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eWeek: Wanted Analytics is reporting that in February companies posted ads for 5,000 jobs related to cloud computing. That’s 98 percent more than in 2011 and 400 percent more than 2010. Because the talent pool is limited, employers report difficulty finding qualified workers to fill those positions. The areas with the highest demand for cloud […]

Bloomberg: Unnamed “people familiar with the matter” tell Bloomberg that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has subpoenaed Apple as part of its anti-trust investigation of Google. The FTC was reportedly seeking information about agreements that made Google the default search engine on the iPhone and iPad. Google’s search rivals, most notably Microsoft, have complained […]

Reuters: In a speech, BBC director-general Mark Thompson revealed that his network’s IT systems had become the target of a sophisticated cyberattack. In addition, someone has been attempting to jam the satellite feed for the BBC’s Persian service, and someone has been flooding the company’s phone networks with automated calls. Thompson did not direct accuse […]

Computerworld: Market research firm Gartner has released a new forecast which predicts that worldwide semiconductor revenue will top $316 billion in 2012, a 4 percent increase over 2011. Those predictions are an improvement over the firm’s last estimates for 2012, which anticipated only a 2.2 percent increase. “The semiconductor industry is poised for a rebound […]

ZDNet: According to the Trustwave 2012 Global Security Report, enterprise IT still hasn’t gotten the message about the importance of strong passwords. After examining 300 data breaches that occurred in 2011, the study’s authors concluded that 80 percent of the incidents resulted from the use of weak passwords. In many cases, IT administrators or users […]

Cnet: In a recent interview with a book author, HP CTO Phil McKinney revealed some more details about HP’s decision to abandon the webOS operating system it acquired when it purchased Palm. “Palm was going to be given three years to basically get itself positioned to be a market leader in its space,” said McKinney. […]

Computerworld: Apple has pushed out a new update for its Safari browser which patches a staggering 83 vulnerabilities, including 72 that the company called “critical.” That sets a new record for the number of bugs patched in one Safari update. However, none of the security bugs addressed had been used in actual attacks. Most of […]

PCMag: A new survey from ChangeWave Research found that more enterprises are buying tablets for employees, and most of those tablets are iPads. Out of 1,604 business IT buyers surveyed, 22 percent said they planned to buy tablets for employees this quarter. Of those who purchasing tablets, 84 percent planned to buy iPads. The research […]

ZDNet: According to a new CompTIA study, eight out of ten businesses believe they are negatively affected because their IT workers do not have the skills their companies need. Survey respondents blamed that skills gap on the fast-changing nature of technology and a lack of training resources. Which skills are those firms lacking? Virtualization, process […]

Reuters: Yahoo has filed a lawsuit in San Jose, California, alleging that Facebook infringes on ten of its patents. Two of the patents mentioned in the suit relate to social networking; the rest relate to advertising, such as ways to prevent click fraud and customize ads. Yahoo is seeking licensing fees. In response, a Facebook […]

The Wall Street Journal: Dell has announced that it will purchase SonicWall, an IT security vendor that sells products like firewalls, secure remote access, email protection, and backup and recovery. Although the companies did not disclose the terms of the deal, analysts estimate that Dell paid between $1 billion and $1.5 billion for the firm; […]

Computerworld: In the race to build an exascale computing system–one capable of 1,000 trillion floating point calculations per second–Europe and China are spending far more than the U.S. The EU has announced that this year it will double the amount it spends on the effort to about $1.6 trillion. And experts believe China has even […]