Slashing the federal IT budget: can someone (please) help the FBI?

June 30, 2010

What is it with the FBI and overspending? Back in January 2008, the Office of the Inspector General released a damning report on the Bureau’s gross mismanagement of its finances, noting that in many cases phone companies had shut down wiretaps because the FBI wasn’t paying its bills.  In our coverage of the OIG report, we noted, “The FBI’s $170 million Virtual Case File system upgrade was so …

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How Microsoft Crowdsourced the Making of Office 2010

June 29, 2010

A behind-the-scenes look at how Microsoft crowdsourced customer feedback to create Office 2010.

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PCs that Work While They Sleep

June 29, 2010

SleepServer creates a virtual copy of a dozing machine. Software that lets desktop computers continue to function in sleep mode could reduce the energy consumption of office networks by around 60 percent.

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RoundUp for Research includes a virtual twist this year

June 29, 2010

Admit it. At one time or another, we’ve probably all wished we could put a boss or colleague behind bars for just a day. Come this fall, employees in Tsawwassen and Ladner will have an opportunity to do just that in RoundUp for Research, the Kidney Foundation of Canada’s annual campaign.

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Virtual desktop reality: City of Cockburn’s fleet of 200

June 29, 2010

The City of Cockburn appears to be the first Australian Government organisation to undertake a roll-out of virtualised desktops across a whole organisation. It recently replaced 200 desktop PCs with 200 VMware View 4.0 desktops and end client machines spanning across 15 different sites across the City of Cockburn — libraries, community centres and offices. The City of Cockburn appears to be the …

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How Microsoft Crowdsourced the Making of Office 2010

June 29, 2010

A behind-the-scenes look at how Microsoft crowdsourced customer feedback to create Office 2010.

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How Microsoft Crowdsourced the Making of Office 2010

June 29, 2010

A behind-the-scenes look at how Microsoft crowdsourced customer feedback to create Office 2010.

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ON24 launching virtual briefing centers

June 29, 2010

by Staff Writers San Francisco, Usa (AFP) June 28, 2010 A company called ON24 thinks businesses that have ridden out the global financial chaos are ready for Virtual Briefing Centers that let them save time and money with online gatherings.

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Moua leaves Senate, legacy

June 29, 2010

A refugee girl from the mountains of Laos, Moua will always be remembered as the nation’s first Hmong-American elected to a state legislature.

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With Virtualization, Cisco’s Cius Aims To Kill Your Office’s PCs, Too

June 29, 2010

Cisco wants its tablet to be more than a corporate spin on the iPad.

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