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Demand For Health IT Talent Rising

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 16:10:00 EST

Robert Half Technology and Manpower among staffing firms reporting that projected demand by clients for health IT skills will rise early next year.

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Failure To Move

George Crump — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:46:28 EST

Don MacVittie in his blog over at F5 commented recently on an article that we have written �What is File Virtualization?� indicating that we missed a key issue in dealing with how to handle it when your virtualization box goes down. While my defense could be that the subject is beyond the scope of a primer, it is not beyond the scope of this blog. If you are considering a tiered storage model then what do you do when your data mover fails?

Craigslist, eBay Face Off In Court

Antone Gonsalves — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:34:00 EST

The lawsuit, in which eBay accuses Craigslist of diluting its investments and diminishing its voting power, went on trial Monday.

Renault Outsources To Capgemini

Paul McDougall — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:13:00 EST

Capgemini will provide French automaker with a range of application management and optimization services.

Google Search Goes Real Time

Thomas Claburn — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:08:00 EST

Search is changing at Google, with new real-time, voice-driven translation, and image recognition capabilities.

Hospital Goes Mobile For Holiday Fundraising

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 14:58:22 EST

Non-profit organizations count on the giving, holiday spirit for end-of-year fundraising campaigns, but with the tight economy, generosity is being rationed by many people. Children's Hospital Boston is hoping a new text messaging campaign underway will drive smaller donations that will add up all year.

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Good Adds Android, iPhone Support

Marin Perez — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 14:55:00 EST

The mobile messaging service will help businesses handle the looming consumerization of the enterprise smartphone space, Good Technology said.

Apple Buys Lala Music Service

Antone Gonsalves — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 14:22:00 EST

The service enables customers to buy tunes for 10 cents each and stream them on their PCs or Mac.

FCC Probes Verizon Early Termination Fees

Marin Perez — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 13:25:00 EST

The government agency wants to know why Verizon Wireless doubled its cell phone cancellation fees.

Google Goggles Visual Search Fails Early Testing

Eric Zeman — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 12:48:28 EST

The idea of conducting visual searches is nothing new, but Google is attempting to bring just such a service to market. In recent tests, its version of visual search, called Google Goggles (totally different from Mail Goggles), didn't quite get the job done. Can Google make it work?

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Open Source In A Parallel Universe

Serdar Yegulalp — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 12:43:15 EST

Something crossed my desk recently that embodied one of my major criticisms of how open source is promoted. It can't be something that lives in its own alternate universe and follow its own laws of physics -- or economics.

Microsoft To Kill Windows XP SP2 Support

Paul McDougall — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 12:38:00 EST

Software maker eyes cutoff date for support for XP, as well as for Windows 2000.

Online Gamers Soaked For Cash: Lawsuit

United Press International — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 11:22:59 EST

An online game developer is using deceptive offers to illegally soak Facebook users for millions of dollars, a California class-action lawsuit alleges.

AT&T Asks Users To 'Mark The Spot'

Eric Zeman — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:39:58 EST

I can't believe AT&T is taking this step. It is officially asking its customers to tell them where coverage is less than optimal with a new application for the iPhone called "Mark the Spot." As in, mark the spot where AT&T failed you.

Ruckus Installs 802.11n Video On Demand

W. David Gardner — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:30:00 EST

The Wi-Fi network converts multicast IP traffic to unicast, allowing simultaneous distribution of IP-based high-definition video.

MIT Team Wins DARPA Network Challenge

J. Nicholas Hoover — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:11:00 EST

In a demonstration of social networking, MIT researchers used an inverse pyramid approach to locate the coordinates for 10 red balloons in less than nine hours.

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Microsoft, Yahoo Finalize Search Deal

Paul McDougall — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 09:15:00 EST

Companies hope to formally close agreement in early 2010.

Global CIO: The Top 50 Tech Quotes From 2009

Bob Evans — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 08:00:00 EST

Column containing 50 of the most-compelling IT-related quotations from 2009.

Cloud, Mobile To Drive IT Growth In 2010

Mon, 7 Dec 2009 07:45:00 EST

An analyst firm believes consumers and businesses will spend 3.2% more on telecom, hardware, software and services than in 2009.

FTC Probes Nvidia, Intel Licensing Dispute

Antone Gonsalves — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 07:30:00 EST

The Federal Trade Commission is already looking into Intel's competitive practices against AMD, previously found illegal by the European Union.

