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OPINION

 Our Economic Cure? Innovation 

Innovation, and making it more efficient, can turn gray skies blue

BusinessWeek BusinessWeek Sep 14, 08 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats and Republicans do have something in common: Both parties are wrong on how to resuscitate the flat-lining US economy, Michael Mandel argues in BusinessWeek . Tax cuts or increased government spending aren’t the cure. “Innovation is the best—and maybe the only—way the US can get out of its economic hole,” Mandel insists, adding that money alone isn’t enough. More »

More about:  China • Republican • Democrats • India • trade • tax cuts • innovation • nanotechnology • information technology • biotechnology • foreign oil • economist • US productivity • research and development

Intel Snubs Microsoft,
Won't Adopt Vista in Offices

The thirty pieces of silver are on their way

New York Times New York Times Jun 26, 08 11:21 CDT
(Newser) - Intel has decided not to upgrade the 80,000 or so computers its employees use to Windows Vista, seemingly betraying its longtime bosom buddy Microsoft, the New York Times reports. The latest Windows iteration has drawn jeers for being bloated and buggy. “This isn’t a matter of dissing Microsoft,” said an Intel source. “Intel information technology staff just found no compelling case for adopting Vista.” More »

More about:  Microsoft • Intel • Microsoft Vista • information technology • corporate sales

OPINION

Who's Afraid
of Google Health?

Concerns over personal privacy "misguided"

Atlantic Monthly Atlantic Monthly May 23, 08 11:51 CDT
(Newser) - Google's new health record-sharing service has privacy advocates' hearts racing. But the benefits outweigh the risks, both in costs and potential lives saved, James Gibney argues in the Atlantic. Ready access to personal health records could prevent medical errors like incorrectly prescribed meds while saving billions in related  costs. More »

More about:  Google • health care • online privacy • opinion • information technology • health records • Google Health

 IBM Raises Dividend 25% 

Firm paying out $2.5B, expecting $12B in stock buybacks

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Apr 29, 08 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - IBM raised its quarterly dividend for the thirteenth consecutive year today after posting strong Q1 earnings two weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal reports. The firm expects to pay $2.5 billion to shareholders this year after raising its dividend 25%, from 40 to 50 cents. IBM also expects to pass along another $12 billion to investors through stock buybacks. More »

More about:  computer • investors • shareholders • IBM • first quarter earnings • information technology • stock buyback • dividend

Rogue Trader Gets a Job

IT company hires
man behind biggest trading scandal
in history

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Apr 26, 08 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jérôme Kerviel is working once again, despite having cost France’s Société Générale $7.68 billion in unauthorized trading. Released from prison a few weeks ago, the rogue trader is employed as an IT consultant for a French company specializing in networks and security, the Wall Street Journal reports. The gig could also help keep Kerviel out of jail. More »

More about:  France • Jérôme Kerviel • information technology • rogue trader • Societe Generale

Denmark's Economy 'Most Networked'

US takes 4th,
behind Sweden
and Switzerland

BBC BBC Apr 9, 08 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Denmark is the most IT-savvy country on Earth, according to the World Economic Forum, which today released its list of the world’s “most networked” countries. The list ranks 127 countries based on their ability to use new information and technologies, the BBC explains. It was Denmark’s second year on top, while South Korea, and the US saw big bounces, rising 10 and three spots respectively. More »

More about:  Denmark • information technology • computer network • World Economic Forum • network

 Files May Be Fleeting 

As formats change, your digital data could be endangered

Boston Globe Boston Globe Apr 7, 08 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cuneiform tablets have kept information safe across millenia, but hard drives have lifespans of just a few years. Even if your CDs survive the century, their players might have become obsolete, warns the Boston Globe . "Who knows how long they're going to last—how much time before the information on a zip disk just goes into cyberspace heaven," said one archivist. More »

More about:  book • DVD • CDs • information technology • digital media • digital storage • cassette tape

Sinking Market Forces New Venture-Capital Strategies

Analysts don't see money drying up, just more scrutiny on where it's spent

CNET CNET Apr 3, 08 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Venture capitalists are watching economic indicators carefully, trying to find safer places to put their mountains of money, CNET reports. The stats on first-quarter VC activity will land soon, and though experts don't expect dollar totals to have waned, players are “under pressure to invest in quality companies that have a clear business model,” one watcher said. More »

More about:  Microsoft • Yahoo • mergers and acquisitions • Silicon Valley • green technology • startup • information technology • venture capitalists • clean technology

Silicon Valley's Prodigal Son Comes Home

Frank Quattrone seeks to repair his rep with new investment bank

BusinessWeek BusinessWeek Mar 19, 08 9:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Silicon Valley prodigal son Frank Quattrone is staging a comeback, poised to debut his new tech-centered investment bank Qatalyst—after years recovering from federal obstruction-of-justice charges. But now that he's back, the question is whether the industry will welcome home an errant child with open arms. Probably, BusinessWeek writes—if he wields his Rolodex right. More »

More about:  Silicon Valley • IPO • investment banks • investment bankers • information technology • tech industry • tech sector • Internet startups • Netscape

10 Life-Changing Innovations

These technologies may ultimately transform human existence

LiveScience LiveScience Jan 20, 08 12:33 PM CST
(Newser) - From omnipresent Internet to cloned donor organs, LiveScience picks 10 new technologies that, when fully developed, will transform our lives. Digital libraries: When all of humanity's texts are digitized, any factual question will be answerable online. Gene therapy/stem cells: The key to curing some of our nastiest afflictions. Ubiquitous wireless Internet: WiMAX and 3G point the way to a future where communication between any two devices is possible. Mobile robots: Too lazy to go to the store? Just send your car! More »

More about:  list • Wi-Fi • green technology • cloning • information technology • biotechnology • hydrogen fuel cells • WiMAX • Moore's Law

Cheating Is
No Longer
Child's Play

Jobseekers flock to
web for answers to professional exams

Boston Globe Boston Globe Dec 26, 07 8:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Crib sheets have gone high-tech, the Boston Globe reports, as legions of job seekers from would-be medical technicians to school bus drivers resort to the Web for a leg-up in passing professional qualifying exams. The result is a booming black market for “braindumps,” or exam answers. Some are individuals who auction test answers on sites like eBay; others are overseas websites that do millions in business. More »

More about:  Microsoft • Department of Homeland Security • Asia • cheating • information technology • black market • security systems

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