CIO Insight Staff

Thieves robbed a van containing health records for over 1.7 million patients, staff, vendors and contractors of the North Bronx Healthcare Network in New York City. The computer backup tapes were stolen on Dec. 23, but the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation began notifying victims Feb. 9, according to statement issued by the […]

Several companies are using this year’s RSA Conference to highlight their focus on virtualization security. With the show just two days under way, a number of vendors had made announcements with an eye toward protecting virtual environments. Among these companies were Symantec, Trend Micro and Hewlett-Packard, all of which announced additions to their virtualization road […]

The first segment of the long-anticipated Jeorpardy tournament between former Jeopardy! champions, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, and IBM’s supercomputer Watson aired on Feb. 14. Watson and Rutter both had $5,000 on the board and Jennings trailed behind with $2,000. The first day’s final scores reveal only part of the story. Rutter made the first […]

Back in October, Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the unusual step of participating in his company’s earnings call. Competing tablets had no chance against the iPad, he told the assembled media and analysts, particularly tablets with a 7-inch form factor. “Almost all [competing devices] use 7-inch screens as opposed to the iPad’s almost 10-inch screen.” […]

Google took another step to stomp out content farms Feb. 14 by launching a small application for its Google Chrome Web browser that lets people block Websites from their Web search results on Google.com. When installed by a user, the Personal Blocklist Chrome extension will let users click the “block url” button to block a […]

Industry analysts expect that the agreement between Microsoft and Nokia to port Windows Phone 7 onto the latter’s smartphone devices will almost certainly change the mobile landscape in coming years. But, if the two behemoths are to succeed in their plan to combat Apple and Google, observers say they may need to execute their strategy […]

Oracle has introduced a new addition to its business intelligence software suite for health care. Called OPSCA (Oracle Healthcare Provider Supply Chain Analytics), the application will enable health care organizations to manage their supply chain and reduce costs, the company reports. Part of the Oracle Enterprise Healthcare Analytics suite, OPSCA allows health care companies to […]

Hewlett-Packard, which already helps enterprises plan and design their new data centers, now wants to be the general contractor on the projects. HP on Feb. 15 unveiled its CFI (Critical Facilities Implementation) service, a move company officials said will streamline the process of building data centers and give enterprises one place to go for the […]

In his keynote address at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Feb. 15, Eric Schmidt, Google’s soon-to-be-former CEO paints the portrait of a future society where technology has become subservient to humanity and our shared level of connectivity has the potential to solve the greatest problems facing our collective civilization. "The goal of everything we’re […]

Consumers and analysts continue to be flummoxed by the alleged price points for the Motorola Xoom tablet, which is expected to launch from Verizon Wireless and Best Buy this month. Android Central said the Xoom, the first computer to be based on Google’s Android 3.0 operating system tailored for tablets, will cost $799 from Verizon […]

BARCELONA — Samsung kicked off what is likely to be a tablet-heavy Mobile World Congress convention with the release of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer, powered by Google’s Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) operating system and offering a 10.1-inch touch screen. Samsung and Vodafone partnered on the device, designed to compete with a slew of devices […]

Dell is among a number of server makers expected to take advantage of new Opteron processor offerings from Advanced Micro Devices. AMD on Feb. 14 is rolling out five new Opteron 6100 Series chips that offer high core counts and speed bumps that continue to push the company’s drive for greater performance and lower power […]