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• Mobile groups protest proposed net neutrality rules
  Grant Gross
  Nov 23 2009

  A month ago, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission began a proceeding to create formal net neutrality rules for broadband providers, and the proposals have generated serious debate in the ...

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• Patent trolls, Machiavelli's descendents
  Mark Gibbs
  Nov 23 2009

  Machiavelli was quite the thinker. The author of one of the most insidious books ever written, The Prince, his name is synonymous with deviousness and manipulation. Ever wonder what happened to his ...

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• Microsoft begins paving path for IT, cloud integration
  John Fontana
  Nov 23 2009

  LOS ANGELES -- Microsoft last week launched its first serious effort to build IT into its cloud plans by introducing technologies that help connect existing corporate networks and cloud services to ...

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• Windows 8 in 2012?
  Ian Paul
  Nov 23 2009

  Microsoft Windows 8 may be coming as early as 2012, based on a recent rash of comments and hints dropped by Microsoft personnel in official capacity and informal context. Some are taking heart from ...

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• Telepresence: For Power Users Only
  John Brandon
  Nov 23 2009

  What it is: Telepresence is a high-definition room-to-room video conferencing system marketed by vendors such as Cisco, Polycom and Hewlett-Packard. Lawyers at DLA Piper used the technology to ...

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• Windows 7: 5 Things for CIOs to Consider Before Deployment
  David F. Carr
  Nov 23 2009

  Start now. Particularly if you skipped Vista, you need to start testing applications for compatibility with Windows 7. Microsoft says it will discontinue support for Windows XP in April 2014. ...

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• New iPhone worm steals online banking codes, builds botnet
  Gregg Keizer
  Nov 23 2009

  Hackers have borrowed a tactic from the world's first iPhone worm to build a botnet that steals data, including online banking credentials, from jailbroken Apple smartphones. A new worm, dubbed ...

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• Data Center Lessons from the Online Gaming World
  Robert Lemos
  Nov 23 2009

  In June, Iceland-based CCP Games brought the hammer down on a group of resource hogs that were clogging its data center. In an operation dubbed internally "Unholy Rage," the company cut off 2 ...

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• Winning the battle against rogue suppliers
  Bart Perkins
  Nov 23 2009

  If IT suppliers are pestering you less these days, don't feel relieved -- feel nervous. They are probably going around you and selling directly to other departments. Some suppliers have always ...

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• 11 Security Tips for Black Friday, Cyber Monday
  Bill Brenner
  Nov 23 2009

  If your business is physical security, Friday is more than likely going to be a rough day. Shoppers will storm your stores the day after Thanksgiving in what has become known as Black Friday and ...

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