eWEEK EDITORS

Men who shop at malls go more often than women, according to the most recent data available from International Council of Shopping Centers. Women still make up the majority of mall shoppers, according to the data. But the amount of men shopping at malls is growing. And men are spending more than women at malls. […]

Today, April 12, is the day. Like it or lump it, Microsoft is pushing Service Pack 2 to your XP machines even as youre reading this. If your customers have Automatic Update turned on, ready or not, here it comes. Now for many of you, this is going to be just another day. Youll probably […]

Its not just high-tech power that makes the honorees in the Fifth annual Excellence Awards program worthy of praise. Its the dedicated effort of IT vendors to meet enterprise demands that increasingly fail to fit traditional product categories. Our storage standouts, for example, are also security products; our network tool selections include wireless elements; our […]

The Online Resource Center is a new feature of the LIGHT Initiative, which eHI established in 2004 to facilitate learning and information sharing among HIT innovators and other nations, in both the developed and developing world. “Countries around the world have become increasingly interested in the potential contributions that health information technology, electronic connectivity, and […]

According to a Center for Disease Control and Prevention official, Delta Airlines has agreed to share passenger data to help investigate the spread of deadly infectious diseases. Privacy advocates are concerned that this could further open up personal information to federal scrutiny. “The government is seeing that massive amounts of data can be useful for […]

After meeting last October, the Health Sector Assembly – a group of almost 60 public and private health care organizations, corporations, and institutions, led by the American Medical Association – recently issued a report on recommendations for improving health care access, affordability, and cost-effectiveness. The top recommendation is to better align financial incentives for insurers […]

Can a cheap, stripped-down version of Windows derail the momentum of open-source software? Microsoft Corp. is hoping it can. Microsoft is poised to introduce its entry-level Windows XP Starter Edition product in Brazil, according to published reports coming out of that country this week. The Brazilian government has been a vocal advocate of open-source software. […]

Microsoft Corp. acknowledged on Tuesday night that it is running about six months behind schedule with its high-end Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster Edition product. A week ago, company officials said Microsoft expected to release an updated beta of the product, formerly known as Windows Server High Performance Computing Edition, in the first half of […]

All human organizations tend to be self-amplifying. —Angus Eighth Law Theres an effect that hamstrings all corporations, even the most effective ones. Its the natural tendency of any organization to become ever more like what it already is. Its what I call a “self-amplifying” tendency. The longer an organization has spent becoming more like it […]

British scientists are working on sensory-perceptive RFID tags that are specifically designed to work in harsh or secured environments. The Super RFID tag combines typical sensing with the ability to send out an alert when –for example – a refrigerated item should be kept at a certain temperature or if only certain people should have […]

In order to speed up transactions, McDonald’s Japan is using a “one-coin” price of 500 yen for value meals, making it easier for employees to make change. The new price is actually lower than it was before, about 42 to 72 cents cheaper than previous prices. The move was designed to make transaction times shorter, […]

26% of CIOs spent half their career in IT and half outside of IT55% say contributing to corporate strategy is one of their three top responsibilities34% of CIOs manage another corporate function while running IT16% spend most of their time dealing with emergencies55% report to the chairman, CEO or president of their company To download […]