IT Management
The McKinsey Quarterly, 4/02: Who’s Accountable for IT? Business Leaders – That’s Who.
For several years, a growing number of executives, analysts, and management writers have argued that business leaders, not technologists, should take "ownership" of corporate information technology by holding themselves responsible both for its impact and for the money spent to improve it.1 Information technology’s role within organizations has changed, these critics argue, and the way they manage their investments in technology must change, too.
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Security
The New York Times, 12/20/02: Bush Administration to Propose System for Monitoring Internet
By JOHN MARKOFF and JOHN SCHWARTZ
The Bush administration is planning to propose requiring Internet service providers to help build a centralized system to enable broad monitoring of the Internet and, potentially, surveillance of its users.
The proposal is part of a final version of a report, "The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace," set for release early next year, according to several people who have been briefed on the report. It is a component of the effort to increase national security after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Mobile
Computerworld, 12/19/02: Good Technology rolls out e-mail pager hardware
By Bob Brewin
Good Technology Inc. officially launched its G100 e-mail pager hardware today and said that it has already landed an order for 1,200 of the devices from a Los Angeles law firm as its competition with rivals Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM) and Palm Inc. heats up.
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Internet News, 12/20/02: New Microsoft MicroPDA Coming
By Michael Singer
A new breed of wireless PDA-phone is coming next year and Microsoft (Quote, Company Info) is expected to make the biggest waves.
Intrinsyc Software Thursday said it has inked a licensing deal with the Redmond, Wash.-based behemoth for its next generation wireless handheld reference design MicroPDA.
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Meme
Google, 12/02: Is Eminem Really More Popular Than J-Lo?
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