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15 cool, incredibly tiny tech gadgets for your keychain

admin — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000

Forget superthin Ultrabooks that can fit in your purse -- these tiny gadgets can fit in your pocket with room to spare

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Forget superthin Ultrabooks that can fit in your purse -- these tiny gadgets can fit in your pocket with room to spare

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IT job spotting: Top 20 metro areas for tech jobs

admin — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000

Dice.com reports the top 20 metro areas for tech jobs, based on how much IT pros are getting paid and the number of open positions

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Dice.com reports the top 20 metro areas for tech jobs, based on how much IT pros are getting paid and the number of open positions

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Update: New York attorney general settles case against Intel

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:37:07 +0000

The New York attorney general settled an antitrust case it brought against Intel in 2009, the chipmaker announced on Thursday.

While Intel said it doesn't admit to any violations of the law or that allegations in the suit are true, it did agree to pay $6.5 million to cover some of the litigation costs incurred by the New York attorney general and some nonstate public entities involved in the suit.

ARM-based Windows 8 tablets to get Office after all

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:03:23 +0000

Microsoft has released technical design details about the new version of Windows for laptops and other computers that use ARM chips. Called WOA (for Windows on ARM), the Windows 8 variation is still under development. This means that there won't be a universal version of Windows 8 for Intel x86-based and ARM-based devices.

Apple and Google disagree over licensing of essential patents

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:28:12 +0000

Google is at odds with Apple, Microsoft, and Cisco over the licensing and litigation of patents. While Google wants to make the most of patents it will receive if its acquisition of Motorola is approved, the others want to change the way so-called essential patents are licensed.

Citadel banking malware is evolving and spreading rapidly, researchers warn

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:06:49 +0000

A computer Trojan that targets online banking users is evolving and spreading rapidly because its creators have adopted an open source development model, according to researchers from cyber threat management firm Seculert.

Called Citadel, the new piece of malware is based on ZeuS, one of the oldest and most popular online banking Trojans. ZeuS was abandoned by its creator in late 2010, and its source code leaked online a few months later.

Security experts speak out against proposed cyber security regulations

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:23:02 +0000

Cyber security experts on Wednesday warned members of a House subcommittee against racing to legislation that would establish an overly burdensome regulatory framework for safeguarding digital systems against attacks, instead urging a more limited approach that would clear away legal impediments such as the prohibitions against sharing critical threat information.

Update: Oracle buying Taleo for $1.9 billion in direct hit at SAP

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:50:03 +0000

Oracle is buying cloud-based talent management and employee recruitment software vendor Taleo for roughly $1.9 billion, the company announced Thursday. The move comes shortly after SAP's move to acquire SuccessFactors, a close competitor of Taleo, for $3.4 billion in a deal that has yet to close.

"Human capital management has become a strategic initiative for organizations," said Thomas Kurian, executive vice president, Oracle Development, in a statement. "Taleo's industry leading talent management cloud is an important addition to the Oracle Public Cloud."

Four crazy tech ideas from Google's Solve for X project

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:41:43 +0000

Google promised radical technology proposals would be a part of its Solve for X project, and its initial offerings so far haven't disappointed.

Microsoft to launch Windows 8 beta Feb. 29

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:25:22 +0000

Microsoft on Wednesday said it will host a launch event for the Windows 8 beta on Feb. 29 in Barcelona, the site of the Mobile World Congress.

Previously, Microsoft had promised that it would distribute a public beta -- the company used the label "Consumer Preview" instead -- in "late February." Wednesday, Feb. 29 is the last day of the month.

EPIC sues FTC over Google's planned privacy changes

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:52:23 +0000

The Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, asking a court to force the agency to take action against Google over planned changes in the company's collection of personal data.

Samsung wins against Apple, Galaxy Tab 10.1N still on sale

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:35:19 +0000

The changes Samsung Electronics has made to the Galaxy Tab 10.1N are enough to no longer infringe on Apple's intellectual property rights, a judge at the district court in Düsseldorf, Germany, decided on Thursday.

The verdict was expected, since the court delivered the same preliminary decision in December last year.

Google to pay users to track their movements online

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:28:54 +0000

Amid widespread concern about its new privacy policies, Google is now facing criticism over an offer to give users Amazon gift certificates if they open their Web movements to the company in a program called Screenwise.

Google says the program launched "near the beginning of the year," but the company's low-key offer was disclosed Tuesday night on the blog Search Engine Land.

Your IT services aren't services at all

Pete Babb — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000

It is commonplace in our industry to refer to the applications and other functionality that IT delivers to users as "services." We talk about the performance of the "IT services" to the desktop. We talk about the "service catalog" that we offer the business. We even claim to have "service-oriented architectures."

Why Microsoft developers need a style guide

Neil McAllister — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000

I usually get some flak from readers whenever I suggest that software developers can learn lessons from Microsoft. Not everyone thinks Microsoft is a role model. Nonetheless, I maintain you'd be hard-pressed to find another company outside Redmond that thinks more seriously and deeply about the practices and processes of software development.

10 business skills every IT pro must master

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000

Here are the 10 business skills that truly matter to your career in IT. A lot

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Here are the 10 business skills that truly matter to your career in IT. A lot

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Health care IT: Where the jobs are

Bill Snyder — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000

Need a job in IT? Maybe you should learn Cerner. If you don't know what that is, you have plenty of company. Cerner, it turns out, is a widely used programming language in health care IT. And if you look on Dice.com, the large job board for IT workers, you'll see hundreds of openings for workers with that skill.

Mobile developers ride 'app economy' gravy train

InfoWorld Tech Watch — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000

Jealous of Apple's gargantuan revenues lately? It recently raked in $13.1 billion in quarterly profits, thanks in no small part to the company's popular iPad and iPhone.

Salesforce.com shakes up Standard support plan features

admin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:31:40 +0000

Salesforce.com has made a series of changes to its support services that include the removal of certain features from the Standard tier, but which the company says overall will provide a better experience for customers.

Google ships Chrome 17, touts more malware alerts and page pre-loads

admin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:18:37 +0000

Google today patched 20 vulnerabilities in the desktop edition of Chrome and added new anti-malware download warnings to version 17.

The company called out a pair of new features in Chrome 17, including the expansion of anti-malware download warnings and pre-rendering of pages suggested by the address/search bar's auto-complete function.