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GDC: OnLive Takes Gaming To The Cloud


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TOP STORY: GDC: OnLive Takes Gaming To The Cloud

MORE NEWS: Amazon Seeking Kindle Browser Refresh?

ANALYTIC REPORT: Data-Centric Security

WHITEPAPER: Data Centers: Steps to Simplify Operations and Reduce Cost

BLOG: Management Tools Will Be Cloud Glue

WEBCAST: Spoofing Server-to-Server Communication: How You Can Prevent It

RESOURCES: The One And Only COMDEX Is Back!

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 Thursday, March 11, 2010 

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TODAY'S TOP STORY

GDC: OnLive Takes Gaming To The Cloud


A cloud-based online gaming service founded by a veteran of Apple and WebTV highlights the Game Developers Conference.

RELATED INSIGHTS

EnterpriseDB Tapped For Online Gaming

Gaming Hints At Enterprise Cloud Future

ALSO SEE

Amazon Seeking Kindle Browser Refresh?


An Amazon job posting for a browser developer may signal changes to the top-selling e-reader's Web browser.

Acer Challenging Dell As No. 2 PC Maker

Dell's decision not to lower prices to capture market share may have hurt, as only 0.2 of a percentage point separated it from the No. 3 spot in 2009 PC shipments.

FCC Plan May Seek Free Broadband

Given that Congress shot down an earlier proposal for free spectrum, what will it do with a new proposal?

Kaiser Permanente Finishes EMR Rollout

The health insurer will continue to tweak its electronic medical records system to comply with the federal government's upcoming meaningful use criteria.

Global CIO Quick Take: 100 Questions Your Boss Asks

What questions are top of mind among business executives? Here's a list of 100 from management consultant Patty Azzarello.

Samsung Launches 3D TVs

The company's 3-D products -- including LED, LCD, and plasma televisions and a 3-D Blu-ray player -- will begin shipping this month.

Army Plans Massive E-mail Consolidation

The multi-year, $243 million project is part of a larger IT transformation effort, and could spark military-wide e-mail consolidation.

Bing Search Up 37% Since Launch

New data shows Microsoft making significant inroads against Google and Yahoo in the U.S. search engine market.

Tablet PC Pioneer Wins Turing Award

Charles P. Thacker, veteran hardware developer at the Xerox Corp.'s PARC and Microsoft, picks up the prestigious $250,000 prize.


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Management Tools Will Be Cloud Glue

Posted By Vanessa Alvarez


The year has started out with significant M&A activity from vendors looking to deliver the necessary components for cloud computing. They all come to market with their own technologies and solutions, but there's one offering that's a must-have.

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Latest iPad SDK Hints At New Touch Gestures


Posted by Eric Zeman

Late Tuesday, Apple made a new version of the software developers kit available for iPhone OS 3.2 for the iPad. As per usual, developers have made some interesting discoveries buried in the code, including some support for new finger gestures.

Google Gains While Palm Loses Smartphone Share

Posted By Eric Zeman


ComScore issued its latest report on smartphone usage in the United States for the three months ending January 2010. Google moved up significantly, while Palm dropped a few (more) percentage points. RIM, however, remains champion.

As Celebrities And Millions Joined Twitter Criminals Followed

Posted By George Hulme


Anyone who has been using social networks for the past couple of years has anecdotally witnessed an increase in malicious activity and phishing attacks. Today, a security firm released its analysis of 19 million Twitter accounts and has quantified just how rapidly malicious activity on Twitter has grown. Hint: it's been significant recently.

5 Reasons To Raise CIO's Pay

Posted By Bob Evans


The 30-year-old CIO of a Chicago-area public school district has a salary of $96,000 and until recently earned an additional $24,000 by serving as school-board treasurer. When the district's teachers accepted pay cuts due to budget limitations, they carped about the $24,000 stipend so the CIO gave it up, but requested the board consider increasing his salary. Here are 5 reasons why he deserves a big raise.


WEBCASTS

Spoofing Server-to-Server Communication: How You Can Prevent It


Learn how to prevent the new attack -- SSLStrip -- that exploits weaknesses of generic SSL to compromise server-server communication. You will learn valuable lessons from our presenter, Security Analyst, Larry Seltzer, about how you can prevent high-profile compromises of enterprise networks and breaches of data security.

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RESOURCES AND EVENTS


The One And Only COMDEX Is Back!


The landmark tech industry event is returning as a virtual trade show (including a virtual version of the city of Las Vegas) in November.


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Image Gallery: Scenes from the ShmooCon 2010 Hacker Conference


Researchers unleashed BlackBerry spyware, hacked wireless with homemade gadgets, and competed for prizes at the hacker confab held in Washington, DC.


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Now in its second year, InformationWeek's 2010 Government IT Innovators program will shine a spotlight on some of the most innovative government IT organizations -- at the federal, state, and local levels.

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Deadline for Nominations: April 30, 2010.


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