http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/53/all xx http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/82962/gps-tracking-system-unveiled-alzheimers-patients The Alzheimer's Association has unveiled a Web-based application that allows Alzheimer's patients to roam within a pre-established area. If they leave that area, a GPS tracking system alerts loved ones or caregivers who can then locate them. http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/82962/gps-tracking-system-unveiled-alzheimers-patients#comments Mobile & wireless Tech & society News GPS health care Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:43:23 -0400 ITworld staff 82962 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/82621/extra-life-raises-more-150000-sick-kids Charity gaming marathon Extra Life announced this morning that more than $150,000 in donations were collected worldwide during the 2009 event, topping last year's $115,000 record. http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/82621/extra-life-raises-more-150000-sick-kids#comments Personal tech Tech & society News Extra Life games Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:48:32 -0400 ITworld staff 82621 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/82209/notable-deaths-it-during-2009 Among those lost this year have been a co-founder of storage giant EMC, a Dungeons & Dragons creator and an adviser to the Google founders in the company's infancy. http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/82209/notable-deaths-it-during-2009#comments Tech & society Feature slideshow Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:47:57 -0400 ITworld staff 82209 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/offbeat/82154/you-may-be-facebook-youre-still-no-rockefeller Does using Facebook make you more affluent? Or is it a chicken/egg kind of thing? http://www.itworld.com/offbeat/82154/you-may-be-facebook-youre-still-no-rockefeller#comments Internet Offbeat Tech & society Opinion cartoon Facebook Twitter Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:09:33 -0400 Phil Johnson 82154 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/open-source/82139/python-institution-promotes-diversity The Python Software Foundation welcomes all shapes of programmers. http://www.itworld.com/open-source/82139/python-institution-promotes-diversity#comments Open Source Tech & society Analysis diversity Python intellectual property Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:05:09 -0400 claird 82139 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/81711/x-prize-thins-field-10m-100mpg-green-car-award X Prize car performance testing set for 2010 and winners will be announced in September 2010. http://www.itworld.com/internet/81711/x-prize-thins-field-10m-100mpg-green-car-award#comments Science Tech & society News environment X Prize Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:53:40 -0400 ITworld staff 81711 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/open-source/81751/decline-and-fall-idealistic-spark What can kill a community that was once bound together by a shared vision? http://www.itworld.com/open-source/81751/decline-and-fall-idealistic-spark#comments Open Source Tech & society Opinion community cult Culture foss open source Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:13:04 -0400 Esther Schindler 81751 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/81623/idc-report-profitability-and-oss-support-return-investment-analysis-ibm- IDC studied 14 mobile and fixed-line service providers that implemented Tivoli® Netcool® and found that IBM Tivoli Netcool can help in big ways. Business Business intelligence Green IT IT management/strategy Networking Server and data center Small business Tech & society IBM IDC Report ROI Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:05:02 -0400 kalbanese 81623 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/saas/81415/qampa-carrying-your-life-your-pocket Legendary engineer Gordon Bell talks about his MyLifeBits project to create a database of personal images, video e-mail and other data that can be used to supplement his own memory, and how he expects many others to do the same one day. http://www.itworld.com/saas/81415/qampa-carrying-your-life-your-pocket#comments Tech & society Interview Gordon Bell lifeblogging MyLifeBits Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:53:18 -0400 ITworld staff 81415 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/80811/forget-oprah-jobs-teens-most-admired-entrepreneur Oprah has over 2.3 million followers on social networking service Twitter. Steve Jobs? Zero. And yet, in a recent poll by youth organization Junior Achievement, the Apple CEO topped the talk show maven by a hefty margin as the entrepreneur that teens most admired. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/80811/forget-oprah-jobs-teens-most-admired-entrepreneur#comments Tech & society News Oprah Steve Jobs Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:35:13 -0400 ITworld staff 80811 at http://www.itworld.com