Offshoring: Consultancy Gartner says that, due to local labor shortages in their area, Indian CIOs have to outsource — and one of the countries they are looking for help in is the U.S.Notes from the field: “Google is not the boogie man. At least, not yet,” Cringely espouses in this post. He’s responding to Privacy International’s report that the search engine is the most privacy hostile Internet company in existence. Then again, Google’s retort that PI is in Microsoft’s pocket, according to Cringe, is “not bloody likely,” either. And so the spitting match continues. Related: Google adjusts its privacy policy — slightly. Best of the blogs: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is taking complaints seriously, Matt Asay writes. And the likes of Red Hat, Microsoft and GE are backing the approach. “Patent reform is a universal concern, and its good to see diverse support.” U.S. Patent Office experiments with open source approach. Technology Industry