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Google-Branded Chrome Notebook May Launch In November
Other hardware makers will unveil their Chrome notebooks in December, a report claims.
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Apple Seeds iOS 4.2 Golden Master To Devs
iOS 4.2 brings folders, multitasking, AirPlay and wireless printing to the iPad. It may be available to consumers as early as next week.
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Dell: Windows Phone 7 Easier Than Android
According to Dell CEO Michael Dell, developers think Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 is an easier platform to develop for than Google's Android.
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Indiana AG Sues Wellpoint Over Health Data Breach
Consumer health data was at risk for 137 days through an unsecured Wellpoint website, alleges the suit filed against the health insurer.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab Teardown
When Apple introduced the iPad, many were probably disappointed to learn that it would run the same operating system found on Apple's iPhone...
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IBM Jumps Into Government Cloud Computing
Big Blue is launching infrastructure-as-a-service targeted at federal agencies and piloting a community cloud effort for local governments.
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Global CIO: Will The Oracle-HP Alliance Survive The Oracle-SAP Trial?
In this bizarre love triangle, the Oracle-HP alliance supporting 100,000 customers might be the biggest casualty of the Oracle-SAP legal battle.
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Oracle v SAP Trial Begins With Bang
Opening arguments and Oracle's first witnesses took the spotlight Tuesday in a battle that will ultimately determine the damages SAP should pay...
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Join The Discussion: Chrome Notebook For The Holidays?
Google may be poised to get back into the hardware biz with the launch of a Google-branded Chrome OS notebook next month. Should Apple be worried?
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Firesheep Simplifies Stealing Logins
Firefox extension created to shine a light on the problem of unencrypted websites fails, because rather than offering a solution, it only makes...
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Informatica Deal Promises Big Data Impact
Partnership with Cloudera will open up Hadoop to thousands of data integration developers.
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Secret CIO: Making The Most Out Of A Flawed Budget Process
Our company doesn't shoot from the hip, nor does it waste inordinate amounts of time negotiating budget charge-outs.
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Pentagon's New CIO Faces A Tough Test
The Department of Defense's incoming IT leadership team, led by Teri Takai, will be greeted by organizational upheaval, cost cutting, and pressure...
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Microsoft Looking Like An End-Stage Company
Our columnist argues that Steve Ballmer needs to pull out all the stops now and instill radical change, because Microsoft remains stuck in the...
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Start-up Delivers Cloud Based Content Management Service
Corporations have been moving information from the premises to the cloud. As they make that transition, small and medium businesses want to ensure...
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Apple Totally Dominates Tablet Market
Apple's iPad is completely dominating the consumer tablet market with over 95 percent share. They were the first to market with a worthwhile...
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Storage
RAID Rebuilds Will Kill The Hard Disk
We've written about it before as have others. RAID rebuild times continue to increase and as they do the very technology that made the hard drive...
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Microsoft
Windows Phone 7, Mark It Tardy
I don't care what Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer claims, Windows Phone 7 is late to market -- dangerously late. Microsoft's late start is going to cost them a pretty penny.
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Enterprise Efficiency
Government Cloud Strategy Needs Fine-Tuning
The new Apps.gov portal is nice, but the government needs a cloud computing strategy that speaks more to the requirements of individual agencies
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Internet Evolution
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Badges, maps, and interactive tools abound on the social Web for Election Day
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Go Parallel
Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Async CTP
Anders Hejlsberg described the roadmap for C# and Visual Basic at PDC 2010. The main goal of the next versions of both C# and Visual Basic is...
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Security
State Sues WellPoint Over Data Breach Notification
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Green Computing
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Healthcare
How To Keep Health Data Exchanges Going
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Why Steve Jobs Loves Optimized Systems
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Enterprise 2.0
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