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2012: The tech year in cartoons

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2012: The tech year in cartoons
From SOPA to the Petraeus affair, here's a look at some of the year's biggest IT stories from the pen of Computerworld's editorial cartoonist, John Klossner. Read More





Microsoft unveils future retail store plans
Microsoft on Wednesday revealed six locations for new retail stores it will open in early 2013, including four transformed from its holiday specialty stores, dubbed "pop-ups," that it established in October. Read More

Notable deaths of 2012 from the worlds of technology, science & inventions
Commodore 64, Mr. Coffee, the cleanroom, electronic football and the laptop came from the minds of these pioneers Read More

Amazon hack highlights customer service security weakness
Retail support team 'falls like dominoes' to scammers, says savvy customer who documented the latest incident Read More

Products of the week 12.24.12
Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as IBM and Aspect Software Read More

Drones, phones and other 2012 privacy threats
Verizon's attempt -- unsuccessful so far -- to secure a patent for a so-called 'snooping technology,' which in this case would let television advertisers target individual viewers based on what they're doing or saying in front of their sets, capped another challenging year for privacy advocates. Read More

Pew: US e-book reading up, print book readership declines
More Americans read e-books in the last year, with 23 percent of those ages 16 and over going digital, compared to 16 percent in the previous survey for the Pew Internet & American Life Project, which released its latest results on e-book readership Thursday. Read More

2012 in review: The year in iOS
Every year since the introduction of the iPhone in 2007 has been a big year for iOS, and 2012 is certainly no exception. Let's take a stroll down memory lane, recalling the year that was for the iPhone, the iPad, and the operating system that powers them both. Read More

The five best productivity apps of 2012
It's been a big year for smartphones--the iPhone 5, the Galaxy S III, the debut of Windows Phone 8--but as always, it's the apps that matter. Read More

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For IT Job-Hunters, Relocation Is a Family Affair
The big decision about whether to relocate for a new IT leadership job often depends on decisions made at home. Read More

 
 
 

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