N.J. businessmen sentenced to jail for E-Rate fraud
The former co-owners of a New Jersey computer services provider each have been sentenced to 27 months in prison on charges of conspiracy to defraud a U.S. government program designed to bring Internet access to schools and libraries in poor areas, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Read more...

Cybersecurity bill, OK'd by House, draws cautious praise

Colorado looks to SaaS to cut e-mail costs

House to consider cybersecurity bill on Wednesday

Petition urges British government to dump IE6

UK government enlists public to spot terror Web sites

Obama budget halts IT growth, cuts data centers

Haiti digs out from communications disaster

African Union meeting kicks off, with no place for ICANN

Hello? Hello? NASA's Mars Lander remains silent

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New year kicks off with CES, Google's Nexus One
The new year in IT news kicked off this week with the annual gadget-and-gear extravaganza, the Consumer Electronics Show. Apart from CES, Google got in on the news action, announcing its Nexus One smartphone, which provided (yet) another lesson about why it's not a good idea to get all hyped about rumors and speculation around new products that may or may not be all that when they are officially announced. Unless, of course, those products are from Apple.

Facebook tweaks, Intel chip delay and leak
Facebook's new privacy policy was rolled out this week and although we have known for months that it was coming it grabbed a lot of headline attention just the same. Of course, there were plenty of complaints from users about various aspects of the changes, so Facebook has already made some tweaks. In other news, Intel's Larrabee delay, announced last week, carried over into this week.

Top 10 technology stories of 2009
The Great Recession cast a shadow on all sectors of the economy in 2009. IT fared better than most, however, and the slump did not curb the dynamic nature of the industry. Here is the IDG News Service's pick of the top 10 technology stories of 2009.

Peter Drucker as Life Coach: Book Shares His Wisdom
The "father of modern management" had as much to say about self-management and personal development as he did about innovation and organizational effectiveness, says Bruce Rosenstein, the author of a new book on Peter Drucker. In this revealing Q&A, Rosenstein shares what you can learn from Drucker's life, legacy and lack of e-mail.

Utah Adopts 'Less Is More' ARRA Strategy
Utah's CIO is using existing systems to report ARRA spending, instead of investing in "gee-whiz software."

Maryland: Leader of the Pack
The state of Maryland, a pioneer in the use of geographic information systems to track government performance, is now using the same technology to report on ARRA stimulus funds.

Follow the money: States scramble to track federal stimulus bucks
State IT organizations are hustling to whip up new processes and tools to accurately track and account for their states' shares of the $787 billion stimulus pie.

Zoë Baird
Zoë Baird, president of the Markle Foundation, leads the group's efforts to collaborate with some of the nation's leaders and experts in the areas of IT, health, national security, civil liberties and business to develop strategies for the use of IT.

City 2.0
Emerging technologies such as WiMax will transform today's cities.

Opinion: Suspicionless laptop searches are wrong for many reasons
The DHS's new policy is poorly conceived and will do nothing to protect us.

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