Trend Micro Reports Global Rise in Workplace Social Networking

Global survey finds that nearly a quarter of employees surveyed now visit social networking sites while on the corporate network.

Even though more workplaces are regulating social networking sites, employees are finding ways around security roadblocks, making social networking a way of office-life around the world.

Trend Micro's 2010 corporate end user survey, which included 1600 end users in the U.S. , U.K, Germany and Japan , found that globally, social networking at the workplace steadily rose from 19 percent in 2008 to 24 percent in 2010. The highest surge of social networking on the corporate network during the last two years was found among end-users within the U.K. , who tallied a 6 percent increase, and Germany , with a more than 10 percent leap.

Smart value The LG GS500 Cookie Plus 3G

The LG Cookie Plus 3G, or GS500, is a low-priced 3G smart phone - the latest model in the touch-screen Cookie Series.

The LG GS500 retails for only Bt5,990 and comes with a free 8GB microSD card. It uses HSDPA 3.6Mbps as its 3G connection.

When it was used in an area covered by TOT's 3G network, it was good for browsing Web pages on the go and for connecting with social networks.

It comes will the usual social-networking applications for Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. You can also use it for watching YouTube video clips and searching for Web pages using Google Service.

Best of all, the LG GS500 also supports push mail from certain mail services, including Gmail and MSN.