Datamation Staff

CSO: A new IDC report funded by Unisys finds that while enterprise IT departments are aware of the phenomenon of the consumerization of IT, they aren’t well prepared to handle it. Key findings from the report include the following: 40 percent of the devices used to access business apps are employee-owned. 53 percent of employees […]

ZDNet: At Microsoft’s Worldwide Partners Conference, Windows Phone president Andy Lees told the crowd that the company wouldn’t be putting Windows Phone 7 on any tablets. Instead, the company will put the forthcoming Windows 8 on tablet PCs. “We view a tablet as a PC,” Lees said. He added, “Our strategy is that these new […]

Computerworld: According to staffing and outsourcing firm Yoh, tech pay on the whole climbed 3 percent in the most recent quarter. However, workers with high-demand skills saw even bigger pay increases. For example, salaries for full-time workers with mobility skills rose 12 percent, while pay for contractors with these skills climbed 30 percent. Virtualization is […]

Reuters: Unnamed sources say that Richard “Chip” Lutton Junior, Apple’s chief patent attorney, will soon be leaving the company for unknown reasons. The LinkedIn profile for BJ Watrous, a former deputy general counsel with Hewlett Packard, now lists his title as vice president and chief IP counsel for Apple. Currently, Microsoft is embroiled in multiple […]

TGDaily: If your company is still running Windows XP, Microsoft says you absolutely must upgrade by April 8, 2014. That’s when the company says it will officially end support for the 10-year-old operating system. “Wouldn’t it be great if the glory days lasted forever? But reality is trophies get dusty, records are broken, and what […]

Fast Company: In official testimony, Greg Schaffer of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) that imported consumer electronics have been sold in this country containing malware or spyware. Unknown foreign parties have preloaded the devices with code that could compromise security. Schaffer added that many devices made in the […]

InformationWeek: IBM is debuting a new mainframe that costs just $75,000, 25 percent less than its previous model. The zEnterprise 114 has fewer cores than its predecessor, but still includes the zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension (zBX) feature which offers high-speed connections to a blade server. According to the company, the 114 will support hybrid computing — […]

The Register: Hackers claiming association with the Anonymous group have uploaded e-mail addresses and password hashes for 90,000 members of the military to a file-sharing network. The hackers obtained the data by attacking a server belonging to Booz Allen Hamilton, a military contractor. The group says it also obtained additional valuable information in the attack. […]

Fortune: Apple rarely releases detailed information about its App Store, but Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has issued a report that claims the store’s sales and average sales price are increasing. According to Munster, the average iOS device owner will download 83 apps this year, a 61 percent increase over last year. In addition, he […]

Computerworld: Several different organizations are involved in developing standards for cloud computing, leading some to wonder whether the multiple efforts will result in more confusion. The groups involved include the Cloud Standards Customer Council (backed by IBM), the Open Data Center Alliance (backed by Intel) and the Cloud Security Alliance (members include Coca-Cola and eBay). […]

Cnet: The prosecution of a Colorado woman accused in a mortgage scam case will test the idea of whether the government can force someone to give up the password protecting encrypted files. The woman’s attorney says that such an action would violate the 5th Amendment’s protection against self incrimination (the “right to remain silent”). However, […]

Time: Over the weekend, the servers powering the new Google+ social networking service ran out of disk space, causing the system to send multiple error messages to users’ e-mail accounts. “Please accept our apologies for the spam we caused this afternoon,” Google’s Vic Gundotra wrote on his Google+ page. “For about 80 minutes we ran […]