Opinion

Your Smartphone Is a Spy for the Government

Tens of thousands of times a year, federal courts issue orders to let the government obtain cell phone and email records — and they do it in secret. What happened to our right to privacy?

3 Steps to Creating an Innovation-Friendly Workplace

Frank Wander, founder of the IT Excellence Institute and a former Fortune 250 CIO, shares his best practices for fostering innovation among your IT ranks

Finding the Talent Your Business Needs

How CIOs are meeting the challenge of a small high-tech pool by making the most of the teams they have

NKU Grads Get High-Tech Education, Jobs

Northern Kentucky University built a new high-tech building, Griffin Hall, to host students in tech-related majors and the employers who may hire them

How to Succeed in Business: Award-Winning IT Innovation

IDG Enterprise CEO Michael Friendenberg finds that the 25th annual class of CIO 100 winners exemplify organizations that know how to succeed in business in even a challenging economic climate

How the 2012 CIO 100 Winners Fight Risk With Innovation

CIO magazine editor in chief Maryfran Johnson discusses some of this year’s CIO 100 winners and how their projects protected companies against big risks

ChargeCard: The Smartphone Charger That Fits in Your Wallet

The ChargeCard is a credit-card shaped mobile-device charger that plugs into a USB power source for charging and syncing, and it’s available for iPhones and all devices with micro USB ports.

Cybersecurity News Roundup: Siemens Plugs Stuxnet Holes; Gamigo Loses 8M IDs; AC/DC Rocks Iran Nuke Facility

This week’s IT security news roundup features stories on Siemens’ efforts to patch holes that could have led to Stuxnet-like attacks; new Android malware hidden inside the Opera Mini browser; an AC/DC-themed attack on an Iranian Nuclear Agency; Syria

Why the Latest Senate Cybersecurity Bill is a Joke

A new version of the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protect Act (CISPA) is about to be put to vote in the U.S. Senate., and it could very well pass. But the modified bill is no better than earlier versions, according to CIO.com blogger

Top 3 iPad, iPhone Apps for Summer 2012

Every few months CIO.com mobile-apps blogger James A. Martin rounds up his favorite new apps. The iOS apps featured here in his summer 2012 showcase are sure to boost your productivity and social-media savvy.

Connect 3 Displays to 1 PC with the Matrox TripleHead2Go Adapter

The Matrox TripleHead2Go DP Edition adapter lets you quickly connect up to three different displays to your laptop’s DisplayPort output.

How Big Is Apple?

Did you know Apple’s annual revenue matches the GDP of New Zealand? Here are other fun facts.

Mobile WorkHorse Wins ASBPE Gold Award for Best Blog

CIO.com’s Mobile WorkHorse blog is the American Society of Business Publication Editors’ 2012 Gold Azbee award blog of the year.

RIM Posts Q&A with BlackBerry CIO Robin Bienfait

RIM’s CIO Robin Bienfait spoke with a BlackBerry social media manager to answer questions from company’s enterprise customers about the future of BlackBerry business services.

One Cheap and Easy Thing All Companies Can Do to Boost Security

Event logs are the basic text of what happens in your corporate systems. So why do so many companies ignore them?

Nike+ Run-Tracking App for iOS, Android is Sleek and Easy to Use

Nike recently gave its Nike+ iPhone running app a significant overhaul and released an Android version too (finally). The result is a much-improved GPS/exercise-tracking app that goes the distance.

Facial Recognition Abuse Is Bad, Government Regulation Even Worse

Congress is making noises about regulating facial recognition software and other abuses of privacy. Instead of having the government damage the technology industry with too much regulation, vote with your feet and boycott sites that abuse facial reco

KeyFolio Pro 2 Case for iPad Packs Best-in-Class Portable Keyboard

The $100 Kensington KeyFolio Pro 2 is a faux-leather case and tablet stand with one of the best portable iPad keyboards on the market, according to CIO.com blogger Paul Mah.

Amazon Faces Commodity Cloud Competition

Until recently, Amazon Web Services stood alone among commodity cloud service providers. Then Microsoft and Google stepped in. The world will never be the same, columnist Bernard Golden says.

Enabling the Mobile Workforce

Slick B&W Desktop Speakers Pack Big Sound—and a Bigger Price Tag

The Bowers & Wilkins MM-1 Speakers are compact, great-looking and they deliver high-quality audio, but the $500 price tag is sure to turn off some potential owners.

Cybersecurity News Roundup: Huge Botnet Shut Down; Dropbox Hack; and Wall St. Tech Recruiter Attacked

This week’s IT security news roundup features stories on the shutdown of the world’s third-largest spam botnet; a possible hack of the Dropbox cloud-storage service; a Wall St. IT recruiting site that was attacked; and more.

AT&T Jumps on Shared Data Bandwagon with Confusing Choices

AT&T and Verizon are pushing customers toward shared data plans and AT&T’s new shared options are a tangled web indeed. For most people, such plans are not a good deal, but in some cases they can give you an advantage.

Camera Zoom FX for Android is Not Just Another Goofy Image-Editing App

The feature-packed Camera Zoom FX app for Android has a ton of valuable photography features, filters, and effects, and it’s well worth the current $3 price tag, according to CIO.com blogger James A. Martin.

Build A High-Performance EA Practice

As the pace of change continues to accelerate in an increasingly complex business environment, organizations need to thoroughly understand how their business operates and plan the technology-fueled business transformation they’ll need in the future.

Creators of Mahdi Spyware are an Embarrassment to Malware Makers Everywhere

The people behind the new “Mahdi,” or “Madi,” malware should be ashamed of themselves. Not for creating malware, but because Mahdi is embarrassingly ineffective, according to security researchers.

Slow PC? It May Be Your Browser’s Fault

Internet Explorer may not be the world’s coolest browser, but when it comes to memory usage, Microsoft’s browser is a veritable miser compared to the Firefox and Pale Moon browsers. Here’s how to speed up your browsing and your PC.

Windows 8 Birthday Is Official: October 26

Windows 8, the first version of Windows designed to work on touch tablets, will be available to customers on October 26, whether in upgrade fashion or on a new PC.

Apple’s iPad, iPhone, iPod: What’s in a Name?

The “iPad Mini” could do more harm than good to the iPad brand. So why not make it a big iPod Touch?

Dumping Facebook: Why More People Are Leaving

A report from Capstone Investments finds that the number Facebook users has declined over the last several months. Have your habits changed?