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17 September 2013
News: Internet.org looks to 'Facebook for Every Phone'

The companies behind Internet.org, the organization formed by Facebook, Qualcomm and several others to bring the Internet to areas that still don't have it, released a document (PDF) yesterday detailing some of their plans for the initiative. One section stands out in particular, if only for its title – Facebook for Every Phone.
News: Reddit learns lesson, bans subreddit created to find Washington Navy Yard shooters

Reddit is being applauded for quickly nixing a subreddit dedicated to finding shooters involved in killing a dozen people Monday at Washington Navy Yard.
News: The great turnaround of the globally maligned SI

When Ramalinga Raju, the former Chairman of Satyam Computer Services, revealed in January 2009 that he had manipulated his company's accounts by $1.47 billion, it shocked the business world. It was the biggest corporate fraud in India's history.
News: How to approach partnership extension

Partnerships between vendors and systems integrators form an invaluable part of the value process for delivering solutions to enterprises. This is apparent no more so than in the Middle East, where local expertise is always sought to make an implementation a success.
News: Cloud-based DR: Recovery for all?

Unlike many IT solutions, disaster recovery is not a difficult one to explain. No knowledge awareness is necessary, and it doesn't take a whiteboard and several coffees to make management understand its purpose."
News: iStockphoto gets new logo and name

The stock media library is rebranding as iStock by Getty Images, with a new logo designed by Build.
News: Proposed changes to WHOIS system called 'extremely disquieting'

ICANN plan for closed domain name record system criticized over putting too much power into one group's hands
News: Bossies 2013: The Best of Open Source Software Awards

This year, the annual Bossie Awards recognize 120 of the best open source software for data centers and clouds, desktops and mobile devices, developers and IT pros
16 September 2013
Opinion: How to delete Gmail messages so they're truly gone

Reader Richard Applebaum wants deleted email messages really, truly deleted. He writes:
News: Box Notes brings streamlined document collaboration to Box

Box is hosting its third annual BoxWorks conference in San Francisco this week. One of the big announcements out of BoxWorks is the launch of a new service from Box called Box Notes.
News: Hong Kong slow to adopt flexible working

Thirty-six percent of workers in Hong Kong work remotely as compared to the global average of 48 percent, according to a newly released research report by global workplace provider Regus.
News: Take note: Box looks beyond cloud storage with note-taking app

Box, the Silicon Valley darling that has disrupted enterprise cloud storage and file sharing, will broaden its scope into the content-creation space with a new online note-taking application.
News: Jason Coleman to head Panasonic business sytems

Panasonic has appointed Jason Coleman to lead its business systems group.
News: MTC overcomes data lag with IT transformation

A lag in data transmission was causing issues at not-for-profit employment and training provider, MTC Australia, until it embarked on a data centralisation project.
14 September 2013
News: Consumer ignorance drives big jump in medical ID fraud

Medical records contaminated by the perpetrator 'could actually have severe impact,' says study's sponsor, Medical Identity Fraud Alliance
13 September 2013
News: Computer scientists take hats off to sports bookies

Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University say plowing through millions of tweets to gauge fan sentiment probably isn't going to help you make a mint betting on NFL games, though doing this themselves has given them newfound respect for sports bookies.
News: Microsoft working out kinks in Outlook.com's IMAP implementation

Getting Outlook.com to work with email client applications via IMAP is proving to be a challenge for some users of the Microsoft webmail service.
News: China Struggling to Compete in the IT Outsourcing Arena

The Chinese government has made no secret of the fact that it wants to compete with IT and business process outsourcing powerhouse India on the global outsourcing stage. In 2006, the country's Ministry of Commerce unveiled it's "1,000-100-10 Project" with aimed to double China's services export by establishing 10 outsourcing hubs, attracting 100 multinationals to its shores, and developing 1,000 local vendors capable of meeting the demands of international customers.
News: Pentaho Addresses Data Blending with Updated Business Analytics Platform

Once you've addressed storing and visualizing your data assets, the next step in harnessing the power of big data is blending operational data with data from other sources. Pentaho is seeking to smooth the path for organizations looking to do so with its new Business Analytics 5.0 platform.
News: New Java feature aims to manage multiple version problems

Admins now can link apps to a specific version of programming language