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George Hulme

Bank Login Stealing Trojan Threat Grows
Cisco released its Cisco 2009 Annual Security Report this morning, and it contains some interesting insight on many of the vulnerabilities and threat vectors we face today.

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Eric Zeman

Google Redraws Maps For Android Phones
Google has updated Maps for Mobile again for Android phones. There are several new features with this latest update, but the new version isn't compatible with all the variants of Android that are out there.

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Serdar Yegulalp

Wireless Carriers, Open Source Still At Odds
That's the thesis behind a piece by Sascha Segan over at PC Magazine, where he blames a good deal of the lack of geek-friendly Linux handsets on the wireless carriers themselves. But how much of it is also end-user indifference?

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Alexander Wolfe

Windows 7 Upgrades Drop Ball On Data Migration
Today's experience of upgrading one's PC to a new operating system is qualitatively different from that of a decade ago. It's no longer so much about the OS. You've already got something decent; you're mostly adding new bells and whistles. What's different now is there's a lot more user data--pictures, e-mails and music/video files--to move over. And that experience, quite frankly, stinks.

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Ed Hansberry

HTC Roadmap For 2010 Leaked
HTC's roadmap for the first half has been leaked and there are tons of pictures and specifications. Looks like there will be plenty of Windows Mobile 6.5 devices as well as some based on Android.

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Nicole Ferraro

Comcast-NBC Deal May Spell End of Free Content
If Comcast's acquisition of NBC Universal gets approved, we may soon bid farewell to the free days of Hulu

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Tracey Hughes

HPC Joins the Dummy Revolution?
We've been trying to figure out exactly what the attraction is. What is it that causes someone to be drawn to a book that explicitly states that it's for dummies? Is it the yellow and black motif? Maybe because 'dummy' rhymes with 'yummy'? What exactly causes someone to reach for a book entitled 'X for Dummies'?



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Sprint Completes iPCS Acquisition

The $831 million deal will end all pending litigation between the companies and expand Sprint's coverage area and number of subscribers.

McKesson Unveils Pharmacy Automation System

The system is designed to improve dosage accuracy and patient safety while saving pharmacists' time.

Savvis, Cisco Boost Enterprise Cloud Offerings

The firms will team to offer enterprise-class virtual private data center and multi-tiered security and quality-of-service capabilities.

IBM Snags Pair Of Outsourcing Deals

Big Blue wins multi-year tech services agreements from Maersk and Navistar.

Windows 7 Family Pack Discontinued

Microsoft pulls multi-license discount offer as holiday shopping kicks into gear.

Global CIO: The 50 Top Tech Quotes For 2009, Part II

"Take two of the five most-profitable businesses in China: they don't pay for their software." We've got 24 more great quotes in Part II of our best of 2009.


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Bob Evans

Global CIO: The 50 Top Tech Quotes For 2009, Part II
"Take two of the five most-profitable businesses in China: they don't pay for their software." We've got 24 more great quotes in Part II of our best of 2009.

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Robert L. Otto

Government CIOs Must Focus On Results, Not Data Centers
Data center proliferation entails unacceptable cost and risk, says the former CIO of the U.S. Postal Service. With cloud computing as an option, it's time to pursue a more sustainable strategy.

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Rob Preston

Down To Business: How Indian CIOs Stack Up
IBM thinks they're more progressive than CIOs elsewhere in the world, given their emphasis on innovation, customers, and other strategic matters.

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Art Wittmann

Practical Analysis: Pundits, Facts, And Competing Goals
There's no silver bullet when it comes to building a technically competent enterprise content management strategy.

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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.

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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

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Chris Murphy

Global CIO: Fear Of Facebook For The Enterprise
Enterprise social networking, at its worst, looks like another way to get buried in data.

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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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