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Employees armed with Facebook, smartphones among biggest company boosters

But IT pros themselves not huge corporate advocates, Forrester study finds

SAP penalty in Oracle suit is excessive, analyst says

Oracle's losses likely to be far less than the $1.4 billion awarded by federal jury in California

Scientist talks US exascale supercomputer plan

Peter Beckman, head of the DOE's new exascale institute, says international rivals are working hard to displace U.S. as No. 1

Twitter Tips: Enabling Mobile Notifications; Vital Shortcuts

Netflix turns from Oracle, IBM to Amazon to save cash

The movie service's cloud architect says Amazon Web Services provided better flexibility and savings

Opera upgrades mobile browser for Symbian

Will videoconferencing replace the telephone?

Video sessions are getting cheaper and more convenient but may not always be the right call

Oracle-SAP case goes to jury to decide damages

The jurors could award Oracle more than a billion dollars in damages, or just tens of millions as SAP says is fair

Woman helped sell fake chips to US military

Counterfeits from China and Hong Kong were bought for missile systems, radiation detectors, and radar devices

Could Windows Phone 7 succeed with IT?

RIM denies reports that Indian official snooped for it

The official from the Home Ministry was questioned Monday in a police investigation

What next for Novell?

Mergers always begin with vague statements that leave users guessing

Indian banks introducing instant mobile retail payments

An option to use SMS is expected to take the technology to the masses

Is SAP afraid of a Stuxnet-style attack?

SAP is stepping up its security stance as attackers diversify their targets to more obscure systems

Phone makers, software vendors push Web-based apps

Using HTML, CSS and JavaScript opens the door for cross-platform applications, proponents say

IT user supergroup forces vendors to take notice

Open Data Center Alliance focuses on interoperability

SAP’s Co-CEOs: Are Two Heads Better Than One?

When and how to deploy e-health records tech

Obama softens his stance on offshoring

In India, president says that outsourcing can benefit businesses and workers in both countries

Small clouds: Security selection criteria

Tips on security criteria to use in choosing a cloud vendor with the web-based apps your small business or home office needs

What’s on HP’s software shopping list?

Analysts expect HP to buy into BI and related tech under Léo Apotheker's watch

What to expect from next month’s Verizon LTE launch

USB dongles come first, smartphones will follow in early 2011

Apple-1 goes for $213K in Christie’s auction

It was No. 82 of about 200 Apple-1s made

Acer unveils tablets to run Windows, Android

Acer guns for a share of the fledgling tablet market

Jury orders Seagate to pay $1.9M to former employee

Engineer charged Seagate hired him for phantom job to help it sell Advanced Technology Group

Health marketers’ online practices called deceptive

Online health marketers are violating Internet users privacy, a complaint says

Open-source social network Diaspora goes live

Despite early security woes, Diaspora is testing the waters in a limited alpha invite-only release

Five Things CIOs Need to Know About Mobile Printing

Two former students charged in university hack in Mo.

Pair stole data on 90,000 students, faculty, staff and alumni at the Univ. of Central Missouri

Why Onboarding at Salesforce.com Makes for Better Hires

Oracle awarded $1.3 billion in SAP lawsuit

The amount is slightly less than what Oracle's damages expert recommended but far more than SAP said it should pay

How One CIO Cured His Info Glut Woes

Tim Berners-Lee criticizes Web leaders

He named Apple, Facebook, Verizon and Google among companies promoting harmful online practices

Random Hacks of Kindness weekend set for developers

10 free iPhone apps for spectacular stargazing

Variety of iPhones app let you watch everything from the moon to Mars and beyond

Ipanema attacks the North American WAN optimization market

France-based Ipanema hopes to back-end optimization services from U.S. carriers

EU funds technical and policy research into cloud computing

The three-year project aims to develop technology to make the cloud more secure and reliable

Wikileaks promises release 7 times bigger than Iraq War Logs

Wikileaks seeks new donations to keep going amid intense political pressure.

Supercharged Android: 12 apps to boost your smartphone

Employees Still Flummoxed by Office’s Ribbon

4G Turning Into ‘Meaningless’ Moniker

Holograms Will Give Video a 3D Look

High-end version of SQL Server 2008 R2 ‘late to market,’ analyst says

A parallel data warehouse edition is due out next month

Chinese Internet firms forced to apologize over privacy spat

China's IT ministry has forced Tencent and 360 to issue public apologies following a dispute involving privacy issues

Compellent adds virtualization, hardware upgrades to its SAN

Company's next-generation storage area network also supports VMware management utilities

Wal-Mart steps into China’s e-commerce market

Wal-Mart launches online store for Sam's Club in Shenzhen, China, entering an e-commerce market filled with competitors

EU, US and NATO to work together on cyber defense

New deals get formal approval from NATO, the EU and the US

Palm preps tablet-friendly application framework

The Enyo framework will give offer faster applications and more flexibility for developers

The Grill: Brenda Decker

This state CIO brings a no-nonsense approach to an arduous job.

How to add depth to your IT team’s bench

One or two star employees aren't enough. Here's how smart IT managers identify and groom strong tech team members