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In a message to staff, the Washington State Department of Information Services (DIS) announced that director Gary Robinson will retire on December 31, 2008.Robinson was named to head DIS by Governor Chris Gregoire on February 16, 2005.  As DIS…

There is one part of the live edition of Steal This Idea that makes audiences sit up and go, "hmm."  Images from what Mashable considers the most beautiful social networks wash over the audience, followed by a question - do any of your sites…

The Internet Security Alliance (ISAlliance) is proposing a new model for protecting and defending critical technology systems and information.  These policy recommendations for the Obama Administration and the 111th Congress…

One of the more difficult tasks in developing a critical infrastructure protection / assurance program is selling the benefits to those who may not be educated in the area, but control the funds (or support) required to implement it.  This…

As the economy brings little but news ranging from bad to worse these days, many people, like Flora Schmidt of Mineola, N.Y., find that they have to return to work, at least part-time to make ends meet. However, for Ms. Schmidt there was…

President-elect Obama's successful election campaign used every web tool available. His YouTube videos were watched for an estimated 14.5 million hours and he had almost 3.2 million Facebook friends. However, America is not the only country where…

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China may now be a country with the largest Internet user population as well world's No. 1 mobile market. However, when it comes to e-commerce, particularly business-to-consumer (B2C), it is still in its infancy.  For instance B2C…

As many of us sit down to the average American Thanksgiving 3000 calorie meal tomorrow, we'll be in uncertain and frightening times. But I'm also counting my technology blessings, and here are a few: 1.  I'm thankful for the generosity of the…

Folks from Texas are familiar with the "The Eyes of Texas", the alma mater of the University of Texas at Austin.  For those who may not be familiar with this song, the lyrics are as follows:           The eyes of Texas…

I suppose I could have titled this one "Achieving the Buy-In" or the "The 2.0 Value Proposition" but I decided this topic needs to be straightforward and hopefully as such, you'll be able to use it as you see fit to aid in the education process in…