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How to delegate: IT managers learn to let go

Tech execs can't do it all. Here's how to offload tasks with confidence, leaving you and your staff happier & more fulfilled

Cultivating a healthy addiction for career success

Going beyond the typical interview answers and resume claims will help you demonstrate why you stand apart from the pack

Report: Today’s workers value social media, ‘Net over pay

Research finds expectations of unrestricted access to social media and the 'Net also bring up trust issues in the workplace

‘Nothing new’ on iPhone tethering plans, says AT&T

But the iPhone OS 4 beta hints that tethering may finally arrive this summer

HP says 10,000 cows can power 1,000 servers

Researchers at Hewlett Packard Co. Labs researcher says there's interest in a cow power project

US lawmakers target The Pirate Bay, other sites

An antipiracy caucus puts six sites on its notorious copyright infringement list

VoIP phone service reaps savings, features for staffing firm

Aquent's use of M5 VoIP service streamlines phone system and aids business processes

Microsoft touts Hotmail security adds; users complain of account hacks

Details plans to beef up e-mail service's security; users wish they were in place now

Symantec to buy VeriSign’s authentication business

Microsoft chases ‘click laundering’

Microsoft has filed two lawsuits, alleging the defendants were involved in a new kind of click fraud

E-mail Etiquette: 8 Tips to Avoid Communication Blunders

Google focuses on Web media at I/O

Google Wave won’t be quick hit in the enterprise, analysts say

IT managers unlikely to implement Google Wave until killer business app is built

LTE patent pools taking shape

Three entities are forming groups of patent holders to ease licensing

Windows 7 helps Microsoft hit record customer satisfaction score

Microsoft recovers from Vista failure, ACSI index shows

Microsoft counters Gmail with Hotmail overhaul

Online document editing, mobile browsing highlight Hotmail update

Microsoft rolls out Hotmail enhancements

The company is tackling inbox clutter and problems with large attachments, among others

Oracle conjures Netra server from enterprise blade

The company is expanding its carrier offerings by certifying an enterprise blade server as NEBS-compliant

EFF: Forget cookies, your browser has fingerprints

Browser plugin and font data may give away your identity

IBM survey: CEOs say they can’t handle growing business complexity

As big as Google is, Nexus One online store’s failure shows wireless carriers still rule

Shuttering of Google's 'Web meets phone' store reveals market realities

Huge ‘sexiest video ever’ attack hits Facebook

'Stunning' attack targeted Internet Explorer users, planted adware on victims' PCs

Microsoft initiative invests in parallel computing

Vodafone takes a hit in India

New entrants have increased price competition, the company said

CodePlex appoints technical director

Ex-Microsoft and open-source veteran Stephen Walli assumes the new post of CodePlex technical director

VA disconnects Sprint’s voice, data services

How the VA is migrating its network services to three other carriers

Skype worm no cause for panic, says expert

VeriWave captures users’ view of Wi-Fi networks

WaveDeploy shows IT how applications actually perform over 802.11

New British government considers McKinnon’s appeal

Gary McKinnon is hoping to avoid U.S. prosecution for hacking by approaching the new coalition government

VoIP: Coppin State Solves Its 911 Dilemma

How to Gain Stakeholder Engagement

How Videoconferencing Improves Decision Making

IBM updates iDataPlex server with GPUs

IDataPlex hyperscale servers will include Nvidia's M2050 GPUs

Apple quietly boosts MacBook speed, battery life

Despite upgrades, it keeps the price at $999

Kindle for Android app coming soon

The free software for Android smartphones allows syncing of last page read between a Kindle and Android and other devices

Sprint customer satisfaction surges

ACSI customer satisfaction score is a new high for Sprint after hitting rock bottom in 2008

Mobile Web Conferencing: Next Big Smartphone Trend?

Virtualization savings in the House

The U.S. House of Representatives substantially cuts its electric bill by virtualizing and consolidating its data centers

SAP co-CEOs talk technology, building customer trust

Snabe and McDermott's Sapphire keynote was short on news but big on vision

Restructuring IT for Global Results

What Getting IT Right Means to a CEO

The CEO of Owens & Minor, an $8 billion medical device company, values CIO Rick Mears' industry knowledge.

Why Green IT Isn’t Enough If You Want to Cut Energy Costs

NASA listens for signs of Mars Lander life — one more time

Experts hold out slim hopes that hard-working NASA robot didn't freeze to death during Martian winter

FTC targets privacy concerns related to copy machines

A lawmaker raised concerns after a news report about information stored on copier hard drives

HGTV Meets Travel Channel: An IT Merger’s Ticket to Success

Cloud service users face confusing legal landscape

Lawyers say companies should study the data protection laws in all the countries where their cloud provider operates

Wyse Technology’s new device isn’t your father’s dumb terminal

Xenith for Citrix has engine for backend software updates, but desktops still rule

Intel ships world’s densest NAND flash chip

A single chip can hold 7,000 photos

Netbook sellers need not fear the iPad, says analyst

Just 1% of potential netbook buyers will choose a tablet instead

Will femtocells ever get their moment?

Airvana exec argues mobile architecture challenges make them inevitable