Data Center

HP cuts staff as webOS transitions to open-source

HP plans to release the entire operating system to the open-source community by September

Microsoft, Hortonworks to link Excel and Hadoop

Microsoft teams with Hortonworks to develop an ODBC and a JavaScript library for Hadoop

What Stage 2 ‘meaningful use’ eHealth rules mean

The deadlines for Stage 2 and Stage 3 have been extended by a year each

How CIOs Can Make Time for Social Media

Analyst: Free Mountain Lion upgrade would be ‘brilliant’ Apple move

Changes in how Apple defers Mac sales revenue may hint at free deal, at least for users running Lion

Hard-drive shortage hits servers in Q4, Gartner says

Shortage in supply in hard drive will slow down server shipments in the first quarter of this year

Public Knowledge pushes for copyright reform

The group's proposals would shorten the copyright term and create penalties for bogus takedown notices

How to Successfully Bring Business Into IT

NFC payment plans face detractors as tech comes to U.S.

Google Wallet is here, Isis Mobile Wallet is coming; both must convince skeptical Americans that mobile payments are safe

FTC: ID theft again tops consumer concerns

US residents also report other fraud schemes coming through email and websites