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Mama, don’t let your babies grow up to be computer service technicians

Posted April 24, 2013 - 11:47 am

According to a new ranking of careers, programming jobs are desirable, but computer support roles not so much

Kickstarter: Using personal power to charge your smartphone

Posted April 24, 2013 - 8:30 am

A pair of Kickstarter projects turn the kinetic energy you generate into a source for charging your smartphone, whether you get around by bike or on foot.

Business students to get HP-designed technical course for cloud, mobile, security issues

Posted April 23, 2013 - 9:19 pm

College business students need to gain a grasp of technical issues related to cloud computing, big data, security and other network issues they're likely to come across in their careers, so HP is now offering its first technical associate certification for them to cover these topics while in college.

Nine things to consider before accepting that IT job offer

Posted April 23, 2013 - 1:24 pm

How to tell if that new job or company is right for you.

Aereo ruling could impact Pandora

Posted April 23, 2013 - 11:50 am

If the courts keep ruling that Aereo doesn’t violate copyright laws, it could affect other services that stream content, and might prompt Congress to step in

EMC tackles big data, cloud skills gap among IT business leaders

Posted April 23, 2013 - 11:36 am

There's a shortage of executives and business leaders with the skills to manage big data and cloud teams. EMC is seeking to change that with a new series of courses.

Amazon debuted eight original comedy pilots and I sat through (almost) half of them

Posted April 23, 2013 - 8:30 am

Amazon is crowdsourcing the decision of which of fourteen original content pilots (six kid's shows, eight comedies) they'll move forward with. I spent Saturday afternoon checking out four of the comedies and here's what I thought.

IT career success and advice: An interview with Marilyn Smith

Posted April 22, 2013 - 4:23 pm

Former MIT CIO Marilyn Smith recently said in an interview that to enhance your IT career, you should 'exit and then return to IT.' Her reasoning: 'Your time working outside of IT will enhance your perspective on how to best serve your internal clients and also position you to be a business partner, rather than a service provider to other business areas.

Visit famous tech sites via Google Street View Hyperlapse

Posted April 22, 2013 - 11:57 am

Using a fun new tool to take virtual trips to the headquarters and birthplaces of famous technology companies

Blackstone abandons offer for Dell

Posted April 18, 2013 - 11:11 pm

Blackstone Group has given up its bid for Dell, less than a month after the private-equity fund manager said it was planning to top an offer from founder Michael Dell and private-equity firm Silver Lake Partners, according to news reports.

Splice data scientist DNA into your existing team

Posted April 18, 2013 - 7:52 pm

Rather than trying to bring technologists up to speed on the business aspects that they may have little interest in, it might make more sense to train those who have business acumen or analytical abilities on tools that will enable them to gain greater insight into your data.

Auto-playing video ads: Coming soon to a Facebook feed near you?

Posted April 18, 2013 - 11:24 am

If you thought standard sponsored ads were annoying, wait until you hear about this.

6 skills, habits and traits of successful CIOs

Posted April 18, 2013 - 10:52 am

Most people say they like to be at the top of the heap of the IT management food chain, but with the CIO title comes great responsibility, accountability and pressure.

Facebook Home is creepy

Posted April 17, 2013 - 11:44 am

Disembodied heads of friends and family staring at me from my phone? No thanks

CIOs sound off on a role in flux

Posted April 16, 2013 - 4:38 pm

Add business partner, co-collaborator and, um, anthropologist to the growing list of IT executive skills, said CIOs at a recent panel in San Francisco.

Don't have enough sources for breaking news? Try Wikipedia

Posted April 16, 2013 - 12:12 pm

The Wikipedia Live Monitor can identify breaking news stories almost as quickly - and more reliably - than social networks

Comcast gets ready to encrypt basic cable channels

Posted April 16, 2013 - 8:30 am

Today's post is a public service announcement for Comcast basic cable customers.

Begin an internal “Community of Practice”

Posted April 16, 2013 - 7:53 am

I work at a big company with IT people all around the world. Many of them do the same kind of work I do. What can I do to meet these people and build my internal professional network?

Twitter smartly builds anticipation for its music app

Posted April 15, 2013 - 11:43 am

By releasing its music app to a small but diverse group of music "influencers", Twitter has succeeded in generating excitement for its upcoming music discovery service

The Weekly Hash - April 12, 2013

Posted April 12, 2013 - 10:56 am

Reviewing the week’s top tech stories, today featuring Austin getting hipper, NASA getting Armageddony and T-Mobile getting more desperate

Nebula - A turnkey private cloud brought to you by NASA

Posted April 12, 2013 - 8:00 am

What began as a NASA cloud computing project, and in partnership with Rackspace resulted in the OpenStack project, has now become a turnkey private cloud system for the enterprise. What this means is you can now buy an all-in-one solution to your organization's server needs and be up and running in no time.

Idle Intel fabs foretell PC decline

Posted April 11, 2013 - 7:10 pm

Long before PC sales crashed, Intel's Arizona plants went idle. This may have been an early signal of problems.

5 new LinkedIn tips for power users

Posted April 11, 2013 - 3:26 pm

Have you kept up with LinkedIn's latest features? To help you zero in on the most significant enhancements and maximize your social networking success, here's a rundown of the latest changes and updates.

How to turn off LinkedIn endorsements

Posted April 11, 2013 - 11:46 am

If your connections are endorsing you for skills you don't want to be known for (or don't have), removing the feature from your LinkedIn profile is easy. Here's how to do it.

San Diego: home of beaches, babes and web-savvy small businesses

Posted April 11, 2013 - 11:41 am

When it comes to small businesses using social media and the web, San Diego, Austin and Phoenix lead all other U.S. cities

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