Monthly Archives: December 2008
SMBs Continue Hiring Despite Poor Economy
Despite the souring U.S. economy, a report from SurePayroll shows small and midsize businesses are still hiring. Although gains were modest (0.26 percent growth...
Google Releases SIM-Unlocked Android Phone for $399
Google's Android team Dec. 5 quietly announced the Android Dev Phone 1, a SIM-unlocked and hardware-unlocked device on which programmers of the open-source mobile...
Intel Claims Significant Breakthrough in Silicon Photonics Development
Researchers with Intel Labs are publishing a paper that looks to bring the company closer to developing silicon photonics-the ability to transit data through...
Fake AV Maturing Fast
The phony AV malware model continues to find popularity among attackers, as demonstrated by Sophos in a recent report tracking the twists and turns...
The Ten Best Business Books Of All Time For CIOs
Look, 2009 is shaping up to be a very tough economic year. Here is my list of business books that are enduring, well written...
Google Opens Up Social Networking
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While many site providers have been intrigued by the idea of adding social networking capabilities, for the most part efforts...
Symbian Foundation Readies Open Source Mobile Platform
The new Symbian Foundation Initiative welcomed six new members Dec. 4 and promised to have a preliminary version of its royalty-free mobile operating system...
Five Ways to Stretch Your IT Budget
The faltering economy is putting a damper on small and medium-size business IT spending, says a report from research company IDC.The downturn in spending...
How to Increase Profits, Productivity with Mobile Resource Management
In today's economy, it is crucial that businesses of all shapes and sizes do everything they can to keep employees productive and happy, as...
Owning Your Code: How to Automate, Manage Records at the Get-Go
Code isn't what it used to be. No one buys into a whole package of anything. Even if you don't outsource code, developers are...