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Here, ragged tufts of cotton can be transformed into neat, nearly paper-thin sheets with the flip of a switch. A machine whirs. Inside, thousands of tiny needles arranged at an angle quickly punch the fluffy strips, transforming them into a seamless web. There's no telling where this...

Based on distributed computing technologies Google has publicly disclosed, Hadoop provides an open source implementation for other companies with very large data analysis challenges, including Yahoo! and Facebook. The free software, named for a toy elephant, now runs on some of the largest sites on...

Within Microsoft’s Office group, the calendar on the wall appears to be 1983, the year the company introduced Microsoft Word. The company still expects customers to buy its software applications as products and install and run them on PCs. Recognition of the Internet has been...

A pilot program at Google Health is said to be the first of many to test how the government can give Medicare beneficiaries online access to medical data. Google Health, the California-based search company's medical record-storing product, works with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...

The old ways are gone forever -- CIOs must adapt to a new environment fully engaged with operations, customers, and revenue generation. The global recession that's crushing weak companies and challenging great ones has trashed -- permanently -- the traditional role of the CIO and the...

Google is in "late stage" talks to acquire microblogging service Twitter, according to a report on Thursday on TechCrunch citing two unnamed sources. All Things Digital's Kara Swisher, however, on Friday said the report isn't true, also citing unnamed sources and saying the companies have only...

Apparently, Sun has agreed to accept a lower price in return for stronger commitments from IBM that it will complete the deal even if it faces intense regulatory scrutiny, the Wall Street Journal quoted inside sources as saying. IBM is apparently closer to closing a deal...

Shifts the popular suite to extended support plan on April 14 Microsoft Corp. has announced that it will drop mainstream support for Office 2003 on April 14, the same day it starts to retire Windows XP. Office 2003, which was last updated in September 2007 with Service...

Each season brings a slew of interesting books. This spring is no different. Works from consultants, academics and business leaders dominate the top offerings, covering topics like IT leadership, collaboration, IT careers, customer strategy and innovation. Titles explore topics including the repercussions of toxic personalities...