Ken Gagne

Premier 100 IT Leader: Lincoln Wallen

This IT leader is overseeing a move to digital movie distribution, which is driving both efficiencies and quality improvements.

10 essential WordPress plugins

WordPress has developed into a full-fledged content management system. We look at 10 essential plugins that make it even better.

Best Places spotlight: Miami Children's Hospital workers help kids, grow careers

Ringing in at No. 63 on our 2012 Best Places to Work in IT list, the hospital is committed to helping IT workers advance their careers with challenging projects and interesting opportunities.

Crowdfunding: The latest way to get your project funded

Crowdfunding sites like Kickerstarter are offering both established businesses and entrepreneurs a viable alternative to venture capitalists.

Premier 100 IT Leader profile:
Kristin D. Russell

This IT leader left a successful career in the private sector to follow an opportunity to do meaningful work in the Colorado governor's office as state CIO and secretary of technology.

Hands on: Building an MP3 player for an Apple II computer

Retrocomputing fans, take note: You can play MP3 files on an Apple II computer. We follow along as a KansasFest workshop attendee assembles and demos Briel Computers' A2MP3 card.

Medtronic Inc.

At Medtronic Inc., ranked No. 23 on Computerworld's Best Places to Work in IT list for 2011, employees feel a connection to the company's mission and the patients who are affected by their work.

Paul E. Haugan

CTO Paul Haugan builds strong relationships that enable him and his colleagues throughout the region to address shared problems.

Visual tour: Facebook Pages revamped

In March, Facebook will upgrade all pages to look more like personal profiles, while giving administrators new tools for maintaining their pages. Here's a preview.

Visual tour: Apple's greatest hits under Steve Jobs

We offer the 12 most notable hits Apple has produced on Jobs' watch, from his first tenure (1977 to 1985) as well as his second (1997 to 2011).

Fixing Facebook: Tips and tricks for handling common complaints

Facebook users are continually faced with privacy issues and controversial redesigns. We offer some simple fixes for most of the current problems.

Apple-1 goes for $213K in Christie's auction

Christie's auction house in London today sold an Apple-1 computer for $213,600 to an Italian collector.

GeoCities lives -- sort of

Although Yahoo shuttered the GeoCities Web hosting service last year, many of the sites that used the service have been made newly available by groups that archived them.

Visual tour: The new Twitter.com

Coming soon to a Twitter account near you: Embedded pictures and video, threaded replies and drill-downs. Look out, Facebook?

Face-off: 1979 Apple Graphics Tablet vs. 2010 Apple iPad

A convention for Apple II diehards provides an opportunity to compare and contrast a 30-year-old Apple tablet device with today's state-of-the-art iPad.

The Grill: Jason Scott

Digital historian Jason Scott's upcoming documentary, Get Lamp, set to debut this week, examines text adventure games through interviews with developers, designers and players. Even if you don't know Scott, you might know his cat: Sockington, the most-followed animal on Twitter, has more than 1.5 million fans.

No. 27 Best Place to Work in IT: Kaiser Permanente

Kaiser Permanente, ranked No. 27 on Computerworld's Best Places to Work in IT list, provides seed money for employees' bright ideas through the Innovation Technology Fund.

No. 68 Best Place to Work in IT: Indiana University

Indiana University, ranked No. 68 on Computerworld's 2010 Best Places to Work in IT list, offers a range of professional development opportunities, including a job enrichment program.

Image gallery: WordPress 3.0 adds better customization and multisite networks

The new version of WordPress includes useful new features for both single-site bloggers and organizational admins.

Hands-on: WordPress 3.0 adds better customization and multisite networks

The new version of WordPress includes useful new features for both single-site bloggers and organizational admins.