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iPhone Security: Worms, Jailbreak Exploit, No Regrets

Roundup news about the first worm to wiggle its way into the iPhone and malware aimed at jailbroken iPhones.

Nov 13, 2009

Consumer Electronics Social Networking Apps iPhone

Bill Draper Talks Philanthropy

Wealthy individuals like Silicon Valley's Bill Draper are following the lead of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett and becoming philanthropists.

By Tom Kaneshige

Nov 13, 2009

Careers Mentoring

Job Search Scams: 6 Ways to Protect Yourself Against Identity Theft

Identity theft rings have set their sights on the 15.7 million Americans who are unemployed and looking for work. Here's how to ensure you don't end up a victim.

By Meridith Levinson

Nov 13, 2009

Careers IT Jobs Privacy

Creating a Balanced IT Portfolio

The CIO of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) weighs the risk and return on cloud computing and other technology innovations that can help advance business goals.

By Charlie Feld

Nov 13, 2009

Business IT Alignment Compliance

ERP Investments Still Top the List for Corporate IT Spending

Forrester Research survey data shows that more than two-thirds of companies are still investing in their ERP systems–despite the recession, upgrade costs and maintenance fee complaints.

By Thomas Wailgum

Nov 13, 2009

ERP Systems Enterprise Applications Outsourcing

Leo’s Letter to Larry: SAP ‘Olive Branch’ to Oracle Turns into a PR Nightmare

An ill-conceived letter is causing a storm of unwanted attention for Leo Apotheker and SAP.

By Thomas Wailgum

Nov 12, 2009

Enterprise Applications

Windows 7 Based on Mac Design: A Gaffe for the Ages

True or not, a Microsoft exec's comment that Windows 7's design is Mac-influenced is an epic blunder and also a betrayal.

By Shane O'Neill

Nov 12, 2009

Data Center

Rotten Apple: Apple’s 12 Biggest Failures

Apple sets the standard – for both success and failure. Here's a look at 12 major screwups, some of which almost derailed the company.

By Galen Gruman

Nov 12, 2009

Apple Computers and Peripherals

The Richest CIOs: Our Annual List

Bigtime CIOs have endured a volatile year, and their wallets have felt the impact. The sour neconomy and politics involved have led to a huge drop in performance bonuses and rejiggered our annual list of high-paid technology leaders. n

By Kim S. Nash

Nov 12, 2009

Data Center

Confessions of an Apple Manager-Turned-iPhone App Creator

Former Apple employee Dave Howell, now the CEO of startup Avatron Software, talks about the early days of the App Store, his Apple experience and how he plans to do battle in the iPhone's wild frontier.

By Tom Kaneshige

Nov 12, 2009

Consumer Electronics Social Networking Apps iPhone

The Global CIO Job Description

How the CIO role breaks down.

By Maryfran Johnson

Nov 12, 2009

CIO

6 Globalization Tips: Managing IT in Emerging Markets

Forrester Research offers best practices for meeting the needs of both mature and emerging markets.

By Stephanie Overby

Nov 12, 2009

IT Leadership

Are You Qualified to Be a Global CIO?

Globalization demands CIOs who can manage IT in rapidly developing markets. Rigid thinkers need not apply.

By Stephanie Overby

Nov 12, 2009

CIO Careers IT Leadership

Globalization: New Management Challenges Facing IT leaders

As the globalization wave reaches emerging markets, IT leaders face new mangement challenges. Here's advice on how to balance the competingu2014and often conflictingu2014needs of established and developing business locations.

By Stephanie Overby

Nov 12, 2009

IT Leadership Mobile Small and Medium Business

Facebook Tips: How to Stay Safe While Using Games and Apps

The maker of the popular FarmVille game has agreed to change its practices that subjected Facebook users to some scammy offers. But the more games and apps that you use on Facebook, the higher your risk for malware, phishing scams and hacking. Here a

By Kristin Burnham

Nov 12, 2009 4 mins

Enterprise Applications

Outsourcing by the Government – Deloitte Offers Advice

A new paper from consulting firm Deloitte cautions regional governments to be prudent in their outsourcing endeavors.

By Beth Bacheldor

Nov 11, 2009

Enterprise Applications

IT Security: A Practical Approach to Protecting Trade Secrets

Trade secret protection depends upon close cooperation between IT security and your company's lawyers.

