I read an alarming statistic recently: "Nearly half of personal computers in the U.S. are compromised by malware." Thankfully, that statement is not even remotely accurate.
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Between the Lines
Panel: Security execs failed to learn Stuxnet's lessons
Since Stuxnet brought chilling attention on the threat of cyberattacks to critical infrastructure such as the power grids, oil and gas and water services, too many executives and security...
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All About Microsoft
Microsoft Online chief jumps to U.S. partner group
Just when Microsoft launched a beta of its cloud-hosted suite of business apps, another of the company's Online services honchos moves into a new role.
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Zero Day
Malware Watch: 'Spam is sent from your FaceBook account'; Spamvertised malicious photos
Malicious attackers are currently spamvertising two separate malware campaigns, enticing end users into downloading and executing malicious file attachments.
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The Apple Core
Gallery: Ultimate One iPod nano watch kit (Verdict: meh)
Recently another Kickstarter iPod nano watch kit was successfully funded: Quad Mountain LLC's Ultimate One. It's not my cup of tea, but I've posted a gallery of photos for your viewing pleasure.
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Hardware 2.0
Apple vs. Samsung - Blurring the line between paying homage and blatantly ripping off
Yesterday I reported that Apple had filed a lawsuit against Samsung, accusing the electronics giant of copying 'the look and feel' of the iPad tablet and iPhone for it's Galaxy S 4G, Epic 4G,...
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Linux and Open Source
In the beginning: Linux circa 1991
ZDNet's 20th anniversary: Today, Linux is everywhere: In your Android smartphone, most of your favorite Website's servers, and in your DVRs and other home electronics. In 1991, it was just an idea...
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Googling Google
Taxday Treat: A Google-eye view of government spending
On Tax Day, Google announces the winning entry of a contest for developers to visualize how federal tax dollars are spent.
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Ed Bott's Microsoft Report
How prevalent is malware on Windows PCs?
I read an alarming statistic recently: "Nearly half of personal computers in the U.S. are compromised by malware." Thankfully, that statement is not true. It is not even remotely accurate. So how...
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Smartphones and Cell Phones
Review: ThunderBolt survives fall thanks to Seidio Innocase II Surface case
I had an Innocase II Surface wrapped around my HTC ThunderBolt this weekend and after it fell over 3 feet to concrete and came away unscathed I was elated that it was protected.
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Tech Broiler
When BBS SysOps ruled the Earth
ZDNet's 20th anniversary: Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. The BBS SysOp rides again!
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The Mobile Gadgeteer
T-Mobile G-Slate Honeycomb tablet reviews go live, coming 20 April
The T-Mobile G-Slate is launching on 20 April and is getting above average reviews, even with the gimmicky 3D cameras.
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The ToyBox
HBO Go app headed for iOS, Android devices soon
The HBO Go online streaming service is going mobile soon as apps for iOS and Android smartphones and tablets is expected to drop in May.
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Social Business
LivingSocial ropes in SocialMedia.com for $3 million
LivingSocial steps it up in the social network advertising race and acquires SocialMedia.com for $3 Million.
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GreenTech Pastures
Verdiem extends power management software to Mac
In a concession to growing marketshare for the Macintosh operating system, power management software company Verdiem has extended its flagship product to support the OS with Surveyor 5.5. Other...
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Laptops & Desktops
Apple slips faster SSD drive from Samsung into its MacBook Airs
It's a bit ironic that after Samsung releases its competitor to the MacBook Air in the form of the Series 9 notebook, the same company is responsible for giving Apple's ultraportable laptop a bit...
- Intel to release three Sandy Bridge Pentium processors on May 22
- Still Winning: Toshiba's Portege R830 picks up where the highly-rated R700 left off
- Acer introduces two new 3D desktop LCD monitors, including 27-inch LED-backlit display with HDMI 3D support
- Alienware goes massive with M18x gaming laptop behemoth
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Storage Bits
And then there were 3
Seagate's takeover of Samsung's disk operations - means there are only 3 hard drive vendors - WD, Seagate and Toshiba - left in the world. What does that mean to you?
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Digital Cameras & Camcorders
Nikon D5100 DSLR already available from Best Buy
Although it wasn't expected until later this week, Best Buy is beating other retailers to the punch and releasing the Nikon D5100 digital SLR.
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Home Theater
Sonos adds Apple AirPlay support in latest OS update, debuts Android controller app
We were promised scads of home theater devices that would support Apple's AirPlay technology, which allows you to stream music and video from your iPhone and iPad to an HDTV or an audio system,...
- Big-screen dream: Sharp ships 70-inch Aquos LC-70LE732U, largest LCD HDTV available
- Movie theater chains ready to fight against premium video-on-demand offerings
- Cablevision's Optimum iPad app offers hundreds of live TV channels to subscribers -- but for how long?
