October 10, 2008

InfoWorld Daily Podcast

A look back at the week: AMD splits into two, Panasonic sets world record, BlackBerry Storm readies to debut, Toshiba demos cell phone running on a fuel cell, and more more

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October 09, 2008

InfoWorld Daily Podcast

Microsoft, other IT firms seek payment from failed WaMu, Symantec buys MessageLabs, Oracle gobbles up Primavera, and more  LISTEN!... more

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October 08, 2008

InfoWorld Daily Podcast

Red Hat boosts open source SOA, Verizon and Vodafone to sell first touch-screen BlackBerry, Wikia Search rolls out developer to hone results, and more more

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October 07, 2008

InfoWorld Daily Podcast

AMD to split into two companies, SAP suffers from stock market turmoil, Toshiba to release fuel cell next spring, and more more

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October 06, 2008

InfoWorld Daily Podcast

HP bolsters SOA governance with new Systinet tools, Microsoft extends XP downgrade option, laptop with strategic information stolen from Presidential candidate John McCain's Missouri field office, ands more  LISTEN!... more

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October 03, 2008

InfoWorld Daily Podcast

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October 02, 2008

InfoWorld Daily Podcast

Cisco and Microsoft roll out networking appliance, Ballmer reveals details of Windows Cloud, HP to by Left Hand Networks, and more  LISTEN!... more

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October 01, 2008

InfoWorld Daily Podcast

Current economic downturn makes the cloud even more appealing, Nokia to buy Oz Communications for mobile instant messaging software, AMD maintains that Shanghai chip will ship in servers by year's end, and more   LISTEN!... more

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September 30, 2008

InfoWorld Daily Podcast

Stock smackdown hits tech harder than most, researchers develop technology to fence off microprocessor bugs, IBM issues Lotus Notes for the iPhone, and more  LISTEN!... more

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September 29, 2008

InfoWorld Daily Podcast

Microsoft pushes lifecycle collaboration in next Visual Studio version, Sprint-Nextel launches WiMax network in Baltimore, Google applies for patent that would let users switch carriers easily, and more  LISTEN!... more

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September 26, 2008

InfoWorld Daily Podcast

Microsoft's Ballmer talks search, virtualization and cloud computing, T-Mobile backpedals on unlimited data plan for Android devices, chipmaker Transmeta looking for a buyer, and more more

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September 25, 2008

Something of a farewell

It's been just over three years since I started writing this InfoWorld Daily blog, which since evolved into a brand unto itself, boasting the InfoWorld Daily Podcast and InfoWorld Daily newsletter. The blog portion began as a way to make our content more accessible to you, readers. Rather than having to dig around our site to find the day's best stories, I pulled them into the central location for you. Now, thanks to some Web site changes, that's no longer as necessary as it once was. Not to worry, the InfoWorld Daily brand lives on, and remains quite strong at... more

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September 25, 2008

InfoWorld Daily Podcast

Oracle says Fusion apps may not be available until 2010, Oracle also unwraps first two hardware products, appeals court rules Qualcomm infringed two Broadcom patents, and more  LISTEN!... more

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September 24, 2008

InfoWorld Daily Podcast

Oracle details cloud computing intentions but keeps Fusion plans close to the vest, first Android phone appears from T-Mobile, Google, and HTC, Sprint plans to celebrate its wideband broadband service in Baltimore, and more more

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September 23, 2008

InfoWorld Daily Podcast

Economic fears not yet stopping IT spending attendees of Oracle OpenWorld say, McAfee to buy Secure Computing, Intel unwraps dual-core Atom processor, and more more

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September 22, 2008

InfoWorld Daily Podcast

Tibco beefs up events processing wares, first Android Phone to arrive Tuesday but analysts warn users not to get hopes up, Google closing engineering center in Arizona, and more  LISTEN!... more

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September 22, 2008

Test Center review: Coghead clicks for non-coders

In a move that Peter Wayner writes "shouldn't be surprising" the new platform from Coghead "lets anyone build Web applications by pointing and clicking at another Web application. That new app, in turn, shows up on the Web for your users. "What this statement really means is that anyone can whip up a Web application without typing ASCII words in some C-like syntax that needs to be parsed by a compiler. You just drag and drop some form widgets onto pages and the data model morphs to support it," Wayner explains. Read the full Test Center review: Coghead clicks for... more

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September 19, 2008

InfoWorld Daily Podcast

Mobile operators look to ease developer access, insiders hopeful tech stocks won't dip amid market woes, Amazon to expand cloud services with content delivery platform, and more  LISTEN!... more

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September 19, 2008

InfoWorld News Quiz

This week, a special Crime and Punishment edition, in which hackers take on America's favorite hockey mom, a notorious spammer walks out of the clink, and Seinfeld is booted from his Microsoft gig. Think you know the answers? Prove it! Take the InfoWorld News Quiz: The week in tech.... more

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September 18, 2008

InfoWorld Daily Podcast

PHP upgrade improves Windows backing, Google partners with GE on more efficient energy use, HP readies a new storage system, and more  LISTEN!... more

