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CATCH OUR SPECIAL ISSUE: SMARTER BUSINESS
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Farmers, bankers, cops, and doctors aren't so interested in hardware, software, or even "solutions." They want better crops, lower risk, fewer crimes, better care.
In creating this special issue, we set out to spotlight on the industries, organizations, and people leveraging IT to transform what they do and how they do it -- warts and all.
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Interop: CIOs Eye Cloud With Optimistic Caution
The consensus of the Enterprise Cloud Summit panel was that the cloud promises reduced costs and added IT flexibility, but significant legal and technical challenges remain.
RELATED INSIGHTS
• Interop: New York Tests Xbox-Based Alert System
• Interop: Net Optics Launches Monitoring Tools
• Interop TV Live And On Demand
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Web 2.0 Expo: Startup Aims At Public Policy Crowdsourcing
Expert Labs, founded by Anil Dash, will use social media tools to bring private sector expertise to the U.S. government's decision-making processes.
Obama Team Challenges Web Developers
Having rebuilt Whitehouse.gov on the open source Drupal platform, President Obama's new media team is calling on the open source community for new ideas and technology.
eBay Founder Starting Online News Site
As print journalism suffers from the move of ad dollars to the Web, Pierre Omidyar hopes his service will fill gaps in local Hawaiian news reporting.
Opera Mobile 10 Hits Windows Mobile
The latest version of Opera Mobile adds boosted touchscreen support, visual bookmarks, and improved data compression features.
Google Releases Chrome OS Code
Developers can now participate in the Chrome OS open source project and help Google bring its new operating system to market next year.
FCC Speeds Cell Tower Reviews
The "shot clock" rule will set a limit on how long local governments can review applications for new cellular towers.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY...
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"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot."
-- Michael Althsuler
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AT&T Loses Bid To Stop Verizon Ads
Verizon may continue to air its 3G comparison ads, judge rules.
8 In 10 Smartphone Users Frustrated By Content
Slow page loads and too much irrelevant content are among mobile phone users' complaints, survey by Qualcomm's Xiam Technologies finds.
ANALYTIC REPORTS & WHITEPAPERS
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FEATURED BLOG
Open Government: A San Francisco Treat
Posted by Fritz Nelson
DataSF.org is San Francisco's major foray into open and transparent government; it is the city giving its vital data back to its citizens. We talked with the city's mayor, Gavin Newsom, several members of his technology team, led by CTO Blair Adams, and some of the early developers who have already built applications around the data. We've captured all of this in a new video documentary.
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Google Chrome OS Coming. Got A Netbook Strategy?
Posted by Chris Murphy
The clock's running. Google expects Web-optimized netbooks running its OS to be on sale before the end of 2010. That gives you about a year to figure out how you want to handle employee use of this next generation of devices. No sense waiting.
Interop: Cloud Computing's Portability Gotcha
Posted By John Foley
There were a couple "aha" moments for me at Interop's Enterprise Cloud Summit. The first was that some companies are already storing hundreds of terabytes of data in the cloud. The second was that it can be a slow and expensive process to move that data from one service provider to another.
Google Chrome OS Unveiled: Nothing But The Web
Posted By Serdar Yegulalp
Today Google aired a webcast where they whipped the curtains all the way off Google Chrome OS for the first time. It's about what most people expected: Chrome OS running on top of a thin layer of Linux, designed for netbooks -- and designed for people whose sole computing experience is the web. It's Google's netbook answer to Android.
Google Chrome OS Won't Launch For A Year
Posted By Eric Zeman
Today Google shared some information about its upcoming Chrome OS. First, it said there are no betas, no devices, and the operating system is a full year away from actual launch. The good news is that Google open-sourced the code for Chrome OS today. Updated! Video included.
Blumenthal: Patient Care, Not Tech, Will Drive Meaningful Use
Posted By Mitch Wagner
National health IT coordinator Dr. David Blumenthal dropped a big hint about upcoming criteria for giving out e-health records grants. He advised healthcare IT managers to focus on "goals of care" rather than technology.
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