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Cisco Rolls Out iPhone Security App
The SIO To Go app sends realtime alerts to users' iPhones, notifying of attacks and potential threats to corporate networks.
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Repurposing Quack Science
CERN's Large Hadron Collider ("LHC") restarted this morning without a hitch, after a year of kludgy delays and nutty rumors that time travelers had sabotaged it. It's time to ratchet up the quack science.
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Review: Bluetooth Headsets For Mobile Pros
Put down that handset and pick up a wireless headset. We rate Bluetooth devices from Aliph, BlueAnt, MoGo, Motorola, Plantronics, and Samsung.
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BlueAnt
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Wolfe's Den: Intel CTO Envisions On-Chip Data Centers
Justin Rattner talks about the explosion of multicore processing, bringing security to cloud computing, and processor-based networking
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Intel
Practical Analysis: How Locked In To Vendors Are You?
Stem-to-stern storage, networking, and management products are coming from several vendors. Is that a positive trend?
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So Much Data, So Little Encryption
We surveyed almost 500 business technology professionals and found little end-to-end encryption use. Instead, we're doing only what auditors demand.
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Lessons Learned From PCI Compliance
Assessors reveal mistakes companies make with data security standard.
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Rolling Review: Acronis Deploys Windows 7 With Ease
The software gets the new OS to your users quickly and easily, but lacks management features.
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CIO Profiles: Mark Dajani, Senior VP And CIO Of Kraft Foods
For everything Kraft's IS department does, there's a value measurement.
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Word, We Need To Talk
Hey there, Word. How're things? Seems like you're doing okay. I hear you have a new release coming shortly, in Office 2010. In fact, I've been meaning to talk to you about that.
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Thoughts On The Motorola Droid
It's been a few weeks since the Motorola Droid crash-landed on Verizon Wireless, and I wanted to give it a good amount of real-life usage before I reviewed the handset. So, does the Droid live up to the hype, or is it another failed iPhone killer? ...
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Chrome OS: There Will Be Local Storage
Despite what Google says, not all data will be in the cloud.
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Web 2.0 Expo: Noveck Cites Open Gov Challenges
The deputy CTO for open government sees progress, but acknowledges push back and resource constraints on the path to transparency..
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Motorola Buys RadioFrame's iDEN Business
Integrated Digital Enhanced Network products have been The acquisition will enhance its push-to-talk technology delivered over an integrated Digital Enhanced Network, Motorola says.
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Specs For Next Motorola Android Phone Leak
Based on the spec sheet that's floating about the Interwebs today, it appears as though Motorola's next Android phone is probably headed to AT&T; -- which remains to be the only major U.S. carrier not already offering an Android handset.
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Chrome OS Security: Initial Impressions
There is much developers can do to build a secure operating system when limits are set on what devices are supported, and there's no regard for compatibility with all types of software applications. I'm sure it's a luxury some software designers in ...
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Air Force To Expand PlayStation-Based Supercomputer
The cluster of PlayStation 3 consoles is already being used for research into high-def video processing and systems with brain-like properties.
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China Cyber Espionage Threatens U.S., Report Says
A Congressional advisory report warns that cyber attacks against defense computers are on the rise.
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Motorola Promises Fix For Droid's Goofy Camera
The Motorola Droid has one of the weirdest bugs I've ever heard about. It concerns the camera. It seems some users are finding that the autofocus doesn't work quite right. Motorola says a software fix is on the way.
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Motorola
U.S. Cellular Offers Mobile Plan Notifications
Wireless plan customers nearing their limits on minutes or text messages can opt to receive notification from the carrier via SMS.
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Storage As A Virtual Machine Details - Part Two
Completing our storage as a virtual machine re-interviews were conversations we had with EMC and Nexenta . While our last entry focused on systems that leveraged virtual machines to deliver block I/O storage services these two companies are ...
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Google's Million-Dollar Maps API
The U.S. government's Apps.gov Web site provides new visibility into what federal agencies pay for cloud-based applications and commercial software, with offerings from vendors such as Hewlett-Packard, Jive, Microsoft, and Salesforce.com. One of the ...
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The Million-Dollar Google Maps API
The U.S. government's Apps.gov Web site provides new visibility into what federal agencies pay for cloud-based applications and commercial software, with offerings from vendors such as Hewlett-Packard, Jive, Microsoft, and Salesforce.com. One of the ...
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Microsoft AppFabric Adds Azure Cloud Plumbing
Microsoft is implementing a background technology for Azure, AppFabric, that will help it serve as a platform for composite applications working with software in the enterprise.
