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    Atari and Electronic Arts have been accused of forcing employees to work longer-than-usual hours without pay but is this sweatshop mentality endemic among game companies or is it a wider problem?

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  • IT firms take heat for 'sweatshop' labour

    Workers in developing countries who make computer components for companies such as IBM, Dell and Hewlett-Packard are suffering atrocious conditions for extremely low pay, according to a report published Tuesday.

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    The impact of overseas outsourcing is over-hyped, according to global research company Gartner.

  • India - threat or promise?

    IT pros in the West may get the jitters when Indian firms offer to slash our costs by 50 percent, but they will have to live with it.

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  • The rise of modern sweatshops

    Atari and Electronic Arts have been accused of forcing employees to work longer-than-usual hours without pay but is this sweatshop mentality endemic among game companies or is it a wider problem?

  • It's time to put ethics into IT

    A report published this week finds sweatshop working conditions at the contractors who make the components for Dell, HP, IBM and other brand manufacturers. It should be taken as a wake-up call for the industry.

  • India - threat or promise?

    IT pros in the West may get the jitters when Indian firms offer to slash our costs by 50 percent, but they will have to live with it.

  • Is IT burnout a thing of the past?

    According to one senior software engineer it's a -geek thing" " sleeping in the office, physical exhaustion, and mental stress.

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