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SMS Project Fights Malaria In Africa
IBM, Vodafone, and Novartis are using text messages to manage supplies of anti-malarial drugs in Tanzania.
Amazon IDs Cause Of Data Center Outage
The failure of two power components at a Virginia data center affected some EC2 operations on December 9th, Amazon Web Services says.
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.
Seagate Unveils Thinner Hard Drive For Laptops
The Momentus Thin drive is 25% thinner than the typical 2.5-inch drive found in netbooks, and will allow computer makers to offer thinner netbooks and laptops.
Amazon Auctions Cloud Computation
Businesses can now bid for computing capacity during times of low demand to save money.
First Commercial LTE Network Goes Live
TeliaSonera launched its 4G wireless network Monday in Sweden and Norway.
Strong Authentication Not Strong Enough
Cyber thieves are defeating two-factor authentication systems. Gartner recommends defense-in-depth.
Apple Customers Report Flawed iMacs
Over 80 pages of complaints, including flickering, cracked, or yellow-tinged screens, have been logged on Apple's iMac support forum.
NASA Launches Comet-Hunting Space Camera
WISE is designed to capture everything from near-Earth objects to distant black holes.
Oracle Mobilizing MySQL Users
The European Commission investigation into Oracle's acquisition of Sun is turning into a political dogfight as MySQL users are writing letters supporting and opposing the deal.
Los Angeles Goes Google
As of Monday, city employees will be able to start using Google Apps for daily computing tasks.
Microsoft Offers Climate Change Tools
Software maker rolls out interactive services at COP15 conference in Copenhagen.
Google Phone Could Spur Mobile App Development
A branded handset could help the search company develop a more software developer-friendly infrastructure.
Global CIO: The CIO's Christmas
A holiday poem, with apologies to Dr. Seuss
Global CIO: Oracle's EU Nemesis Mocked Intel After $1.5B Fine
After fining Intel $1.5 billion, top EC bureaucrat Neelie Kroes joked about Intel sponsoring European taxpayers. What sort of joke was she planning for Oracle?
Cisco Starent Deal OK'd By Stockholders
The $2.9 billion deal calls for Starent's operation, which provides multimedia core platforms for mobile carriers, to be merged into Cisco.
Office 2003 Bug Locks Files
Rights management technology causes glitch that affected RMS-protected documents.
IBM Offers Tivoli Service To SMBs
Tivoli Live Monitoring can monitor virtual machines running under VMware ESX Server, Microsoft's Hyper-V, and Citrix Systems XenServer.
Global CIO: Oracle Customer Comments Will Force EU To Yield
Oracle customers last week crushed the EU's case against Oracle by saying its databases don't compete with MySQL. But will the EU listen?
Chip Foundries Increase Spending On Capital Equipment
Worldwide spending on chip equipment will fall precipitously this year, but sales will pick up strongly next year, Gartner said.
Getting Started With Full Disk Encryption
Today, full-system encryption in software is feasible and practical. Here's how to get up and running using solutions from PGP, McAfee, Sophos, and open-source options TrueCrypt and DiskCryptor.
California Health Provider Tackles EHRs
Community Health System expects to improve quality of care, patient communications, and cost management using Allscripts electronic health record software.
Google Douses Privacy Fire
CEO Eric Schmidt's remarks are being taken out of context, the company says.
Microsoft Acquires Data Center Automation Firm
The purchase of Opalis will allow Microsoft to bring automated data center best practices to expand System Center's capabilities.
Dell Updates OptiPlex Business Line
The computer maker has added four smaller business desktops for space-constrained organizations.
Top 10 Intel & AMD Stories Of 2009
High-profile developments on the processor landscape this year included aggressive multicore designs, research to put data centers on chip, and a surprise antitrust settlement between the dueling semiconductor vendors.
NASA Comet Hunter Set For Monday Launch
Weekend liftoff of WISE space telescope scrubbed due to faulty steering engine.
Cybersecurity Metrics Coming For Federal Agencies
Government agencies may soon be required to report a host of metrics focusing on real-time cybersecurity performance.
Skype Updates App For Symbian, Windows
The company released beta versions of its VoIP calling service for Windows desktops and 17 Nokia handsets.
T-Mobile Adds Carrier Billing For Android Market
The move could make the mobile platform more attractive to developers because it offers a seamless way to buy applications.
Smartphone Users Want Mobile TV
Consumers want to see news, entertainment, and sports shows on their smartphones and mobile devices.
