Dave Webb

Dave Webb is a freelance editor and writer. A veteran journalist of more than 20 years' experience (15 of them in technology), he has held senior editorial positions with a number of technology publications. He was honoured with an Andersen Consulting Award for Excellence in Business Journalism in 2000, and several Canadian Online Publishing Awards as part of the ComputerWorld Canada team.

Articles by Dave Webb

GM ‘insourcing’ 10,000 IT jobs

One of the market's biggest IT outsourcers bucks the trend, aiming for most of its IT work to be done in-house within three years. Plus, the curious GM-HP-EDS triangle

Will RIM post flat subscriber growth?

RIM's reliance on its BlackBerry subscriber numbers has been talismanic in the face of falling market share and revenue. That might end this week

One-click workaround for IE vulnerability till fix available

The full fix comes Friday for a memory corruption vulnerability that can turn over control of PCs

eHealth Ontario pulls diabetes registry contract

The board of the agency charged with connecting the provinces health systems alleges regularly missed deadlines, leading to a system obsolete before it's finished

Lie to me

It won't make you a human lie detector, but former ComputerWorld editor-in-chief Don Tennant's book Spy the Lie offers an approach to spotting deceptive behaviour

Recruiter’s Guide to Hiring Mobile App Developers

Mobile app developers are among the most sought-after IT employees. Stafflink's guide to recruiting them can help give you a hiring edge

Executive order the only way to protect U.S. infrastructure

OPINION With previous efforts dead at the feet of a bickering, partisan legislature, bypassing Congress is the only route to meaningful progress protecting at-risk infrastructure

It’s time to move beyond the password

It's been the security regimen of choice since the computer moved from the back office to the shop floor, but with the number of accounts we have, the password is no longer sustainable

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