Science Tells Us Which Online Ads Work
A new Disney research lab here in Austin, Texas just performed a study on co... Read story
Curt Finch
U.S. Cyber Security Found to Be Lacking
According to CNN, a new U.S. federal report has found that the country i... Read story
Most CEOs Not Worried About IT Security
The Ponemon Institute just released data showi... Read story
Data Security Breaches from the Inside
The former IT director of LifeGift Organ Donation Center in Texas has just been sentenced to 2 years in prison for intentionally deleting organ donation ... Read story
Hacking Your Brain
Ok, science fiction fans listen up... Researchers believe that the adv... Read story
SaaS for Saving Money
A recent study showed that 7 out of 10 CIOs plan to invest in IT solutionsRead story
Data Scrambling from IBM
IBM is patenting a new tec... Read story
Postponing IT Projects While Money is Tight
Gartner continues to predict drops in IT spending for this year, yet they have also found, to their surprise, that Read story
GPS Wireless Card for Netbooks
Dell is planning to launch a GPS/WiFi card for netbooks that will allow user... Read story
Router Space?
Cisco Systems just announced that they are planning to launch... Read story
Microsoft and Yahoo Partner
After much back and forth, Microsoft has made a deal with Yahoo that c... Read story
Smartphone Translator
Remember the universal translator device from Star Trek? Read story
Green IT Saves Money
As many of you already know, the recession is having a widespread effect on the technology industry. One example is that Read story
The End of Outsourced Service Centers?
When outsourcing became popular, many American companies rushed to set up offshore service centers in countries like India. Read story
Federal IT Project Tracking Data
Wondering where your tax dollars are going? USAspending.gov , a website devoted to transparency on govern... Read story
LinkedIn Asks for Free Services
LinkedIn recently asked thousands of its members to volunteer ... Read story
Uncle Sam Takes on Internet Marketing
So far, companies like Google, Microsoft and Facebook have been allowed to "self-regulate" their marketing practices. This means that companies are large... Read story
Dell's Plans for an Android PDA
Dell, which is a local company here in Austin, Texas, is currently developing a new kind of smartphone minus the phone. Read story
Social Media Regulation
A lot of companies today don't know what to do with social media. Some use it for marketing purposes while others fear it. It can be especially difficul... Read story
CEOs Shun Social Networking
ComputerWorld reports that a recent study by UberCEO.com shows that Read story
How to get married on the net...
Being a hopeless romantic, I handed my girlfriend (now wife) a Subway sandwich and a diamond ring when she'd just gotten out of the shower. It w... Read story
How to Prevent IT Project Failure (3 of 3)
3. Data for the CXO For executives, it is impossible to make effective decisions without knowing what people are working on or how the proj... Read story
How to Prevent IT Project Failure (2 of 3)
2. Planning and executing projects IT project managers are responsible for keeping scope, budget, and schedules on track, but can ... Read story
How to Prevent IT Project Failure (1 of 3)
1: Managing resources IT project teams are made up of knowledge workers categorized by skill types or job functions, and finding the right ... Read story
Mobile Device Etiquette
The NY Times just published an article on manners and mobile devices . In today's wor... Read story
IT Project Failures Are On the Rise
The Standish Group just released a new CHAOS... Read story
Can Twitter Make Money?
Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter, has said , "I think Twitter's a success for us... Read story
Vanity URLs on Facebook
It looks like Facebook is now going to offer "vanity URLs" , ... Read story
Help - My Printer Is Broken Again
Inside a printer cartridge (laser) are tiny, tiny pieces of plastic. Yep. "Toner" is actually ground up plastic. Who knew? In any case, these... Read story
Your Next Accounting System Will Be ... Free!
I spoke with Tate Holt , the CEO of NetBooks recently. ... Read story
1/3 of Discarded Hard Disks Contain Sensitive Data
Your machine dies, and sometimes rather than repair it you go buy a new one, right, but what bad thing happens if you throw away an old hard drive ... Read story
Using Nanotubes to Store Data Forever
A nanotube is a very tiny cylindrical structure that ... Read story
How Software Companies Get Stimulated
President Obama is pushing billions of dollars of stimulus money into the economy and software company CEOs (like me) are more than just a little in... Read story
Clean Your Cell Phone - Avoid Swine Flu
A couple of years ago we found out that germ-a-phobes had something new to worry about - their cellphones were Read story
Chicks Dig a Smart Bird - Mockingbird That Is...
A team of scientists in the US have discovered a correlation between weather volatility an... Read story
New Genes Slow Aging
400 years ago, Juan Ponce de Leon scoured Florida in a vain search for the legendary fountain of youth. He didn't find it. But perhaps now scient... Read story
How Smart Is Your Seafood?
RFID tags are small devices incorporated into a product, animal, or person for the purpose of identification and tracking using radio waves. They are Read story
Manage IT like a Refinery?
Refineries have process automation software measuring and controlling every valve and pump in the entire system. This allows them to make g... Read story
Job Title Inflation
What's the difference between a Lead IT Manager and a Deputy Technology Leader? Flattening organizations leave smaller hierarchies and less room f... Read story
Time to fire up those breeder reactors.
Deep space probes beyond Jupiter can't use solar power because they're too far from the sun. So they rely on a certain type of plutonium, plutonium-238. I... Read story
