Monday, April 8, 2013

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Between The Lines Columnist Windows 8 Doubt: 3 Ways Touch Won't Help
By Kevin Casey
Windows 8 emphasizes touchscreen capabilities, but there are several scenarios where I see little benefit for information workers.

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Baseball Meets Internet Of Things: Bye, Bad Umpires?
Will sensors come to bats and gloves? Bad umpiring could be a thing of the past if baseball equipment becomes a part of the Internet of Things.

Smartphone Maps While Driving Banned In California
Recent court decision in California makes it illegal to check smartphone maps except in cases of hands-free, voice-guided navigation.

Why Tech Projects Fail: 5 Unspoken Reasons
Today's IT groups make too many ROI guesstimates and have too little accountability, says this financial industry IT exec, in debut column for InformationWeek.

IT Needs To Think Like Sales
You don't need to always be closing, but you should always be challenging.

20 People Who Changed Tech: Marconi And Tesla
In this sixth installment in our series, Howard Anderson profiles the pioneers of radio.

Don't Confuse Big Data With Storage
A large part of big data management is knowing what data to analyze, what to back up and what to dump, says disaster recovery expert.

5 Ways To Avoid Costly Cloud Surprises
How can you avoid cost overruns with infrastructure as a service (IaaS) from Amazon and other cloud services? Cloudability and Cloudyn share tips.

Database Customers Hold A Strong Hand
Our 2013 State of Database Technology Survey shows IT teams finally gaining leverage thanks to cloud, virtualization, open source.

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HTC One Delay Costly: Profit Drops 98%
HTC earned just $2.83 million in the first quarter, its smallest-ever profit.

Facebook Home: Visual Tour
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Bob Metcalfe Plans Ethernet's 40th
The 'Father of Ethernet' comes back to PARC, the scene of the crime, to talk about Ethernet's future -- including a 40th birthday bash in May.   Watch

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InformationWeek 2013 State Of The Data Center Survey
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