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Google Updates YouTube with Discovery Features

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Google is updating the YouTube app for Google TV owners this week, promising performance improvements and easier ways to discover videos you like.

Steve Jobs Awarded Posthumous Grammy

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Steve Jobs was awarded a Grammy Trustees Award over the weekend for his role in creating products that transformed the entertainment industry.

A New Kind of IT Hero for a New Kind of World

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

If you don't become the new type of IT leader, all you will lead is the herd that's heading toward the cliff.

IT's Worst Addictions (and How to Cure Them)

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Jargon, data, power -- the first step to IT recovery is recognizing the monkey on your back

Hard CFO Lessons From Mobile Usage Studies

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Here's some homework for over the weekend. If you haven't yet read this week's article "Smartphone Data Shakeup: The End of 'Unlimited'," you should. The points that Computerworld author JR Raphael make are central to your ability to budget for mobile devices and their usage going forward.

Apple Tops the $100B+ Tech Club

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Ten years ago Apple posted revenue of $5.3 billion, a mere gnat compared to the IBM elephant which topped all tech companies with sales of $85.8 billion.

Forget Public Cloud or Private Cloud, It's All About Hyper-Hybrid

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

As organizations increasingly adopt cloud offerings for critical business operations from public and private providers, connecting them all back to the core of the business is becoming a challenge involving complicated integration, orchestration and rules management.

Mobile World Congress Sneak Peek: Quad-Core Smartphones, Ice Cream Sandwich, More

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

It might be hard to imagine there will be that much more for makers of smartphones, tablets and other wireless offerings to reveal at Mobile World Congress at the end of this month after the deluge of products that debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show to kick off 2012. But Sony, HTC and others have gotten wireless watchers in a frenzy already by issuing MWC event invitations and stirring speculation about Android 4.0, Windows Phone and quad-core devices.

Amazon Attacks Apple: You Get 3 Kindle Products for Price of IPad 2

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Amazon has released a new advertisement that takes a shot at the price of Apple's iPad, emphasizing the lower cost of the Kindle e-reader and Android-based Kindle Fire tablet computer.

March Debut of 'iPad 3' a Sure Bet, Says Analyst

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Apple will introduce a new iPad the first full week of March, and will start selling it the following week, according to reports and industry analyst expectations.

Windows 8: Assessing IT Risks of a Consumer-Driven Wave

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Microsoft is betting big on Windows 8. But will the immense promotional efforts the software giant is putting behind the latest Windows OS pay off? CIO.com's Rob Enderle handicaps the high-stakes game Redmond is playing.

Buyers Lining Up for Raspberry Pi's $25 PC

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Raspberry Pi Foundation's US$25 PC will become available by the end of this month, and buyers hope it could fill in as a low-power desktop, while being an alternative to the more expensive open-source hardware.

Apple Stores to Receive Petitions on Workers' Rights Today

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Apple Stores around the world will be targeted by campaigners today in protest at working conditions in the company's manufacturing and supply chain.

Incoming Sony CEO: Hot Gadgets Aren't Enough Anymore

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Sony CEO-to-be Kazuo Hirai says hardware is still important, but the company must focus on content, services

IT is Victim of Own Success, Says Wellcome Trust CIO

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

IT is becoming a victim of its own success, according to the Wellcome Trust's head of IT Mark Bramwell.