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Google's vision for Chrome OS isn't going to replace what is on your desk now...unless you are working and reading this on Netbook that is. 

With all the industry buzz around disk based data protection and deduplication, many companies are rethinking their current investments in tape infrastructure. The problem is, many have spent years perfecting that tried and true method of data protection, and have invested substantial sums in people, training, and money in doing so.

In today's podcast: Google offers detailed look at Chrome OS; Dell sees Q3 revenue and profit slip; and US blames China for cyberattacks.

The last employee to leave this big open-plan office is supposed to turn out the lights. Unfortunately, one worker doesn't know where the light switch is -- but she sees a big handle marked "power."

Facebook and Zynga are facing a class-action lawsuit over their 'scam' advertising strategy. It's alleged that they 'cheat' users of games like Farmville and Mafia Wars. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers re-arrange the furniture to watch the show.

No doubt they're breathing a big sigh of relief at Microsoft right now, after the world has had a first look at the Google Chrome operating system. Chrome represents absolutely no threat to Windows for the foreseeable future, just at a time when Microsoft is vulnerable.

Google and Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, have been working together on Chrome since before the project was announced and they'll continue to do so.

OK, this is actually the rumor I wanted to hear. Last night TechCrunch reignited the Google Phone rumor. Today they are saying it is, in fact, a VoIP smartphone.

A layoff victim is forced to choose between severance and a noncompete agreement that could lead to financial ruin

In a previous Security Levity post, I was asked a question that often comes up. A commenter wondered how is it that spammers can send spam from "my" email address? And is that something we should be worried about?

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By J Schwan

Too often the Buy vs. Build argument gets turned on its head when enterprises who buy a packaged solution to save money, end up spending more customizing it to fit their business' needs. When I say packaged here I am referring to things like ERPs, CRMs and even newer SaaS based applications. Customizing packaged apps is expensive since you often need proprietary skills and knowledge to make any changes. It gets even more expensive when it comes time to upgrade and many of those customizations need to be refactored or rewritten.

The Editor of ZDNet.com gets infected with scareware and approaches the problem from the wrong direction. It's an interesting lesson, one that shows how important it is to have disk image backups.

Foreign intelligence services and global organized crime are targeting a million businesses in an effort to steal from them and destabilize America. You need to know if you're a target, understand the threats, and what to do about them.

I often tell people wireless is both a job and a hobby.  Like any hobby, one aspect I really enjoy is reaching out to others with the same interest to share information, debate, and learn from each other.   In this post, I want to highlight two different ways to find wireless users on Twitter: by using the #WirelessWednesday hashtag and through TweepML. 

I was perusing the CW website and came across this article "Want to bone up on wireless tech? Try ham radio" by John Edwards.  It got me thinking about my own fascination with wireless communications and how it helped me dramatically when I dove into IT.