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Social media is transforming communications, but what many people do not see is how social media impacts litigation. Today at least 95 percent of all information is electronic, and the continued proliferation of social media surely will make that percentage grow As I pointed out in my recent column about judges and social media, U.S. Supreme Court...

Deutsche Telekom is reportedly in talks with Sprint Nextel to sell its T-Mobile USA unit. The terms revolve around a major stake Deutsche Telekom would take in the combined entity, according to unnamed sources quoted in Bloomberg, which broke the story. The negotiations have been an on-again, off-again affair, and there is no certainty a deal will...

One of the more revealing things I heard from Marc Benioff at Cloudforce 2011 in New York last week was his idea about how his company will continue to build out its product line. Marc's never been super secretive about his general direction, though product specifics have always been closely kept. But in our conversation, he reiterated a long-held belief that makes more sense than ever...

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Enterprises are coming to realize that while their VPNs might be doing a fine job of controlling data, mobile devices have turned into a veritable wild west of security nightmares. It was all well and good when the only thing they had to worry about was data being accessed by enterprise BlackBerry users. Its proprietary server infrastructure has a...

The U.S. National Research Council (NRC) is recommending planetary science missions for the decade 2013-2022 that could provide important new clues about our solar system. ...

A small conference room at the San Mateo Marriott Hotel in San Mateo, Calif., was packed to overflowing for the keynote speech Tuesday from Christy Wyatt, a Motorola corporate vice president, at AnDevCon 2011 About 300 people squeezed into the room, forcing hotel staff to bring in some chairs and some attendees to liberate seating from nearby rooms...

If you are a victim of the latest Google algorithm change and experienced an 85 percent traffic drop like the disgruntled fellow penning this article, you may be feeling the heat right now. It's easy to blame others and point out competitors who are "getting away with worse," but what all of those wounded really need to do is look into the mirror ...

Federal agencies are struggling to improve performance in two critical areas involving information technology resources -- the use of enterprise architecture and managing data, the General Accountability Office (GAO) says in a new report For the report, "Opportunities to Reduce Potential Duplication in Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enh...

Last week saw a pair of announcements that could profoundly affect the way that companies plan, deploy and manage their datacenter infrastructures. On the scale-up side of the house, at the SHARE conference, CA announced that it has installed a new integrated IBM zEnterprise mainframe (z196) and BladeCenter Extension (zBX) system. The company plan...

As tasks continue to pile up in my already hectic schedule, I have little choice but to jam more and more activities into the same crowded time spans. The morning commute, a once luxurious gap in time, seems to be increasingly plugged by business calls, urgent text messages and, in some cases, even the morning shave. Though I try to keep work and ...

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0, which was released last November, packs a hidden punch: The latest version of the operating system pre-bundles patches with the kernel The disguised fixes have shaken up some controversy, but Red Hat contends that the move is aimed at making it more difficult for rivals like CentOS, Oracle and Novell to gobble up Red H...

It wasn't long ago that Microsoft was in federal court in Washington, D.C., charged with being a monopoly. At that time, if you were building an application or running a business, you were doing it on Microsoft Windows. They were the only game in town, and the IT world quivered over their dominance Off to the side was the Macintosh operating system...

A controversial, game-changing claim published in a journal with a reputation some consider sketchy has the scientific community both praising and damning the reported discovery: fossils of bacteria embedded in meteorites from outer space ...

Sony will be able to proceed with its prosecution of a hacker who published an encryption key allowing PlayStation 3 owners to override Sony's copy-protection software and gain control of their consoles. The hack reportedly was built using earlier jailbreaks to the system. A federal magistrate has granted the company subpoena power to gain access ...

Google has begun removing the "Droid Dream" malware from devices running Android versions earlier than 2.2.2, also known as "Froyo." About 260,000 owners of Android devices downloaded the malware, Google spokesperson Randall Sarafa told LinuxInsider....

Samsung's invites to a March 22 event at the CTIA Wireless trade show have kicked up rumors that the company plans to launch yet another version of its Galaxy Tab ine, which already has 7-inch and 10.1-inch models. The invitation includes an image of what looks like a tablet device, with the words "What's your Tab life?" followed by the numerals 7...

With an option for open source development, SugarCRM offers a sales automation system that encompasses pipeline management, social CRM, and the entire lead-to-cash process. "The SugarCRM core sales automation functionality includes lead capture and lead distribution, opportunity and account management, quotes and product catalog, quota and forecasting, as well as dashboards and reporting," Clint Oram, CTO and cofounder of SugarCRM, told CRM Buyer.

The biggest event last week was Apple's launch of the iPad with Steve Jobs presenting it. While many seem to see the new iPad as an iterative release and not as exciting as the first one, I think it will quickly eclipse its predecessor. It is vastly more capable and moves even closer to being a full PC. Fortune released a piece last Thursday th...

Retailers are quickly realizing the value of adopting technologies that provide insight and analysis of their customers' behavior and experience. The most recent example is smartphone applications that allow major retailers to track and offer promotions to shoppers as they progress from outside the store to counters, to cash registers -- and even inside the dressing room. Every move gives the retailer more information and insight...