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The benefits of Web 2.0 applications are being embraced by workers for their information sharing and collaborative capabilities. Unfortunately, the security issues associated with this class of applications is becoming an ever-growing concern. In many cases, the lack of company oversight and inability to enforce of corporate... 

At Cisco Live, Cisco officials show off the company’s Network Building Mediator Manager 6300, designed to enable businesses to more easily manage all of their systems that consume energy. – Cisco Systems is unveiling a host of solutions designed to help businesses and consumers better manage their energy consumption... 

At a conference for financial analysts, Michael Dell talked about the companys entrance into the mobile device market with the 5-inch Streak tablet and how the company is more concerned with PC profits than how many units are shipped. Dell also talked briefly about Googles Chrome OS, but did he did not commit to the new operating... 

Comments by Verizon’s CFO suggest the company is considering following rival AT&T into a tiered pricing structure for its mobile data services. – Verizon Wireless Chief Financial Officer John Killian suggested the company may consider following a move made by rival network operator AT amp;T, which recently... 

Intuit’s CEO Brad Smith issued a sincere apology via the company’s blog following a service outage this week that impacted thousands of clients. Smith said he hopes to earn back the trust of the businesses that employ his company’s services. – The president and CEO of small business finance software... 

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is in a dangerous position. The company that he took over from its founder, Bill Gates, is a shadow of its former self. When Ballmer took the CEO spot, Microsoft had a market capitalization of more than $500 billion. Today, it’s hovering at just more than $200 billion, and for the first time... 

In an interview at an investors conference, Dell CEO Michael Dell says he had considered taking the company private at one point. Without commenting further on the idea, Dell reiterates that he expects to be running the company for a long time. – Michael Dell has revealed that at one time considered taking his namesake company... 

AT&T on Wednesday announced significant changes to the company’s U.S. wireless data plans that will affect how much iPhone and iPad users pay for mobile Internet access. The company also provided new details about iPhone data tethering for customers in the U.S.  Read More →