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US gov't IT spending to be tight over short term - Computerworld
The priorities in the 2013 federal IT budget will be improving cybersecurity and pumping up e-government efforts aimed at citizen and business interaction with agencies, administration officials said then. In the longer term, Loomis and other speakers ...
Duqu trojan built by 'old school' programmers, Kaspersky says - Computerworld
Three comments and two emails, including one from an anonymous source, helped Kaspersky determine that the code was developed using pure C compiled with Microsoft Visual Studio Compiler 2008 (MSVC 2008), he said. Developers of the Duqu Trojan appear to ...
From Coca-Cola: How to empower IT - Computerworld
"I'm hearing about this problem over and over again," said the manager, who asked not to be identified. "What can we do about it?" Patrick Thibodeau covers cloud computing and enterprise applications, outsourcing, government IT policies, data centers ...
AOL: No plans to kill off Instant Messenger - Computerworld
A source close to AOL told Computerworld that Jason Shellen, who heads up AIM product group, is leaving the company. AOL also laid off about 40 employees from the AIM group, according to the source. However, the AOL spokeswoman said that does not mean ...
Sony division drops AWS, goes OpenStack - Computerworld
A report by Bloomberg, however, linked AWS to the outage, citing an anonymous source who claimed that the hackers created a fake AWS account and used AWS computers to launch the attack on Sony. SCEA's decision to embrace OpenStack, which is an evolving ...
HP cuts 275 jobs as webOS transitions to open-source - Computerworld
By John Ribeiro IDG News Service - Hewlett-Packard has cut 275 jobs in its webOS group, as part of its strategy to turn the operating system over to the open-source community, a source said Tuesday. HP said last year that it would stop making devices ...
White House pushes for new privacy codes of conduct - Computerworld
While the Obama administration will propose privacy legislation to the US Congress, the US Department of Commerce will move ahead with voluntary codes of conduct that could be implemented without congressional action, administration officials said in a ...
Apple threatens to sue Chinese firm in iPad trademark dispute - Computerworld
... inappropriate to release information contrary to the facts to the media, especially when such disclosures have the effect of wrongfully causing damage to Apple's reputation," said the letter, which was provided by a person familiar with the matter.
Google to commit to offer some Motorola patents on fair terms - Computerworld
... to send a letter to standards setting organizations, stating that Motorola Mobility's standards-essential patents will continue to be available on FRAND terms after its acquisition of the company, a person close to the situation said late Tuesday.
DHS sees no evidence of cyberattack on Ill. water facility - Computerworld
A DHS source speaking on background today said the Illinois state agency had released two "Unclassified/For Official Use Only" documents relating to a potential cyber compromise at the Curran-Gardner facility. The reports were not conclusive and were ...
High-speed Ethernet planning guide - Computerworld
"The real leverage [with HSE] is with pushing down the price point of 10-gigabit Ethernet, rather than the first-order effects of 100-gigabit deployment," says a senior architect at one of the largest ISPs in the US, who requested anonymity. ...
Apple's iPhone 4S selling for $2000 in China - Computerworld
The vendor, who declined to give his name, said the phones had come from Australia and the US, where they had been originally bought. The phones are sold without a contract, and come unlocked. Another vendor in the same electronics market said he was ...
Google, Samsung right to delay Nexus Prime, analysts say - Computerworld
A Google official, who asked not to be named, told Computerworld on Monday that the delay was "not due to any technical reasons." "Google doesn't spend much on marketing and maybe parties to the news weren't on the same page," Enderle said, ...
Outsourced and fired, IT workers fight back - Computerworld
The HR manager asked not to be identified. "They felt their work was being offshored -- they were angry at the H-1B employees that were being hired," said the longtime HR industry veteran who had been hired to execute the IT layoffs at Molina, ...
Some Verizon users still reporting LTE modem problems - Computerworld
A Chicago-based IT manager who asked not to be named, said via email that she had upgraded 50 laptop Verizon 3G modems to Pantech 4G LTE modems before the outage, but they "constantly drop [LTE] because Verizon still has not fixed their switching ...
Quake and IT: Shaking in Tokyo, waiting in San Diego - Computerworld
That was confirmed independently by another source who spoke on background. In the US, the problem was much different. The Tsunami warnings gave Elysia Everett, deputy CIO of the international law firm DLA Piper, time to prepare. ...
Sprint to unveil dual-screen Android phone, report says - Computerworld
Users would be able to drag items from one screen to the other, the source said. Sprint would not comment on the report. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse is reportedly ...
Cubicle wars: Best and worst office setups for tech workers - Computerworld
They want offices so they're not disturbing others," says the manager, who asked not to be named. She has twelve years of experience in management, ...
Google takes heat over Android tablet OS - Computerworld
... trove of over 150000 apps, on its Galaxy Tab, according to one executive who asked not to be named due to his company's close relationship with Google. ...
Arm readies processing cores for 64-bit computing - Computerworld
... the next few weeks, and has already shown samples at private viewings, sources close to the company said at an Arm technology conference in Taipei. ...
Google tests instant search feature - Computerworld
However, a source close to Google confirmed the veracity of Ousbey's video, noting that the test is being run on a limited basis. ...
Heartland denies systems involved in new data breach - Computerworld
According to one source who requested anonymity, it's quite likely that Austin police are confused about how the payment infrastructure works and are just ...
White House meeting aimed at asserting cybersecurity leadership - Computerworld
... of Homeland Security and the Commerce Department, sends the right message at the right time, said one attendee, who did not wish to be identified. ...
White House meeting aimed to assert cybersecurity leadership - Computerworld
... of Homeland Security and the Commerce Department sends the right message at the right time, said one attendee. who did not wish to be identified. ...
Restored Google China search site very limited in features - Computerworld
... general Web search on Google.cn in order to renew the license, only that Google shut down the automatic redirect to the Hong Kong site, the source said. ...