By Russell Beck & Matt Karlyn

Nov 11, 2009

Legal

Priceless! The 25 Funniest Vintage Tech Ads

My oh my, how things have changed. These 25 vintage tech ads are guaranteed to take you back – and, in most cases, remind you how truly terrible our tastes once were.

By JR Raphael, ITworld.com

Nov 11, 2009

Consumer Electronics

What Matters Most in Outsourcing: Outcomes vs. Tasks

No one who outsources IT really cares about servers or switches or man-hours. They want business results. Outcome-based outsourcing promises to deliver those results, but moving from input-based pricing to outcome-based contracts is easier said than

By Stephanie Overby

Nov 11, 2009

IT Leadership Outsourcing ROI and Metrics

Whether you're struggling to see the value or finding yourself drowning in a sea of tweets, we explain how you can work social media into your workday and still get "real work" done.

By Kristin Burnham

Nov 11, 2009

Relationship Building

5 Key Audience Questions to Help You “Read the Room”

How great communicators enhance their "executive presence" and get their messages across.

By Maryfran Johnson

Nov 11, 2009

Careers

CRM: How Marriott Broke Down Customer Data Siloes

Integrating customer data from multiple brands enabled the hotelier to craft unique offers for customers and exceed sales goals.

By Rick Swanborg

Nov 11, 2009

Business IT Alignment Enterprise Applications

BlackBerry Gets Official craigslist Mobile App: Images, Pricing

BlackBerry smartphone owners will soon be able to download an official BlackBerry app for managing their craigslist accounts. The new app, craigslist mobile from Movela, provides all the basic functionality found on the full craigslist.com site in on

By Al Sacco

Nov 11, 2009 3 mins

Computers and Peripherals Data Center Small and Medium Business

Does Microsoft Want You to Hate Netbooks?

With complaints about Windows 7 Starter piling up, is Microsoft trying to make netbooks undesirable? Not quite, say industry analysts, but there is a subtle strategy at play to get users to buy up to higher-priced PCs.

By Shane O'Neill

Nov 11, 2009

Laptops Small and Medium Business Windows

The Top Line Interview: Betsy Burton

A distinguished analyst at Gartner fast-forwards to the future of the CIO

By Kim S. Nash

Nov 11, 2009

CIO

New Markets: Apps That Use Your Phone to Fight Credit Card Fraud

SMS service notifies customers when their cards are charged, helping them identify fraudulent transactions faster.

By Jeremy Kirk

Nov 11, 2009

Mobile Small and Medium Business

An IT Governance Process That’s Weighted for Growth

After a merger, education publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt devised an IT governance process that gives more weight to revenue-generating projects

By Kim S. Nash

Nov 11, 2009

Business IT Alignment IT Governance

Pay for What You Get

Will Cloud Computing charge based on usage?

By Gary Beach

Nov 11, 2009

Cloud Computing

CIOs should be trying to police social applications through policy and training.

By Forrester Research

Nov 10, 2009

IT Leadership

Twitter, LinkedIn Get Together: How to Get Started

LinkedIn and Twitter have hooked up to let you publish updates to both services at once. Here are step-by-step instructions for getting TwinkedIn.

By Kristin Burnham

Nov 10, 2009 2 mins

Enterprise Applications

IT Hiring: How Thomson Reuters’ CIO Identifies Cultural Fit

Kelli Crane, senior vice president and CIO of Thomson Reuters, shares her hiring practices and interviewing techniques in this final Q&A in CIO.com's series, The Hiring Manager Interviews.

By Beth Ehrgott

Nov 10, 2009

Careers IT Jobs IT Leadership

RIM Execs: There’s Never Been a Better Time to be a BlackBerry Developer, User

In light of a number of major company announcements, two Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry vice presidents offer takes on why mobile application developers and smartphone users would be wise to focus on BlackBerry instead of those other platforms.

By Al Sacco

Nov 10, 2009

Data Center Developer Small and Medium Business

Not Bilingual? $25 iPhone App for That Translates Spoken English and Spanish

Jibbigo, which debuted last month, breaks new engineering ground for iPhone apps: It's the only speech-to-speech translation app in the App Store. Speak into the iPhone in either English or Spanish and in a few seconds a voice translates your wo

By Tom Kaneshige

Nov 10, 2009

Consumer Electronics Social Networking Apps iPhone

BlackBerry Voice-Encryption Software Cellcrypt Now Supports More RIM Devices

Cellcrypt, a maker of software that encrypts and secures cellular voice data on BlackBerry smartphones, will tomorrow announce support for the brand new BlackBerry Bold 9700, as well as all of RIM's popular Curve and Pearl series handhelds. The

By Al Sacco

Nov 10, 2009

Data Center Small and Medium Business VoIP

Verizon Attacks AT&T, Plays Nice with Apple

In Verizon's latest ad, the iPhone is banned to the island of misfit toys.

