Tech Challenges Await GE's Incoming CTO Executive Clan Editor's Blog 2/25/2011 8 comments Choosing the right computer information technology standards and lining up partners for GE's key initiatives is not for the faint of heart
Box.net Takes Aim at Enterprise IT IT Clan Editor's Blog 2/24/2011 17 comments The online storage startup hopes its service can shove aside competitors like IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and EMC
iBots & Smartphone Slavery: How to Prevent It Security Clan Editor's Blog 2/23/2011 55 comments The growing proliferation of smartphones is shadowed by a black cloud of nefarious evildoers out to make these devices work for the powers of darkness
NoSQL Databases Go Mobile Sean Gallagher 2/22/2011 14 comments NoSQL has helped Web and cloud applications conquer SQL limitations; now it's being used for smartphones
Watson & the Future of IT IT Clan Editor's Blog 2/17/2011 39 comments IBM's AI supercomputing phenom heralds new directions for future use of technology to sift the data deluge
Facebook's Social Authentication Needs More Work Joe Stanganelli 2/11/2011 16 comments Facebook's plan to serve up your friends' faces instead of CAPTCHA words to decipher is tactically sound but flawed as a long-term authentication strategy
HP Unveils New WebOS Ecosystem Alan Reiter 2/10/2011 18 comments HP has taken a major step in creating series of webOS phones, printers, and computers that will work with Microsoft Windows
WiFi Warnings Follow Wider Access IT Clan Editor's Blog 2/10/2011 11 comments Reports from Massachusetts reflect trend toward greater availability of free public WiFi. But business users must tread carefully
Cloud Computing Still Calls for Caution Mary E. Shacklett 2/10/2011 18 comments Despite the boom in cloud services, it's still too soon to determine exactly what the future holds for this "new" service approach
Bad Outlook Etiquette what.the.ferraro 2/9/2011 11 comments Nicole and Steve ramble about the eight things they HATE that people do when using Outlook.
New Virtual Worlds Still Growing Maria Korolov 2/7/2011 23 comments Use of open-source virtual world platform OpenSim is growing, thanks to its economic viability compared to Second Life
NSA Fear Puts Focus on Access Control Michael Kassner 2/4/2011 58 comments The head of NSA's Information Assurance Directorate thinks present network protections are insufficient, forcing a look at what works
Lessons From Egypt for IT Suppliers IT Clan Editor's Blog 2/3/2011 17 comments The recent Internet blackout in Egypt should force IT professionals to examine their reliance on vendors and networks in other countries
Zoo Installs Streaming Video on the Cheap John Myers 2/2/2011 40 comments With help from Mozilla, ITers at the Knoxville Zoo installed a public-pleasing system for live, online video streaming of real firefox cubs
Tech Challenges Await GE's Incoming CTO Executive Clan Editor's Blog 2/25/2011 8 comments Choosing the right computer information technology standards and lining up partners for GE's key initiatives is not for the faint of heart
Box.net Takes Aim at Enterprise IT IT Clan Editor's Blog 2/24/2011 17 comments The online storage startup hopes its service can shove aside competitors like IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and EMC
iBots & Smartphone Slavery: How to Prevent It Security Clan Editor's Blog 2/23/2011 55 comments The growing proliferation of smartphones is shadowed by a black cloud of nefarious evildoers out to make these devices work for the powers of darkness
NoSQL Databases Go Mobile Sean Gallagher 2/22/2011 14 comments NoSQL has helped Web and cloud applications conquer SQL limitations; now it's being used for smartphones
Watson & the Future of IT IT Clan Editor's Blog 2/17/2011 39 comments IBM's AI supercomputing phenom heralds new directions for future use of technology to sift the data deluge
Facebook's Social Authentication Needs More Work Joe Stanganelli 2/11/2011 16 comments Facebook's plan to serve up your friends' faces instead of CAPTCHA words to decipher is tactically sound but flawed as a long-term authentication strategy
HP Unveils New WebOS Ecosystem Alan Reiter 2/10/2011 18 comments HP has taken a major step in creating series of webOS phones, printers, and computers that will work with Microsoft Windows
WiFi Warnings Follow Wider Access IT Clan Editor's Blog 2/10/2011 11 comments Reports from Massachusetts reflect trend toward greater availability of free public WiFi. But business users must tread carefully
Cloud Computing Still Calls for Caution Mary E. Shacklett 2/10/2011 18 comments Despite the boom in cloud services, it's still too soon to determine exactly what the future holds for this "new" service approach
Bad Outlook Etiquette what.the.ferraro 2/9/2011 11 comments Nicole and Steve ramble about the eight things they HATE that people do when using Outlook.
New Virtual Worlds Still Growing Maria Korolov 2/7/2011 23 comments Use of open-source virtual world platform OpenSim is growing, thanks to its economic viability compared to Second Life
NSA Fear Puts Focus on Access Control Michael Kassner 2/4/2011 58 comments The head of NSA's Information Assurance Directorate thinks present network protections are insufficient, forcing a look at what works
Lessons From Egypt for IT Suppliers IT Clan Editor's Blog 2/3/2011 17 comments The recent Internet blackout in Egypt should force IT professionals to examine their reliance on vendors and networks in other countries
Zoo Installs Streaming Video on the Cheap John Myers 2/2/2011 40 comments With help from Mozilla, ITers at the Knoxville Zoo installed a public-pleasing system for live, online video streaming of real firefox cubs
The smartphone market reached a significant milestone, a breakthrough that may cause vendors to celebrate but could strain the capabilities of IT service desks.
In the fall of 2011, around 160,000 students in 190 countries enrolled in a Stanford-sponsored online course about artificial intelligence. About 23,000 completed the course and got certificates, including 248 who got a perfect score. The university offered the same course the old-fashioned way to students sitting in Stanford classrooms. None of the those students got a perfect score.
As Mitch Wagner discussed today, Yahoo is acquiring Tumblr. The big Internet debate at the moment is whether Tumblr will be good or bad for Yahoo. Regardless of their stances on the future of Yahoo itself, many claim that Yahoo will somehow ruin Tumblr.
Has China stolen a march on the West, developing an Internet architecture that is not only based on IPv6, but is also inherently secure from both internal and external attack?
Recently, the Obama administration has been of two minds where privacy rights are concerned. On one hand, you have an administration that vowed to veto CISPA and mandated open data for government websites. On the other hand, you have an increasingly out-of-control Department of Justice on a fishing expedition at AP and demanding legislation to let the FBI wiretap private, encrypted communications and levy fines if a company fails to comply.
New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority is conducting a pilot test of digital kiosks to guide subway users to where they want to go more efficiently and at lower cost.
The whole Amazon.reader debate is a double-stupid. It's stupid to think that there's any e-book buyer who doesn't know Amazon's URL, and it was stupider to let ICANN launch the whole free-form TLD initiative to start with.
While NFC's original goal was to enhance mobile commerce applications, it is finding its way into a number of other uses, which is creating both opportunity as well as challenges for IT departments.
Enterprises would like to move to cloud computing but are hesitant because they are concerned about providers’ ability to secure company data. Here are some tips that help to ensure that if breaches occur, the business is not left holding the bag.
Edmunds separates customers into segments based on the info it collects on its site and from partners, and uses that to push out custom content, said Brian Baron, director of business analytics for Edmunds.com, at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
The automotive website uses propensity modeling to target ads and customer registration forms, said Brian Baron, director of business analytics for Edmunds.com, at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
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