Stories by: Patrick Thibodeau
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Forrester: Why IT spending will turn around next summer 10/12/2008 08:43:00
Forrester Research is now forecasting an IT spending growth rate of just 1.6 per cent in the U.S. next year, down from its earlier projection of a 6.1 per cent increase. But the market research and consulting firm thinks a turnaround will begin by the summer. - +
U.S. Report: Major terror attack by 2013 04/12/2008 03:53:00
In stark and certain terms, a Congress-mandated commission Tuesday warned that the world's nations face the threat of a major terrorism attack using biological and nuclear weapons by 2013. The commission's report, titled "The World at Risk," skips over the threat of cyberattacks and focuses almost exclusively on nuclear and biological weapons. - +
Supercomputers finding their way to the desktop 02/12/2008 07:30:00
If the definition of a personal supercomputer is that it is inexpensive, can sit on a desk and is at least within shouting distance of the Top500 systems list, new machines equipped with Nvidia's Tesla graphics processor are among the first in that category. - +
Agency sees robots replacing humans in service jobs by 2025 25/11/2008 12:57:00
A U.S. government intelligence agency thinks robots may be so capable by 2025 that questions such as "Would you like fries with that?" may be uttered by a smiling machine at the order counter. - +
Cash, cups, clicks: Techies back Obama 22/10/2008 07:57:00
Monday was the last day to register to vote in next month's election in Silicon Valley's Santa Clara County, where Barack Obama has a clear edge and, now, a really big backer: Google CEO Eric Schmidt. - +
IBM launches Bluehouse, a Facebook for business 07/10/2008 08:13:00
IBM Monday opened the online door to a service that merges some of the best features of social networking with business collaboration tools. - +
VMware, MS, others to fight for virtualization edge in Vegas 09/09/2008 14:22:00
VMworld 2008, VMware's annual user conference in Las Vegas next week, is expected be crowded with a total of 14,000 attendees, including workers from more than 200 trade-show exhibitors that are all fighting for a piece of the x86 virtualization market. - +
Obama touts desire to keep tech jobs in the US 02/09/2008 07:53:00
US presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama attacked offshore outsourcing in his acceptance of the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night, drawing a bead on a practice that has displaced nearly one in 10 IT workers, according to a new study. - +
US Patent office to revisit Dell's 'cloud computing' claim 07/08/2008 08:14:38
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has done an about face on Dell's effort to claim a trademark on "cloud computing," and is reconsidering its earlier action. - +
Big stock exchanges now battling for microseconds 01/08/2008 09:18:44
Computer systems, hardware and networking technologies have improved so much that two of the world's largest trading exchanges say they have begun measuring transaction times in microseconds. - +
Electronics recycling may be a hazard for prisoners, workers 29/07/2008 09:57:09
Breaking rocks is one thing, but breaking monitors is a potential health hazard for US federal prisoners and prison employees, according to a US government review that faulted safety practices at one correctional facility where electronics equipment is recycled.
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