CIO Insight Staff

Google has told a senior Republican lawmaker concerned about privacy that the Internet search and advertising company supports a federal privacy law. Privacy advocates object to the amount of information that Google, Yahoo and other online companies collect about users. Google, in particular, has been under pressure to post a link on its home page […]

More than a third of U.S. technology workers would accept pay cuts of up to 10 percent to work from home and avoid the expense of commuting to the office, according to a survey released on Tuesday. In a poll of 1,500 technology workers, 37 percent said they would accept a salary cut if they […]

June has arrived and for Apple fans and investors that means just one thing–a new iPhone. The encore to the original iPhone, which launched nearly a year ago amid unprecedented industry buzz, is widely expected to be the main attraction when Chief Executive Steve Jobs takes the stage at Apple’s developers’ conference on Monday. The […]

Kaiser Permanente, the biggest health maintenance organization in the United States, announced a pilot program on Monday to link patient records to Microsoft’s consumer health platform. The test will initially be limited to Kaiser employees who volunteer to have their records transferred, but access could be widened to the HMO’s 8.7 million members later this […]

When 17-year old Yuna Hua bought a new notebook computer for school, she chose a smaller, lighter and cheaper one to replace her bulky and expensive laptop. Like many consumers, Hua reckons she doesn’t need a $1,500 laptop for her everyday needs. "It’s a lot less expensive and much easier to use and carry," said […]

Verizon Wireless said on Thursday it will buy rural mobile service provider Alltel for $28.1 billion including debt, which would vault it to first place in the U.S. market ahead of AT&T. Under terms of the deal, Verizon Wireless would acquire the equity of Alltel for $5.9 billion, and assume an estimated $22.2 billion in […]

The debate rages on: Are CIOs strategic or tactical? Being a CIO today means much more than the proverbial “keeping the lights on in the data center,” according to a recent CIO Insight survey. In fact, six in 10 CIOs surveyed said one of their most important duties was to pitch in on business strategy. […]

AMD is rolling out a much-awaited line-up of chips for laptops, as Intel’s main rival seeks to regain a competitive footing against the world’s biggest chip maker. AMD, which in April posted its sixth consecutive quarterly loss amid missteps and market-share losses to Intel, said the launch of the processors and related parts, code-named Puma, […]

Yahoo President Sue Decker said on Monday that talks with Microsoft were ongoing. "There are many ways" a combination with Microsoft could be beneficial, Decker said at the Advertising 2.0 conference in New York. Yahoo has been weighing continued overtures from Microsoft, an advertising partnership with Google and an impending proxy fight waged by activist […]

Smaller, low-cost PCs are likely to be at the top of the shopping list for technology buyers gathering in Taipei this week for the world’s second largest computer fair, as an economic slowdown in the United States forces consumers to cut back on spending. Shoppers are feeling the pinch from rocketing fuel costs and rising […]