday the software giant was boosting security measures after six employees were exposed to a letter that had tested positive for anthrax. "Obviously, like all companies,...
