Opinion

Finding Deals: iPad 2 Prices Slide as Apple Unveils New iPad

It didn’t take long for retailers to slice the price of the iPad 2 by $100. CIO.com blogger Bill Snyder highlights iPad 2 bargains from Apple, Best Buy, Amazon and more.

It’s Time To Kill Your IT Strategy

The days of developing a technology strategy that aligns to business strategy need to be behind us. Today’s CIOs must focus on business strategy.

Enterprise Version of Windows 8 Focuses on Security

If it works as promised you may want to skip 7 all together

Does the iPhone 4S Suddenly Support 4G?

An Apple bug showing 4G connectivity on an iPhone does little to earn the trust of consumers in the post-Steve Jobs era.

Software Is Your Business

Forrsights survey data to help bust ‘No Software’ and ‘Software Development’s Not Important’ myths.

The Real Reason Apple Called the Latest iPad the ‘New iPad’

Apple’s new iPad is called…the “new iPad.” That’s for good reason—at least from Apple’s perspective–and not just for simplicity’s sake, according to CIO.com’s Al Sacco.

Apple’s Lion Is a Resource and Security Nightmare

As the Mac starts to make inroads back into the enterprise, Apple faces a major problem — one that roars like a Lion. Its current operating system is a disaster from an IT management perspective.

Windows 8: Enterprise Features Could Set Tablets Apart

Windows 8 adoption on PCs and tablets will be a tall order for Microsoft. But proven enterprise support and the security and networking features built into Windows 8 may give the OS an advantage over consumer-focused Macs, iPads and Android tablets.

How Big Data Can Reduce Big Risk

Using predictive analytics to forecast IT failures is itself fraught with difficulty. But combined with artful human intervention, the tools can work.

Boost Your iPhone’s Audio-Recording Quality with LiveAction Mic

The Belkin LiveAction Mic is a battery-powered microphone that works with the iPhone and enables the iOS device to record better quality audio than its built-in microphone.

iPhone Camera App ‘Awesomeizes’ Your Photography

An application with “awesome” in its title had better be, well, pretty amazing. The free Camera Awesome iOS app, which puts all sorts of photography tools in your hands, mostly lives up to its name.

HP’s Power Announcements and Missed Opportunities

HP recently unveiled products ranging from servers to thin clients to workstations. However, the real power in these announcements isn’t in each one. It is in the collective power they represnt. The question, according to CIO.com columnist Rob Enderl

Windows 8 Consumer Preview: Love, Hate and Everything in Between

Here’s a roundup of the vast and various reactions to the Windows 8 Consumer Preview version, released last week.

Cops Get Last Laugh as LulzSec, Anonymous, Antisec Learn Truth About Honor and Thieves

Leader rolls over on troops faster than a kitten playing with a ball of yarn

Email Up to 30 Images at Once with Kicksend for iPhone

The iPhone’s iOS software only lets you email up to five photos at a time. But the free Kicksend application blows past that limitation.

Windows 8: Attention Consumers, Do NOT Download It Yet

Microsoft is inviting consumers to be unpaid beta testers of a not-yet-finished operating system. But for the average PC user, the Windows 8 Consumer Preview is intimidatingly different. It’s also buggy enough to give you headaches. Wait until it’s f

Surprise! Free PlayBook Dev Promo Yields Few Quality BlackBerry Apps

Despite RIM VP of Developer Relations Alec Saunders’s recent critical comments about RIM-rival app stores from Apple and Google being filled with countless duplicate mobile applications, the BlackBerry maker is now dealing with a unique app-quality i

FAVI Mini Projector Lets You Pack a 100-Inch Display in a Laptop Bag

The FAVI Mini Projector is a portable LED projector that weighs less than a pound and works with a wide range of input sources, as well as USB flash memory or an SD card.

How Consumerization of IT Affects Product Design

As consumerization of IT continues to gain ground in the enterprise it is driving change in professional expectations and what IT must do to deliver on those requirements, having direct affect on how all OEMs design and develop their products.

Dragon Speech-to-Text iOS App Makes Dictation a Dream

Nuance’s Dragon Remote Microphone app for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad lets you transform spoken words into text along with a desktop PC or Mac application. Despite CIO.com blogger James A. Martin having both a cold and a Southern drawl, he foun

Synology DS212 NAS: Affordable Data Protection for Individuals, SMBs

The Synology DS212 is a full-featured, dual-bay network attached storage (NAS) device that offers a solid feature set and data mirroring without breaking the bank.

Malware Hijacks Banks Live Chat Sessions To Steal Info

Also in the news: U.S. sponsors contest to prove it can use Twitter to track fugitives and Mozilla lets users see which advertisers are tracking them

Google’s New Privacy Policy Highlights Need for Better Settings

Google’s updated privacy policy–which allows the company to share information about you across all of its services–has drawn criticism worldwide. Here’s how its changes affect your online identity and why Google now needs to focus on making its pri

Android Security Hole of the Week (and a Pile of New Mobile Malware Stats)

An Android security flaw that could let malicious apps steal images from users’ devices was uncovered within days of the release of some frightening new mobile security stats, which spotlight Android as the mobile OS of choice for attackers.

AMD and SeaMicro on the Edge of Glory

AMD’s SeaMicro acquisition could redefine the server market and position AMD to surpass Intel in the next technology wave, writes CIO.com columnist Rob Enderle.

Secret Messages Inside Apple Invites

Apple’s manic attention to detail isn’t reserved only for design, it trickles into its major event invitations. So what secret messages are hidden in the latest invite to the March 7 iPad event?

How BYOD Will Affect Your Staffing

How A Few CIOs Use The Crummy Economy And A Bit of Data To Accelerate IT Strategy

My latest Forrester CIO client visits tell me economic uncertainty is actually helping IT leaders accelerate plans for the future. Sounds counterintuitive, right? Perhaps it’s just because I started in Europe, where the hourly ups and downs of s

Wireless Mini Boombox is Perfect for Presentations–and Parties

The Logitech Mini Boombox is an affordable Bluetooth speaker for your mobile phone or other gadget that packs big sound and about 10 hours of battery life in its portable, sleek package.

Say Goodbye to Expensive Tax Preparation Software

If your taxes aren’t too complex, the IRS offers free electronic forms you can fill out and file yourself. The feds will even hook you up with a private company to help fill out those forms. The cost? Free.rn