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SAP Adding IGoogle-Like Layer to Its Portal

Technology Development - Wed, 07/28/2010 - 11:00pm
SAP is sprucing up its NetWeaver portal with an upcoming add-on, Enterprise Workspaces, which will provide an iGoogle-like way for users to work with content.
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Yahoo Changing Its Model for Building Media Products

Technology Development - Mon, 07/26/2010 - 11:00pm
Yahoo is building a centralized software infrastructure across all its media products, to make development and global updates more efficient, an executive said on Saturday.
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Moving The Daily Show and Colbert to HD: 5 Change Management Lessons

Leadership - Sun, 07/25/2010 - 11:00pm
It's no joke to manage the technology project that will shift two of today's highest-profile comedy shows to HDTV. Here, the project leader shares 5 keys to change management success.
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IT Innovation: How to Avoid Being a One-Hit Wonder

Leadership - Sun, 07/25/2010 - 11:00pm
Find out how companies such as Verizon, Harrah's and Accenture run their IT departments to ensure that innovation happens repeatedly, not just once in a blue moon.
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SAP-Sybase: What to Expect in the First 90 Days

Technology Development - Wed, 07/21/2010 - 11:00pm
Now that SAP's roughly US$6 billion acquisition of Sybase has gained clearance from European regulators, it may not be long before the deal is finalized. With that in mind, users and partners of the companies have much to consider during the next few months, analysts say.
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6 Rules for Better Communication in Virtual Teams

Leadership - Wed, 07/21/2010 - 11:00pm
Communication is the most important tool for virtual-team success.
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Apocalypse Soon: 52 Percent of CIOs Plan to Blow Up IT Groups

Leadership - Wed, 07/21/2010 - 11:00pm
More than half of CIOs expect to restructure their IT organizations within three years, new Forrester Research data shows. And apps organizations face the first salvo.
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Forrester: 2010 IT Spending Still Looks Strong

Leadership - Tue, 07/20/2010 - 11:00pm
Despite fears caused by the European debt crisis, spending on technology products and services is set to continue growing around the world, although the pace of growth in Europe overall will be lower, Forrester Research said in a report released Tuesday.
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Twitter's Tech Problems Take a Toll on Developers

Technology Development - Mon, 07/19/2010 - 11:00pm
The recurrent technical problems that have affected Twitter for the past seven weeks have also taken a toll on developers of external applications built for the microblogging service.
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Java's Team of Rivals: Conflicts and Alliances in the Oracle Era

Technology Development - Mon, 07/19/2010 - 11:00pm
Oracle may be Java's new proprietor, but SpringSource, Apache, and Eclipse are driving the development agenda too.
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Businesses Failing At Social Networking, Study Says

Leadership - Sun, 07/18/2010 - 11:00pm
Companies are doing a poor job of using social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, to engage their customers and employees. In fact, 70 percent of consumers want to interact with businesses via social media, but only 30 percent of companies are equipped to handle it. The grim news comes from a study by research firm Yankee Group, commissioned by Siemens Enterprise Communications.
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Microsoft Updates Visual Studio Productivity Power Tools

Technology Development - Sun, 07/18/2010 - 11:00pm
The new tools allow developers to turn off individual extensions and navigate code files
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A Crash Course in HTML 5 Video

Technology Development - Sun, 07/18/2010 - 11:00pm
If you want to watch Internet-delivered video on your PC, the vast majority of Web sites have settled on a single, consistent way to do that. That's the good news. The bad news is that this single, consistent delivery system is Adobe Flash, with all its security and stability issues.
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IT Pros: Lurking Legal Gotchas and How to Avoid Them

Leadership - Sun, 07/18/2010 - 11:00pm
Ignorance and seemingly innocent activities can subject you to fines, lawsuits, and even jail. Here's how to play it safe.
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Black Hat Talk to Reveal Analysis of Hacker Fingerprints

Technology Development - Sun, 07/18/2010 - 11:00pm
Looking deeper within malware yields fingerprints of the hackers who write the code, and that could result in signatures that have a longer lifetime than current intrusion-detection schemes, says one Black Hat 2010 speaker.
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PHP Development Comes to Google Android

Technology Development - Thu, 07/15/2010 - 11:00pm
Spanish open source venture provides tools and documentation for PHP developers who want to create Android apps
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Better Living Through Implants

Technology Development - Thu, 07/15/2010 - 11:00pm
Imagine if you could learn to fly a helicopter by downloading software directly to your brain. Imagine if your eyes could see an object, overlaid with data, miles away in the dark. These science-fiction scenes from The Matrix and Terminator movies may be less fictional in the future, thanks to the fascinating science behind medical implants.
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10 Communication Mistakes CIOs Still Make

Leadership - Tue, 07/13/2010 - 11:00pm
CIOs' communication skills have come a long way since the days of data processing. But they continue to make many communication mistakes that hamper their effectiveness on the job or hinder their relationships with staff and other executives.
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Top Five Scripting Languages on the Java Virtual Machine

Technology Development - Tue, 07/13/2010 - 11:00pm
Anyone who has followed software development tools during the last decade knows that the term "Java" refers to a pair of technologies: the Java programming language and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The Java language is compiled into bytecodes that run on the JVM. Through this design, Java delivers its vaunted portability.
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Robots As the Next Big Industry?

Technology Development - Tue, 07/13/2010 - 11:00pm
The hardest thing about artificial intelligence (AI) is keeping your imagination in check. A visit to some robotic displays at an AI conference here opens the mind to incredible possibilities.
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