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The total cost to a company of recovering from a single data breach reached $6.6 million in 2008, an increase of 4.5 percent from the $6.3 million cost in 2007, according to a recent benchmark study conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by PGP...

Hanging on to your best people can be a challenge, even in a tight job market. Keeping your top IT talent on board should be a top priority in good times and in bad. Here are some suggestions from CIOs and IT staffing experts on...

If your local newspaper shuts down, what will take the place of its coverage? Perhaps a package of information about your neighborhood, or even your block, assembled by a computer. A number of Web start-up companies are creating so-called hyperlocal news sites that let people...

The European duo who created Skype and sold it to eBay for billions may have another trick up their sleeve: buying it back. Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, the founders of Skype, have approached several private equity firms and are pooling their own substantial resources...

David Blumenthal, MD, the newly appointed National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, sees "major hurdles" for the HITECH Act, according to a New England Journal of Medicine article. The HITECH Act, the portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) that deals...

With Apple's recent launch of tiered pricing on its iTunes Music Store, the major record labels have succeeded in being able to charge music fans more for the songs they like the most. Apple, the largest music retailer in the United States, had refused to...

Washington's increased focus on technology is boosting spending and enthusiasm, according to a new report. Compass Intelligence released a report Wednesday, saying that private IT spending will get a boost from increased focus on federal IT modernization, policies promoting innovation, and stimulus spending that will...

YouTube, the most popular online video site, and Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company, said on Thursday that they would create an online hub for music videos and related content, called Vevo. The agreement is the latest of many efforts by YouTube, which...

The Federal Communications Commission has begun the process of mapping out a plan to bring high-speed Internet service to the entire nation, starting with questions on how to increase its availability, improve its quality of service, and make that service more affordable. Acting Chairman Michael...