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- Will identity be open source?
- Not only have project managers had to explain and defend the need for secure identities to a consumer audience which thinks it Big Brother, but they had to navigate among the interests of several big-name vendors -- Sun, Oracle and IBM among them. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Members of right-wing UK party exposed
- There's turmoil at the right-wing British National Party today after personal information on 10,000 members was published on the Web, The Times reports. Names, addresses, telephone numbers and professions were published. The members include teachers, scientists, a government employee and at least one...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Mobile industry calls for RFID payment push
- The GSM Association has called on manufacturers to build technology for contactless payments into their handsets by the middle of next year The GSM Association has called on phone manufacturers to build RFID technology into handsets from mid-2009, in a bid to kick start the mobile-payment industry. ...
- News items 2008-11-18
- Study: Don't repeat IT mistakes from last downturn.
- A report released today by research firm voke, Inc. makes a point that probably shouldn't need to be made these days - but, given the economic climate, it's probably not a bad idea to say it anyway. Resist the IT downturn slash. Former Gartner...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- What's driving women out of computer science?
- When it comes to higher education, women have achieved parity with men in almost every technical pursuit...except computer science. With all science and engineering fields considered, the percentage of bachelor's degree recipients who are women has improved to 51 percent in 2004-5 from 39 percent in 1984-85,...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Addressing virtualization's achilles heel
- The benefits of virtualization are quite obvious but when you start to really increase the density of virtual machines in order to maximize utilization suddenly it ain't such a simple proposition. The latest CPUs from AMD and Intel are more than up to the task of running 10-20 or more...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- AMD: Does the resurrection start with 'Shanghai'?
- AMD on Thursday launched its Shanghai processor family--the successor to the much maligned Barcelona. The goal: Close the gap on server chips with Intel. The challenge: Convincing customers, shareholders and others in the peanut gallery that a turnaround at AMD is underway. Later today, AMD will try...
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- News to know: Windows 7; Google; iPhone; Storm; iLife patch
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows 7 - The "Blue Badge" experience. Gallery right Michael Krigsman: Sixteen IT failures to remember Garett Rogers: Google makes the blogosphere...
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Live Webcast: Reduce the Risk of Email Downtime and Lower Your Total Cost of Ownership
- Email has become the most pervasive channel for business communication yet despite large enterprise investments in replication, mirroring, and tape backup systems, email systems continue to fail. While natural and man-made disasters can lead to email outages, new data shows that email systems are more frequently brought down by technological...
- Webcasts 2008-11-11
- Live Webcast: The Mobile Workforce: Who is it? What's driving it? How do you manage it?
- As the mobile workforce trend continues to grow (IDC predicts there will be 1 billion mobile workers by 2011), business managers and organizations need to embrace practices and technologies that support this movement and enable workers to communicate and collaborate effectively over long distances. Join the live...
- Webcasts 2008-11-11
- Coming soon, but not really soon enough: A certification to weed out shady electronics recyclers
- Coming soon, but not really soon enough: A certification to weed out shady electronics recyclersclarificationThanks for covering this, Heather-- I encourage people to see www.e-Stewards.org for the latest information and list of responsible recyclers. We are currently upgrading our audits of these companies to a fully accredited system; until...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Despite weak economy, strong demand for community managers
- Despite weak economy, strong demand for community managersPukeNot only do we have to deal with thousands of kids named Barak, we have to deal with "community" being the new tech buzzword. Stop the ride, I want to get off.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Despite weak economy, strong demand for community managers
- Looking for a new gig? Apparently the market is hot for community managers. Even though the job market seems to be pretty soft these days, the demand for community managers doesn't seem to be waning. According to ReadWriteWeb: It's a hot job. We only expect it...
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- The new rules for calculating Windows ship dates
- It wasn't long ago that whenever Microsoft gave a ship-date target for a new Windows release, IT managers would add anywhere between a few months to a couple years to it when figuring their upgrade schedules. As crazy as it sounds, the new way to calculate when a new Windows...
- Blog posts 2008-11-07
- Microsoft buy a 'good idea' for Yahoo, not Microsoft
- Microsoft buy a 'good idea' for Yahoo, not MicrosoftThere is allways that chance that someone elsewould purchase YaHoo's search business, which would still leave Microsoft in third place.It is an interesting situation, and one which needs to be solely based on what would be the best long term ROI.MS should...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
- Ballmer says Google is "way behind" in mobile
- Ballmer says Google is "way behind" in mobileBalmerToo bad he opens his mouth several years before his brain is operating!Yes, Google leap-frogged MS here, and about the only thing that Balmer cando is try to badmouth them. But, in the end, it makes him look like a fool!Also, the Microsoft...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
- The 2008 CEO Study: Implications for the CIO
- We talked to 1,130 global CEOs, general managers, and senior public sector and business leaders about their thoughts on the future of the enterprise. The results indicate an agenda characterized by change. Learn about five key insights from the study and what they mean for the CIO as change agent....
- White papers 2008-11-06
- Google: it’s time to get Real
- Google: it’s time to get Realdo itdo itoptions = successI don't necessarily buy your argument Jason"Let's face it, Apple has its users locked in big time. In order to download software from Apple's iTunes store, you have to use the iTunes application. In order to use the iTunes application and...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-05
- Apple to pay Fadell $300,000 as advisor; Can't solicit workers for a year if leaves
- Apple in an SEC filing on Wednesday detailed Tony Fadell's compensation package, which includes an annual salary of $300,000, stock and an agreement to avoid poaching employees for a year at the end of his employment. Apple officially announced Fadell's departure on Tuesday. In the SEC filing...
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- Google withdraws from Yahoo ad partnership. Will Microsoft rebid?
- Google withdraws from Yahoo ad partnership. Will Microsoft rebid?Probably smart for Google. This was generating bad publicity. Google needsto protect its brand. But, not looking good for Yahoo at all.Do you think Microsoft would stop at search?The internal factions at Yahoo which succeeded in blocking the sale to Microsoft before...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-05
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