GAO Pressures FCC To Help Wireless Consumers
The Government Accountability Office wants the Federal Communications Commission to enforce consumer protection rules.
Nokia Stole iPhone Secrets, Apple Alleges
Computer maker countersues rival over smartphone technologies.
Dell Expands Data Center Offerings
The company introduced infrastructure management software and 10-Gigabit Ethernet to its storage and networking switch lines.
Americans Consume 34 GB Of Data Daily
Video games accounted for most of the bandwidth, but watching TV consumed most of the time.
Global CIO: Riverbed Sees Cloud Computing Boom In 2010
With CIOs looking to the cloud to help rekindle growth and CEOs dazzled by the economic promise, Riverbed is very bullish on cloud computing.
Software AG Launches Mainframe Application Monitoring
The browser-based monitoring tool looks into the operating health of multiple mainframe applications.
Tech Firms Stock Up On Foreign Talent
Recession not slowing use of H-1Bs as program nears limit in just three months.
Web Portal Links Doctors To Patient Info
Butler Health System is rolling out PatientKeeper software to make it easier for physicians to access medical information.
Developers Anticipate Apple Tablet
With reports of Apple suppliers preparing a tablet, developers are thinking about the new app design possibilities.
Chinese Trade Policy Discriminatory, Groups Claim
A new Chinese government procurement policy gives preference to products based on Chinese-owned intellectual property.
AOL Completes Spin-Off From Time Warner
The standalone company's stock value dropped on its first day of trading on its new AOL symbol.
Prepaid Mobile Boosted By Smartphones
Consumers seeking low-cost cell phone plans are no longer restricted to low-tech phones, says a survey.
Opera Offers Unified Mobile UI Tool
The cross-platform framework will enable businesses to deploy Opera browsers with a consistent user interface across multiple handsets.
Microsoft To Acquire Healthcare Specialist
Sentillion buy gives software maker a range of identity and access management tools for hospital IT systems.
LCD Maker Pleads Guilty In Price Fixing Scheme
Chi Mei Optoelectronics will pay $220 million in fines for conspiring with other TFT-LCD companies to set prices for the displays.
Google Search Appliance Now Finds Tweets
Social media is infiltrating the business world, like it or not.
Skyfire Updates Mobile Browser
The browser for Windows Mobile features a refined user interface, better touchscreen support, and the latest versions of Flash and Silverlight.
Chopra, Kundra Urge Efficiency Role For Government IT
The Federal CIO and CTO tell Congress that transparency, efficiency efforts are beginning to pay dividends, but federal IT still needs to be more involved in business decisions.
IBM Launches Cloud Computing Lab
Hong Kong center will focus on support for Big Blue's LotusLive online service.
WiGig Completes Wireless Specification
The 60-GHz technology will support transmission rates up to 7 Gbps in home and small office networks.
Amazon EC2 Cloud Data Center Loses Power
Operations in Amazon's Northern Virginia cloud computing data center were disrupted during a five-hour period Wednesday.
Tibco To Launch Enterprise Social Networking
Tibbr will use a social networking framework to deliver topic-based communications and documents to employees with a stake in those subjects.
Facebook Privacy Changes Draw Flak
Members fear their information may be inadvertently exposed to the entire Web.
Feds Launch Internet Healthcare Initiatives
Department of Health and Human Services programs promote research data sharing, employee collaboration, and flu safety.
Global CIO: Why SAP Won't Match Oracle's 22% Maintenance Fees
Here are five reasons why SAP won't make the awful mistake of raising annual maintenance fees to match Oracle at 22%.
Red Hat Open-Sources Virtualization Protocol
The SPICE protocol is designed to improve desktop virtualization for bandwidth-intensive applications, such as video or voice over IP.
Apple Tablet Eyed For March Release
The iPad watch has gained ground in the wake of a report from an Oppenheimer tech analyst.
Facebook Christmas Worm Spreads Holiday Infection
Koobface, the worm that has plagued Facebook, Twitter and other social sites, is back.
AT&T To Curb Smartphone Data Use
The company said 3% of its smartphone users are consuming 40% of its data traffic and compromising its networks.
Google Boosts Android Maps
The 3.3 version of Google Maps for mobile includes more location-based services and the ability to report map problems directly from the phone.
Video Driving Cisco Growth
Cisco will accellerate its move into video while also branching aggressively into collaboration and virtualization, said CEO John Chambers.
Google Web Toolkit 2.0 Adds Performance Tools
Developers who share Google's obsession with speed have new options to make Web apps faster.
