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  • Google Now, Hangouts feel here, there and everywhere

    By Matt Hamblen | 18 May, 2013 11:11

    Google this week unleashed a blizzard of updates and improvements that fundamentally change -- and radically improve -- how we get information and communicate.

  • No more Adobe Dreamweaver, so how about Xara Web Designer?

    By Mark Gibbs | 16 May, 2013 22:14

    If you're doing serious Web content engineering you might well choose an all-singing, all-dancing product such as Adobe's Dreamweaver. The latest version of Dreamweaver in Adobe's Creative Suite 6 (released just over a year ago) was really impressive with new features such as an improved user interface, support for jQuery UI widgets, better cascading style sheet Version 3 support and support for PhoneGap. All in all, a very cool and comprehensive Web development platform.

  • Smartphones need genius infrastructure

    By Andrea Bradshaw, senior director and general manager, mobility solutions, CDW | 14 May, 2013 18:08

    Until roughly six years ago, mobile computers and telephones were really separate things. "Mobile computing" meant laptops -- maybe with broadband wireless for some lucky executives. "Telephone" meant communication device. "Convergence" meant putting your cellphone into your computer bag to go through airport security.

  • The International Space Station Goes Linux and RunRev goes open source

    By Mark Gibbs | 10 May, 2013 14:12

    On the ISS, Linux is in and XP is out and open source is the way of the future

  • Why your next big IT project is doomed

    By Mark Gibbs | 09 May, 2013 16:25

    Have you had a IT project go astray? Maybe you were lucky and it was a brief hiccup with minimal financial consequences. Or maybe you had a disaster of biblical proportions, such as the one that befell Levi Strauss in 2008.

  • Career advice: Are certs worthwhile?

    By Gary Hensley | 06 May, 2013 14:41

    Premier 100 IT Leader Gary Hensley also answers questions on transitioning to the security field and becoming a leader.

  • Time is now for Internet retail tax

    By John Dix | 06 May, 2013 11:14

    On the face of it, the bill the Senate is considering to levy taxes on Internet retailers simply makes sense. The states are strapped for cash and we have a bifurcated system that requires local brick and mortar outlets to ante up while letting out of state online retailers off scot free.

  • Thornton May: Stalking the elusive data scientist

    By Thornton A. May | 06 May, 2013 10:08

    Since it is virtually impossible to find all needed analytical skills resident in the same human being, it might be wise to adopt an 'ensemble' approach to your organization's deficit in those skills. Insider (registration required)

  • Scot Finnie: A call for mobile innovation

    By Scot Finnie | 06 May, 2013 10:08

    A lot more innovation is desperately needed for mobile hardware design and platforms. Are Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft up to the task?

  • Enterprise vendors: There's no such thing as product secrecy any more

    By Mark Gibbs | 06 May, 2013 05:50

    Some enterprise vendors try to keep what they are offering away from what they think might be the wrong eyes. This is never a good idea.

  • Bottle sent to say sorry about trademark whine

    By Paul McNamara | 06 May, 2013 05:50

    All’s well that ends well, right? I mean especially when, as here, that ending comes complete with a bottle of wine and a box of Twix candy bars. … Maybe.

  • Pneuron, an outstanding enterprise data infrastructure solution

    By Mark Gibbs | 02 May, 2013 22:24

    How would you like to build a global enterprise-scale data access infrastructure? A daunting prospect, yes? Imagine creating a system that could make any subset of any significant data resource in your organization available where it's needed without incurring insane implementation and maintenance costs ... sounds too good to be true?

  • Mobile is magic for small business

    By Jill Billhorn, CDW vice president, small business | 29 April, 2013 23:15

    With the increasing convenience and availability of mobile technology, small businesses are finding it easier to compete. The Small Business Mobility Report by CDW found that nearly all respondents -- 94% -- agreed that their use of mobile devices for work tasks has made them more efficient. This efficiency boost grants small businesses an opportunity to extend reach and increase productivity without emptying the piggy bank.

  • Directly connected to the Internet of Things

    By Mark Gibbs | 25 April, 2013 22:21

    Last week here in Backspin I discussed how real-world "things" that aren't easily augmented with digital instrumentation, such as bicycles, cars and even dogs, can be indirectly connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) using physical ID tags and online proxies. This is, as I pointed out, a powerful concept.

  • Windows 8 Update: transition from Android to Windows Phone made easier

    By Tim Greene | 24 April, 2013 16:12

    Microsoft figures customers will be more likely to switch from Android smartphones to Windows 8 phones if it makes it easier to find the same or similar apps for their new phone as were on their old phones.

  • Kenneth van Wyk: Making safer iOS apps

    By Kenneth van Wyk | 23 April, 2013 14:02

    There still seem to be a lot of security flaws in iOS apps, but new tools could help fix that.

  • Paul Glen: How to deal with a toxic team

    By Paul Glen | 22 April, 2013 10:04

    Five warning signs can warn you that your project team has turned toxic.

  • Software licensing in the cloud

    By Thomas J. Trappler | 18 April, 2013 20:51

    Someone at my seminar in Los Angeles last month asked about challenges that the cloud poses for software licensing. That's such a broad and complex topic that it could warrant an entire seminar of its own. But this column can at least provide an overview of the issues.

  • Limiting the feds' snooping

    By Preston Gralla | 09 April, 2013 16:22

    Recent developments could portend the demise of National Security Letters, which allow the FBI to get private customer information without a judge's approval.

  • Why business cards still beat 'the bump'

    By Paul McNamara | 08 April, 2013 05:29

    Marketing consultant Mark Schaefer recently published a blog post headlined: "The best digital business idea that just never worked." It's about being at the SXSW conference recently and noticing that even that collection of digerati remains stubbornly dependent upon paper: paper programs, paper posters, paper flyers and paper name tags.

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