March 11, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
If you’ve got a PayPal account, you’re likely a target for phishers who’ll try to nab your login credentials by sending phony e-mails that lure victims to a bogus site so they’ll unwittingly give up the info. The solution?
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Tags: download, Iconix, PayPal, phishing, protect, Software
November 30, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck

Here’s the question of the week: Should the U.S. government shell out the $19 billion that’s earmarked for electronic health records (EHR) if computerization doesn’t improve health care quality, reduce costs or boost administrative efficiency?
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Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, doctors, electronic health records, healthcare, hospitals, Software
September 8, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
The blogs are abuzz with chatter among iPhone users who were promised multimedia messaging capability for their iPhone back in June when the popular smartphone’s software got an update. So where is it?
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Tags: Apple, AT&T, iphone, MMS, SMS, Software, update
August 10, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
As the iPhone’s getting more popular in the enterprise, the demand for business applications is likely to soar — along with the number of apps available. Sorting through the good ones can take time many folks don’t have.
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Tags: applications, business, iphone, ReadWrite Web, recommendations, Software
July 9, 2009 by Sam Narisi
Could Microsoft have prevented the recent Internet Explorer attacks that experts are comparing to Conficker?
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Tags: Microsoft, security, Software, software bug
June 10, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Microsoft’s latest go at the search engine market’s been a respectable effort so far. But it seems the jury’s still out on whether or not Bing will actually challenge Google’s overwhelming lead in the cyberspace race.
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Tags: Bing, Google, Microsoft, plug-in, search engine, Software, Yahoo
June 9, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Rumors about Apple products are a dime a dozen. But when Apple announced the upgrades and new features for its iPhone yesterday, a dozen seemed pretty paltry.
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Tags: Apple, iphone, new features, smartphone, Software
June 4, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Many IT budgets have taken a big hit during the economic downturn — but the news isn’t all bad.
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Tags: budgets, bundling, downturn, Forrester, offerings, pricing, service contracts, Software
May 12, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Users of Lotus Notes and Domino have fewer reasons to resist getting an iPhone now that the latest version of the e-mail client and server product will push e-mail, contacts and calendar items to the hot Apple smartphone.
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Tags: Apple, Domino, e-mail client, iphone, Lotus Notes, Software
April 2, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
“Tethering” may sound a bit confining, unless you’re talking about it as a way to link mobile devices. Then it’s actually very cool.
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Tags: Apple, features, iphone, modem, operating system, release, Software