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Verizon Wi-Fi Program Bypasses Smartphone Users
Verizon has a new WiFi hotspot program where any of its "Mobile Broadband" customers get free access to hotspots across the country. The advantage is for the same price you were paying yesterday, you can now transfer more data without worrying about the typical 5GB per month limit since none of the hotspot transfers count against your monthly limit. The bad news is, being a Verizon smartphone owner doesn't get you any of these benefits.
Eric Zeman
Google's Chrome Now The No. 3 Browser
Google recently released beta versions of its Chrome browser for the Apple and Linux platforms. After they became available, the number of Chrome users surged past Apple's own Safari browser to become the third-most used browser. But...
Serdar Yegulalp
The Fourth Paradigm: All About The Data
Hope you're not tired of buzzwords. After "the network is the computer" and "the cloud", welcome to "data-intensive computing". This time, however, there's far more at work here than a clever turn of phrase.
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee
Instruments That Help Clinicians Deliver Better Care
In the medical world, every day brings new research findings that can potentially alter the prescribed "best practices" for treating patients with any given medical condition to facilitate the best outcomes. But keeping up with volumes of new medical studies is one of the biggest challenges for clinicians wanting to provide the best care possible for patients. That's where clinical decision support tools hold great promise.
George Hulme
U.S. And Russia Talk Internet Security
According to news reports, the American and Russian governments are engaged in talks designed to pave a way for a more secure Internet and a treaty to limit certain types of cyberweapons.
Nicole Ferraro
Cast Your Top 5 Predictions for 2010!
Tis the season to be psychic, so let's make some predictions for 2010!
Tracey Hughes
Here's to the First Responders!
We admit to throwing around some pretty charged terms in a loose fashion. Sometimes we forget that not everybody is drinking the koolaid. We [assume] that words like paradigm, architecture, and model mean the same thing to everyone. Of course we are wrong (what they say about 'assume' is still in effect).
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Mobile Handset Sales Forecast Improves For 2009
Gartner attributes the improved forecast to sales in Western Europe and on the grey market, and says that sales will finish flat year-over-year.
Strong Sales May Delay Apple iMacs
Apple's two-week delay in shipping 27-inch iMacs could be due to the product's success, said NPD Group.
EMC Adds VMware Support To Retrospect
Retrospect 7.7 for Windows features integration with VMware Consolidated Backup, energy conservation, and a 64-bit engine.
Toshiba Boosts Smartphone Storage
The 64-GB NAND flash memory module could double internal storage of smartphones.
SMS Privacy Case Heads To Supreme Court
At issue is whether text messages sent on an employee's government-owned device can remain private.
Microsoft Taps Into Open Government Market
The software vendor is using Sharepoint, Bing, SQL, Azure, and other tools to seize a chunk of the open government market.
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- Amazon IDs Cause Of Data Center Outage
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- Seagate Unveils Thinner Hard Drive For Laptops
- Open Source Group Sues Consumer Electronics Companies
- Amazon Auctions Cloud Computation
- First Commercial LTE Network Goes Live
- Strong Authentication Not Strong Enough
- Apple Customers Report Flawed iMacs
- NASA Launches Comet-Hunting Space Camera
- Oracle Mobilizing MySQL Users
- Los Angeles Goes Google
- Microsoft Offers Climate Change Tools
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Bob Evans
Global CIO: Welcome To The CIO Revolution, Circa 2010
After the craziness that was 2009, what are the top strategic priorities for CIOs in 2010? Four world-class CIOs share their insights.
Howard Anderson
Global CIO: The CIO's Christmas
A holiday poem, with apologies to Dr. Seuss.
Rob Preston
Down To Business: The 'Jobs Summit' And The Role Of Government
Policy makers don't 'create' IT and other jobs without introducing a ton of waste. They do best when they grease the skids of output and trade.
Art Wittmann
Practical Analysis: 802.11 -- The Blu-Ray Of Wireless
While useful, 802.11n is unlikely to be game-changing technology in most enterprise settings.
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: Cisco's 'Health Presence' Showcase
Cisco is applying its telepresence to healthcare in a compelling effort to lower costs and serve its employees, but it's also a bid to show a tangible business idea beyond its relentless messaging.
Chris Murphy
Global CIO: General Motors CIO On 4 Essential IT Skills
He'd like to hire people with all 4 into the new GM. But how can IT pros get this broad experience?
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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- Sircon Doubles Processed Transactions to 40-Million in only Two Years
- Reportlinker Adds Remote Shopping 2010
- Vyopta Releases Apple iPhone/iPod touch Application for Control of TANDBERG Systems
- SingleHop Announces Tandem Reseller Program: Redefining the Way Servers Are Resold
- CT Summation Announces Key Enhancements to Enterprise Product
- New Compass Intelligence Research: Small & Mid-Sized Businesses (SMBs) Expect Strong Growth in 2010 - Top Rated 'SMB-Minded' Vendors Include Microsoft, AT&T, Cisco, HP, IBM and Dell
- BIDaWIZ Connects Online Customers With Licensed Accounting & Finance Pros, Saving Them an Average of 70% on Fees Compared to Typical Billable Rates
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