news CIOs Talk Google Apps Migration Chief information officers heard first-hand accounts from their colleagues about moving to Google Apps at a recent roundtable, with New Zealand Postal Services, AAPT and Mortgage Choice all migrating to the cloud applications. By Georgina Swan Nov 20, 2009 CIO Cloud Computing Virtualization news Silicon Valley Abuzz About Tech Video That Lets You Command a Computer With Gestures No mouse, no keyboard, no computer screen. It's all about hand gestures. By Tom Kaneshige Nov 20, 2009 Careers Personal Software Social Networking Apps news Google Chrome OS: Everything You Need to Know Google finally unveiled its Chrome operating system, promising a cloud-based OS that will be fast, simple and secure on netbooks. CIO.com's Shane O'Neill rounds up the latest Chrome OS reviews and news analysis stories. By Shane O'Neill Nov 20, 2009 Data Center Operating Systems news BlackBerry Pearl 9100 Caught on Camera: 3G, Trackpad, SureType Keyboard RIM's latest addition to its consumer-oriented BlackBerry Pearl lineup has been revealed. The new device, the BlackBerry Pearl 9100, is the first 3G, GSM Pearl, and though it sports the same-style SureType keyboard as earlier Pearls, it also has By Al Sacco Nov 20, 2009 3 mins Computers and Peripherals Data Center Small and Medium Business news What’s Stopping Mobile Apps From Taking Next Step? Mobile applications face a few giant obstacles on their path to stardom with the general public. One big hurdle: Spotty wireless coverage prevents many mobile apps from delivering a great customer experience. By Tom Kaneshige Nov 19, 2009 Consumer Electronics Small and Medium Business Social Networking Apps news BlackBerry How-To: Using E-Mail Message Flags in BlackBerry OS 5.0 A new feature within RIM's recently released BlackBerry handheld OS 5.0 lets BlackBerry users "flag" e-mail messages for follow-up, set custom reminders, assign different color flags to specific messages and edit detailed flag properti By Al Sacco Nov 19, 2009 6 mins Computers and Peripherals Data Center Small and Medium Business news BlackBerry Security Exec Warns of Smartphone DDoS Attacks Research In Motion's VP of BlackBerry Security says he's concerned that online miscreants could increasingly target BlackBerry devices and other smartphones in the future, in attempts to take control of the handsets and employ them to bring By Al Sacco Nov 18, 2009 Computers and Peripherals Data Center Small and Medium Business news Three Tips for Making the Most of Microsoft Office It's becoming a Web 2.0 world, but Microsoft Office still owns the enterprise and Microsoft has the power not to compromise on licenses. Here are three tips from research firm Forrester on how to get what you want from Office while keeping costs By Shane O'Neill Nov 17, 2009 Data Center Enterprise Applications news CRM Tips: How to Find the Right Analytics Tool A CRM system is supposed to deliver visibility into customer and sales behavior. But the internal reporting engines often run out of gas. What should you be doing for analytics? By David Taber Nov 17, 2009 Business Intelligence CRM Systems Data Center news Top 10 Twitter Lists for Techies Twitter Lists help you organize the people whom you follow into groups that are shareable with others. Here are 10 of our favorite lists helpful to every techie. By Kristin Burnham Nov 17, 2009 3 mins Enterprise Applications news Five Qualities of a Great iPhone App Thinking about creating an iPhone app? A contest run by retailer Gap shows off five common strengths of winning iPhone apps. Here's a look at the lessons learned — and the apps. By Tom Kaneshige Nov 17, 2009 Consumer Electronics Social Networking Apps iPhone news BlackBerry Bold 9700 to Hit AT&T Nov. 22; Curve 8520 in “Coming Weeks” AT&T on Monday both announced its version of the BlackBerry Curve 8520 and started shipping the high-end BlackBerry Bold 9700 to its corporate customers. The Curve 8520 is expected to become available "in the coming weeks," while AT& By Al Sacco Nov 17, 2009 2 mins Computers and Peripherals Data Center Small and Medium Business news BlackBerry Bold 9700 Sync Pod Powers Up AND Syncs Your Smartphone (UPDATED) The BlackBerry