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CIOs mull how to innovate and tighten belts simultaneously

CIOs face a common set of thorny challenges these days, namely the pressure to deliver innovations even as they seek to cut or hold down spending, according to an array of senior IT executives who spoke on Tuesday at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium in Cambridge, Massachusetts. read more »

Kodak digital camera patent invalid, judge rules

A judge at the US International Trade Commission has determined that a Kodak patent asserted in a complaint against Apple and Research In Motion is invalid, Kodak said yesterday. read more »

ICANN gTLD application system back in action

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said yesterday that its application system for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) has reopened, more than a month after it was brought down because of a software glitch. read more »

Nasdaq's Facebook glitch came from race conditions

The Nasdaq computer system that delayed trade notices of the Facebook IPO on Friday was plagued by race conditions, the stock exchange announced Monday. As a result of this technical glitch in its Nasdaq OMX system, the market expects to pay out US$13 million (£8.2 million) or even more to traders. read more »

Facebook sued for $15 billion over privacy violations

A class action lawsuit has been filed against Facebook seeking $15 billion in damages, or $10,000 per member, for violating the privacy of its members. read more »

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In Depth

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How to avoid five common email management mistakes

Email managers have a lot at stake. After all, the volume of global electronic messages sent via email dwarfs all other forms of electronic communication, including social networking. Since the inception of electronic mail, which, according to some internet historians, can be traced to a small mainframe app called 'MAILBOX' from the mid-1960s, human-to-human messages have been created, transmitted and stored in electronic format. But early email administrators could hardly have envisioned the complexity of current email infrastructure and the concomitant maze of technical, security, business and regulatory challenges. read more »

How to manage your interns - LinkedIn tells you how

Managing interns - plus your own workload - can be tricky. Here are five expert tips from LinkedIn to help you both make the most of the partnership. read more »

How to align your IT services strategy with the business

Today, as companies seek to both consolidate their vendor relationships and multisource, they tend to engage with a small number (typically two to nine) of preferred, very large IT services vendors that can be centrally governed. The strategic objectives of consolidation are important: Services clients can prequalify a few preferred suppliers that all users of IT services can easily and safely engage with. However, given the rapid pace of technology change, the need for agility, the new business stakeholders, and the rise of cloud services, a company's IT and innovation requirements are often best met by multiple best-of-breed suppliers. read more »

Facebook's mobile future all about advertising

Facebook users are increasingly accessing the online social network via their mobile devices, a trend the company expects to capitalize on through advertising as it prepares for its IPO. read more »

Does Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg need to give up his hoodie?

Of all the things discussed and analysed surrounding Facebook's upcoming initial public offering, perhaps the most surprising - or just plain funniest - is co-founder Mark Zuckerberg's hoodie. read more »

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