http://www.cio.com/ en (c) Copyright 2009 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:40:36 GMT 2009-11-22T22:40:36Z en (c) Copyright 2009 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cio.com/article/508448/Global_Warming_Research_Exposed_After_Hack?source=rss_news An anonymous hacker has posted private e-mails, files and other documents belonging to a noted climate researcher, sparking an international debate between skeptics of global warming and those who see it as an urgent problem. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Robert McMillan <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/508448/Global_Warming_Research_Exposed_After_Hack?source=rss_news 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/508447/Chrome_Shines_Gore_Opines_Staffs_Decline?source=rss_news Google's Chrome OS captured a lot of headlines and hype this week after the company invited the media in to have a look-see, setting off a whole lot of opinions about whether it will be any good. Microsoft, predictably, doesn't think so. Otherwise, Al Gore offered his opinion on the role supercomputers can play to quell climate change, and for the first time we can recollect there were not one, but two, cat-related IT stories that caught our attention. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Nancy Weil <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/508447/Chrome_Shines_Gore_Opines_Staffs_Decline?source=rss_news 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/508446/Silicon_Valley_Abuzz_About_Tech_Video_That_Lets_You_Command_a_Computer_With_Gestures?source=rss_news No mouse, no keyboard, no computer screen. It's all about hand gestures. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Tom Kaneshige <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/508446/Silicon_Valley_Abuzz_About_Tech_Video_That_Lets_You_Command_a_Computer_With_Gestures?source=rss_news 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/508445/Two_Approaches_to_NFC_Battle_for_French_Hearts_and_Mobiles?source=rss_news Two competing approaches to equipping mobile phones with contactless communications capabilities vied for supporters at the Cartes exhibition in Paris this week. Either approach could turn phones into self-service electronic tour guides, travel tickets or secure payment terminals. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Peter Sayer <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/508445/Two_Approaches_to_NFC_Battle_for_French_Hearts_and_Mobiles?source=rss_news 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/508438/Palm_Pixi_Smartphones_Now_Just_25?source=rss_news You can now buy the brand-spanking-new Palm Pixi smartphone for just $25. Onlie reports say Amazon and Wal-Mart have slashed the original retail of $100 by 75%, less than a week after Palm's second webOS phone went on sale at Sprint, which still holds to the original price. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT John Cox <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/508438/Palm_Pixi_Smartphones_Now_Just_25?source=rss_news 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/508437/FCC_Internet_Program_for_Deaf_Cheated_Out_of_Millions?source=rss_news In court the Federal Communications Commission has charged 26 people with defrauding the agency of &#8220;tens of millions of dollars&#8221; from its program that lets people with hearing disabilities to communicate with hearing individuals through the use of interpreters and Web cameras. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Michael Cooney <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/508437/FCC_Internet_Program_for_Deaf_Cheated_Out_of_Millions?source=rss_news 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/508436/Judge_Sets_Schedule_for_Google_Book_Search_Case?source=rss_news The judge in the copyright infringement case pitting the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) against Google and its book search program has set a date for the final hearing on the parties' controversial settlement proposal. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Juan Carlos Perez <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/508436/Judge_Sets_Schedule_for_Google_Book_Search_Case?source=rss_news 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/508435/Twitter_Geotagging_What_You_Need_to_Know?source=rss_news Lost amid Thursday's Chrome OS hype was the official launch of Twitter's geotagging feature. Twitter's newest feature allows you to embed your location in the 140-character messages you send out to the world. Whenever you send a tweet with your location information, users will see a map pin at the bottom of your message. Clicking on the pin reveals a Google Map with your location. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Ian Paul <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/508435/Twitter_Geotagging_What_You_Need_to_Know?source=rss_news 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/508434/AT_T_s_Anti_Verizon_Ad_is_a_Stinker?source=rss_news For some reason, Luke Wilson is taking AT&T's side in the 3G coverage wars, appearing in a new ad that retaliates against Verizon Wireless' stinging assault. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Jared Newman <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/508434/AT_T_s_Anti_Verizon_Ad_is_a_Stinker?source=rss_news 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/508433/Twitter_Turns_on_Geolocation_Functionality?source=rss_news Twitter is now allowing its externally built applications to provide geolocation features to end users, after announcing its intention to do so in August. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Juan Carlos Perez <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/508433/Twitter_Turns_on_Geolocation_Functionality?source=rss_news 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/508432/Salesforce_Chatter_Collaboration_Tool_Or_Social_Network_?source=rss_news If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and walks like a duck, it probably is a duck. That is, unless you're Salesforce.com, and you're talking about its new Chatter application. While observers have looked at features like profiles, status updates, Twitter and Facebook integration as proof that Chatter is an enterprise-grade social network, the company and its executives are taking pains to call it something else -- a "social platform," or, as carefully noted by Salesforce CEO and co-founder Marc Benioff, a collaboration tool: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Ian Lamont <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/508432/Salesforce_Chatter_Collaboration_Tool_Or_Social_Network_?source=rss_news 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/508430/Some_Nook_E_Readers_Won_t_Make_it_for_the_Holidays_Either?source=rss_news Just two days after Sony said that its wireless e-reader, the Daily Edition, might not make it to buyers before the end of the year, Barnes & Noble said its Nook e-reader is sold out. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Nancy Gohring <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/508430/Some_Nook_E_Readers_Won_t_Make_it_for_the_Holidays_Either?source=rss_news 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/508429/Google_s_Chrome_OS_Hits_BitTorrent?source=rss_news Chrome OS, the operating system that Google released to open source yesterday, has been compiled and posted for download on several file-sharing sites, Internet searches showed. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Gregg Keizer <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/508429/Google_s_Chrome_OS_Hits_BitTorrent?source=rss_news 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/508428/Google_Chrome_OS_Everything_You_Need_to_Know?source=rss_news Google finally unveiled its Chrome operating system, promising a cloud-based OS that will be fast, simple and secure on netbooks. CIO.com's Shane O'Neill rounds up the latest Chrome OS reviews and news analysis stories. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Shane O'Neill <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/508428/Google_Chrome_OS_Everything_You_Need_to_Know?source=rss_news 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/508424/IPhone_Owners_Demand_to_See_Apple_Source_Code?source=rss_news iPhone owners charging Apple and AT&T with breaking antitrust laws asked a federal judge this week to force Apple to hand over the iPhone source code, court documents show. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Gregg Keizer <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/508424/IPhone_Owners_Demand_to_See_Apple_Source_Code?source=rss_news 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z