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Ongoing computer scams targeting small businesses cost U.S. companies US$25 million in the third quarter of 2009, according to the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

In their new book, Tom Davenport and Jeanne Harris explain how businesses can effectively utilize and deploy analytical experts to further their business intelligence/analytics mission. - Babson College professor Tom Davenport admits that analytics is

As IT spending looks flat for 2010, here are five action points CIOs can use to combat increasing pressures on IT. - The word on the street is that IT spending will be flat this year. Due to this limited funding, most CIOs will continue to keep things

Business people are riding high on the promise--and hype--cloud computing offers. - A lot of people have their heads in the clouds about the value and cost of cloud computing. In the past month, Ive heard quirky stories about the unrealistic expectatio

CIOs need to seize opportunities in 2010 and show the business they can cut costs while moving the business forward. - It was like I woke up and found myself back in 2009. When I took over as editor in chief of CIO Insight in December 2008, I looked at

Plastic cells are lighter than silicon ones, but they're not as efficient--one company aims to fix that.

Windows IT ProPaul ThurrottAs part of an ongoing series of revelations about its upcoming Windows Phone platform, Microsoft on Monday discussed the developer story for the platform. This information follows the initial Windows Phone announcement last mont

Shopping cart software vendor Volusion took a step in the mobile direction at SXSW today with the launch of Volusion mCommerce. The beta release offers Volusion customers a way to optimize their online stores for consumers smartphone shopping. All Volu

Hitwise is reporting that Facebook surpassed Google in the U.S. to become the most visited website last week. This is big and very important news for Web professionals (and timely as our next issue is tentatively titled (SEO in a Social Media world) who

Proposals wanted; travel fund pledge campaign in progress.

JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is competing with XML as the data encoding format of choice.

If you happen to use DokuWiki, you don't need to use OpenOffice.org Impress or other similar tool to create a slick presentation. Thanks to the S5 plugin, you can turn any DokuWiki page into a simple and elegant S5 presentation.

I am not a serial shopper. In fact, I’m quite the opposite. It’s an event when I go outside of my zone to purchase something online, which makes me an incredibly average consumer. I’m so average, in fact, that I am almost exceptional in the eyes of

Windows IT ProThurrott, PaulFormer Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz this week said he understands how Google must feel in the wake of Apple's patent-infringement lawsuit against Android phone maker HTC.

Muddied responsibilities create unwanted risk. Kevin Coleman says auditors may start labeling poorly defined IT duties as a material deficiency.