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Computerworld: Gartner has released the results of a survey of 2,335 CIOs. Based on the survey results, Gartner predicts worldwide budgets for the year should be flat, while in the U.S. IT budgets are expected to decrease 0.6 percent. The CIOs surveyed said their top priorities for the year included increasing enterprise growth, attracting and […]

Associated Press: Today, a number of websites are protesting a pair of Internet-related bills–the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA)–which are under consideration by Congress. For example, Wikipedia has shut off all access to its English-language content for 24 hours, and Google has blacked out the logo on its […]

Cnet: Yahoo co-founder, former CEO and “Chief Yahoo” Jerry Wang has resigned from the company’s board, as well as Yahoo Japan and Alibaba Group, Yahoo’s Chinese partner. “The time has come for me to pursue other interests outside of Yahoo,” Yang said in a press release. “As I leave the company I co-founded nearly 17 […]

GigaOm: Amazon Web Services is launching a new homegrown NoSQL database known as DynamoDB. The new tool will help the company meet the growing demand for non-relational databases that can handle big data. DynamoDB will run on solid state drives (SSDs) to provide fast access to data. Amazon is offering DynamoDB for free for up […]

Ars Technica: Although it can’t use the name “ultrabook” because Intel owns the trademark, AMD plans to release a line of chips that could power “ultrathin” PCs to compete with Intel-based ultrabooks. And while ultrabooks currently cost $800 and up, AMD-based ultrathins could cost just $500. At CES, AMD showcased its Trinity line of chips, […]

eWeek: According to the Computer Economics “2012 IT Salary Report,” IT staffers should expect average raises of 2.8 percent in 2012. Even those enterprises in the 75th percentile are planning to hand out raises of just 3 percent. However, those in the 25th percentile plan to increase salaries by 1.8 percent, which is better than […]

DailyTech: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is an Android fan. Wozniak recently dropped by Google headquarters to pick up a pre-release of the company’s Galaxy Nexus smartphone. “My primary phone is the iPhone,” said Wozniak. “I love the beauty of it. But I wish it did all the things my Android does, I really do.” (Wozniak […]

The New York Times: Facebook has divulged the identities of members of the Koobface gang, a hacker group responsible for a notorious worm that spread across the social network. The gang includes Anton Korotchenko, who uses the online nickname “KrotReal”; Stanislav Avdeyko, known as “leDed”; Svyatoslav E. Polichuck, who goes by “PsViat” and “PsycoMan”; Roman […]

InfoWorld: A couple of months ago, an anonymous tip revealed a fundamental design flaw in the flagship Oracle database. Today, Oracle is releasing a patch for the bug, but experts warn that any unpatched databases will be vulnerable to malicious attacks. Follow the link above for a detailed explanation of the problem. The article advises, […]

ABC News: A hacker claiming to be from Saudi Arabia disrupted access to Israel’s El Al airline and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange on Monday. Neither flights or trading were disrupted, but some users were unable to access the organizations’ websites for a short period of time. For several weeks, Israeli and Saudi hackers have […]

LA Times: According to the government-run China Internet Network Information Center, the number of people using the Web in that country hit 513 million in December. That’s a 12 percent increase over the year before. In addition, the number of Chinese people using microblog services similar to Twitter quadrupled in 2011 to reach nearly 250 […]

Computerworld: Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced that enterprises can now use Windows Server on its cloud for free for up to 750 hours per month. Previously, AWS’s Free Usage Tier was limited to the Linux operating system. Enterprises can use the free service for up to a year, and time in excess of 750 […]