Bold 9700 Sync Pod is only the second BlackBerry charging pod from RIM that both powers up your smartphone and syncs data between it and a PC–the Storm 95xx Sync Pod was the first. The gadget is the only such "pod" for non-t By Al Sacco Nov 16, 2009 Computers and Peripherals Data Center Small and Medium Business news Windows 7 Netbooks Find a Home on AT&T’s 3G Network AT&T announces that it is making its 3G wireless service available for two new Windows 7 netbooks. By Shane O'Neill Nov 16, 2009 Data Center Small and Medium Business Windows news BlackBerry Bold 9700 (T-Mobile) On Sale Today: Unboxing Images, Details Deck: This morning, T-Mobile became the first U.S. wireless carrier to release Research In Motion's (RIM) much anticipated BlackBerry 9700 smartphone. The Bold 9700 is T-Mobile U.S.A.'s first 3G BlackBerry, and it retails for $199.99 on con By Al Sacco Nov 16, 2009 Computers and Peripherals Data Center Small and Medium Business news iPhone Security: Worms, Jailbreak Exploit, No Regrets Roundup news about the first worm to wiggle its way into the iPhone and malware aimed at jailbroken iPhones. By Tom Kaneshige Nov 13, 2009 Consumer Electronics Social Networking Apps iPhone news Bill Draper Talks Philanthropy Wealthy individuals like Silicon Valley's Bill Draper are following the lead of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett and becoming philanthropists. By Tom Kaneshige Nov 13, 2009 Careers Mentoring news Confessions of an Apple Manager-Turned-iPhone App Creator Former Apple employee Dave Howell, now the CEO of startup Avatron Software, talks about the early days of the App Store, his Apple experience and how he plans to do battle in the iPhone's wild frontier. By Tom Kaneshige Nov 12, 2009 Consumer Electronics Social Networking Apps iPhone news Facebook Tips: How to Stay Safe While Using Games and Apps The maker of the popular FarmVille game has agreed to change its practices that subjected Facebook users to some scammy offers. But the more games and apps that you use on Facebook, the higher your risk for malware, phishing scams and hacking. Here a By Kristin Burnham Nov 12, 2009 4 mins Enterprise Applications news Priceless! The 25 Funniest Vintage Tech Ads My oh my, how things have changed. These 25 vintage tech ads are guaranteed to take you back – and, in most cases, remind you how truly terrible our tastes once were. By JR Raphael, ITworld.com Nov 11, 2009 Consumer Electronics news BlackBerry Gets Official craigslist Mobile App: Images, Pricing BlackBerry smartphone owners will soon be able to download an official BlackBerry app for managing their craigslist accounts. The new app, craigslist mobile from Movela, provides all the basic functionality found on the full craigslist.com site in on By Al Sacco Nov 11, 2009 3 mins Computers and Peripherals Data Center Small and Medium Business news Does Microsoft Want You to Hate Netbooks? With complaints about Windows 7 Starter piling up, is Microsoft trying to make netbooks undesirable? Not quite, say industry analysts, but there is a subtle strategy at play to get users to buy up to higher-priced PCs. By Shane O'Neill Nov 11, 2009 Laptops Small and Medium Business Windows news Twitter, LinkedIn Get Together: How to Get Started LinkedIn and Twitter have hooked up to let you publish updates to both services at once. Here are step-by-step instructions for getting TwinkedIn. By Kristin Burnham Nov 10, 2009 2 mins Enterprise Applications news RIM Execs: There’s Never Been a Better Time to be a BlackBerry Developer, User In light of a number of major company announcements, two Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry vice presidents offer takes on why mobile application developers and smartphone users would be wise to focus on BlackBerry instead of those other platforms. By Al Sacco Nov 10, 2009 Data Center Developer Small and Medium Business news Not Bilingual? $25 iPhone App for That Translates Spoken English and Spanish Jibbigo, which debuted last month, breaks new engineering ground for iPhone apps: It's the only speech-to-speech translation app in the App Store. Speak into the iPhone in either English or Spanish and in a few seconds a voice