http://www.cio.com/ en (c) Copyright 2009 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:53:35 GMT 2009-07-10T06:53:35Z en (c) Copyright 2009 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cio.com/article/496898/Forrester_Expands_software_Bill_of_Rights_ Rampant vendor consolidation, the rise of SaaS (software as a service) and other factors have prompted Forrester Research to add 11 entries to its "Enterprise Software Licensee's Bill of Rights," a list of privileges the analyst firm believes customers should be entitled to throughout the software selection, implementation and production lifecycle. Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Chris Kanaracus <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496898/Forrester_Expands_software_Bill_of_Rights_ 2009-07-08T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496885/Imagine_Cup_Winners_Design_Software_to_Solve_Global_Problems Microsoft wrapped up its seventh annual Imagine Cup and announced the worldwide winners of the challenge Tuesday. At the four-day event in Cairo, Romania&#8217;s Team SYTECH won the coveted software design award, South Korea&#8217;s Team Wafree won for embedded development and Brazil&#8217;s Team LEVV It won the game development contest. Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Nick Barber <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496885/Imagine_Cup_Winners_Design_Software_to_Solve_Global_Problems 2009-07-08T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496878/Health_._Meets_Government_Stimulus How the government will reimburse healthcare $34 billion for its investments in information technology. Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Steve Patterson <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496878/Health_._Meets_Government_Stimulus 2009-07-08T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496880/Motorola_to_Cut_More_Jobs_in_Mobile_Division Struggling Motorola is laying off 74 more workers from its mobile-phone division. Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Nancy Gohring <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496880/Motorola_to_Cut_More_Jobs_in_Mobile_Division 2009-07-08T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496840/PayPal_to_Open_Platform_to_Third_Party_Developers PayPal will soon open up its platform to third-party developers, allowing them to build applications with a range of money transfer options. Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Jeremy Kirk <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496840/PayPal_to_Open_Platform_to_Third_Party_Developers 2009-07-08T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496892/Opinion_Music_Pirate_Mom_Deserves_a_New_Trial Attorneys for Jammie Thomas-Rasset, a Minnesota mother of four slapped with a $1.92 million fine by a federal jury last month for illegally downloading 24 songs, have filed a request for a new trial. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Jeff Bertolucci <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496892/Opinion_Music_Pirate_Mom_Deserves_a_New_Trial 2009-07-07T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496891/Broadband_Growth_Seen_Slowing_Shifting_to_Asia Nearly 650 million households will have broadband Internet service by 2013, but the growth rate of high-speed access will slow between now and then, research company Parks Associates predicted on Tuesday. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Stephen Lawson <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496891/Broadband_Growth_Seen_Slowing_Shifting_to_Asia 2009-07-07T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496746/Speed_Up_Your_Windows_XP_Netbook Most modern desktops and laptops have power to spare, but netbooks are notoriously pokey. Consequently, you should turn off any operating-system features that can make your Lilliputian PC even slower. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Rick Broida <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496746/Speed_Up_Your_Windows_XP_Netbook 2009-07-07T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496743/VMware_Offering_safe_Passage_to_Virtual_Iron_Users VMware is trying to exploit uncertainty among customers of Virtual Iron, the virtualization vendor recently acquired by Oracle, with a new "safe passage" plan that offers Virtual Iron users steep discounts on certain VMware products if they switch. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Chris Kanaracus <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496743/VMware_Offering_safe_Passage_to_Virtual_Iron_Users 2009-07-07T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496728/VMware_Offering_safe_Passage_to_Virtual_Iron_Users VMware is trying to exploit uncertainty among customers of Virtual Iron, the virtualization vendor recently acquired by Oracle, with a new "safe passage" plan that offers Virtual Iron users steep discounts on certain VMware products if they switch. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Chris Kanaracus <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496728/VMware_Offering_safe_Passage_to_Virtual_Iron_Users 2009-07-07T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496755/Yahoo_Enhances_and_Broadens_Access_to_Search_Pad_Tool Yahoo will significantly expand on Tuesday the number of people who can test its Search Pad service, an online notebook for saving and sharing notes, links and Web site content when conducting research using the company's search engine. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Juan Carlos Perez <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496755/Yahoo_Enhances_and_Broadens_Access_to_Search_Pad_Tool 2009-07-06T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496665/Survey_IT_Pros_Are_Optimistic_About_Bigger_Budgets_Next_Year While most IT network professionals report modest cutbacks in spending this year vs. last year, they seem optimistic that will change for the better next year, according to an early look at an ongoing study from The Info Pro consultancy. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Tim Greene <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496665/Survey_IT_Pros_Are_Optimistic_About_Bigger_Budgets_Next_Year 2009-07-06T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496647/Some_Oracle_Users_Irked_About_Support_Site_Switch Oracle is planning to retire its MetaLink support portal in favor of its successor, My Oracle Support, and some customers are not happy about it. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Chris Kanaracus <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496647/Some_Oracle_Users_Irked_About_Support_Site_Switch 2009-07-06T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496623/Netscape_Founder_Seeks_to_Fund_Next_Gates_Jobs An icon of the dot-com boom is seeking the next big thing in technology, along with the next great leader. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Jared Newman <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496623/Netscape_Founder_Seeks_to_Fund_Next_Gates_Jobs 2009-07-06T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496578/IT_Services_Account_Managers_Planning_Globally_Acting_Locally Disenfranchisement, not centralization, is what bothers users most about dealing with IT. Account managers are a way to address that. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT George Tillmann <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496578/IT_Services_Account_Managers_Planning_Globally_Acting_Locally 2009-07-05T04:00:00Z