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Lessons the tech industry refuses to learn

The technology industry repeats too many of its mistakes too often, and many of them occur during flurries of Wall Street-driven mergers, argues InfoWorld's Bill Snyder. We're on the eve of a new

Is it over yet?

We report this week on some strong signals that the recession may be waning, and life could be back to normal quite soon, for the technology industry. The numbers were good on Wall Street last week,

Laid off IT workers flee Silicon Valley

Something big is happening in the gilded world of information technology. The unemployment rate has climbed to 12 percent in Silicon Valley, and jobless workers are abandoning IT and trying to move

Authentication 'yes', passwords 'no'

The day is fast approaching when passwords will be out, and strong authentication will be the norm. A government and technology industry panel on cybersecurity next week will recommend that the

Stock market turmoil leads to tech confusion

The last few months have produced more clouds than silver linings for almost every U.S. economic sector. In October the S&P 500-stock index fell just over 18 percent, according to Standard &

Forrester: What not to cut in this recession

George Colony, founder and chief executive of Forrester Research, said in a recent interview with the New York Times that the current tech sector downturn will be different than the 2001-2003 slide.