translates your wo By Tom Kaneshige Nov 10, 2009 Consumer Electronics Social Networking Apps iPhone news BlackBerry Voice-Encryption Software Cellcrypt Now Supports More RIM Devices Cellcrypt, a maker of software that encrypts and secures cellular voice data on BlackBerry smartphones, will tomorrow announce support for the brand new BlackBerry Bold 9700, as well as all of RIM's popular Curve and Pearl series handhelds. The By Al Sacco Nov 10, 2009 Data Center Small and Medium Business VoIP news Exchange 2010 Launch: Week Round Up Exchange 2010 formally launched today, promising new features that will improve productivity and reduce storage and voicemail costs. But are the new features worth the complexity of upgrading? CIO.com's Shane O'Neill rounds up Exchange 2010 By Shane O'Neill Nov 9, 2009 Data Center Enterprise Applications news LinkedIn for BlackBerry Smartphones: Details and Images BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) and business-social-networking service LinkedIn today showed off a brand new LinkedIn mobile application for BlackBerry smartphones at RIM's second annual BlackBerry Developer Conference in San Francisco By Al Sacco Nov 9, 2009 Data Center Mobile Small and Medium Business news RIM, Adobe Strengthen Ties; BlackBerry Devs to Get New Tools in CS5 BlackBerry-maker RIM and Adobe Systems will soon bring new tools to BlackBerry software developers, making it easier to build complex, valuable and good-looking mobile applications using common Adobe development utilities. By Al Sacco Nov 9, 2009 Data Center Developer Small and Medium Business news RIM Brings BlackBerry Development, Admin Courses to Universities RIM today announced its BlackBerry Academic Program, which offers BlackBerry-smartphone-related courses and curriculums to participating colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. The new courses will teach interested students BlackBe By Al Sacco Nov 9, 2009 Data Center Developer Small and Medium Business news RIM BlackBerry Developer Conference Kicks Off in San Francisco RIM's second annual BlackBerry Developer Conference is set to begin at San Francisco's Marriott Marquis hotel, and CIO.com's Al Sacco is on the scene. Couldn't make it this year? No worries. Here's an idea of what to expect i By Al Sacco Nov 8, 2009 2 mins Computers and Peripherals Developer Small and Medium Business news Exchange 2010: Why I’m Using It to Say Bye-Bye BlackBerry Here's how one company is using Exchange 2010 as a cost-saving tool to wean users off RIM BlackBerry smartphones and onto Windows Mobile 6.5. By Shane O'Neill Nov 6, 2009 Data Center Enterprise Applications Small and Medium Business news Ten Great iPhone Hobby Apps Grilling. Bird watching. Shopping. Whatever your downtime passion, there's an app for that. Here's a look at ten intriguing options to help you recharge. By Tom Kaneshige Nov 6, 2009 Enterprise Applications iPhone news Hot Jobs: ITIL Manager Why you need an Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) manager, and how to go about hiring one. By Juan Carlos Perez Nov 5, 2009 IT Leadership news Are You ‘Too Canadian’ to Be a CIO? Canadian companies are increasingly asking headhunters to look outside its borders — specifically to the U.S. — for new IT leaders. By Vawn Himmelsbach Nov 5, 2009 CIO Careers news RIM BlackBerry Desktop Manager Update Fixes Security Flaw BlackBerry-maker RIM has issued a software update to address a serious security flaw in its BlackBerry Desktop Manager software for Windows PCs. The company recommends all Desktop Manager users update the software immediately. By Al Sacco Nov 4, 2009 Computers and Peripherals Data Center Small and Medium Business news Exchange 2010: Five Reasons Why I’m Upgrading Exchange 2010 ships next week, facing more heat than ever from Google Apps and other hosted offerings. Here's a look at one CIO's decision-making process and the five key reasons why he chose on-premises Exchange 2010. By Shane O'Neill Nov 3, 2009 Data Center Enterprise Applications IT Leadership news iPhone vs BlackBerry Owners: Survey Pits Sexy Against the Suits If you're an iPhone, chances are you're a self-confident female, a new survey says. You may want