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Network Provides Healthcare Pricing Data
Transparent Health Network negotiates healthcare pricing with medical providers, and shares price data with its members online.
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Nokia Sees Enterprise Demand For Netbook
The Booklet 3G's embedded mobile broadband and long battery life are attracting mobile professionals, not the mass market it had aimed for, Nokia says.
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Telepresence Acquisitions Booming
Videoconferencing firms BT, Polycom, Logitech, LifeSize Communications, Cisco and Tandberg all have either made deals or are in negotiations.
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Keeping A Cool Head Over Open Source License Violations
Shortly before I wrote my post about responsible disclosure of open source licensing violations, Bradley Kuhn (of the Software Freedom Conservancy and Software Freedom Law Center ) wrote a post of his own about the same subject. His take: GPL ...
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NEC
Ballmer Says Windows 7 Is Microsoft's Best OS Ever
New operating system is building market momentum as PC users upgrade from Vista, CEO says.
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Steve Ballmer
Next-Gen BlackBerry Pearl Makes Appearance
A generous -- and in-focus -- number of images of the unannounced BlackBerry Pearl 9100 have been posted to the Internet. If you're a fan of the Pearl line of smartphones from BlackBerry, it's time to get excited.
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Ballmer: Windows 7 Microsoft's 'Best Ever' OS
New operating system is building market momentum as PC users upgrade from Vista, CEO says.
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Microsoft
Steve Ballmer
Remote Monitoring Yields Healthier Patients
Nursing service uses wireless devices to monitor homebound patients and get data to doctors faster, reducing hospitalizations by more than 50%.
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First LTE Data Call Made On Live Net
Alcatel-Lucent's live call is the latest in a series of Long Term Evolution tests and trials in preparation for the launch of LTE.
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IBM Reports Cognitive Computing Advances
IBM has taken a big step forward in the development of a computer that works like a human brain, officials told a supercomputing conference in Oregon Wednesday.
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BMC, CA Join Salesforce.com Cloud
Salesforce.com's challenge will be to convince even more CIOs and developers that it's no longer just a CRM company.
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Medicine Bottles Get Net Connection
Bottle cap with wireless Internet connection flashes when it's time to take a pill and even calls forgetful patients with reminders.
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Interop: CIOs Eye Cloud With Optimistic Caution
The consensus of the Enterprise Cloud Summit panel was that the cloud promises reduced costs and added IT flexibility, but significant legal and technical challenges remain.
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Google Chrome OS Depends On Hardware Partners
Despite its focus on the Web -- a platform with proven appeal -- Chrome OS will also need compelling hardware to compete against Apple's anticipated tablet and Windows netbooks.
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Top Wireless Turkeys Of 2009
Amid a year when the iPhone 3GS was released, Android exploded on the scene after simmering in the form of the T-Mobile G1 for nearly a year and Verizon launching some great ads talking smack about AT&T;'s performance, there have been a few wireless ...
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Who Needs An IT Department?
The Wall Street Journal had an interesting opinion piece written by Nick Wingfield, a frustrated "consumer" of big-company IT services. His main question is deceptively simple: "Why can't I use whatever technology I want to get my Wall Street ...
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Interop: Microsoft Exec Says 'Google Me'
A Microsoft executive speaking at Interop Thursday unwittingly highlighted the challenge his company faces in building brand recognition around its Bing search engine. The exec told audience members seeking his contact info to "Google me."
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Interop: CIOs Eye Cloud With Optimistic Caution
Tech chiefs see potential for savings and IT flexibility, but remain wary of legal and technical challenges.
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Obama Team Challenges Web Developers
Having rebuilt Whitehouse.gov on the open source Drupal platform, President Obama's new media team plans is calling on the open source community for new ideas and technology.n.
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Google Chrome OS Coming. Got A Netbook Strategy?
The clocks running. Google expects Web-optimized netbooks running its OS to be on sale before the end of 2010. That gives you about a year to figure out how you want to handle employee use of this next generation of devices. No sense waiting.
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eBay Founder Starting Online News Site
As print journalism suffers from the move of ad dollars to the Web, Pierre Omidyar hopes his service will fill gaps in local Hawaiian news reporting.
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eBay
Opera Mobile 10 Hits Windows Mobile
The latest version of Opera Mobile adds boosted touchscreen support, visual bookmarks, and improved data compression features.
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Opera
Windows Mobile
Interop: Cloud Computing's Portability Gotcha
There were a couple "aha" moments for me at Interop's Enterprise Cloud Summit. The first was that some companies are already storing hundreds of terabytes of data in the cloud. The second was that it can be a slow and expensive process to move that ...
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