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Ever since the news broke last weekend that a fully open tablet is on the way, the excitement has been tangible in the Linux community.

Developers have until Feb. 13 to port their Android application to get in on the offer

In addition to disclosing just how rich the company is, Facebook's S-1 filing shines a light on the company's IT infrastructure, technology patents, hacker mentality and need for speed.

Although it's been nearly four months since Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died, there has been little slowdown in Steve Jobs news since then. In fact, some days there seems to be more than ever.

A help desk can be a real lifesaver for employees, not to mention a productivity boost. A keyboard stops working, or Outlook crashes repeatedly, and a technician is just a phone call away. Even complex issues can usually be resolved internally, and relatively quickly, without needing an outside vendor.

MLstate's Opa streamlines Web app development with a single language for client and server, but the bright promise is not without pitfalls

Michael Fagan first found software inspections yielded a massive productivity improvement when working for IBM in the early 1970s. Now, 35 years later, we need to ask certain key questions: Are the dynamics of software development the same, are Fagan's findings still relevant in today's world of agile development and "extreme programming"? And, if so, what should your organization do about it?

Salesforce.com's upcoming Analytics Edition features will now be included in some editions at no additional cost

Apple CEO Tim Cook made his first major hire yesterday since taking over the company in August, bringing in the CEO of a struggling British electronics chain to lead Apple's own retail operation.

Problems are amazingly costly, giving finance an equal role with IT in finding the prescription

The new Xtreme support offerings come in three tiers

IBM also announced a new software system for mobile device management

AccuRev will release a connector that can enable many of its own enterprise features to work with Git

Via the cloud or spreadsheets, finance and IT execs can buy a wide range of products and expertise to help them hedge their companies' bets.

Promoting its own alternative language to JavaScript, Google is working to bridge JavaScript to Google Dart, with the release Monday of a mapping application that the company is calling its JavaScript to Dart Synonym app.

San Jose State University and IBM partner in a real-world project to help students translate their Facebook and Twitter prowess into powerful business strategies.

The proliferation of IT and business process outsourcing contracts worth less than $100 million is creating governance headaches for CIOs. How are IT outsourcing service providers responding?

HP is taking WebOS open source with the hope that it can attract developers by providing a write-once-run-everyplace platform. However, Rob Enderle writes, history hasn't been kind to operating systems as only few survive, but while WebOS has risks it also has potential, if HP willing to invest properly.

How CIOs are determining if new attempts to partner with the business are making a difference.