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HP VP Charged with IBM Espionage

A former Hewlett-Packard vice president who had previously worked at IBM was charged June 27 with trade-secret theft for spiriting away IBM pricing info...

Open Source and IT Management

Bill Karpovich knows the score. He knows that when you talk about IT monitoring and management software, the discussion starts and ends with the...

For Microsoft, Management Is Key

When talking about Microsoft and virtualization, most people want to know about the company's long-awaited Hyper-V, the hypervisor technology that sources say could arrive...

Leopard Is No Phone’s No. 2

Leopard-iPhone.jpg Leopard rumors refuse to ride in iPhone's side car. Against all possible odds, the talk leading up to Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, to be held...

Dangerous Domains

Think twice before you click on that .info or .hk URL. I can't recall the last time I came across either, but clicking on...

Organizing Our Jumbled Web Personas

After a decade and more of browsing, shopping and transacting on the Internet, millions of us have assembled a confusing clutter of Web site...

Doodling the Google

In little more than 10 years, Google has managed to become one of the most recognizable brands on Earth.One of the ways it has...

Weighing the Pros and Cons of Online Medical Records

In my blog on May 19, I presented my arguments on why people should stop and think carefully before they decide to put their...

Google Counters Lieberman

Bin_laden.jpg YouTube won't be the good soldier Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn) would like it to be. Lieberman, chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and...

Placing Our Trust in Google Health

The public launch on May 19 of the Google Health site raises the question about whether it's wise for people to make large corporations...