to seek out a BlackBerry boy, because they're less likely to break up a relationship electronically. Read on for more on what your gadget By Tom Kaneshige Nov 3, 2009 5 mins Consumer Electronics Small and Medium Business Social Networking Apps news Droid vs. iPhone: Predictions, Weigh-ins, Pre-Bout Chatter Google's Droid makes its debut and stares down the Apple iPhone. By Tom Kaneshige Oct 30, 2009 Consumer Electronics Small and Medium Business Social Networking Apps news Windows 7 Upgrades: Week Round Up Windows 7 finally released to the masses, and while the OS's reception has been mostly postive, this week saw its share of stories about upgrade snags, security issues, reboots, and installation workarounds. CIO.com's Shane O'Neill rou By Shane O'Neill Oct 30, 2009 Data Center Small and Medium Business Windows news RIM BlackBerry Storm2 Launch-Week Round-Up RIM's newest BlackBerry smartphone, the BlackBerry Storm2, launched this week in the United States on Verizon Wireless. CIO.com's Al Sacco rounds up the key news, analysis, unboxing and device images, and pre-release rumors that proved to b By Al Sacco Oct 30, 2009 4 mins Computers and Peripherals Data Center Small and Medium Business news Windows 7 in Pictures: The Coolest New Hardware Microsoft put eye-catching hardware on display at last week's Windows 7 launch event. From netbooks and ultrathins to standard-size laptops and All-in-One touchscreen PCs, here's a close look at the new Windows 7 machines. By Shane O'Neill Oct 30, 2009 Laptops Small and Medium Business Windows news Bug Forces RIM to Pull BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 5.0 MR3 for IBM Lotus Domino BlackBerry-maker RIM has removed the latest maintenance release for its BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 5.0 software for Lotus Domino due to a bug that could cause BlackBerry users' past filed messages to be mistakenly moved back into their i By Al Sacco Oct 29, 2009 Computers and Peripherals Data Center Small and Medium Business news Windows 7: Where Consumers Lead, Enterprises Will Follow? At the Windows 7 launch event, Microsoft corporate VP of Windows Tami Reller chatted with CIO.com about how Windows 7 came to life differently than Vista, those pesky XP corporate holdouts, and more. Here's our Q&A. By Shane O'Neill Oct 28, 2009 Data Center Small and Medium Business Windows news Apple Magic Mouse Still MIA as Software Update Arrives Apple has issued a new Mac software update that lets Bluetooth-enabled Macintosh users employ the company's cool new, touch-sensitive wireless "Magic Mouse." The problem: You still can't buy the Magic Mouse by itself online or in By Al Sacco Oct 28, 2009 Apple MacBook Small and Medium Business news How Much Would You Pay for an Apple Tablet? Apple needs to hit the $600 price point, says shopping site Retrevo, after surveying consumers. But that may not be easy. By Tom Kaneshige Oct 27, 2009 Consumer Electronics Small and Medium Business Social Networking Apps news Verizon BlackBerry Storm2 to Ship with Microsoft Bing App Verizon Wireless will ship a new Microsoft Bing application with RIM's BlackBerry Storm2 9550, which is expected to become publicly available on Wednesday, October 28. By Al Sacco Oct 27, 2009 Computers and Peripherals Data Center Small and Medium Business news BlackBerry Storm2: New Features, Enhancements List from RIM RIM's recently-announced BlackBerry Storm2 packs a number of new features and enhancements not found in the original touch-screen BlackBerry Storm. Here's a quick list from the BlackBerry-maker that details many of the changes. By Al Sacco Oct 27, 2009 Computers and Peripherals Data Center Small and Medium Business news BlackBerry Users Get Free Boingo Mobile Wi-Fi App Boingo Wireless has released the free Boingo Mobile Wi-Fi application for BlackBerry smartphones. Boingo Mobile is now available for all major smartphone platforms, including the iPhone OS, Windows Mobile, Android and Symbian S60. By Al Sacco Oct 27, 2009 2 mins Computers and Peripherals Small and Medium Business Wi-Fi news Tech: 9 Things I Still Hate About You Sure, we all claim to love technology. 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