News

Customer service key to the future of banking: CIOs

iPad much less painful than iPhone for Web surfing

Usability group urges standardization for iPad apps navigation

XML workflow spec finalized

China’s biggest chip maker posts 12th straight loss

China's contract chip makers have struggled to compete

CFOs to CIOs: You Work for Me Now

Microsoft CTO discusses IT’s future apart from the cloud

Globalization, increased regulations and data growth are three, according to Barry Briggs

Software piracy rate up 2% in 2009, study finds

Theft hurting IT industry, economy

FCC looks to prevent mobile service ‘bill shock’

The agency asks whether mobile providers should issue usage alerts

Google exec: Microsoft too far behind in cloud apps

Big IT shops get serious about asset disposal

Research firm releases midrange array buyer’s guide

But it leaves out two key metrics: performance and pricing

Mozilla sets Firefox 4 release for November

Outlines plans, goals -- including leaner interface -- for major upgrade

Twitter confirms beta testing of new business features

Limited beta has 'couple hundred' businesses testing undisclosed business-oriented features

Mozilla wants to make Firefox a speedster

Intel CEO Otellini says netbook market on the rise

Intel says tablets won't bite into netbook shipments

Bill would require FCC report before reclassifying broadband

The legislation would require the agency to prove market failure before regulating broadband

Verizon shows LTE running at 8.5M bps

In a video, the carrier shows the results of a 4G speed test in a Boston pizzeria

Patch Tuesday’s update small, but critical, Microsoft says

Microsoft's monthly security bulletin reveals vulnerabilities that could impact third-party software, unbeknownst to corporate IT.

Commissioner launches privacy guide

NAB uses collaboration to cut travel expenses by 40 per cent

Microsoft pushes ‘bottom of the barrel’ patches

Fixes just two flaws in light Patch Tuesday, but expect a whopper in June, say researchers

The Pathway to CIO

Senate confirms Alexander as chief of U.S. Cyber Command

Apple promises fix for iPad Wi-Fi problems

Users hope update addresses weak signals, dropped connections, slow speeds

Make Better Career Decisions and Avoid Setbacks

E-health key to national health reform

IBM points predictive analytics at social Web

They're even tracking those emoticons

Wireless LAN vendor Meru reports revenue rise, deeper loss

Wireless network company Meru reports Q1 results for first time since going public

NASA telescope spies ‘truly empty’ hole in space

Herschel Space Observatory used infrared imagery to discover space gap

Visa fraud alert puts banks, payment processors on guard

It warns of a coming fraudulent batch settlement attempt

BlackBerry Tips and Tricks: App Management Best Practices

iPhone Wins Over the Tech Crowd

EMC ‘Boosts’ Data Domain de-duplication speed by 50%

Company will fully integrate Data Domain with NetWorker later this year

UN opens broadband commission to speed global rollout

The groups see affordable broadband as a way to improve social services

Spansion emerges from bankruptcy leaner, profitable

The memory chip maker slashed payrolls and debt to emerge from bankruptcy

Clever Verizon service cuts mobile roaming fees in Europe

The service can lower the cost of international calls and roaming call charges, Verizon said

Samsung to invest $21 billion in solar cells, LEDs, more

The chip, LCD and mobile phone giant outlined investments in 5 new areas

Toshiba eyes 3D memory chips with new factory investment

The company is looking beyond current NAND flash technologies to future memory chips

Buyer’s (and non-buyer’s) guide to secure remote access

Readers back Apple in Flash-on-iPhone dispute

Google: Docs is key to long-term workplace changes

Firm bets businesses will use Google Docs to get more social; analysts not so sure

EMC users voice mixed feelings about VPLEX appliance

EMC World attendees are concerned about its impact on other systems and cost

New attack tactic sidesteps Windows security software

'Very serious' says one antivirus exec, especially for Windows XP users

Amazon Web Services sees infrastructure as commodity

Low prices mean cloud computing providers need to offer value-added services to justify higher margins

Aruba Networks buys China-based outdoor Wi-Fi mesh vendor

Extending wireless to industrial-scale outdoor deployments

Aruba buys Azalea Networks for industrial mesh wireless in $40M deal

Azalea's technology helps bring video and voice into wireless LANs for oil fields and mining

Wi-Fi, WirelessHD cozy up to WiGig standard

The high-speed wireless group will cooperate with the Wi-Fi Alliance while rival SiBeam is offering dual-mode silicon

Wireless Gigabit spec published, gains Cisco support

Super-fast networking technology could replace cables between PCs, monitors and TVs

TSMC’s chip sales in April hit all-time high

TSMC, the world's largest contract chip maker, reported record high monthly chip sales in April.

Apple to SIM-lock Japanese iPads

The iPad will be tied to a single network operator when it appears in Japan on May 28.