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George Hulme

Despite Security Concerns, Social Networks Soar
Security firm Palo Alto Networks peeked at the application use of more than 200 organizations around the globe, and found social networking growth on corporate networks is on fire. Will security concerns be the extinguisher? Don't count on it.

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Serdar Yegulalp

A Litl Redux
After my Thursday column about the litl, readers pointed my attention to a blog post where the folks at litl (all lowercase) further defended their reasons for its rather top-heavy $700 price point. I went in expecting some real meat for discussion. I came away with a nearly empty plate.

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Paul McDougall

Next For India? Business Analytics
Accenture is adding 8,000 positions to its Indian operations, a move that will push the outsourcer's total headcount on the subcontinent to about 50,000. Many of the new employees will work on business analytics tools. Last week, IBM opened a biz analytics lab in the country. Smell a trend yet?

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Eric Zeman

Apple Prepping $99 iPhone 3GS To Battle Competition?
Right now, AT&T offers the iPhone 3G 8GB for $99, and the iPhone 3GS 16GB and 32GB for $199 and $299, respectively. Despite word from Apple's own Phil Schiller that the company's lineup is set for holiday sales, reports of a $99 iPhone 3GS 8GB model have hit the 'net.

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Bob Evans

CIOs Flaunt Risk, Say CFOs
A recent panel discussion called "CFO/CIO Straight Talk" revealed that some finance chiefs believe their IT leaders don't have a good grasp on risk management and are still too eager to pursue big-bang projects. Looking inward, those same CFOs say their own lack of imagination is also a problem.

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Nicole Ferraro

The Audience Still Exists... If You Believe It
1938 Media forces people back into the role of 'audience' at its Audience Conference by banning laptops and Internet access

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Stephen Blair-chappell

Sequential Programming: Like Eating Peas with a Straw.
Before the era of multicore chips, performance gains in CPUs was achieved by a combination of ever increasing speed and architectural enhancements. This resulted in more and more power being consumed by the processor -- a situation that could not continue forever.



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Microsoft Releases Exchange 2010

The e-mail server includes better storage optimization, voicemail integration, archiving, and potentially big cost savings, says the software giant.

Global CIO: Cloud Computing's New Name: Who Will Win $100 Million?

HP, IBM, and Oracle say , "cloud computing" is a bad name, so we're asking you to come up with a new names. You might (hah!) win $100,000,000.

Google Computes News Quality

A recently filed patent application suggests that Google is taking steps to promote news produced by major media companies on Google News.

Internet Use Increases Social Connectivity

Rather than pulling people away from each other, Internet use actually enhances the size and diversity of people's social networks, according to a Pew report.

Review: Motorola Cliq Smartphone

The Android smartphone backs up a brilliant social network integration concept with only so-so performance.

Florida Hospital Dials Up iPhones For Nurses

iPhones are helping a Sarasota hospital connect its nursing staff via text messaging, and soon, VoIP telephony.


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Bob Evans

Global CIO: Cloud Computing's New Name: Who Will Win $100 Million?
HP, IBM, and Oracle say , "cloud computing" is a bad name, so we're asking you to come up with a new names. You might (hah!) win $100,000,000.

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Rob Preston

Down To Business: How Do You Define Prosperity?
In its measure of the "wealth and well being" of 104 countries, a U.K. think tank provides ample food for thought as we consider the attributes that truly matter in this connected global economy.

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Art Wittmann

Practical Analysis: The Fastest-Growing Security Threat
SQL injections, more than any other exploit, can land your company in trouble. So why aren't you worried about them?

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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?

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Alexander Wolfe

Wolfe's Den: HP Revs Data Center Strategy, Stabbing At Cisco
Hewlett-Packard has fired back at Cisco in the increasingly contentious race to field an overarching data-center strategy, which will enable enterprises to rein in the complexity of sprawling networks and rampant virtualization.

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Fritz Nelson

Full Nelson: A Web Presence Needs Sizzle, For Shizzle
Customer engagement is the future of the Web. For the bold and the willing, successful ideas are there for the trying -- just don't try too hard.

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Chris Murphy

Global CIO: Capgemini Takes On The Plague Of Bad Requirements
It's embracing visualization from iRise as part of a move to get requirements right early

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Craig Mathias

Mathias On Mobility: Wi-Fi Continues Its Advance
The recent finalization of the IEEE 802.11n standard spotlights the fact that wireless has move up to the esteemed position of primary access for, well, almost everyone today.

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