- Movie studios rolling out premium video on demand titles for $30 starting next month
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iGeneration
Windows 8: Updating list of features to date
Rolling updates of leaked features and functionality in Windows 8, the next-generation operating system from Microsoft.
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Software as Services
Private cloud discredited, part 2
Two respected enterprise cloud pioneers have provided the evidence I'd been waiting for to declare private cloud a busted flush.
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Service Oriented
SOA patterns: proposal for policy enforcement
How can policy assertions be consistently processed and enforced across a service inventory?
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BriefingsDirect
HP application transformation news responds to rapid shifts in how apps are managed, hosted, perceived
Applications and software that derive more flexible process was the number one area where they would invest first, across all the audiences. So, their view was that they know there are lots of...
- Integration needs escalate as enterprises ramp up ESBs, seek to join SaaS and legacy
- Proliferating, outmoded applications and data explosion hamper enterprises in innovation, any quick move to cloud computing
- HP updates Information Management Portfolio with holistic approach
- Enterprise architecture’s quest for its proper identity
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Collaboration 2.0
Saba - global formal & informal learning
I met with Bobby Yazdani, CEO & President of Saba Software earlier this week at their Redwood Shores California headquarters. A substantial global company with 1400 customers and more than...
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Dev Connection
With Google Motion, you've got to move it, move it
Using Kinect-like image based motion capture technology, Google Motion gets your whole body into the act. Lean, stomp, and point your way to improved productivity and physical fitness.
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A Developer's View
Net neutrality vs. house republicans (or "scalded by tea")
House Republicans' war against net neutrality rules is symptomatic of a gross simplification of economic principles that is typical of today's Tea-flavored Republican party.
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Five Nines: The Next Gen Datacenter
Cisco opens green datacenter to support internal operations
Cisco makes use of their own Unified Computing infrastructure to equip their latest datacenter
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Emerging Tech
MIT: built-in motion sensors in devices improve wireless data rates
Researchers at MIT have developed a set of new communications protocols that use information about a portable device's movement to improve handoffs.
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Enterprise Web 2.0
As collaboration goes social, where will it thrive?
Social business is starting to get serious attention as an industry, like social media recently has in the investment community. I take a close look at where the action has been when it comes to...
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Tom Foremski: IMHO
Google and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance...
Google's latest "Panda" update to its algorithm stresses the search for quality. It's caused a big change in search rankings for many businesses. But what is "quality"? Can it really be measured?
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Virtually Speaking
University of Warwick a Centrix Software user profile
Getting a handle on how end-users are really using software.
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Irregular Enterprise
Oracle licensing: just say no
It's Oracle negotiating season once again and the advisors are out in force. Is what they're saying right or are there better approaches?
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IT Project Failures
Innovation and transformation: Matching communication to culture
Inventor Steven Sasson, who developed the first digital camera, discusses culture and communication as barriers to innovation, with important lessons for CIOs.
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The Web Life
PepsiCo and Instagram team up for SxSW
Instagram, my favorite photo-sharing app on the iPhone, just teamed up with PepsiCo for a South by Southwest promo called Brisk Pics. Users have been submitting their best photos to Instagram...
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Forrester Research
Facebook opens new data center – and shares its technology
Facebook discloses a wealth of information about the design of its new data center in rural Oregon and contributes much of the IP involving racks, servers and power architecture to an open forum...
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Social CRM: The Conversation
A Tale of Two Cities, Part II: Radian6's Coming Out...Again Party
If I look back on the emergence of the social media market (note I'm not saying Social CRM at this juncture, though we'll get back to it soon), I'd be happy to call Radian6, not the market...
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Friending Facebook
Pizzeria owner IDs attackers on Facebook
A pizzeria owner who was allegedly robbed and attacked by five young men found the suspects on Facebook.
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Software & Services Safari
ERP, 20 years ago: the move to go global
ZDNet's 20th anniversary: ERP in 1991 was a markedly different world than it is today.
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Lawgarithms
Touched by the TSA
Time was when having "the talk" with your kids meant the birds and the bees. Nowadays parents also have to be ready to explain shoe- and underwear-bombers, molotov toothpaste, and the touchy-feely...
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On Sustainability
Can Lèo Apotheker restore HP's reputation on sustainability?
Today announces Leo Apotheker as its new CEO and writes a big check in support of first ammendment rights to a leading non profit. Coincidence or signalof change?
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ZDNet Education
What's 20 years to a Millennial? An entire lifetime
ZDNet's 20th anniversary: Internet years are kind of like dog years. Twenty years is a very long time.
