Cloud, Mobile To Drive IT Growth In 2010

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Cloud, Mobile To Drive IT Growth In 2010

An analyst firm believes consumers and businesses will spend 3.2% more on telecom, hardware, software and services than in 2009.

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Google Updates Android SDK

The refreshed software developer's kit comes as the operating system is beginning to pick up steam with wireless carriers and handset makers.

Google Buys AppJet To Power Wave

The start-up's collaborative technology will be adapted to improve the way Google Wave handles group editing.

Bill Targets Mobile Phone Service Providers

Legislation introduced by four U.S. senators seeks to limit early termination fees leveled by wireless carriers.

Nokia To Trim Smartphone Offerings

The company will pare down its smartphone portfolio in order to better compete against companies such as Apple, Research In Motion, and Palm.

VA Eyes Sweeping Tech Initiative

Veterans Affairs is seeking input on a proposed IT contract that would cover the "entire spectrum" of systems and applications.

CIGNA Launches Healthcare Podcasts

The audio podcasts, available on the iTunes store, are designed to help Americans take care of themselves while on business overseas.

Bing Back After Outage

Microsoft is investigating what happened in an effort to prevent future downtime.

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Intel Floats Cloud Computing On A Chip

Posted By Alexander Wolfe


InformationWeek readers were the first to learn about Intel's efforts to pack a data center onto a single chip, via my recent interview with Intel chief technology officer Justin Rattner. Now, the chip behemoth has taken things one step further, formally announcing its single-chip cloud research project.

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Verizon Calls iPhone A 'Digitally Clueless Beauty Queen'


Posted by Eric Zeman

With the court case safely behind them, Verizon Wireless continues to pull no punches in its anti-iPhone marketing campaign. The latest assault takes on the masculinity of the iPhone, and essentially says that it has none. Them's fightin' words, Verizon!

Big Mega Ultra Friday RIM Round-Up

Posted By Eric Zeman


Lots going on in the world of Research In Motion today. Some of the items you'll find in this post include a nifty sale going on at AT&T stores today as well as an upgrade to BlackBerry Apps World. More inside!

Data Assessment Service Targets E-discovery, Compliance

Posted By Andrew Conry-Murray


This week StoredIQ launched a new data assessment service, which is intended to help organizations get visibility into the unstructured information floating around the corporate network.

HTC Droid Eris To Get Android 2.0 Update

Posted By Eric Zeman


Verizon Wireless has said that the HTC Droid Eris will receive a significant system update at some point in the fist quarter of 2010. The update will boost the Eris' version of Android to at least 2.0, and possibly even 2.1.

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After this roller coaster year, what does 2010 have in store for financial services CIOs? Join Wall Street & Technology as they examine the technologies, news, trends and strategies that will shape the financial services industry in the coming year.

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Image Gallery: Ubuntu's DIY Cloud Computing Infrastructure


Using the Ubuntu open source platform, it's now possible to set up your elastic computing environment, connect it to Amazon EC2 and migrate it outwards if need be. Here's how.

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