http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/16/all xx http://www.itworld.com/hardware/83970/update-fixes-iphone-sync-problem-windows-7-some Gigabyte Technology issued a BIOS update on Friday that fixes a problem for some Windows 7 users who have been unable to sync their iPhones. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/83970/update-fixes-iphone-sync-problem-windows-7-some#comments Hardware Personal tech News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:10:04 -0500 ITworld staff 83970 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/83932/cisco-undervalues-tandberg-investment-firms-say Two investment consulting companies laid out objections to Cisco's US$3 billion offer for Norwegian videoconferencing vendor Tandberg on Friday, saying in an open letter to Cisco and a press interview that the bid undervalues Tandberg. http://www.itworld.com/business/83932/cisco-undervalues-tandberg-investment-firms-say#comments Business Internet Networking News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:40:16 -0500 ITworld staff 83932 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/networking/83930/us-lawmakers-propose-changes-telecom-subsidies Two U.S. lawmakers have proposed legislation that would allow money from a huge fund that subsidizes telephone and mobile service to parts of the U.S. to also go for broadband deployment. http://www.itworld.com/networking/83930/us-lawmakers-propose-changes-telecom-subsidies#comments Government Networking News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:40:05 -0500 ITworld staff 83930 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/83922/got-friends-now-you-can-thank-facebook A study released this week found that people who use social networks like Facebook and MySpace tend to socialize more with neighbors and friends when away from the computer screen. http://www.itworld.com/internet/83922/got-friends-now-you-can-thank-facebook#comments Internet News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:10:19 -0500 ITworld staff 83922 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/83921/cisco-mars-shuts-out-new-third-party-security-devices Cisco has finally publicly acknowledged it won't add support for new third-party devices to its security information and event monitoring appliance, ending months of speculation about the future of its Monitoring, Analysis and Response System. Some claim it's the beginning of the end for MARS as a multi-vendor SIEM device. http://www.itworld.com/security/83921/cisco-mars-shuts-out-new-third-party-security-devices#comments Security News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:10:18 -0500 ITworld staff 83921 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/open-source/83913/google-strives-balance-commercial-community-android Onlookers say that Google is in charge of Android development, despite pitching the software as a community project. But experts say that could be the only way Google can ensure that the software is actually released. http://www.itworld.com/open-source/83913/google-strives-balance-commercial-community-android#comments Open Source Operating systems Personal tech News google android Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:52:59 -0500 ITworld staff 83913 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/83910/switchers-guide-move-your-files-pc-mac If you've been using a Windows PC but now want to move to a Mac, you likely have files--documents, PDFs, photos, music, and videos--that you want to bring with you. If you've had that PC for a while, that could mean you have many, many gigabytes of stuff to move. These days, most common file-types will work just fine on the Mac, without any need for conversion or special software. (One notable exception: If you have music and/or video in Microsoft's Windows Media formats, get Flip4Mac so you can play them in OS X's QuickTime.) The trick is getting those files from one hard drive to another. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/83910/switchers-guide-move-your-files-pc-mac#comments Hardware Operating systems Software Windows News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:40:10 -0500 ITworld staff 83910 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/83911/switchers-guide-moving-windows-mac [Editors' note: We asked Harry McCracken, the former editor of PC World and the editor of the Technologizer blog, to write a guide to switching to the Mac from Windows. We hope that it's a good resource for anyone--including the friends and family of long-time Mac users--who are making the move from Windows to the Mac. McCracken is himself a semi-switcher--he uses both a MacBook Pro and a Windows netbook every day.] http://www.itworld.com/hardware/83911/switchers-guide-moving-windows-mac#comments Hardware Operating systems Software Windows News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:40:10 -0500 ITworld staff 83911 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/83908/switchers-guide-moving-hardware-and-software-mac When you're switching from a Windows PC to a Mac, there's one piece of good news: Most of the peripherals you used with your PC--including printers, digital cameras, networking equipment, external drives, and scanners--should work fine with your Mac. The best way to confirm that is to plug each piece of hardware into your new Mac, one at a time; if OS X doesn't automatically identify it and set it up, visit the manufacturer's Web site and look for a downloadable driver. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/83908/switchers-guide-moving-hardware-and-software-mac#comments Hardware Operating systems Software Windows News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:40:09 -0500 ITworld staff 83908 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/83909/switchers-guide-getting-used-os-x Though neither Microsoft nor Apple would care to admit it, Windows and OS X are in many ways strikingly similar. That's good news for switchers: If you're familiar with Windows, adjusting to OS X is less like learning how to drive than figuring out the controls in a new car. Windows XP is Mac-like in many ways; Windows Vista is even more so; and Windows 7 is the most Mac-esque version to date. http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/83909/switchers-guide-getting-used-os-x#comments Operating systems Software News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:40:09 -0500 ITworld staff 83909 at http://www.itworld.com