Nancy Weil

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’09 IT predictions

A limping economy, leaping iPhone sales, a strident White House IT agenda and more. Some predictions of things to look out for in the coming year

Google drops Yahoo deal

Yahoo is spurned once more. Fearing a protracted legal battle and possible damage to its relationship with other partners, Google abandons its advertising deal with Yahoo

OPINION: HP layoffs, Wall Street blues, Palin’s hack

Top 10 blockbusters in government IT news.

Technology crystal ball forecasts 2008 predictions

Looking forward to the new year, we've amassed what industry insiders think will emerge in the world of tech. Look out for green IT, the reprieve of XP, and more

The realities of green computing

However good the industry's environmental initiatives are, there are still more PCs, monitors, cell phones, TVs and other electronics sold every year that have to be disposed of at some point, no matter what they're made of

Microsoft delays Vista docs leaving U.S. DoJ concerned

The U.S. Department of Justice and state attorneys general are concerned that Microsoft . is revising deadlines that it agreed to as part of its antitrust settlement.

IT to the rescue for US hospitals

IT systems are proving to be a huge relief for overburdened U.S. hospital emergency departments. After The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York implemented an emergency department information system, it went from 5,000 lost or illegible charts in 2003 to none in 2005, a year after it moved from paper to electronic charts.

Hospital emergency depts. gain healthy returns from IT

U.S. hospitals are recording impressive returns on IT investment at the same time that the federal government is pushing health-care providers to move to electronic records.

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