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ZDNet Government
If you have something to hide from the government, don't use Dropbox
Dropbox may, if necessary, decrypt the files in private Dropbox folders, allowing them to be read by government investigators. Here's what you need to know.
- Apple's lost decade, HyperCard, and what might NOT have been if Apple then was like Apple is today
- Video: Supersonic F/A-18C Hornet bursts into flame on aircraft carrier flight deck
- So, isn't it time, really, for iPhones and iPads to sync wirelessly with iTunes?
- White House plans to win the future by beating Angry Birds (seriously)
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Networking
How far has the Internet come with IPv6 Adoption?
Nothing like far enough according to Arbor Networks' study.
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SEO Whistleblower
The art of writing copy for people and search engines
Writing for humans and search engines can be a tall order; however, I've developed a method that helps me tremendously in the process. See how it works for you!
- Beware: Social Security numbers available online via indexed tax documents
- Beware: Social Security numbers available online via indexed tax documents
- Beware: Social Security numbers available online via indexed tax documents
- Real people, real SEO: An interview with Jon Payne, CEO of Ephricon Web Marketing
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Mobile News
BlackBerry PlayBook gets real today; AT&T blocking updates already
Today the BlackBerry PlayBook becomes available for order from retail outlets and from RIM directly. The app that lets owners access email on tethered phones is available too, except for AT&T...
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The DocuMentor
Have We Reached the eBook Tipping Point?
Doc's not sure the problems at Dorchester are all about a switch from print to e-books – could just be a slowdown in the romance category or some other market factors. But if the company thinks...
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UberMobile
What CIOs Think About Enterprise Mobility...(webinar)
This post is a blatant ad for an all-day virtual event on mobility put up by Sybase and SAP on Wednesday, April 20th. And a cute toddler pic (I couldn't find a cat one).
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India IT
Genpact wins Headstrong auction for $550 million
One of India's leading BPO company, Genpact has acquired IT consulting company Headstrong for $550 million opening new markets and increase the Indian company's global presence.
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Gamification
My 10 favorite computer games from 1991
ZDNet's 20th anniversary: two decades ago, gaming was still in full swing. Here are 10 of my favorites from 1991.
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ZDNet Health
Can iPhone Meal Snap photo app magically tell what's in your meal? We put it to the test.
Meal Snap is accurate enough to amaze your friends, and give you a rough idea what you're about to eat.
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Pulp Tech
PORN SHOCKER! Seedy UseNet and BBS Red Light Districts Deliver Filth
ZDNet's 20th anniversary: Violet Blue looks back on pornography and the Internet in 1991.
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All About Microsoft
Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley's blog covers the products, people and strategies that make Microsoft tick.
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The Apple Core
Apple technology keeps gaining respect in the executive suite, with businesses and in the data center. Jason O'Grady and David Morgenstern deliver critical news and penetrating analysis that managers need to succeed.
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Between the Lines
Larry Dignan and other IT industry experts, blogging at the intersection of business and technology, deliver daily news and analysis on vital enterprise trends.
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BriefingsDirect
Analyst Dana Gardner examines IT news and trends that impact software strategists to provide insights and outcomes on SOA, app dev, SaaS, enterprise infrastructure and mobile convergence.
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Collaboration 2.0
Real world collaboration strategies and tactics for enterprises.
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Dev Connection
Who said computers have to be all work and no play? Software developer and author Ed Burnette shares his unique view of industry trends, technologies, and personalities.
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A Developer's View
At the intersection between technology and economic policy, John Carroll brings years of experience as a software developer to bear on the latest issues affecting the technology industry.
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Digital Cameras & Camcorders
Gadget geeks Janice Chen and Rachel King deliver real-world buying advice of the best digital photography gear to get.
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The DocuMentor
Doc is on a mission to help rid your organization of every last trace of document management ignorance and make sure that the future of the digital office finds a home in your business.
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Ed Bott's Microsoft Report
Get outspoken insights and expert advice on Windows, Office, and other Microsoft products from a source who knows these technologies inside and out.
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Emerging Tech
Emerging trends in technology and new developments in science will affect the way we live. Chris Jablonski selects and analyzes news about our future that you'll almost never find anywhere else.
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Enterprise Web 2.0
Dion Hinchcliffe on leveraging the convergence of IT and the next generation of the Web.
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Five Nines: The Next Gen Datacenter
David Chernicoff looks at technologies that impact data center users and operators, including server consolidation and virtualization, green IT, and the latest hardware advances.
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Forrester Research
The View From Forrester provides best practices and analysis of burning issues and trends impacting Information & Knowledge Management and Infrastructure & Operations professionals.
