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Big-company survey predicts cloud will cause IT hiring dip

Posted February 21, 2011 - 6:21 pm

Cloud computing could slow IT hiring in 2011, according to Hackett Group, contradicting studies by analysts involved in the hiring process.
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Stuxnet is back, and Anonymous has it

Posted February 14, 2011 - 4:59 pm

The Stuxnet virus hit not one group in Iran, but five, all by direction. Now the 4Chan Anonymous hactivists claim to have source code.
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Your shovel is trying to kill you

Posted February 2, 2011 - 12:42 pm

The mainstream media do a good job of fomenting hysteria for their audiences, but who serves the panic needs of the tech community?
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Cloning mammoths may lead directly to prehistoric zombie apocalypse

Posted January 17, 2011 - 4:40 pm

The technology behind it is sound, but the thinking driving an attempt to recreate prehistoric creatures will get us all eaten in our beds; or toilets.
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Why MySpace deserves to die

Posted January 13, 2011 - 5:37 pm

Five years after dropping almost $600 million on a Web site few outside the Internet community had ever heard of, Rupert Murdoch is breaking up with MySpace.
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Iran responds to Stuxnet by expanding cyberwar militia

Posted January 12, 2011 - 5:56 pm

Iran is expanding its huge youth militia by recruiting geeks for a renewed cyberwar effort aimed at the West.
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Microsoft fights 'Apple Store,' as generic; doesn't mention 'Windows'

Posted January 12, 2011 - 2:27 pm

Microsoft defends efforts to privatize public words. Except Windows(tm), Arc(tm), Freelancer(tm), Fluent(tm), Groove(tm), Natural(tm)...
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Inside your walls, a fight for the right to link up your HDTV

Posted January 12, 2011 - 1:01 pm

Powerline is the simplest network option for situations WiFi can't cover; arguments over next-gen high-bandwidth spec might short its potential.
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Myspace as cautionary tale

Posted January 11, 2011 - 5:15 pm

Three years ago Myspace was on top of the social networking world. Now it's fighting for survival. There's a lesson in this for other Internet properties, including Facebook.
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Some advice Apple and Verizon don't want you to hear

Posted January 10, 2011 - 5:52 pm

Ever since Verizon sent out invitations on Friday for a special event in New York City on Tuesday, the Internet has been buzzing with anticipation that the top wireless carrier in the U.S. will announce it soon will begin selling Apple's iPhone.
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That Audi wants to ask your car where to park

Posted January 10, 2011 - 11:50 am

Audi announces automotive WLAN to let cars, traffic lights talk to each other, not just servers, making rollout easier, performance more scalable.
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U.S. smartphone market a tightening 3-way race

Posted January 7, 2011 - 7:18 pm

The latest mobile OS data from analytics firm comScore have to be sobering for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion.
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Net neutrality becomes an issue again, at CES

Posted January 7, 2011 - 5:33 pm

Verizon's representative made clear it didn't like new FCC regulations, while the FCC guy obviously did. The audience wanted more protection; no one listened.
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What really mattered at CES: An OS, a tablet a network, a surrender

Posted January 7, 2011 - 5:07 pm

Microsoft and Intel surrender to the new generation; RIM and Sprint squeeze in behind the market leaders; no one cares much about 3D TV.
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Threat or Menace: Windows will be everywhere

Posted January 7, 2011 - 1:44 pm

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer brought little news to CES, but promised not to have a different version of Windows for every device.
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End users are killing your help desk staff

Posted January 7, 2011 - 1:20 pm

Just as the disturbing toys and decorations IT support cubes made you suspect, stress, anger and rudeness all cause brain damage.
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Tablets? Old news. Plug my PC into my brain, please

Posted January 6, 2011 - 5:49 pm

'Future PCs' might be lighter and simpler; more likely they'll be all but invisible and so integral to your life it's hard to tell whether you make the decisions or it does.
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Aping Apple in retail leaves Microsoft looking like an old-man shoe store

Posted January 5, 2011 - 5:07 pm

Microsoft is set to underwhelm more shoppers as it prepares to open its eighth retail store, across the aisle from an Apple store in a Seattle mall.
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Survey shows mobile computing revolution gaining steam

Posted January 4, 2011 - 7:14 pm

We all know we're in the midst of a mobile computing revolution, but sometimes you just have to put some numbers on it. tweetmeme_source = 'ITworld';
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'Anonymous' hactivists attack Zimbabwe

Posted January 3, 2011 - 4:28 pm

Anonymous has shown the far-reaching power of non-violent protest online; are censorship and secrecy the only injustices on which it can work?
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Take us to your leader('s parking spot)

Posted January 3, 2011 - 9:29 am

Budget cuts eliminated the exploration of Venus France planned, but some of the technology it built is helping drivers back on Earth.
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10 stupid social media predictions for 2011

Posted January 2, 2011 - 1:01 pm

As I write this there are but a few hours left of 2010, which I believe will be remembered as the year Facebook became the dominant force on the InterWebs, supplanting even mighty Google in its reach and depth.
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E-book sales surpass physical book sales on Barnes & Noble website

Posted December 31, 2010 - 10:35 am

If anyone out there still thinks e-books are a passing fad, here's a sobering fact: Retail book-selling giant Barnes & Noble reports that e-books are now outselling physical books on the B&N website.
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FBI raids Texas hosting company for WikiLeaks DDOS attackers

Posted December 30, 2010 - 12:51 pm

FBI takes data from servers it says used IP addresses through which orders were relayed for DDOS attacks on PayPal, others in "Operation Payback."
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Home of Anonymous DDOS attackers comes under attack

Posted December 29, 2010 - 2:42 pm

4Chan, the widely derided home of the hactivist group Anonymous and WikiLeaks-defending DDOS attacks on Mastercard, Visa, partially down for 24 hours.
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