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Ballmer plugs Windows 7 as an OS for all devices
6 January 2011, 7:00 am

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer positioned Windows 7 as an operating system that can drive new and innovative products, as the company tries to fend off competition from tablet computers based on software from Google and Apple.

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Displaced IT workers stand to lose federal help
6 January 2011, 8:16 am

For the past two years, tech workers who lost their jobs because of offshore outsourcing could get federal benefits to help with education, healthcare and even relocation costs. But the benefits will disappear next month unless Congress extends them.

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Computerworld's Salary Survey and Best Places to Work reports
27 October 2010, 12:51 pm

We asked, and you answered. As our thank-you,  here are two of our signature research pieces for you to download and  share among friends and colleagues.

100 Best Places to Work in IT -- 2010 edition

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Apple quietly became a key enterprise provider
31 December 2010, 5:00 am

You won't find many businesses with a more complex, security-conscious environment than JPMorgan Chase. So when the huge bank decided to deploy iPads in its investment-banking arm -- following similar moves by Crédit Suisse and Citigroup -- it was more than just a straw in the wind. Apple, long rooted in education, creative endeavors, and (more recently) consumer electronics, is now an enterprise company.

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The InfoWorld news quiz: Jan. 7, 2011
6 January 2011, 1:08 pm

 Slug:    NQ070111            Dek:    Microsoft debuts nothing new, CES tablets up the wazoo            Byline:    Dan Tynan            Overview:    The organized insanity that is the Consumer Electronics Show dominated the news, with the introduction of approximately 3,247 new iPad-killing tablets in Las Vegas. But that's not the only news coming out of Vegas (and the rest of the planet) this week. Microsoft introduced some new(ish) products, the feds remain in hot pursuit of those WikiLeaks-friendly hack attackers, Facebook got a new sugar daddy, Google is cooking up yet another way to get its hands on your data, and AT&T found a novel approach to entering our lives -- via the medicine cabinet. Do you have what it takes to ace our quiz? Give yourself 10 points for each correct answer.

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PHP floating point bug fixed
6 January 2011, 5:46 pm

Fixes for a floating point bug affecting PHP on 32-bit systems have been published, the PHP development team reported on Thursday.

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Android: The next generation
7 January 2011, 5:00 am

 Dek:    CES 2011 was a sea of Android smartphones and tablets, but only a few stand out as the technology innovators            Source:    InfoWorld              No          

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Android tablets ignore the enterprise to their peril
7 January 2011, 5:00 am

Pundits have predicted the growing adoption of tablets as a top 10 trend for 2011. According to Mashable, a new Forrester report estimates that 44 million tablets will be sold in 2015, surpassing even laptop sales by nearly 5 million and desktop PC sales of more than 25 million. Android-based tablets are expected to capture a significant share of the overall tablet market, and they're making a splash at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

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The key mobile trends emerging from CES 2011
7 January 2011, 5:00 am

At this year's Consumer Electronics Show, it's all about mobile -- and mostly about Android. Srictly speaking, that's not true; there were also plenty of HDTVs, stereo speakers, and other home entertainment wares on display, but the main events have all been about mobile. Naturally, every demo is accompanied by breathless praise by executives of their own "groundbreaking" products -- but beyond the hype, is there anything really important coming out of CES?

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Microsoft divulged little at CES -- but the products speak volumes
7 January 2011, 8:36 am

I gave up attending monster computer shows long ago, in the twilight era of Comdex.

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Is the Microsoft-Intel marriage finally over?
7 January 2011, 11:26 am

Cringely here, reporting from CES in Vegas, where rude beasts walk the earth (at least, the ones that don't crawl or slither), impeded in their forward progress only by hip-deep mounds of tablet PCs. Everyone appears to be tapping, swiping, and gesturing on some kind of sleek black touch-sensitive device, when they're not squinting at blurry 3D screens waiting for their turn with the polarized glasses.

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Report: Verizon iPhone to come next week
7 January 2011, 6:42 pm

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Verizon Wireless plans to announce on Tuesday that it will start offering the Apple iPhone.

Verizon is inviting journalists to an event on Tuesday in New York City at which Lowell McAdam, Verizon's president and COO, will speak. The invitations don't include any details about what he will say.

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The straight talk on IT's new directions
3 January 2011, 5:00 am

Make no mistake: 2011 represents a sea change for IT strategy. Those IT leaders who view the upward trend in IT spend as welcome relief to return to pre-recession priorities will quickly find themselves in trouble.

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The evolution of hard drives
8 January 2011, 5:00 am

 Dek:    The history of the hard drive, from monsters that required teams of technicians to operate to coin-sized flash drives            Source:    Computerworld              No          

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InfoWorld's Linux IQ test: Round 2
10 January 2011, 5:00 am

 Slug:    02FE-linux-iq-test            Dek:    Acing our first test of free OS acumen may have been a snap, but only true Linux junkies can expect to survive Round 2            Byline:    Paul Venezia            Source:    InfoWorld            Overview:    So you live and breathe Linux, eh? You've aced Linux IQ Test: Round 1 and our Open Source IQ Test to boot. The free OS runs on your phone, your netbook, your desktop, and even your alarm clock. You named your dog Linus and you have Tux wallpaper. You take such great pride in your uptimes that you brag about them at the lunch table. Andrew Morton signed your underwear. You're in the game.

But how much do you really know about the most pervasive open source project on the planet? Take Round 2 of our Linux IQ test and find out.

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