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Road Trip 2010 ready to roll through East Coast

June 22, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO--Each summer for the last four years, I've been lucky enough to get to pick a region of the country and spend several weeks driving around, writing stories and taking photos of some of the best geek-oriented destinations I could find. More

Rising Chinese yuan adds to PC price increases

June 22, 2010 People looking to buy new PCs or other gadgets will see prices continue to rise after a move by China's central bank to relax the exchange rate of its currency.More

Most firms face security 'red alert' as XP SP2's retirement looms

June 22, 2010 Three out of four companies will soon face more security risks because they continue to run the soon-to-be-retired Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), a report published today claimed. More

Meet the father of Google Apps (who used to work at Microsoft)

June 22, 2010 Three weeks into his tenure at Google, Rajen Sheth -- former Microsoft and VMware employee -- met with Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt to propose a way of turning Gmail into a business-class e-mail system. And he was soundly rejected. More

iOS 4.0 Multitasking Has Challenge Ahead

June 22, 2010 One of the most highly anticipated features of iOS 4 is its multitasking. But on day one, this feature is a mixed bag, and appears to be best left to Apple's own core apps--as opposed to third-party apps--which largely defeats the purpose of the feature. More

How Microsoft foresaw and still missed--the iPad

June 22, 2010 The technology icon stands before a crowd, holding in his hands a prototype that embodies his vision for the future of computing. More

Adobe's Flash Player 10.1 sent to phone makers

June 22, 2010 Adobe Systems plans to release the final version of Flash Player 10.1 for smartphones on Tuesday, but very few people will be able to use it right away. More

Verizon readies home energy and security services

June 22, 2010 Verizon later this year plans to expand its offering with home energy management and security, a move that could signal a quicker route to delivering smart-grid services to consumers. More

Security group stretching payment-card standards cycle to three years

June 22, 2010 The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council Tuesday announced it will begin moving to a three-year cycle related to the main technical standards it issues for protection of sensitive payment-card information, allowing merchants and others more time to adopt them. More

Salesforce releases its Facebook for business

June 22, 2010 Salesforce.com hopes its new Chatter product will give businesses something to talk about. After beta testing the collaboration service since February, the company says the product is ready for mainstream use. More

A look at iPhone cash and exchange deals

June 21, 2010 You may have heard there's a new iPhone hitting stores this week. If you're planning on buying one and still have your old iPhone, why not sell it? More

Analytics Projects Among IT Honorees

June 21, 2010 Several organizations won awards in this year's Computerworld Honors program for developing innovative ways to use data analytics to improve public services.More

Apple iOS 4 Download starts at what Time?

June 21, 2010 Apple will release the new iOS 4 today, June 21st. The big question for every iPhone and iPod touch user around the world is when Apple pulls the trigger and makes the iOS 4 update available. More

Changing the rules of the Digg game

June 21, 2010 A management shake-up, tepid traffic, and a hyped product revamp that still hasn't seen the light of day: Much has been made, lately, of the woes facing onetime social-news darling Digg. More

Data center upgrades demand attention now

June 21, 2010 School is out for summer, but it's time for IT executives to hit the books to prepare for a 2011 data center refresh that will deliver cost savings enabled by virtualization and flatter architectures with lower latency.More