CIO Insight Staff

Microsoft’s Windows 7 is earning positive reviews from enterprise workers, according to a survey conducted by research firm ITIC and analyst Roger Kay of EndPoint Technologies. Employees at more than 400 companies were polled about their Windows 7 experiences. Some 73 percent of respondents rate Windows 7 as "excellent," "very good," or "good." Around 3 […]

Research In Motion plans on marketing its PlayBook tablet PC for less than $500 in North America, according to a new report. The 7-inch device — which which RIM expects will compete with the Apple iPad and a growing number of Google Android tablets — will most likely hit store shelves in Q1 2011. "The […]

Apple’s iPhones have the lowest failure rates among major smartphone models, according to a study from SquareTrade, a company that sells electronics warranties. The study compared iPhone, Android devices from Motorola and HTC, RIM BlackBerry handsets and "an aggregated pool of all other smartphones" by analyzing data from 50,000 failure reports. According to the study, […]

The contest of Apple iPad versus Samsung Galaxy Tab may simply come down to: Are you an Apple person or an Android person? The New York Times‘ David Pogue and the Wall Street Journal‘s Walter S. Mossberg have each spent some time with the Galaxy Tab, the first tablet expected to give the iPad some […]

As hospitals look to cash in on government incentives for meaningful use of electronic health records starting in 2011, they’re leaving themselves vulnerable to collective losses of $6 billion a year due to data breaches, according to estimates in a benchmark study by the Ponemon Institute privacy and data-management research firm. The survey was sponsored […]

Gartner says that enterprise adoption of iPhone and iPad has grown, enabling Apple to steal smartphone sales in Q3 2010 from BlackBerry maker Research In Motion. The quarter was most notable for zooming Apple and Android smartphone sales, as well as the challenges posed as component makers struggled to keep pace with growth. Worldwide mobile […]

T-Mobile has some new European friends — and increased options for enterprise customers. The wireless carrier has joined the FreeMove Alliance, a group comprised of mobile carriers Deutsche Telekom, Orange, TeliaSonera and Telecom Italia Group that has a footprint of 59 countries and more than 404 million customers. T-Mobile’s participation enables the alliance to extend […]

Google is joining forces with airlines AirTran, Delta and Virgin America to offer free Gogo Inflight Wi-Fi Internet access on every domestic flight from November 20, 2010 through January 2, 2011. The campaign — aimed to promote Google’s Chrome Web browser — marks a change from and expansion of Google’s free holiday WiFi offer last […]

Barracuda Networks has established a new rewards program for researchers who uncover bugs in the company’s security products. Barracuda’s program follows in the footsteps of similar moves by Google and Mozilla to use incentives to get researchers to turn vulnerability information over to vendors as opposed to posting it publicly on the Web or handing […]

Telecommuting, the "borderless workplace," and 24/7 access are taken for granted in some enterprises. However, a new report spotlights a gap in the adoption of broadband at home that is worth noting as IT leaders build their enterprise technology roadmaps. Socioeconomic factors such as income and education levels are strongly associated with broadband Internet use. […]

Microsoft officially launched its Hail Mary pass in the U.S. smartphone market Nov. 8, with the release of Windows Phone 7 on AT&T and T-Mobile. The software company is betting that the new smartphone operating system and accompanying array of devices will help it recapture mobile market share lost over the past several quarters to […]

A hacker reportedly exploited a SQL injection vulnerability on the Website of Britain’s Royal Navy, according to media reports. The incident took place Nov. 5, when a hacker known by the alias TinKode is believed to have attacked the site and stolen passwords and usernames. At press time, the site bears a message stating: “Unfortunately […]