Federal IT Contractors Can Thrive Amid Tight Budgets Amid ongoing budgetary pressure, federal agencies are tightening their belts as they aim to do more with less. But while that climate poses obvious challenges for government contractors in all industries, those in the IT sector can look forward to some significant opportunities, according to a new study from theDeltek, a software and services company catering to government contractors and professional services firms....

Beginner’s guide to Twitter With half a billion free account holders, Twitter is one of the top 10 most visited websites on the internet. The social networking service and micro-blogging site has been running for six years now and is the place to go to find out the latest news as well as chatting with friends and sharing photos. Many people still don’t understand what Twitter’s all about though, and don’t see the need for any other social networks beyond Facebook....

Installing Linux on Windows 8 PCs: No easy answers Here’s Microsoft’s plan: Every new PC sold with Windows 8 will be locked up tight with Microsoft’s UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) secure boot on. Microsoft says that this is to help secure your PCs from rootkits and malware. It also happens to stop you from easily installing Linux or any other operating system, such as Windows 7 or XP, on a Windows 8 system....

Samsung confirms Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich rollout Samsung has confirmed that it is rolling out Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to several of its Honeycomb-saddledtablets, including the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, 8.9 and 7.7. Samsung said the Ice Cream Sandwich update can be downloaded over the air, or the tablet can be connected to a PC and the software delivered through its Kies technology. With the recent release of Android 4....

Oracle CRM on Demand update focuses on industries Oracle is hoping to differentiate its cloud CRM (customer relationship management) software from that sold by rivals such as Salesforce.com with a new set of industry-specific capabilities. Oracle CRM On Demand Release 20, which was announced Tuesday, adds features for life sciences, financial services, insurance and automotive companies. But the core product has gotten plenty of upgrades as well, said Anthony Lye, senior vice president of cloud applications strategy....