"Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death." -- James F. Byrnes
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Woman Hit By File-Sharing Verdict Fights Back
Minnesota mom targeted by the RIAA for illegal downloads proclaims that she "will not be bullied."
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Dell Readies MacBook Pro Rival
The PC maker's upcoming XPS M1530 is meant for a broader audience, particularly people who do a lot of non-professional photo and video editing, and watch high-definition video.
Intel Goes Social, Launches Digg-like Site To Spot Trends
Cool Software is intended to provide Intel with market intelligence rather than to foster a community.
Blue Coat Battles Cybercrime With Anti-Phishing Technology
The security company is adding a real-time anti-phishing feature to its Web filtering appliance, enabling companies to analyze Web pages on the fly.
Google And IBM Partner To Push Cloud Computing
To prepare students "to harness the potential of modern computing systems," the companies will provide universities with hardware, software, and services to advance training in large-scale distributed computing.
Applebee's Exec Preaches Data Mining For Business Decisions
Data architect Randall Parman describes how the restaurant chain is developing sophisticated data analysis for improving employee performance and store sales.
Seagate Combines Flash Memory, Hard Disk For Notebook Storage
The Seagate Momentus 5400 PSD offers 160 Gbytes of traditional rotating disk storage and 256 Mbytes of flash memory.
Adobe Confirms Critical Bug Affecting Windows XP
Adobe issued a workaround for the vulnerability and reported that a fix should be released before the end of the month.
Alltel Offers Wi-Fi Service To Cell Phone Users
The Wi-Fi and EVDO Wireless Internet bundle includes unlimited Wi-Fi access from any supported hotspot for $10 a month.
Vivisimo Merges Web 2.0 Social Search With Enterprise Search
Velocity 6.0 seeks to promote collaboration by combining enterprise search with Web 2.0 applications like virtual folders, tagging, and content mashups.
Google's Stock Soars Above $600 A Share
The stock began dipping in mid-July on weaker-than-expected earnings and bottomed out at $491.52, but began climbing in mid-August. Shares are already up 30% in the last year alone.
Microsoft Releases Windows XP SP3 For Testing
Enhancements include a network access protection module that borrows from technology used in Windows Vista and improved support for cryptographic algorithms.
Can't Find A Wi-Fi Hotspot? Let This T-Shirt Find It For You
Consumers walking around a Wi-Fi intensive area are likely to light up like ambulating Geiger counters.
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Virtualization At The Desktop?
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The BI Explosion
Examine the business intelligence strategies of 500 companies, including deployment drivers and challenges, spending plans, and vendor selection, in this recent InformationWeek Research report.
'Consolidation' Isn't The Only Driver In Software
You hear words like "consolidation" and "mature" so often about business software, you'd think all anyone's doing is dividing up a stagnant pool of maintenance revenue among an ever-smaller group of software vendors. News around Business Objects and SAS today reflects something a lot more interesting: IT teams scrambling to provide clearer, faster insights from exploding volumes of data.
SAP, An Industry, And Their Customers Grow Up
The software industry is consolidating, we're told, because that's what mature industries do. But it's also what many mature customers demand.
Ubuntu Users Looking For Linux Chicks
It's always been my impression that, appearances to the contrary, Linux aficionados are no different than the rest of us. So I wasn't surprised when I saw a post on the Ubuntu Women forum, from a guy, who's wondering if there are "any good places online to meet like-minded free software women." (The "free," of course, refers to the software.)
Fully Working iPhone Hack For 1.1.1 Getting Closer
Many of our readers wrote in over the weekend to inform me that my post from Friday, "Apple iPhone Update 1.1.1 Has Been Hacked," was not completely accurate. The hack at the time only allowed access to file directories on the iPhone, and did not completely open the new upgrade. Well, the hack of 1.1.1 appears to be closer to completion today.
New York Times Says No Google Phone
Seeing through the trees to the forest, New York Times reporter Miguel Helft, who published a feature on Google's mobile strategy this morning, says on his accompanying blog that "sources I talked to with knowledge of the project say Google is not building a phone." This is the conclusion I've reached previously here and here.
Apple To Sell iPhone Apps Via iTunes Music Store?
According to 9to5mac, Apple is tapping T-Mobile's Sidekick developers to help it create and distribute third-party applications for the iPhone through the iTunes Music Store.
In The High-Velocity Economy, IT Is The Engine
That's truer now than it ever has been, says Jim Carroll, noted futurist and big thinker. And if your upper management doesn't get it, maybe you should look for another job.
The New York Times Weighs In On Linux
Major news outlets typically make little mention of Linux. Today, though, The New York Times weighed in one of the state of Linux with an article that is, blessedly, not a total hatchet job.
CIOs Are People, Too
With their technical mastery and business savvy as a given, IT execs represent a unique group of highly motivated individuals. Check out these CIO profiles and compare their professional challenges and personal goals with your own, and with those of your corporate colleagues.
Independent Research Firm Uncovers BPM Trends You Shouldn't Miss
Join this interactive web seminar hosted by BEA Systems, featuring Forrester Analyst Colin Teubner as we explore why organizations are seeking to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and strategic value of key business processes. Find out where BPM is going next and where it can have the greatest impact across your organization.
Governance, Risk, Compliance and Beyond: The Emergence of Strategic IT Risk Management
In this Webcast, Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) Research Director Scott Crawford takes a look at Strategic IT Risk Management - a coherent approach to developing an enterprise risk strategy.
Forrester: Top Trends Driving CRM Success
Successful companies of all sizes are gaining an edge by putting new trends in CRM to work in their favor. Listen to this Webinar to discover how to tap into new trends in CRM to increase sales, maximize the value of your existing CRM investments, deliver an irresistible customer experience, and replicate the successes of leading companies.
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