How to create a Service in Snow Leopard
As I discussed in my look at Services in Snow Leopard, I think this revamped feature is one of the hidden gems in Mac OS X 10.6. While being able to control what appears in the Services menu is a nice change, the real winner here is the ability to create your own Service, or to download Services created by others. Read more...

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IBM subscription service puts virtual desktops in the cloud

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HP's third quarter propped up by EDS buyout

Update: HP's third quarter propped up by EDS buyout

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2008 Salary Survey: IT pay takes tiny leaps
If you're like the almost 7,000 respondents to our survey, your paycheck this year has been flattened and your bonus obliterated. So what do you do to survive these tight times? Here are 12 ways to plump up your skinny paycheck.

Security Is Late to the Offshore Party
Sending a function offshore is sure to have security risks. So why did no one bother to ask what the security manager thought?

Partnerships Can Go Too Far
Bart Perkins has seen firsthand what can happen when preferred supplier programs reduce the number of suppliers unnecessarily.

Prices for Outsourced Desktop Support Drop
Prices for outsourced desktop support have been decreasing steadily over the last three to four years, but some recent rock-bottom deals may be too good to be true.

CIOs Take New Look at Sharing IT Infrastructure, Apps
The world's top hotel companies have collectively invested tens of millions of dollars to implement their own customized reservation systems--considered the heart of their operations. Each hotelier views the capabilities of these systems as providing them with some competitive advantage over how they calculate rates and room availability.

HP's third quarter propped up by EDS buyout
Hewlett-Packard reported a 2 percent drop in revenue for the July quarter, which was better than expected, and said its business is stabilizing.

Truth About the H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2009
Since the H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2009 was introduced in Congress this spring, business and political leaders on both sides of the non-immigrant visa issue have interpreted the bill to support their respective causes. Thus, the proposed legislation is either a cure to the job losses and salary declines afflicting American IT workers, or it's a work of overzealous xenophobia destined to do irreparable harm to U.S. global business relations, depending on who is providing the analysis.

The Future of IT Services: How to Prepare
We constantly hear hype about how a given market is changing drastically. And given the economy, many companies we talk to tell us that the only thing drastic happening in IT services today is the rate reductions they're asking from their vendors. But after years of moving forward slowly, IT services is in fact about to change drastically. Here are a few reasons why, and what you can do about it.

Target Dumps Amazon.com, Reboots on E-Commerce
Amazon.com has been down this road before: Like one-time Amazon e-commerce "partners" Toys R Us and Borders before them, Target executives announced last week that the world's second-largest retailer plans to say adios to Amazon.com and "build and manage its own platform for Target.com," with an expected launch date before the 2011 holiday season.

Recovery Ahead
It's not too soon to prepare your IT operation for better times ahead.

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Mac OS X Snow Leopard offers a slew of hidden features and lays the groundwork for big advances to come. Also see our full Snow Leopard coverage. More and more PC makers say they plan to release touch-screen PCs running Windows 7, which will provide built-in multitouch features. From disguised video security cams to GPS trackers, personal security gadgets bring up a host of sticky ethical and legal questions. Despite earlier failed attempts, some believe a true Web operating system is inevitable. Efforts are underway.

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