http://www.computerworld.com/ en_US (c) Copyright 2012 Computerworld, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Sun, 27 May 2012 03:55:06 GMT 2012-05-27T03:55:06Z en_US (c) Copyright 2012 Computerworld, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142804/Top_10_tech_stories_of_the_decade?source=rss_keyword_looking+back+2009 While the computer industry in the 1990s thrived as corporations re-engineered business processes to incorporate IT, this decade has seen technology truly become part of mainstream culture and commerce via the Internet and ever-cheaper and smaller computing devices. Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:50:00 GMT (Marc Ferranti) http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142804/Top_10_tech_stories_of_the_decade?source=rss_keyword_looking+back+2009 2009-12-28T17:50:00Z http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142400/Twitter_s_Top_Trending_Topics_of_2009?source=rss_keyword_looking+back+2009 Did you know that Twitter users are a bunch of Super Bowl cheering, American Idol watching, Google Wave using music lovers? That's according to Twitter's top trending topics list for 2009, which details the topics people talked about this year, in messages of 140 characters or less, of course. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:41:00 GMT (Ian Paul) http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142400/Twitter_s_Top_Trending_Topics_of_2009?source=rss_keyword_looking+back+2009 2009-12-16T17:41:00Z http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9141966/The_10_biggest_tech_mergers_and_acquisitions_of_2009?source=rss_keyword_looking+back+2009 The list of the 10 biggest mergers and acquisitions this year is topped by Oracle/Sun. Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:52:00 GMT (Jon Brodkin) http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9141966/The_10_biggest_tech_mergers_and_acquisitions_of_2009?source=rss_keyword_looking+back+2009 2009-12-09T10:52:00Z http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9141983/Top_10_technology_stories_of_2009?source=rss_keyword_looking+back+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. Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:17:00 GMT (Marc Ferranti) http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9141983/Top_10_technology_stories_of_2009?source=rss_keyword_looking+back+2009 2009-12-09T01:17:00Z http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9141957/Top_tech_quotes_of_the_year?source=rss_keyword_looking+back+2009 As the year draws to a close, we thought about the memorable quotes related to IT and offer, in no particular order, 15 that stuck with us. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:12:00 GMT (Nancy Weil) http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9141957/Top_tech_quotes_of_the_year?source=rss_keyword_looking+back+2009 2009-12-08T17:12:00Z http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9141677/Experts_scrutinize_2009_s_most_notable_IT_apologies?source=rss_keyword_looking+back+2009 We asked the team at Perfect Apology to rate the quality of the apologies issued by top tech companies and executives this year (Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, among them) for their assorted mistakes and misdeeds. And yes, we did this BEFORE Tiger Woods issued his apology today. Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:55:00 GMT (Bob Brown) http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9141677/Experts_scrutinize_2009_s_most_notable_IT_apologies?source=rss_keyword_looking+back+2009 2009-12-02T18:55:00Z