http://www.cio.com/ en (c) Copyright 2009 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:05:04 GMT 2009-11-08T17:05:04Z en (c) Copyright 2009 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cio.com/article/506926/Update_Fixes_IPhone_Sync_Problem_with_Windows_7_for_Some?source=rss_infrastructure Gigabyte Technology issued a BIOS update on Friday that fixes a problem for some Windows 7 users who have been unable to sync their iPhones. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Nancy Gohring <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506926/Update_Fixes_IPhone_Sync_Problem_with_Windows_7_for_Some?source=rss_infrastructure 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506920/Exchange_2010_Why_I_m_Using_It_to_Say_Bye_Bye_BlackBerry?source=rss_infrastructure Here's how one company is using Exchange 2010 as a cost-saving tool to wean users off RIM BlackBerry smartphones and onto Windows Mobile 6.5. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Shane O'Neill <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506920/Exchange_2010_Why_I_m_Using_It_to_Say_Bye_Bye_BlackBerry?source=rss_infrastructure 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506924/Four_Reasons_to_Buy_and_One_Reason_to_Avoid_the_Droid?source=rss_infrastructure The general consensus on the Motorola Droid is that while it's a very strong device, it still doesn't match the iPhone. Here are four reasons to buy (and one reason to avoid) this new entry in the smarthone market. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Brad Reed and Matt Hamblen <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506924/Four_Reasons_to_Buy_and_One_Reason_to_Avoid_the_Droid?source=rss_infrastructure 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506923/Data_Center_Start_Up_Offers_Energy_Saving_Software?source=rss_infrastructure A data center start-up is exiting stealth mode with technology that reduces power and cooling costs by analyzing the energy consumption of IT equipment and applications. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Jon Brodkin <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506923/Data_Center_Start_Up_Offers_Energy_Saving_Software?source=rss_infrastructure 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506921/US_Lawmakers_Propose_Changes_in_Telecom_Subsidies?source=rss_infrastructure Two U.S. lawmakers have proposed legislation that would allow money from a huge fund that subsidizes telephone and mobile service to parts of the U.S. to also go for broadband deployment. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Grant Gross <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506921/US_Lawmakers_Propose_Changes_in_Telecom_Subsidies?source=rss_infrastructure 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506919/Microsoft_Office_Battles_Google_in_the_Cloud?source=rss_infrastructure When Microsoft releases the next version of its productivity suite, Office 2010, it will be into a very different competitive landscape than the one Office 2007 faced in late 2006. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Elizabeth Montalbano <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506919/Microsoft_Office_Battles_Google_in_the_Cloud?source=rss_infrastructure 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506918/Droid_Launch_Draws_Tech_Savvy_Crowd_to_Verizon_Store?source=rss_infrastructure More than 20 people waited in line for the 7 a.m. opening of a Boston-area Verizon Wireless store to buy the new Motorola Droid smartphone. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Matt Hamblen <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506918/Droid_Launch_Draws_Tech_Savvy_Crowd_to_Verizon_Store?source=rss_infrastructure 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506915/Birth_of_the_Droid_Fanboy?source=rss_infrastructure It had to happen eventually. The launch of Motorola's Droid makes room for a new kind of fanboy in the tech world: The Droid fanboy, armed at last with a phone that fits with any anti-iPhone lifestyle. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Jared Newman <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506915/Birth_of_the_Droid_Fanboy?source=rss_infrastructure 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506914/Cloud_Computing_Virtualization_Proponents_Getting_Antsy?source=rss_infrastructure While many organizations have only begun down the cloud computing and virtualization roads in the past few years, some in the industry can't wait to take these technologies to the next level. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Bob Brown <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506914/Cloud_Computing_Virtualization_Proponents_Getting_Antsy?source=rss_infrastructure 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506906/Has_Microsoft_Placed_Its_Last_Mobile_Bet_?source=rss_infrastructure When Microsoft first started talking about building mobile-phone software back in the late 1990s, handset makers that had been in the market for years scoffed. Sure, Microsoft was a huge software developer, but making software for mobile devices is different and more complicated than for PCs, they argued. After all, by the late '90s, some companies had already spent decades developing their mobile platforms. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Nancy Gohring <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506906/Has_Microsoft_Placed_Its_Last_Mobile_Bet_?source=rss_infrastructure 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506905/Microsoft_Battles_on_in_Mobile_Search_and_the_Cloud?source=rss_infrastructure As Microsoft launches Windows 7 and seeks to banish the ghost of its less-than-successful Vista OS, it is fighting to defend its primacy as the world's leading software company. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT IDG News Service staff <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506905/Microsoft_Battles_on_in_Mobile_Search_and_the_Cloud?source=rss_infrastructure 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506883/Gumblar_Malware_s_Home_Domain_is_Active_Again?source=rss_infrastructure ScanSafe researchers are seeing renewed activity regarding Gumblar, a multifunctional piece of malware that spreads by attacking PCs visiting hacked Web pages. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Jeremy Kirk <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506883/Gumblar_Malware_s_Home_Domain_is_Active_Again?source=rss_infrastructure 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506882/Developer_Finds_Major_Coding_Errors_in_Facebook_MySpace?source=rss_infrastructure Social-networking sites MySpace and Facebook have apparently fixed coding errors that could have allowed an attacker access to all of their users' data and photos. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT IDG News Service staff <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506882/Developer_Finds_Major_Coding_Errors_in_Facebook_MySpace?source=rss_infrastructure 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506892/Touchscreen_Mobiles_See_159_Growth?source=rss_infrastructure Touchscreen mobile phone adoption in the US has shown a significant 159 percent growth rate during the past year to 23.8 million users in August 2009. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Lexton Snol <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506892/Touchscreen_Mobiles_See_159_Growth?source=rss_infrastructure 2009-11-05T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506891/Touchscreen_Mobiles_See_159_Growth?source=rss_infrastructure Touchscreen mobile phone adoption in the US has shown a significant 159 percent growth rate during the past year to 23.8 million users in August 2009. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Lexton Snol <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506891/Touchscreen_Mobiles_See_159_Growth?source=rss_infrastructure 2009-11-05T05:00:00Z