Are Worms Always Bad?
Self-replicating programs, which spread unchecked across the Internet, are always bad. Except when they're good. At least that's the theory behind U.S Patent number 7,296,923, awarded to Symantec Corp. for "Using a benevolent worm to assess and correct computer security vulnerabilities."
What Is Your Social Networking Policy?
One of the areas we’re asking enterprise IT executives about for our upcoming benchmark on unified communications and collaboration is organizational policies around the use of social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and MySpace. Not surprisingly, we’ve seen a huge variance in responses.
Small companies, those in technology verticals, and educational institutions tend to
No Hurry For Windows Vista And XP Service Packs
After finding a few last-minute problems with Vista Service Pack 1 and XP Service Pack 3, Microsoft delayed deployment on both of them. Now they're both back and ready for download, either manually or through Windows Update.
AT&T Can't Make Up Its Mind About Free Wi-Fi For iPhone
This is bordering on ridiculous. Last week, iPhone users (myself included) noticed that they could get free access to Wi-Fi service from AT&T at Starbucks locations. Later in the week, AT&T yanked the service. Early this week, it put the service back up, complete with information on the AT&T Web site. Today, any references to free Wi-Fi for iPhones is once again gone. What gives, AT&T?
One Small Step For Socialcast, One Giant Leap For Enterprise Social Networking
The Jet Propulsion Lab will begin pilot testing startup Socialcast’s social networking software for potential use by NASA. The space agency is interested in using Socialcast for knowledge transfer as Apollo-era employees retire.
Down To Business: Let Go Of The Past And Embrace Change
It can be unsettling, but those who seek out change will find that it creates more career paths than it cuts off.
CIOs Uncensored: A Painful Data Integration Experience
Dear Cleveland Clinic CIO: Help a broken man out.
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Google expects to launch new products for its YouTube Web video service in the next few months and sees reason for closer cooperation with Yahoo, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said Thursday.
A U.S. appeals court heard arguments Thursday over whether a patent should have been issued for a method to reduce the risk of sudden changes in energy costs.
It's official: The guys who founded Google are grown up.
Neil Young is using Java to create a multimedia musical archive of his work, updatable with new material and accessible to millions.
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