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Government Technologist: States As Cloud Service Providers

John Foley — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 07:24:00 EST

As state CIOs devise cloud computing strategies, they must assess whether their teams can provide services with the same skill and efficiency as commercial providers.

Apple Boosts Mac Pro Options

Antone Gonsalves — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 07:00:00 EST

Apple added a processor boost and increased the maximum storage for its high-end desktop computer.

Google Android A No-Go In Europa

Eric Zeman — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 04:34:35 EST

Apparently our friends across the pond aren't too taken with Google's Android operating system. Its presence in European markets has increased in recent months, but only slightly, and not nearly as much as in the U.S. Could it be that Europeans don't like the little green android?

Why Femtocells Aren't Taking Off

Ed Hansberry — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 00:42:58 EST

It seems to me a femtocell is a no brainer for the carriers to push. These miniature cell phone base stations go in your house and connect to your broadband internet service. This is ideal for people that have a number of dead spots in their house or no coverage at all if in a rural area. Their use, however, remains very low.

Two Predictions For DNS In 2010

Allen Stern — Sun, 6 Dec 2009 20:57:11 EST

Earlier this week Google announced the launch of Google DNS. I'd like to share my two predictions for DNS in 2010.

Intel Larrabee Graphics Chip Cancelled

Alexander Wolfe — Sun, 6 Dec 2009 20:14:00 EST

The plan to field a multicore graphics engine, which would have put Intel into direct competition against Nvidia, has been put on hold for now.

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Researcher: iPhone Data Easy To Cultivate

George Hulme — Sun, 6 Dec 2009 13:50:53 EST

While there hasn't been any attacks on iPhones that haven't been jailbroken, one researcher has shown that once a rogue application makes its way onto the device - there's not much it can't do with your data.

I Survived The Great Bing Outage

Dave Methvin — Sat, 5 Dec 2009 17:00:00 EST

In case you somehow haven't already heard, Microsoft's Bing search engine disappeared from the Internet for about a half-hour on Thursday. Just like any national tragedy, everyone will remember where they were when they heard the news. I sure will, man, because I was there.

The Causality Behind Apple's Success

Jonathan Salem Baskin — Sat, 5 Dec 2009 08:21:46 EST

Apple's new 21-inch iMac was October's best-selling desktop computer, according to retail analyst firm NPD. While sexy, the sales success was partially due to a slowdown in sales of competing PCs prior to the launch of Windows 7.

Google Chrome OS Previewed

Serdar Yegulalp — Sat, 5 Dec 2009 07:00:00 EST

Google's Chrome operating system is about a year away, but a tour of Chromium OS -- Chrome's publicly available open source incarnation -- reveals a lot.

Can Electronic Medical Records Be Secured?

Mitch Wagner — Sat, 5 Dec 2009 07:00:00 EST

Federal regulators are crafting rules that would unlock the benefits of electronic medical records while protecting Americans from privacy risks.

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Content Providor Or Distributor?

Jonathan Salem Baskin — Sat, 5 Dec 2009 05:29:12 EST

I am still dumbfounded by Comcast's decision to buy NBC, and I'm not sure it's because I know too much about the past...or have to little faith in the future. Or both.

The Point-Of-Sale Problem

Greg Shipley — Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST

Retailers must take sensible steps to protect POS systems or face the consequences.

Polycom Gives You Videoconferencing On A Budget

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST

We tested three video communications systems for small and midsize businesses.

Air Pressure: Why IT Must Sort Out App Mobilization Challenges

Peter Rysavy — Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST

Equipping mobile employees with the feature-rich applications and highly functional devices they need to maximize productivity has never been easy. But if you wait for market forces to impose a clearer road map, you risk falling behind competitors.

Analytics Brief: 5 Key Steps To Cybersecurity

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST

Technologies like DLP, crypto, and strong access controls help lock down data.

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Practical Analysis: Pundits, Facts, And Competing Goals

Art Wittmann — Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST

There's no silver bullet when it comes to building a technically competent enterprise content management strategy.

Ready To Launch? Lack Of Scalability A Killer

Charles Babcock — Fri, 4 Dec 2009 21:39:23 EST

Yahoo Pipes is a way to mash up RSS feeds and Web pages into combined information, apply rules and filters, and publish it. When it launched Feb. 7, 2007, the Pipes API worked fine in principle. But as "Daniel" said from the audience at a San Francisco panel this week, Pipes wasn't ready to scale.

