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Android, iPhone Gain Ground in Smartphone Market

According to a new report from comScore, BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is still the top smartphone platform in the U.S., but the growth of the Android and iPhone platforms is showing no signs of abating , according to The Wall Street Journal . Apple's smartphone market share rose from 24.1 percent at the... More >

DoE to Get Microsoft Products Thanks to TKCIS-CDW-G Partnership

According to a press release , CDW Government LLC is partnering with TKC Integration Services on a five-year agreement to provide a broad range of Microsoft server, desktop and collaboration software to the Department of Energy. Jet Defensor, TKCIS vice president, says: Department of Energy agencies will be able to... More >

Retrovo Follows Pulse of iPad Interest

A follow-up survey from Retrevo found that while a lot more people are aware of Apple's iPad, fewer of those people plan to buy one. The number of people categorically uninterested in the device rose from 26 percent to 52 percent after full specifications were made available. In fairness, the number of people... More >

Kaspersky: China Source of Most Malware in January

According to research by Kaspersky Lab, China was the source of most of the malware sent in January. SC Magazine reports that China was responsible for 36.2 percent of malware infecting the Internet, followed by Russia. The research also revealed that Trojans were the most prevalent form of malware.... More >

Agencies Meet Open Government Directive Deadline

According to InformationWeek , every major agency has met the most recent deadline for the Open Government Directive. The directive details steps federal agencies must take to become more transparent , participatory and collaborative. On Friday, all major agencies were supposed to have their open government Web... More >

Google to Add Social Networking Features to Gmail

Google is reportedly planning to introduce new social networking features to Gmail this week to allow it to further compete with the likes of Facebook and Twitter, according to The Register . Should the report pan out, Gmail users will be able to post messages akin to Facebook's status updates within its chat service.... More >

Reseller Sentenced for Selling Phony Cisco Routers

Yongcai Li (aka Michael Lee) has received a 2 1.2-year prison sentence following an investigation by the FBI into counterfeit computer equipment. According to V3.co.uk , Li sold counterfeit Cisco routers through his company, Gaoyi Tech. In addition to jail time, Li will also have to repay $800,000 to Cisco in lost... More >

Scarcity of Health IT Pros Raises Concern

Despite the stimulus money flowing to help the health care industry move to electronic records and the struggle to sort out the of those records, the real issue is finding IT pros to work all this out, according to InformationWeek . has written that the federal prodding will boost IT hiring in health care, ... More >