Energy Star for servers may be ready by year's end, EPA says
The EPA said an Energy Star rating for servers could be ready by the end of the year, although the amount of information it offers will be limited at first. Read more...

Q&A: E-voting activist more optimistic about voting systems

IBM mainframe acquisition raises antitrust concerns

Intel, AMD gather steam as chip price war cools

Supercomputer seen helping to diagnose osteoporosis

Accenture report upholds EPA data-center findings

Computerworld survey results: Windows Server 2008

Environmental Impact: IT Sees the Light on Green Computing

It's not Vista: Windows Server 2008 gets the nod from IT

Microsoft Sees More Pros Than Cons in Containers

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Elgan: Independence Day (from the grid, that is)
Make your own "declaration of independence," says columnist Mike Elgan, and set yourself up with the right phone, data plan, laptop and other devices so you're ready at any time to do whatever you want do to, and go wherever you want to go.

Opinion: Mainframers know more than you think
The sooner that companies figure out that their mainframe folks can help with the discipline and planning aspects of storage networking, the sooner companies will realize the benefits of today's storage networks and minimize many of their problems

Seven skills for IT fame and fortune
With the economic downturn on everyone's mind, everyone is re-examining his skills. Some skills are valued more highly than others, of course, and here are seven that could help you not only keep that job, but also secure an even better one.

Opinion: What the gas crisis means for your IT costs
Storage groups must begin to consider the power and cooling impact of devices on the data center floor. Power is about 5% of total IT budget for large organizations, but predictions are that this will double or triple over the next 10 years.

Saved by SaaS: Data backup via software as a service
In case of disaster, log on and grab your files? Some SMBs are having great luck with data backup via software as a service. Esther Shein looks at a few firms that make it work.

Supercomputer helps with cancer research
Designing new cancer drugs requires an understanding of the structure of proteins, with more than 90 million images to analyze and interpret.

The great 32-bit turnoff
At a minimum, vendors need to modify existing 32-bit applications so that the software can still function in a 64-bit operating environment.

Opinion: RTM edition of Microsoft Hyper-V adds speed
In one test, the virtual machine was able to saturate the hardware enough to achieve 97% of the storage performance of a physical server.

Q&A: VMware's CEO talks Microsoft, security
Diane Greene talks about how VMware has prepared for the upcoming battle with Microsoft, how the new VMsafe program will yield products over the next two years and the importance of being independent from even its corporate parent's influence.

Review: Microsoft's Hyper-V does the trick
Microsoft's virtualization software works well, but it's still pretty far behind the functionality of VMware in most areas, according to InfoWorld's reviewer. Still, Microsoft's tool is "good enough" for the vast majority of scenarios, or it will be soon.

All it takes is a couple hours and about $125 to breathe new life into an old laptop. Here's how. Is Microsoft's Golden Age over? What are Gates' most memorable quotes? Find out in Computerworld's complete coverage of the end of the Bill Gates era at Microsoft. There are some things your CIO definitely doesn't want to hear. Also don't miss the flipside, Five things you should always tell your boss. With its latest version, Mozilla's browser continues to raise the bar for what Web browsers should be.

Reviews, analyses, how-tos, visual tours, hot issues and predictions about Microsoft's new OS.

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