Opinion

via Twitter: No seriously, “Operation Chokehold” is incredibly stupid

Um. What about 911?

IT as Transformational Tool

IT can transform the business, but cutbacks are decreasing spending

Microsoft legally promises not to sue open source developers

Microsoft' Patent Pledge for Open Source Developers says it won't sue if they don't sell.

Military aircraft are melting shipdecks?

DARPA wants system to mitigate deck buckling caused by jet and prop aircraft

10 great Google Chrome extensions worth downloading

Some of these add-ons for Google's Chrome browser will help you at work and some will help you at play.

RNA Networks says memory virtualization to be major trend

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Amazon’s “Virtual Private Cloud” enters unlimited beta

Private service designed to enhance security of cloud computing

Hot security predictions for 2010

Increased security spending, congressional mandates, mobile phone worms all part of security picture in 2010

Upgrading to 100G as easy as swapping out a card

All things old are new again

Cloud computing is not just a recycled idea

Unitrends launches vaulting and replication appliances

Internet habit? Dependency? Addiction? Pop psychology?

VARs lining up for UCS, VBlock

Analyst reports active interest among resellers and their customers

Top 10 areas that CIOs needs to focus on for 2010

When image is everything, what areas should CIOs set their sights on?

NIST doles out up to $71 million on 20 research awards

Unmanned/hovering aircraft for bridge inspections, lithium-ion battery production system receive funding

Reports: Google undocked Nexus One phone confirmed

Why so much excitement? Google already sells undocked Android phones

Google Chrome bug reveals users identities when in anonymous mode

Chrome ignores when it is configured to use an anonymous third-party proxy

Dying star mimics our Sun’s death

Star 555 light-years away expands and contracts dramatically as it dies

IT Talent Shortage

How companies are attracting and retaining high-value employees

Escaping Microsoft Exchange via Davmail + Fetchmail + Postfix + Courier IMAP

Microsoft admits it copied Plurk, shuts down Juku

With a public apology, Microsoft does the right thing by Plurk

More about that lamp that filches power from a phone jack

A reader weighs in on the technical issues one may want to consider first

Audio Codec Negotiation

Voice Class Codecs

HP partners with Microsoft, Novell and Red Hat for migration of Sun customers

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Virtual Computer updates its desktop virtualization platform

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Service Provider Contradiction Affliction

Service providers advertize both blazing downloads and advocate rate-limiting

Too Much Stuff in the Thing?

Just how much multifunction makes sense?

Supreme Court to consider texting-in-workplace privacy case

Police officers "sexting" messages at issue in groundbreaking legal drama

When ISPs Turn on Meters Expect “Unexpected” Traffic

How much Internet traffic is your house using?

What’s become of 2008’s 10 IT management start-ups to watch, Part 2

2008 management technology makers weather an economic recession, some seeing stellar results and others continuing to grow.