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With the upcoming release of Windows Vista, IT departments everywhere face a host of questions and decisions regarding if, when, and how they will deploy Microsoft's long-awaited and powerful new operating system. Needless to say, there are a great many issues you must consider before committing your organization to this undertaking. Perhaps the most important consideration IT executives must keep in mind involves personnel. For example, how many IT professionals will be needed to upgrade your company's systems and how long will they be devoted to the project?

Criminals running phishing scams are raking in more money than ever, with the average loss jumping fivefold in the last year and the percentage of money recovered plummeting, according to a survey published Thursday by research firm Gartner.

In an interview, Bezos talks about selling IT services by the sip, E-commerce, the advantages of VoIP, and why he's interested in space travel.

The industry association is seeking action on new technologies, telecom reform, updating intellectual property laws, and unfettered use of the Internet.

Google announced that a member of its video team had sent the worm, which wipes out files, to members of a Google Video Blog discussion list.

Pioneers in the deployment of digital health record systems want to share the lessons they've learned about the pitfalls, challenges, and safety risks of implementing E-health systems.

The parody sites tout the new Microsoft browser as "It's better now like seriously," but actually download Internet Explorer 7.

Some 17% of the complaints to Common Cause focused on mechanical failure, which is likely to be one of several components in a push for reform as the 2008 presidential election approaches.

Five percent of US Internet visits went to the top 20 social networking Web sites in September, with MySpace getting 82 percent of those visits, according to Hitwise.

Vendors look for ways to achieve user lock-in in a world of open networks, open source software, and open APIs.

Microsoft on Wednesday released Windows Vista to manufacturing, in advance of an expected official unveiling on Nov. 30.

The new head of HP's technology and business services group plans on creating a new sales team that will focus exclusively on selling U.S. customers on the benefits of outsourcing work to HP's technology centers in India.

Three patches were issued for older versions of both the Firefox browser and the Thunderbird e-mail client to quash serious bugs in each.

IBM granted the first manufacturing license for its RFID Clipped Tag, designed to let consumers remove RFID antennas from clothing, prescription drugs, and other items they've just purchased.

Dotfuscator software will be built in to Visual Studio to protect code from theft and from hackers looking for security vulnerabilities.

Poll watchers and voters in 10 states reported jammed phone lines, overloaded servers, voting machine glitches, poll worker difficulty operating the machines and slow computer systems.

Consumers receiving Yahoo ads would be able to click on the graphic to get more information about the advertiser's offer, or call the advertiser directly.

Widespread adoption of virtualization software is ushering in a new era of the virtual appliance and rapidly relegating the operating system to second-class status, VMware president and co-founder Diane Greene said Tuesday at the company's VMworld event.

The upgrade to Fabric 7 takes the software suite into the area of business process management by layering capabilities on top of the application integration platform.

Intel says the tools will boost productivity by 50%, speed projects by 25%, and cut e-mail volume by 30%.