http://www.cio.com/ en (c) Copyright 2009 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:37:55 GMT 2009-11-09T04:37:55Z en (c) Copyright 2009 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cio.com/article/507015/Freescale_Puts_Two_Chip_Factories_Up_for_Sale?source=rss_news Freescale Semiconductor plans to sell two older chip factories, one each in Toulouse, France, and Sendai, Japan, becoming the latest chip maker to seek ways to reduce costs amid the global recession. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Dan Nystedt <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/507015/Freescale_Puts_Two_Chip_Factories_Up_for_Sale?source=rss_news 2009-11-08T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506963/RIM_BlackBerry_Developer_Conference_Kicks_Off_in_San_Francisco?source=rss_news RIM's second annual BlackBerry Developer Conference is set to begin at San Francisco's Marriott Marquis hotel, and CIO.com's Al Sacco is on the scene. Couldn't make it this year? No worries. Here's an idea of what to expect in the coming week--as well as a first-hand look at what attendees see after arriving. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Al Sacco <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506963/RIM_BlackBerry_Developer_Conference_Kicks_Off_in_San_Francisco?source=rss_news 2009-11-08T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506926/Update_Fixes_IPhone_Sync_Problem_with_Windows_7_for_Some?source=rss_news Gigabyte Technology issued a BIOS update on Friday that fixes a problem for some Windows 7 users who have been unable to sync their iPhones. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Nancy Gohring <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506926/Update_Fixes_IPhone_Sync_Problem_with_Windows_7_for_Some?source=rss_news 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506925/Cisco_Undervalues_Tandberg_Investment_Firms_Say?source=rss_news Two investment consulting companies laid out objections to Cisco's US$3 billion offer for Norwegian videoconferencing vendor Tandberg on Friday, saying in an open letter to Cisco and a press interview that the bid undervalues Tandberg. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Stephen Lawson <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506925/Cisco_Undervalues_Tandberg_Investment_Firms_Say?source=rss_news 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506920/Exchange_2010_Why_I_m_Using_It_to_Say_Bye_Bye_BlackBerry?source=rss_news Here's how one company is using Exchange 2010 as a cost-saving tool to wean users off RIM BlackBerry smartphones and onto Windows Mobile 6.5. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Shane O'Neill <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506920/Exchange_2010_Why_I_m_Using_It_to_Say_Bye_Bye_BlackBerry?source=rss_news 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506924/Four_Reasons_to_Buy_and_One_Reason_to_Avoid_the_Droid?source=rss_news The general consensus on the Motorola Droid is that while it's a very strong device, it still doesn't match the iPhone. Here are four reasons to buy (and one reason to avoid) this new entry in the smarthone market. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Brad Reed and Matt Hamblen <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506924/Four_Reasons_to_Buy_and_One_Reason_to_Avoid_the_Droid?source=rss_news 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506923/Data_Center_Start_Up_Offers_Energy_Saving_Software?source=rss_news A data center start-up is exiting stealth mode with technology that reduces power and cooling costs by analyzing the energy consumption of IT equipment and applications. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Jon Brodkin <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506923/Data_Center_Start_Up_Offers_Energy_Saving_Software?source=rss_news 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506922/Intel_Antitrust_Net_Bug_Coding_Error?source=rss_news New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed federal antitrust charges against Intel this week, with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission expected to follow suit. Security problems yet again snagged a lot of IT headline attention, including news about yet another flaw affecting Facebook and MySpace users. To mix things up, we've got IT angles to Beatles music and the Boston Celtics in there, too. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Nancy Weil <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506922/Intel_Antitrust_Net_Bug_Coding_Error?source=rss_news 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506921/US_Lawmakers_Propose_Changes_in_Telecom_Subsidies?source=rss_news Two U.S. lawmakers have proposed legislation that would allow money from a huge fund that subsidizes telephone and mobile service to parts of the U.S. to also go for broadband deployment. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Grant Gross <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506921/US_Lawmakers_Propose_Changes_in_Telecom_Subsidies?source=rss_news 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506919/Microsoft_Office_Battles_Google_in_the_Cloud?source=rss_news When Microsoft releases the next version of its productivity suite, Office 2010, it will be into a very different competitive landscape than the one Office 2007 faced in late 2006. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Elizabeth Montalbano <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506919/Microsoft_Office_Battles_Google_in_the_Cloud?source=rss_news 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506918/Droid_Launch_Draws_Tech_Savvy_Crowd_to_Verizon_Store?source=rss_news More than 20 people waited in line for the 7 a.m. opening of a Boston-area Verizon Wireless store to buy the new Motorola Droid smartphone. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Matt Hamblen <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506918/Droid_Launch_Draws_Tech_Savvy_Crowd_to_Verizon_Store?source=rss_news 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506917/Cisco_Undervalues_Tandberg_Investment_Firms_Say?source=rss_news Two investment consulting companies laid out objections to Cisco's US$3 billion offer for Norwegian videoconferencing vendor Tandberg on Friday, saying in an open letter to Cisco and a press interview that the bid undervalues Tandberg. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Stephen Lawson <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506917/Cisco_Undervalues_Tandberg_Investment_Firms_Say?source=rss_news 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506916/The_Search_Market_Created_Microsoft_s_Worst_Enemy?source=rss_news Throughout its history, Microsoft has earned a reputation for tenacity when entering markets created, and initially dominated, by innovative startups. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Juan Carlos Perez <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506916/The_Search_Market_Created_Microsoft_s_Worst_Enemy?source=rss_news 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506915/Birth_of_the_Droid_Fanboy?source=rss_news It had to happen eventually. The launch of Motorola's Droid makes room for a new kind of fanboy in the tech world: The Droid fanboy, armed at last with a phone that fits with any anti-iPhone lifestyle. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Jared Newman <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506915/Birth_of_the_Droid_Fanboy?source=rss_news 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506914/Cloud_Computing_Virtualization_Proponents_Getting_Antsy?source=rss_news While many organizations have only begun down the cloud computing and virtualization roads in the past few years, some in the industry can't wait to take these technologies to the next level. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Bob Brown <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506914/Cloud_Computing_Virtualization_Proponents_Getting_Antsy?source=rss_news 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z