BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE / more stories...
Computer ranking predicts UNC will win NCAA men's hoop crown
The computer ranking system out of Georgia Tech seems to hold no grudge against the school's ACC basketball foes: It predicts North Carolina's Tarheels will be the one team standing at the end of the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
How federal CIO Vivek Kundra helped to build an iPhone app
To get an idea of the type of changes that federal CIO Vivek Kundra wants to bring to the U.S. government, take a look at the iPhone application he helped make available.
CAREERS / more stories...
Hiring for IT-Business Alignment at Wyeth
Jeffrey Keisling takes great pride in the relationship between his 1,800-person IT organization and the business at Wyeth: "One of the greatest measures of our success is that the employees in IT are indistinguishable from their business colleagues," says the drug-maker's vice president of corporate information systems and chief information officer.
E-mail security services square off
E-mail is the primary conduit of information for many organizations, both internally and with the outside world. Unfortunately, e-mail is also a prime channel for annoyances such as spam, as well as security threats in the form of viruses, spyware, phishing attacks, and more. Some companies choose to defend their e-mail systems in-house by deploying e-mail security products. Others, however, look to outside assistance in the form of hosted e-mail security services.
DEVELOPMENT / more stories...
NASA: Discovery successfully docks with space station
The space shuttle Discovery has successfully docked with the International Space Station where its crew will unload a 5,000-pound solar array.
Apple struts iPhone 3.0, touts 100 new features
Apple today previewed the next generation of its iPhone software, which will add several long-awaited features to the smartphone and its iPod Touch cousin when it's officially launched this summer.
GOVERNMENT / more stories...
Vivek Kundra reinstated as federal CIO
Vivek Kundra returned to his job as the federal government's CIO, five days after he took a leave of absence following the bribery-related arrest of a former subordinate in the District of Columbia's IT department.
D.C. IT bribery suspect to remain in jail; judge says evidence 'overwhelming'
A federal judge ordered Yusuf Acar, who has been acting chief security in the District of Columbia's IT department, to continue to be held without bail in the wake of his arrest on bribery charges.
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Review: Toshiba's 500GB USB external hard drive is compact but not a speed demon
The 500GB model of Toshiba's USB external hard drive has a sleek look and diminutive size. But the drive's throughput was nothing to write home about, and the embedded NTI Shadow backup software is sophisticated but a little cumbersome to use.
New iPhone capabilities appeal to enterprises
The new iPhone software announced Tuesday has some features that should make enterprise users happy, but it lacks others that could have made the iPhone far more enticing to businesses.
MANAGEMENT / more stories...
Report: IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems
Global technology giant IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems in a deal that would expand its server market share, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
Sun begins new push into cloud services market
Sun Microsystems is making a fresh push into the cloud services market, starting with hosted computing and storage services that it will offer to developers later this year.
MOBILE AND WIRELESS / more stories...
Review: Toshiba's 500GB USB external hard drive is compact but not a speed demon
The 500GB model of Toshiba's USB external hard drive has a sleek look and diminutive size. But the drive's throughput was nothing to write home about, and the embedded NTI Shadow backup software is sophisticated but a little cumbersome to use.
New iPhone capabilities appeal to enterprises
The new iPhone software announced Tuesday has some features that should make enterprise users happy, but it lacks others that could have made the iPhone far more enticing to businesses.
NETWORKING AND INTERNET / more stories...
Review: 6 Web-based image editors help you fix your photos
Web-based image editors are now challenging desktop software -- at least, when they meet your basic photo-editing needs. Here is a look at the most popular and sophisticated online image-editing applications.
Blogger who streamed pre-release Guns N' Roses songs deserves prison time, say Feds
A man who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of illegally uploading and streaming Gun N' Roses tracks from his Web site could face up to six months in prison if the judge hearing the case accepts the government's sentencing recommendations.
OPERATING SYSTEMS / more stories...
New iPhone capabilities appeal to enterprises
The new iPhone software announced Tuesday has some features that should make enterprise users happy, but it lacks others that could have made the iPhone far more enticing to businesses.
HTC to launch 'at least' three Google phones this year
HTC will ship "at least" three smartphones this year that use Google's Android software, HTC's CEO said.
SECURITY / more stories...
Vivek Kundra reinstated as federal CIO
Vivek Kundra returned to his job as the federal government's CIO, five days after he took a leave of absence following the bribery-related arrest of a former subordinate in the District of Columbia's IT department.
Blogger who streamed pre-release Guns N' Roses songs deserves prison time, say Feds
A man who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of illegally uploading and streaming Gun N' Roses tracks from his Web site could face up to six months in prison if the judge hearing the case accepts the government's sentencing recommendations.
SERVERS AND DATA CENTER / more stories...
E-mail security services square off
E-mail is the primary conduit of information for many organizations, both internally and with the outside world. Unfortunately, e-mail is also a prime channel for annoyances such as spam, as well as security threats in the form of viruses, spyware, phishing attacks, and more. Some companies choose to defend their e-mail systems in-house by deploying e-mail security products. Others, however, look to outside assistance in the form of hosted e-mail security services.
Data Center Dustup Favors Cisco
Cisco Systems stirred up a hornet's nest among server vendors with the announcement that it was explicitly getting into the blade-based server market.
SOFTWARE / more stories...
Review: 6 Web-based image editors help you fix your photos
Web-based image editors are now challenging desktop software -- at least, when they meet your basic photo-editing needs. Here is a look at the most popular and sophisticated online image-editing applications.
Computer ranking predicts UNC will win NCAA men's hoop crown
The computer ranking system out of Georgia Tech seems to hold no grudge against the school's ACC basketball foes: It predicts North Carolina's Tarheels will be the one team standing at the end of the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
STORAGE / more stories...
Review: Toshiba's 500GB USB external hard drive is compact but not a speed demon
The 500GB model of Toshiba's USB external hard drive has a sleek look and diminutive size. But the drive's throughput was nothing to write home about, and the embedded NTI Shadow backup software is sophisticated but a little cumbersome to use.
EMC upgrades home, small-business NAS drive with online file sharing
EMC today unveiled several upgrades to its Iomega StoreCenter ix2 NAS drive, including Web access to files for home and small-business users and access and management from the device to the BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-sharing service.