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Friending Facebook
Emil Protalinski covers Facebook from all angles, closely watching it grow from its $50 billion valuation in 2010 to its internally stated goal of becoming the first trillion dollar company.
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Gamification
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Googling Google
Christopher Dawson explores the mystery behind the hottest and fastest growing tech company in the world. Google spoilers inside.
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GreenTech Pastures
As the global warming debate rages, Heather Clancy chronicles alternative energy start-ups, green data center projects and other high-tech and political developments shaping the green technology movement.
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Hardware 2.0
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes sifts through the marketing hyperbole and casts his critical eye over the latest technological innovations to find out which products make the grade and which don't.
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Home Theater
Sean Portnoy covers HDTVs, Blu-ray, home theater equipment, and anything else that turns the living room into your media center.
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iGeneration
British student Zack Whittaker talks about (and to) the next generation of IT users.
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India IT
Manan Kakkar surveys the technology market in India.
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Irregular Enterprise
Dennis Howlett analyzing the issues faced by senior business practitioners who work with enterprise software.
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IT Project Failures
Michael Krigsman is a recognized authority on the causes and prevention of IT failures.
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Laptops & Desktops
John Morris and Sean Portnoy deliver straight talk about notebook and desktop computers.
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Lawgarithms
Issue-spotting the Live Web, attorney Denise Howell muses about cutting edge technology-related legal issues.
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Linux and Open Source
The latest news and views on all things Linux and open source by seasoned Unix and Linux user and journalist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols.
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The Mobile Gadgeteer
Professionals are doing more today on the go than ever before. Matthew Miller and Joel Evans provide you with news, commentary and in-depth reviews of the latest in mobile gadgetry running Windows Mobile, S60, Palm, BlackBerry, and more.
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Mobile News
The mobile space is exploding with smartphones in every pocket and tablets on the horizon. James Kendrick brings you the latest news from the mobile world and a breakdown of what it means to you. If it is tech and it moves, you'll find it here.
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Networking
All things network from Web browsers to wireless networking to IPv6 with your host, and long-time networking hand, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols.
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On Sustainability
James Farrar focuses on the business balance between financial performance and social-environmental impact.
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Pulp Tech
Violet Blue unapologetically covers the intersection of tech trends and media stories about corruption, hypocrisy and redemption from tech's fault line, San Francisco.
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SEO Whistleblower
Stephen Chapman delivers tried-and-true Search Engine Optimization techniques while laying to rest myths and bad practices.
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Service Oriented
SOA promises many "-ilities": greater agility, flexibility, and reusability. Joe McKendrick explores the challenges and opportunities with SOA, and how to capitalize on this new computing philosophy.
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Smartphones and Cell Phones
Professionals are doing more today on the go than ever before. Matthew Miller provides you with news, commentary and in-depth reviews of the latest in mobile gadgetry running Windows Mobile, S60, Palm, BlackBerry, and more.
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Social Business
Rich Harris delivers news on social media tools and trends and deep dives into business strategies.
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Social CRM: The Conversation
Paul Greenberg focuses on not only what CRM is but where its going in this blog on CRM strategy, technology, stories, companies and personalities.
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Software & Services Safari
Many writers explore just one tech sector. Brian looks at the entire tech ecosystem to better understand the often conflicted relationships between software vendors, integrators, outsourcers and more.
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Software as Services
In the best-informed blog on software-as-a-service and on-demand business applications, Phil Wainewright cuts through the vendor spin, analyzes the trends to watch and adds his thought-provoking insights.
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Storage Bits
Storage is what makes a computer your computer. Robin Harris writes about storage and other tech with a focus on the SOHO/SMB market. And fun stuff, too, like PS3 supercomputers and Google's technology.
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Tech Broiler
Irreverent, unapologetically arrogant and uncensored, IT Professional Services industry veterans Jason Perlow and Scott Raymond muse on a cornucopia of topics on all matters of Information Technology.
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Tom Foremski: IMHO
Former Financial Times reporter Tom Foremski writes about Silicon Valley business trends and the intersection of technology and media.
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The ToyBox
The latest gadgets and gear -- because even busy business professionals need their playtime.
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UberMobile
Eric Lai tracks the latest news and trends in enterprise mobility.
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Virtually Speaking
Virtualization is a mix of technologies that is changing how datacenters use standard systems. Dan Kusnetzky examines this hotly competitive market and weighs the strengths and weaknesses of each supplier.
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The Web Life
Capturing the atmosphere of the Silicon Valley tech experience.
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ZDNet Education
News and analysis on IT and computing in the education sector.
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ZDNet Government
News and analysis on IT and enterprise computing in city, state & federal government.
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ZDNet Health
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Zero Day
Staying on top of the latest in software/hardware security research, vulnerabilities, threats and computer attacks.
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