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September 18, 2008

VMware proposes new kind of OS

With the bold goal of making traditional operating systems all but disappear, VMware details its virtual datacenter OS, aka VDC OS. Neil McAllister looks past the hype surrounding VDC OS and finds "a fascinating concept" that "could have significant implications for application developers and customers alike." "In VMware's idealized datacenter, applications don't exist in the traditional sense as processes running on specific CPUs, each with its own dedicated memory and storage space," McAllister writes in VMware proposes a new kind of OS. "Instead, they are reduced to 'application workloads,' defined by the malleable but finite quantities of compute resources needed... more

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September 17, 2008

InfoWorld Daily Podcast

Microsoft moves Trustworthy Computing forward, SanDisk rejects Samsung takeover, group says U.S. Department of Homeland Security ineffective at cybersecurity, and more more

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September 17, 2008

Next generation mobile: All about the cloud

Tom Yager adds cloud computing to his list of least favorite buzzwords because, like its namesake, the term refers to a "formless, vaporous, and semi-reliable indicator of climatic conditions." Rest easy, though, because if people need it, the technology won't need a catch-phrase to define it for long, Yager writes in Next-generation mobile is all about the cloud. "All of the ingredients needed to make a services-rich global cloud are in the public domain. It's a matter of shedding the legacy baggage of clumsy session-oriented protocols and transports that were optimized for dial-up and time-metered networks."... more

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September 16, 2008

InfoWorld Daily Podcast

Hewlett-Packard details plan to layoff nearly 25,000 employees, Apple finally fixes critical DNS bug, Intel makes 6-core Xeon server chips available, and more  LISTEN!... more

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September 16, 2008

Review: Citrix hits VDI high notes

While Virtual Desktop Infrastructure still has growing pains to come, namely deployment, management, and allocation of compute and storage resources, Citrix XenDesktop 2.0 is a "scalable and manageable VDI" that leverages streaming applications, server virtualization, and swift tools. "Citrix has married VDI to its existing stable of application and desktop delivery mechanisms, and it continues to leverage the stellar ICA protocol to assist in speed, user experience, and manageability," Paul Venezia writes. "If the company can continue to improve XenServer, XenDesktop could become the showcase VDI implementation. As it stands now, coupling XenDesktop with VMware VI3 is probably the best... more

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September 15, 2008

InfoWorld Daily Podcast

VMware tries to expand throughout datacenter, Berners-Lee launches new foundation to focus on the Web's future, Dell unwraps handful of virtualization products, and more more

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September 15, 2008

20 more IT mistakes to avoid

A lot has changed in the four years since we first published 20 IT mistakes to avoid, but not "IT's capacity to fall prey to misguided practices," Neil McAllister explains. "So in the spirit of 'forewarned is forearmed,' we bring you 20 brand-new mistakes that today's IT managers would do well to avoid." I'll give you the first one here: Overzealous password policies. For the rest, read 20 more IT mistakes to avoid.... more

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September 12, 2008

InfoWorld Daily Podcast

Adobe aims to challenge Silverlight with its video encoder, Research in Motion announces new BlackBerry services, two large tech trade groups are talking merger, Oracle plans a major customer-feedback effort, and more  LISTEN!... more

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September 12, 2008

Are affordable SSDs on the way?

New flash memory controller technology from Silicon Motion -- one of the major players in solid-state drives -- promises cheaper, more affordable SSDs. Flash SSDs are based on technology rich with technical details that are generally misunderstood. So to clear up some of the uncertainty around flash SSDs, Mario Apicella spoke to president and CEO of Silicon Motion, Wallace C Kou. Kou introduces Silicon Motion and its recently announced SSDs controllersto our readers, and explains the flash memory market, how an SSD controller works, and what a hybrid SSD is. Affordable SSDs in the offing?... more

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September 11, 2008

InfoWorld Daily Podcast

Study finds social networks are not on most enterprises' radar, San Francisco hunt for rogue router, NVIDIA faces a securities lawsuit, and more  LISTEN!... more

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September 11, 2008

Will carriers kill the iPhone?

While developers churn out one hot new application after the next for Apple's iPhone, the programs just might drive sales of the smartphone, and others such as Google's Android. Unless, that is, the carriers continue limiting that high-speed mobile bandwidth the devices rely upon. "We all know what a great job the telcos have done delivering fixed broadband. The U.S. ranks about 12th in average broadband connection speed, and, you guessed it, first in cost," Bill Snyder writes. "Even if those numbers aren't exactly right, they are certainly directionally correct. And remember, delivering DSL or cable broadband relies on existing... more

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September 10, 2008

InfoWorld Daily Podcast

Analytics vendors show there's still innovation in BI, Google halves the time it retains data linking IP addresses to searches, Forrester finds that the weak economy is bringing IT spending down, and more  LISTEN!... more

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September 10, 2008

AMD answers Nehalem

Apples to apples in x86 is a good thing for IT, Tom Yager asserts, explaining that such a level playing field is exactly where AMD's and Intel' platforms are currently. "For a valid contrast, I need to weigh Nehalem against AMD's own 45nm quad-core technology, dubbed Shanghai. That's a platform/architecture shoot-out for the ages, and I'm all over it. But since neither technology is shipping yet, all I can compare is detailed specs and higher-altitude rhetoric," Yager explains. AMD answers Nehalem. "The fact that Intel's platform has caught up to AMD's doesn't automatically put AMD at a disadvantage. What it... more

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