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• Hadoop wins over enterprise IT, spurs talent crunch

  By Ann Bednarz | 13 February, 2012 22:26

  Hadoop is coming out of the shadows and into production in IT shops that are drawn to its ability to store, process and analyze extremely large volumes of data. But the relative newness of the open-source platform and a shortage of experienced Hadoop talent [link to sidebar TK] pose technical challenges that enterprise IT teams need to address.

• Iran blocks access to some outside websites, services

  By Gregg Keizer | 11 February, 2012 09:19

  The Iranian government has severed some citizens' connections to secure websites and services, including Twitter and Google's Gmail, according to reports by Iranians and network experts.

• FDA defends its monitoring of whistleblowers' email

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 11 February, 2012 07:41

  The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today said it monitored the private email accounts of nine agency whistleblowers starting in 2010 to determine whether any of them leaked confidential information to the public.

• Yahoo in another shakeup as chairman and directors depart

  By Sharon Gaudin | 09 February, 2012 10:31

  The shakeup at Yahoo continues.

• Yahoo ousts half its board

  By Cameron Scott | 08 February, 2012 10:04

  As part of an ongoing effort to recover from a downward spiral, Yahoo said on Tuesday that four board members, including its chairman, will step down.

• The rise of Node.js: JavaScript graduates to the server

  By Paul Krill | 07 February, 2012 22:11

  Although it is just three years old, Node.js is gaining traction as an application development platform, letting developers extend JavaScript beyond the browser and into servers. But questions remain about JavaScript's appropriateness on servers and developers' readiness to use it.

• Lawsuit raises questions about email privacy at work

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 03 February, 2012 23:24

  A recent lawsuit filed against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is drawing attention to the question of whether employees have a reasonable expectation of privacy when using personal email accounts on workplace computers.

• Wall Street Beat: Tech shines as earnings come in strong

  By Marc Ferranti | 28 January, 2012 07:43

  This week's tsunami of tech earnings, led by Apple's jaw-dropping quarterly report, has given market watchers something to cheer about and also points to industry shifts around tablets and cloud computing.

• Linux: A getting-started guide

  By Ian Paul | 01 February, 2012 01:54

  Are you fed up with Microsoft Windows and ready to give Linux a try? Here's how to get started. This guide for Linux discusses who the Linux OS is right for, what you need to get started, and how to turn your Windows PC into a dual-boot computer so you can have the best of both worlds - Linux and Windows.

• Great apps for BlackBerry

  By Armando Rodriguez and Ginny Mies | 29 November, 2011 01:51

  Navigating an app store can be tricky, with vague descriptions, dubious user reviews, and sometimes buggy apps. We searched for the best apps available.

• IN DEPTH: Defying the odds

  By Julia Talevski | 30 September, 2011 09:28

  The incredible - and inspiring - story of neuroscientist and Promethean chief science of education officer, Ramona Pierson

• Nokia and Yahoo team up: Does anyone care?

  By JR Raphael | 25 May, 2010 08:27

  Screw Android 2.2. Forget the new iPhone. Nokia and Yahoo have some news.

• The Microsoft-Yahoo deal: what it means for you

  By JR Raphael | 19 February, 2010 10:17

  Microsoft and Yahoo, I now pronounce you husband and wife.

• Google's leading, but where do other Web giants stand on IPv6?

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 05 February, 2010 08:01

  The most popular Web sites are under increasing pressure to add support for IPv6, a long-anticipated upgrade to IPv4, the Internet's main communications protocol.

• Top 10 technology stories of 2009

  By Marc Ferranti | 09 December, 2009 12:17

  The Great Recession cast a shadow on all sectors of the economy in 2009. IT fared better than most, however, and the slump did not curb the dynamic nature of the industry. Acquisitions among big vendors continued to reshape the market, operating-system wars extended to mobile battlefields, microblogging became a powerful source of real-time information, and the take-up of small, 'Net-connected devices was stronger than ever. Here, in no particular order, is the IDG News Service's pick of the top 10 technology stories of 2009.

• The 10 stupidest tech company blunders

  By Dan Tynan | 31 August, 2009 14:40

  Some of the biggest high-tech deals never happened. Some of the most promising products and services never came to be. Why? Because the people and companies involved didn't realize what they were letting slip through their fingers, or they simply couldn't foresee what would happen afterward.