In less than a year, the iPhone has won the hearts of users, who speak of the combination cellphone, Internet device and music player with reverence.

Indeed, the iPhone, which maker Apple says has captured 28% of the U.S. smartphone market, seems to be loved by everyone–everyone, that is, except those who work in corporate information-technology departments.

Designed with the consumer in mind, the iPhone is less secure than business-oriented smartphones such as those from Nokia or Research In Motion’s BlackBerry, according to IT professionals.

The computing industry is ripe for a new phase of programming languages over the next five years, said a language expert at TheServerSide Java Symposium.

"We stand on the threshold of a renaissance in programming languages," said Ted Neward, founder of Neward & Associates, during a keynote March 27.

Neward, a Java enthusiast and a coder in the .Net environment, dynamic languages and Web technologies said the industry is in a period of renewed interest in using, building and exploring and discovering programming languages.

"If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it" applies to IT as well as to life in general. That said, there are many products in the enterprise that are starting to show their age. And, if they aren’t now, they will be with technologies such as IPv6 and unified communications coming down the pike, not to mention rising energy costs. Here’s a list of products that deserve a hard once-over.

Security researcher Dancho Danchev said Friday that SEO poisoning attacks have scaled up and are attacking well known sites. Google has been filtering its results as a defense, but Danchev’s latest finding brings up an interesting question: Can the defenses scale? First, a few key points. SEO poisoning isn’t new. In fact, targeted IFRAME attacks have been around for months.

Kaspersky Lab announced a new product for Mobile Security. As people continue to load more and more sensitive professional and personal data on their smartphones, more advanced security capabilities are becoming increasingly important for consumers and businesses alike. With Kaspersky Mobile Security, in addition to packing standard anti-malware capabilities, if you lose your phone, you will have the ability to send an SMS message that either temporarily locks the device until it is recovered, or wipes it clean of any stored data. This eliminates the risk of personal information falling into the wrong hands if it has been stolen (or simply left in the backseat of a cab).

In addition, the product has anti-theft capabilities: If your phone is stolen, it can be programmed to make an outgoing call to the number of your choice the second the thief inserts a new SIM card–making it much easier to track down the location of the phone.

A new capability in WebSphere Process Server V6.1 includes the ability to work with Lotus Forms as a front-end for human tasks. This article describes how the two technologies work together and shows you how to build a business process with human tasks that include Lotus Forms.

The worst enemy of security on endpoints–including desktop and notebook computers and mobile devices both on and off the network–is the user.

That was the conclusion of a March 26 panel on the subject that was moderated by Dave Martin, Director of Information Security at EMC’s Global Security Organization, here at the Boston SecureWorld Expo.

Are you ready to get started with the browser-based interface for IBM Content Manager, the eClient? This article provides detailed step-by-step instructions on how to install eClient, how to configure it, and how to begin using it to access your enterprise content.

Some workers are doing it at Dunkin’ Donuts, Hilton hotels, even at Marine Corps bases. Employees at a growing number of businesses around the nation are starting and ending their days by pressing a hand or finger to a scanner that logs the precise time of their arrival and departure–information that is automatically reflected in payroll records.

Manufacturers say these biometric scanners improve efficiency and streamline payroll operations. Employers big and small buy them with the dual goals of curtailing fraud and automating outdated record keeping systems that rely on paper time sheets. The new systems, however, have raised complaints from some workers who see the efforts to track their movements as excessive or even creepy.

The OpenOffice.org Community announced the release of OpenOffice.org 2.4, the latest version of the leading open source office productivity suite. OpenOffice.org 2.4 includes new features, enhancements, and bug fixes to all its core components.

Users will appreciate changes such as usability improvements in printing, and further enhancements to PDF handling (OpenOffice.org creates PDF files "out of the box" to ISO standard). The default font is now DejaVu, which supports more languages/localisations than the previous BitStream Vera–part of a raft of localisation improvements covering languages from Hiligaynon to Quechua. Mac OS X users will appreciate the use of the native Quicktime player and spell-checker.