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Does this mean someday we'll be able to store digital porn in our DNA?

Posted May 24, 2012 - 10:03 am

Researchers at Stanford University say they've figured out how to encode, store and erase digital data in living cells.
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Making history: Big data will change the IT org chart

Posted May 24, 2012 - 12:00 am

Taking the helm on a big data project could help make the case that a CIO should report to the CEO, not CFO.
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Facebook shares plunge on second day of trading

Posted May 21, 2012 - 12:47 pm

Shares of social networking giant Facebook plummet in early Monday trading nearly 14% below Friday's first-day closing price.
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When an Android upgrade goes nowhere but down

Posted May 21, 2012 - 11:52 am

I once had two friends who were fairly happy with their Droid X Android phones. But after I showed them how to grab an official, over-the-air upgrade to Android 2.3, or “Gingerbread,” they were much less happy with their phones, with Android in general, and almost certainly with me.
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Facebook shares open up 13%

Posted May 18, 2012 - 11:41 am

Social networking giant Facebook went public Friday in one of the most highly anticipated IPOs in history.
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Sony's Playstation Network to support pre-loading digital titles.

Posted May 18, 2012 - 8:30 am

In theory one of the benefits of buying your software digitally is getting it fast. In practice when the software is a 'full-sized' game that download can take quite a while. Sony is following in the footsteps of Steam with a work-around to get you into your new game as quickly as possible.
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An epic battle of good and bad (rumor sources)!

Posted May 16, 2012 - 1:57 pm

Your dad’s Wall Street Journal was the sheet that aimed to tell you everything you needed to know that morning to face the many-headed, irrational beast known as The Market. Your Wall Street Journal? It wants to have the very best sourcing on what your next iPhone is going to look like, and it usually succeeds.
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As time goes by: Analytics for the long haul

Posted May 16, 2012 - 1:17 pm

Don't dismiss the value of long-haul analytics. While they may not be as exciting as real-time analytics, they can help predict the future of projects with longer lifespans.
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Taking the measure of big data: More is more

Posted May 15, 2012 - 8:00 am

Some believe that 99.9% of big data is worthless, but I disagree. What you might discard as worthless today, may be useful to another analyst tomorrow. It depends on the questions you ask the data, how you ask them, and when.
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How many more Scott Thompsons are out there?

Posted May 14, 2012 - 1:41 pm

Scott Thompson may be gone from Yahoo, but many of you still are reporting to a phony running your own department or company.
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Gaming merit badge to help churn out next gen of FPS designers

Posted May 11, 2012 - 7:05 pm

Every Scout trying for the new Game Design merit badge will want to build COD:Black Ops. Most will bail on electronic games for lack of programming skills; only a a few will realize what they really want is to spend their adulthood inventing great computer games.
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How Apple is breaking free of Google's Maps (and maybe Google, entirely)

Posted May 11, 2012 - 11:33 am

It’s no secret that Apple and Google have the kind of relationship that touring bands have with Ticketmaster: an aspiring artist with a thinly veiled contempt for the company that has all the right connections.
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In-database analytics: The key to big data performance

Posted May 10, 2012 - 12:00 am

Analytical functions reside inside the database with in-database analytis, so it's no longer necessary for the queries to wait for data to load.
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Why is Scott Thompson still CEO of Yahoo?

Posted May 9, 2012 - 12:17 pm

If any other Yahoo employee were confronted with a bogus credential on their resume, that person would be fired on the spot. So why does Scott Thompson still have his CEO job?
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Screen-sharing BlackBerrys, face-tracking Apple TVs, and more

Posted May 9, 2012 - 9:09 am

BlackBerry 10 devices could let you show people what you’re seeing on your screen. Apple’s purported HDTV offering could see what you’re looking at. And you may not see any Verizon representatives pushing an iPhone on customers any time soon. This week’s Rumor Roundup is all about vision.
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Meet the Facebook killer

Posted May 8, 2012 - 1:20 pm

Facebook may be enjoying its IPO roadshow at the moment, but out there lurks the company that will destroy the social networking giant.
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Real-time risk management: At decision time, every moment counts

Posted May 8, 2012 - 12:00 am

After the 2008 financial crisis, many risk professionals received the capital to invest in real-time risk management technologies. The lesson? Take advantage of an window of opportunity to improve risk tools.
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Scott Thompson is toast

Posted May 4, 2012 - 9:10 am

Yahoo is trying its best to brush off the controversy over CEO Scott Thompson's biography, which inaccurately credits him with earning a B.S. in computer science from Stonehill College. It won't work.
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Why is the Galaxy SIII getting so much love?

Posted May 4, 2012 - 8:44 am

The iPhone is the iPhone. The only Android phone that comes close to being an equivalent, in recognition and universal acceptance, is Samsung’s Galaxy series.
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Exclusive: 5 fun facts about Facebook's IPO roadshow

Posted May 3, 2012 - 1:10 pm

Social networking giant Facebook reportedly will begin the roadshow Monday for its anticipated mid-May initial public offering. In this exclusive report, an anonymous source tells ITworld what to expect.
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Android on Nintendo, another dual-screen tablet, and stupid Hulu concepts: your Wednesday rumor roundup

Posted May 2, 2012 - 11:04 am

Today, we’re talking crazy Samsung tablets, networks’ crazy lack of understanding of what makes Hulu appealing, and a really crazy Android rumor.
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Kickstarter game project exposed as a probable scam

Posted May 2, 2012 - 8:30 am

We all knew the scent of easy money would draw scammers to Kickstarter sooner or later, and it seems the first deliberate scam in the gaming category has been exposed.
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Analytics in our iPad era

Posted May 1, 2012 - 8:00 am

Creating an app that delivers relevant, decision-focused data about your customers should be a high priority for any IT team that has a CEO carrying an iPad.
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Irish priest in gay porn probe should have followed PowerPoint best practices

Posted April 30, 2012 - 12:41 pm

All of us have been in "PowerPoint Hell" at one time or another. A priest in Northern Ireland, however, has brought a whole new meaning to the term.
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CERN, US, UK projects push big data limits

Posted April 26, 2012 - 8:00 am

Large-scale, multi-nation collaborative science, such as the Large Hadron Collider and Square Kilometer Array, are relatively small in number and confront Big Data problems on a scale few of us can imagine. But they bear watching because almost all of us can learn from their Big Data solutions.
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