IT

Despite the continued slow economy throughout 2008, Dane County's technology industries continued to add to their ranks at a steady pace and combined to generate nine percent more revenue in 2008, according to the 2009 Greater Madison, Wisconsin Area Directory of High-Tech Companies published by...

Microsoft's Bing had reportedly passed Yahoo in the U.S. core search engine market, according to a StatCounter report in its first few days of release. But other research firms, including Nielsen, are now suggesting that while Bing’s initial numbers were solid, the search engine may...

Bing search engine is snazzy and provides user-friendly links. Google is to search what Kleenex is to tissues. Even if you're in the habit of using another search engine like Yahoo to look up something online, you probably say you "Googled" it because everyone...

While it's true that Apple has significantly grown its share of the desktop operating system market since the release of Windows Vista in November 2006, the company's market share remains below 10 percent, and it actually dropped in Q1 2009, according to Gartner's Worldwide PC...

The worldwide recession has hammered IT budgets but has also prompted vendors to make their software pricing and licensing models more customer-friendly, according to a new Forrester Research report. Forrester's report looked at how 12 enterprise software vendors' pricing and licensing strategies changed in the fourth...

The Justice Department has launched an investigation into whether some of the nation's largest technology companies violated antitrust laws by negotiating the recruiting and hiring of one another's employees, according to two sources with knowledge of the review. The review, which is said to be in...

The Owen-Withee area of central Wisconsin is leading the way in the development of an agribusiness technology park along Highway 29 in northern Clark County. The land is part of what used to be the Clark County Farm and hosted what was Wisconsin Farm Progress...

The White House has released a report calling for urgent action to secure the nation's computer network infrastructure. The report covers the findings of a 60-day review of national cybersecurity policy and practice by Melissa Hathaway, a member of the National Security Council (NSC) and the...

While most marketers recognize the importance of social media, many say they don’t understand it enough to integrate it correctly into their marketing strategies — and, those who say they understand it lack experience. Most marketers lack confidence in social media. According to a recent study,...