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So Much Data, So Little Encryption

We surveyed almost 500 business technology professionals and found little end-to-end encryption use. Instead, we're doing only what auditors demand.

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Eric Zeman

Google Chrome For Mac Beta Now Available
Mac users rejoice! Today Google has made the beta version of its Chrome browser available for Apple computers. The download is free.

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Eric Zeman

Samsung Redefines Vaporware: 'Bada'
Samsung herded up the tech press in London today to share more information about Bada, its new homegrown mobile operating system. Yours truly hopped the Atlantic to attend. Unfortunately, all Samsung demonstrated was its ability to fling every buzzword in the book at attendees.

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Eric Zeman

Verizon Wireless Starts Updating The Motorola Droid
Verizon Wireless has started updating the system software of the Motorola Droid. The changelog is pretty long, and includes, among other things, better battery life, a fix for the camera, and more OS stability.

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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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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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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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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
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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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Global CIO: Building A Brand Takes IT Flexibility
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