Samsung Gives Details On Bada OS
The handset maker's mobile operating system will be taking on the likes of Google's Android and the open source Symbian.
Facebook Solves 'Embarrassing Photos Problem'
Social networking site now gives users control over who sees what.
1 Billion Mobile Internet Devices Seen By 2013
Mobile Internet use will more than double, and most activity will be in online shopping, blogging, and accessing business applications.
TSA Breach Exposes PDF File Risk
Simply blacking out information in a Portable Document Format file won't keep data from prying eyes.
Cox Launches Wireless Service
The cable company is using its portion of the 700-MHz spectrum to offer cellular voice services.
Google Groups Joins Apps Suite
Users gain more flexible communication and collaboration options, while IT administrators gain more control over information management.
Social Media Influencing Holiday Purchases
A comScore survey found that 28% of online shoppers were influenced by info on Facebook or Twitter in making holiday purchases.
Open Government Directive Tackles Data Quality
The Obama administration will require federal agencies to take steps to improve the quality of their financial data.
Data.gov Heads For Overhaul
The government is looking to make significant improvements to its open data repository, adding features for developers and consumers and prodding agencies to participate.
Global CIO: IBM Supports Oracle But Microsoft Kisses EU Ring
IBM exec Steve Mills says MySQL doesn't compete with Oracle, but Microsoft obsequiously awaits its chance to kiss the EU's ring by demonizing Larry Ellison's company.
Magazine Publishers Take On The Internet
Consortium of leading media companies eyes digital content and online storefront.
Novell Maps Workload Management For Cloud
The company charts a new path as it applies identity management and security to workloads run in the cloud.
Network Planners Need Next-Gen Approach
Telecoms need to synch their network planning with marketing data for successful rollouts of next-gen services, says a survey.
Microsoft Shakeup Signals Azure Launch
Software maker reorganizes server group and strikes NetApp deal as it prepares to release cloud platform.
SAP Outlines Five-Year Enterprise Software Plan
SAP's unfolding strategy emphasizes on-demand computing, cloud architectures, flexible pricing, mobile and in-memory computing.
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?
Global CIO: Steve Jobs Is Bugs Bunny But Microsoft Is Elmer Fudd
Windows 7 is nice, Bing is neat, Sharepoint is solid, and Azure is promising. But does Microsoft scare the crap out of any of its competitors anymore?
IBM Unveils Mainframe Bundles
The packages of hardware and software include mainframes priced and configured for large data center consolidation and CRM applications.
Seagate Intros Its First Enterprise SSD
The solid state drive is designed for blade and general servers, and is first of a planned line of enterprise SSDs.
Google Fights 'Google Money' Fraud Scheme
In an effort to protect its brand, Google is suing a company offering kits that purport to reveal how to earn money from home using Google.
Microsoft Patches Zero-Day Internet Explorer Hole
The company issued 74 Security Bulletins in 2009, compared to 78 in 2008 and 69 in 2007, excluding out-of-band updates.
Apple Pulls 1,000 Apps For Ratings Problems
Molinker is accused of falsifying 5-star ratings for its programs to boost its rating in the App Store.
Fujitsu To Offer Cloud Services
The company enters the ranks of cloud competitors, supplying compute infrastructure as a service through its expanded data centers.
Google Releases Chrome For Mac, Linux
Over a year after the release of Google Chrome for Windows, Mac and Linux beta versions have arrived.
Publishers Collaborate On E-Reader Platform
Top magazine publishers will launch a digital storefront and software platform for publishing on e-readers, smartphones, and laptops.
Cisco Security Report Sees Social Media Risk
Bad passwords, inconsistent patching, excessive information sharing, and outdated AV software are key ingredients in what Cisco calls a security "nightmare formula."
White House Issues Open Government Directive
The Obama administration outlines steps that federal agencies must take to become more open, participatory, and collaborative, including release of "high value" data.
Microsoft Dismisses BitLocker Threat
Software maker claims vulnerability exposed by researchers unlikely to occur in "real world."
EMC Launches Storage Automation
The company says its fully automated storage tiering technology will cut storage acquisition costs by 20% and trim storage operation expenses by 40%.
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.
Barnes & Noble Delays Nook Sales In Stores
The company had hoped to have the e-book reader available in its highest-volume stores this week, but online demand is outstripping supply.
HP Launches Small Footprint PC
The all-in-one computer has an 18.5-inch screen, DVD burner, and built-in webcam, and is designed for small businesses where space is at a premium.
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