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Feds Set Deadline For Identity Smart Card Program


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TOP STORY: Feds Set Deadline For Identity Smart Card Program

MORE NEWS: Google Bets $20,000 You Can't Hack Chrome

ANALYTIC REPORT: State Of Enterprise Storage Report

WHITEPAPER: Fundamentally Altering the Economics of Shared Storage

SLIDESHOW: Real Time Conversation With Google Translate

VIDEO: 02.01.11 The Future Lies In "Technology Commons"

BLOG: Yahoo! And Microsoft Pointing Fingers Over Data Consumption

WEBCAST: How to Grow your Business in a Market of Continual Change

RESOURCES: Now InformationWeek Is On Your iPad!

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Monday, February 7, 2011

 
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Feds Set Deadline For Identity Smart Card Program

Agencies have until March 31 to come up with an implementation plan for a government-wide biometric-based credential system for employees and contractors.

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Stuff That Probably Won't Happen in 2011 (But Ya Never Know)

Britain Scraps Biometric National ID Cards

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Google Bets $20,000 You Can't Hack Chrome


A special $20,000 award awaits the Pwn2Own contestant who can hack Google's Chrome browser.

Global CIO: Dell Preps iPad Killers As Cloud Business Booms


Dell says its enterprise solutions span from modularized data centers to a upcoming tablets that'll displace Apple's wildly popular iPad.

Internet Runs Out Of IP Addresses


The supply of IPv4 addresses is technically exhausted. It's time to accelerate the transition to IPv6.

Health IT's Future Without David Blumenthal

The outgoing national coordinator for Health IT charted a course for meaningful use of EHRs, accelerated health IT adoption, and spurred cooperation among healthcare stakeholders.

Microsoft Windows Azure Turns One, Still Growing Up

The future of cloud computing lies with those services best able to invoke the hybrid model, where Microsoft still lags.

U.S. Leading Host For Zeus Crimeware

Greater automation is creating more global Web sites that distribute or control the crimeware package, with the highest concentration of sites based in the United States.

Google Chrome 9 Brings WebGL

The latest stable version of Google's Chrome browser will make Web graphics faster.

Tech CEOs Pitch Savings Plan In Washington

The CEOs of Dell and IBM go to Washington to share their ideas on how the federal government can save $1 trillion over 10 years through more effective use of IT.

NIST Issues Cloud Security Guidelines

The government standards body has launched a wiki to get feedback on its draft policies for securely deploying cloud computing.

AT&T Preps For Motorola Atrix Release

The telecom will begin taking preorders Feb. 13 for its first 4G smartphone, which boasts enough power to drive a laptop dock.

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Real Time Conversation With Google Translate

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02.01.11 The Future Lies In "Technology Commons"

Howard Rubin, founder of advisory firm Rubin Worldwide, tells editorial director Greg MacSweeney that the future of banks is in "'Technology Commons," which provides them with an opportunity to utilize their IT investments more cost-effectively.   Watch

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Yahoo! And Microsoft Pointing Fingers Over Data Consumption

By Ed Hansberry


Some Windows Phone users have been complaining about excess data usage. Microsoft has found the main issue and it turns out it is with Yahoo!'s IMAP email. Yahoo! fired back saying that no other devices have a problem with their email service, so it must be Windows Phone. Turns out that isn't true, so Yahoo! has a bit of egg on its face.

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SMB VARs Seek Out Margins And Support


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Last week I wrote about what SMB VARs look for in vendor partners. Now I want to talk about what solution providers look for in their vendor's partner programs.

Should You Be Paying For Data Services?

By George Crump


In a recent entry I brought up the idea of free data services. What if you could get features like snapshots, replication or thin provisioning for free or almost free? The reality is that except for a few lawsuits most vendors that offer complete hardware and software solutions aren't showing a lot of concern. What they are doing is raising the bar to make their offerings more attractive than the software only or free solutions.

Review: Android Market Web Store

By Eric Zeman


InformationWeek takes Google's new web-based Android Market for a whirl. How does it measure up?

Yahoo! And Microsoft Pointing Fingers Over Data Consumption

By Ed Hansberry


Some Windows Phone users have been complaining about excess data usage. Microsoft has found the main issue and it turns out it is with Yahoo!'s IMAP email. Yahoo! fired back saying that no other devices have a problem with their email service, so it must be Windows Phone. Turns out that isn't true, so Yahoo! has a bit of egg on its face.


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