2010 February | IT News Today

EU Wants Google Street View Image Retention Cut to Six Months

The European Union urged Google to provide people advance notice when its Street View vehicles are roving European streets to take pictures and asked that these images be deleted after six months. Google responded that its current retention period of one year is necessary to maintain the quality of the Street View service. Alex...

More than 100 companies targeted by Google hackers

The hackers who broke into Google two months ago have gone after more than 100 companies, according to an estimate by security vendor Isec Partners. More: More than 100 companies targeted by Google hackers Read More →

Will Post-Recession IT Spending Lead to Jobs?

Hardware, software, Web design and cloud computing technologies are expected to be funded, but whether companies are actually hiring new positions for those technologies remains in question. Technology contract and consulting work was up in 2009 and is expected to grow in 2010. – CIOs and CTOs plan to spend their budgets...

RSA’s Coviello Sees Security in the Cloud as Key Trend for 2010

Because of the advent of faster, more complete security applications and databases, enterprises now have multiple ways to check identities, permissions and credentials in real time — something that just wasn’t realistic until recently. However, the threats also continue to be more sophisticated and numerous. –...

Ad Powerhouse FedEx Woos Small Biz With Web Parodies

FedEx is famous for memorable television commercials, but like many big companies, it is following customers as they navigate from the television to the computer. So FedEx is shipping much of its marketing to the Web. Read More →

This Week In Geek: Mobile Hacks, Power, Hands-On Computing

Another week, another roundup of what you may missed in the world of geek. Go here to read the rest: This Week In Geek: Mobile Hacks, Power, Hands-On Computing Read More →

Top 10 desktop replacement laptops

Starting around $1,500 and typically costing thousands more, the systems reviewed here stretch the term “laptop” to the limit. They’re big and bulky, sometimes weighing 10 pounds or more, and three hours of battery life is about all you can expect. But with their fast dual-core and quad-core processors, discrete...