Windows 7's real killer feature

Windows 7's real killer feature

What gives Windows 7 a strong future is not what you're thinking

Programming guidelines: Best practices or basic professionalism?

Whether the subject is programming guidelines or nearly anything else, there's a difference between documenting and prescribing. Be clear on the task before you start...  more

Who's doing the backups? Even IT guys get it wrong

An IT tale of how something as important and basic as backups can slip through the cracks... more

Sybase widens the path to the enterprise for the iPhone

The company is offering Afaria device management, SQL Anywhere synchronization, and a banking platform... more

SQL Server 2008 R2 preview due this month

Microsoft says the new version's preview edition will be feature-complete... more

HTML 5 progresses despite challenges

The new standard still faces video codec issues but could reach the candidate-recommendation phase by 2011... more

Want to get rich with iPhone apps? Only a very few do

Half of all paid apps are downloaded 1,000 times or less -- and only 10 percent get close to 75,000 downloads... more

Cisco, EMC unveil datacenter joint venture

VMware and Intel also have supporting roles in the partnership geared toward building private cloud infrastructure... more

Advice Line by Bob Lewis

Managing an employee who is not 'executive material'

It's tough to manage an employee whose personal... more

Cloud Computing by David Linthicum

Cloud providers should welcome white hat hacking

Amazon.com's attempt to spin away a potential vulnerability detected by researchers hurts the cloud... more

The Gripe Line by Christina Wood

A Western Digital hard drive warranty that is not what it seems

One reader discovers a three-year discrepancy in... more

Notes from the Field by Robert X. Cringely

Are you being scammed by Facebook ads?

Deceptive advertising is stealing money from unsuspecting folks on social networks while the... more

Modernizing IT by Eric Knorr

InfoWorld tackles information overload

Introducing our new Data Explosion channel, hosted by Matt Prigge, InfoWorld’s newest expert blogger... more

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