By Tom Kaneshige

Nov 9, 2009 2 mins

Mobile Small and Medium Business

Exchange 2010 Launch: Week Round Up

Exchange 2010 formally launched today, promising new features that will improve productivity and reduce storage and voicemail costs. But are the new features worth the complexity of upgrading? CIO.com's Shane O'Neill rounds up Exchange 2010

By Shane O'Neill

Nov 9, 2009

Data Center Enterprise Applications

Drowning in Passwords: Tips and Tools to Stay Safe and Sane

Another day, another password: Thanks to Web-based apps, we're all acquiring passwords at quite a clip. How do you remember them all while staying secure? Here are some helpful tools and strategies — that don't involve writing your passwor

By Bill Snyder

Nov 9, 2009

Cloud Computing

LinkedIn for BlackBerry Smartphones: Details and Images

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) and business-social-networking service LinkedIn today showed off a brand new LinkedIn mobile application for BlackBerry smartphones at RIM's second annual BlackBerry Developer Conference in San Francisco

By Al Sacco

Nov 9, 2009

Data Center Mobile Small and Medium Business

Inside ERP Budgets: Slicing and Dicing the Corporate Pie

AMR Research survey data shows how companies are spending their ERP operating budget dollars and why many are struggling to achieve the right mix.

By Thomas Wailgum

Nov 9, 2009

Budgeting ERP Systems Outsourcing

RIM, Adobe Strengthen Ties; BlackBerry Devs to Get New Tools in CS5

BlackBerry-maker RIM and Adobe Systems will soon bring new tools to BlackBerry software developers, making it easier to build complex, valuable and good-looking mobile applications using common Adobe development utilities.

By Al Sacco

Nov 9, 2009

Data Center Developer Small and Medium Business

RIM Brings BlackBerry Development, Admin Courses to Universities

RIM today announced its BlackBerry Academic Program, which offers BlackBerry-smartphone-related courses and curriculums to participating colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. The new courses will teach interested students BlackBe

By Al Sacco

Nov 9, 2009

Data Center Developer Small and Medium Business

RIM BlackBerry Developer Conference Kicks Off in San Francisco

RIM's second annual BlackBerry Developer Conference is set to begin at San Francisco's Marriott Marquis hotel, and CIO.com's Al Sacco is on the scene. Couldn't make it this year? No worries. Here's an idea of what to expect i

By Al Sacco

Nov 8, 2009 2 mins

Computers and Peripherals Developer Small and Medium Business

AT&T Loses to Verizon in Ad Game

Verizon delivers creative comparative advertising, and AT&T counters with stuffy lawsuit.

By Tom Kaneshige

Nov 6, 2009

Mobile Small and Medium Business

Is Target’s India IT Arm a Target for Indian Outsourcers?

Media reports claim Indian Outsourcers are talking with Target to buy its IT arm in Bangalore, but the retailer denies it.

By Beth Bacheldor

Nov 6, 2009

Enterprise Applications

iPhone & ERP Go Together Like PB & Jelly

The combination offers a glimpse of enterprise software's future: flexible, intuitive and mobile access to business data.

By Thomas Wailgum

Nov 6, 2009

Enterprise Applications

CIOs: Develop A Technology Watch List

Forrester has identified 15 technology trends that CIOs should look for and put on their technology watch lists.

By Forrester Research

Nov 6, 2009

IT Leadership

Exchange 2010: Why I’m Using It to Say Bye-Bye BlackBerry

Here's how one company is using Exchange 2010 as a cost-saving tool to wean users off RIM BlackBerry smartphones and onto Windows Mobile 6.5.

By Shane O'Neill

Nov 6, 2009

Data Center Enterprise Applications Small and Medium Business

Ten Great iPhone Hobby Apps

Grilling. Bird watching. Shopping. Whatever your downtime passion, there's an app for that. Here's a look at ten intriguing options to help you recharge.

By Tom Kaneshige

Nov 6, 2009

Enterprise Applications iPhone