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Apple Says Users To Blame For iPhone Virus
Did your iPhone catch the new "Duh" iPhone virus? If so, Apple says it's your own fault for jailbreaking the iPhone. iPhones that have not been jailbroken are not susceptible to the virus, and jailbreakers can take steps to protect themselves.
George Crump
The Future Of Storage As A Virtual Machine
In our last few entries we looked at what can be done today with storage software running as virtual machines. In this entry we will consider what the future holds for storage as a virtual machine. Storage as a virtual machine may be the only way you apply data services in the future.
Dave Methvin
Prepare for IE9 -- Or Not
Internet Explorer 8 may have just shipped, but last week Dean Hachamovitch who is General Manager for Internet Explorer provided some hints about what is coming with IE9. A release date wasn't one of the hints that was dropped; I think it's far away.
Thomas Claburn
Microsoft, News Corporation Plan Foot-Shooting
Microsoft is reportedly discussing a deal that would see News Corporation remove its Web sites, such as the Wall Street Journal, from Google's index.
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee
Can IT Help New Cancer Screening Guidelines?
New recommendations from a federal task force last week about breast cancer screenings have infuriated many cancer survivors as well as medical professional organizations, including the American Cancer Society. The guidelines were based on data analysis of the risks and benefits of mammograms for women under age 50.
Nicole Ferraro
Join Us for IE Radio With Gregg Spiridellis at 2 PM ET!
IE Radio welcomes Gregg Spiridellis, co-founder of JibJab, at 2 PM ET today!
Gaston Hillar
Detecting Scalability Problems With Intel Parallel Universe Portal
You already know that achieving a linear speedup as the number of cores increases in real life parallelized applications is indeed very difficult. However, sometimes, the multicore scalability of certain algorithms for existing multicore systems could be worse than expected. The overhead and the bugs introduced by concurrency could bring really unexpected scalability problems when the number of cores increases. Intel can help you with a free service in the cloud.
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HP Earnings Up 14% In 4Q
CEO Mark Hurd says the hardware and services company detects an uptick in the economy, even as sales have declined.
Microsoft Bing Cashback Not Always A Bargain
Microsoft's search rebate program inflates some prices for online shoppers, claims a competitor.
Google Buys Ad Start-Up Teracent
Teracent's technology will help Google automate display ad design and delivery.
Feds Launch Health IT Blog
Health and Human Services' Health IT Buzz blog covers security, regulatory, standards, and other issues.
Full Nelson: Video: San Francisco Goes Open, Transparent
An interview with the city's mayor and IT principals about DataSF.org and its groundbreaking applications
AOL Previews Brand, Trims Workforce
The company is offering buyouts to 2,500 members of its workforce as it seeks to trim its employee headcount by nearly a third.
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- Review: Bluetooth Headsets For Mobile Pros
- Wolfe's Den: Intel CTO Envisions On-Chip Data Centers
- Lessons Learned From PCI Compliance
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Bob Evans
Global CIO: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's Goodbye Letter To European Customers
If Larry Ellison were to bid ciao and adieu to the wonks of the EU, here's what his goodbye letter to Oracle customers might say.
Helmüth Gumbel
Global CIO: SAP's Spread-Out Payment Plan Is Good But Not Enough
The ERP business has become a buyers' market and is likely to stay this way. SAP could be on the verge of capitalizing on that.
Rob Preston
Down To Smarter Business: People Want Technology Focused On Results, Not ''Solutions''
Sensors, wireless, cloud computing, machine-to-machine networks--they're all coming together to change how people get their jobs done.
Art Wittmann
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?
John Foley
Government Technologist: Vivek Kundra's Data Center Problem
The number of data centers belonging to the U.S. government has more than doubled in the past 10 years. Can Federal CIO Vivek Kundra put a stop to the trend?
Alexander Wolfe
Wolfe's Den: Intel CTO Envisions On-Chip Data Centers
Justin Rattner, chief technology officer at the chip giant, talks about the explosion of multicore processing, bringing security to cloud computing, and processor-based networking.
Fritz Nelson
Full Nelson: Video: San Francisco Goes Open, Transparent
An interview with the city's mayor and IT principals about DataSF.org and its groundbreaking applications
Chris Murphy
Global CIO: Microsoft Data Center Strategy Vital To Azure
The company envisions a more just-in-time approach to bringing on data center capacity.
Brian Gillooly
Global CIO: Building A Brand Takes IT Flexibility
There are fundamental differences in how marketing and IT see their roles, and the world. And it's bad for a company's brand when the CIO and marketing execs don't get along.
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