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Mexico says may sanction Google over data protection breach

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 28, 2015, 9:27 am EST

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's federal transparency body said on Tuesday it had initiated proceedings to impose sanctions on Google's Mexican unit for possible breach of the country's data protection law.

The Biggest Mistakes That Healthcare CIOs Are Making

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 26, 2015, 10:29 am EST

My career in healthcare now spans over 35 years. I started out as a clinician (medical technologist), but have spent the last 20-plus years in the healthcare IT space. I spent several years in the software vendor world, well over 20 years in the healthcare consulting environment, and approximately 10 years in the provider IT […]
Source: The Biggest Mistakes That Healthcare CIOs Are Making on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

18 New Open Source Projects in the 2015 Guide to the Open Cloud

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 26, 2015, 10:26 am EST

The Linux Foundation this week released its second annual Guide to the Open Cloud, which profiles the open source projects that organizations are using to build their own open clouds from the ground up. This year's paper includes many new projects – 18 in total – and two additional technology categories that have become increasingly more relevant in the past year.

FCC Commissioner argues for delaying February net neutrality ruling

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 23, 2015, 9:42 am EST

Let's wait to see how badly Congress does first One of the FCC's five Commissioners has argued that the Commission should delay its net neutrality ruling until Congress has had an opportunity to devise new legislation aimed at resolving the issue.…

The Google cloud makes room for Hortonworks’ Hadoop distribution

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 23, 2015, 9:39 am EST

Hortonworks is showing love to major cloud providers other than Microsoft, which was early to embrace it.

Prosecutors tighten case against alleged Silk Road mastermind

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 22, 2015, 9:40 am EST

Federal prosecutors used chat logs and private journals Wednesday to strengthen their case that Ross Ulbricht is Dread Pirate Roberts, the anonymous mastermind who ran the Silk Road online market.Prosecutors introduced computer files in court that appear to show the laptop Ulbricht was using at the time of his arrest was also used to manage the Silk Road during 2011 and 2012.

The 5 Most Interesting Announcements from Microsoft's Windows 10 Event

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 22, 2015, 9:37 am EST

Microsoft unveiled many of the features of its upcoming Windows 10 operating system update today; we've picked the five most important/…

Congress to tackle open Internet legislation

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 21, 2015, 9:57 am EST

The FCC plans to issue its own net neutrality rules in February.

What Microsoft must get right with Windows 10

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 21, 2015, 9:51 am EST

The latest version of the operating system, which skips straight from 8 to 10, needs to convince users to upgrade to keep Windows relevant Continue reading...

Auditor-general warns of NSW roads network vulnerabilities

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 21, 2015, 9:50 am EST

Potential security vulnerabilities found in the NSW roads management network could lead to accidents and vehicle congestion, according to a new report by the NSW auditor-general.

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