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Quinns Actions Snub His Employer
My column waving goodbye to Massachusetts state CIO Peter Quinn drove a fair number of people nuts, at least if my inbox is any...
HP Eyes CSC to Build Services, Outsourcing Muscle
Hewlett-Packard Co.s reported interest in buying Computer Sciences Corp. brings its share of benefits and risks, according to industry observers.
The move could rapidly grow...
Gates Pitches CES Crowd on Vistas Content Handling
LAS VEGAS—Microsoft Corp. wants to make sure its forthcoming Windows Vista operating system wont be all show and no go.To that end, Bill Gates,...
Yahoo Deal Might Stymie Even Microsoft
At first glance it would seem to be out of character for Microsoft to spend many billions of dollars to buy out a company...
Google Investigates Fake Site
Search giant Google Inc. is investigating the source of a fake Google site that gives the impression the Mountain View, Calif., company has broken...
Massachusetts Sticking with ODF, for Now
When, I first heard that Peter Quinn, the soon-to-be former CIO of Massachusetts was resigning because, "Many of these events have been very disruptive...
Readers Respond: IT Work Force Gap Looming
In his Dec. 5 column, "IT Work Force Gap Looming," Stan Gibson , "One utility company has 460 vacancies they cant fill."Why cant the...
Denial-of-Service Bug Bites BlackBerry
An unpatched security vulnerability in Research in Motion Ltd.s BlackBerry Enterprise Server could put millions of business users at risk of denial-of-service attacks, the...
Another Unofficial WMF Patch Released
Another unofficial patch for the Windows Metafile flaw is making the rounds.
Security vendor ESET, makers of the NOD32 anti-virus program, on Wednesday shipped an...
ThinkPad Notebooks Get Built-In WAN Tech
Major wireless carriers and hardware makers are teaming up to include in notebook computers embedded support for the highest-speed WANs, as an alternative to...