Verizon Calls iPhone A 'Digitally Clueless Beauty Queen'

Eric Zeman — Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:45:08 EST

With the court case safely behind them, Verizon Wireless continues to pull no punches in its anti-iPhone marketing campaign. The latest assault takes on the masculinity of the iPhone, and essentially says that it has none. Them's fightin' words, Verizon!

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Big Mega Ultra Friday RIM Round-Up

Eric Zeman — Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:57:00 EST

Lots going on in the world of Research In Motion today. Some of the items you'll find in this post include a nifty sale going on at AT&T stores today as well as an upgrade to BlackBerry Apps World. More inside!

Data Assessment Service Targets E-discovery, Compliance

Andrew Conry-Murray — Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:32:15 EST

This week StoredIQ launched a new data assessment service, which is intended to help organizations get visibility into the unstructured information floating around the corporate network.

HTC Droid Eris To Get Android 2.0 Update

Eric Zeman — Fri, 4 Dec 2009 10:54:53 EST

Verizon Wireless has said that the HTC Droid Eris will receive a significant system update at some point in the fist quarter of 2010. The update will boost the Eris' version of Android to at least 2.0, and possibly even 2.1.

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Intel Floats Cloud Computing On A Chip

Alexander Wolfe — Fri, 4 Dec 2009 08:32:25 EST

InformationWeek readers were the first to learn about Intel�s efforts to pack a data center onto a single chip, via my recent interview with Intel chief technology officer Justin Rattner. (See Intel CTO Envisions On-Chip Data Centers.) Now, the chip behemoth has taken things one step further, formally announcing its single-chip cloud research project.

Will Sun Pull MySQL's Teeth?

Serdar Yegulalp — Fri, 4 Dec 2009 08:30:19 EST

That's the feeling former MySQL shareholder and strategy adviser (and NoSoftwarePatents.com prime mover) Florian Muller has about Oracle's new peace offering to the European Union over MySQL. It isn't about giving MySQL real autonomy, but putting it in a whole new cage.

Why Did Microsoft Give Up On WinMo 6.5?

Ed Hansberry — Fri, 4 Dec 2009 00:02:37 EST

Windows Mobile 6.1 had been getting a bit long in the tooth. Not much had changed from the user's view since 2005 when WinMo 5 launched. WinMo 7 is what people are waiting for, but in the mean time, Microsoft released an update to the platform that had the most radical changes since WinMo 5 was released without the desktop style menu system. Microsoft appeared to give up on 6.5 even before it launched.

Verizon Says Droid Fix Coming In A Few Weeks

Eric Zeman — Thu, 3 Dec 2009 21:30:01 EST

This evening I received an email from Verizon Wireless. It contained some welcome news for owners of the Motorola Droid. You see, Google has pushed out new SDKs for Android 2.0.1 and Android 1.6. This means the folks over at Motorola and Verizon can dig their hands into the code to fix the Droid's camera issue. Oh, and I have some info on the Droid BOGO event happening this weekend.

Comcast-NBC Deal Highlights Net Neutrality Issue

Fredric Paul — Thu, 3 Dec 2009 20:16:41 EST

What does it mean when the nation's largest Internet Service Provider, like Comcast, buys one of the biggest content creators in the world, like NBC? For one thing, it means the already contentious issue of Net Neutrality is about to get even more heated. Hopefully, it will galvanize the FCC to create and implement Net Neutrality rules that protect the interests of other companies doing business on the Internet.

IDC Predictions Fail To Surprise

Thomas Claburn — Thu, 3 Dec 2009 19:38:07 EST

Business advisory service IDC issued a series of predictions for 2010 on Thursday and managed to say nothing at all that's surprising.

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BillShrink: Check TCO Before Buying Smartphones

Eric Zeman — Thu, 3 Dec 2009 16:59:02 EST

The average selling price of smartphones may be dropping these days, but that doesn't mean that contract plan prices have dropped, too. BillShrink put together a list of devices and what their total cost of ownership is. Check it out.

YouTube Becomes Light As A 'Feather'

Eric Zeman — Thu, 3 Dec 2009 14:05:13 EST

Not all Web connections are created equal. It's with that in mind that Google offered up YouTube Lite today, called "Feather." Its promise is to get those videos playing faster, even if you have a flaky Web connection.