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Walmart shuffled its top IT executives last week, promoting CIO Rollin Ford to the position of chief administrative officer for the retail giant. Karenann Terrell, previously assistant CIO, is the new CIO, effective Feb. 1.

South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has toured a high-tech city in the US as his government looks to cash in on the roll-out of high-speed broadband across Australia.

It's been a rough year for the IT industry. The death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in October grabbed international headlines. But we also lost other major figures from almost every area of technology, including Xerox PARC founder Jacob E. Goldman, who died in late December. Here's one last look at some of the people who made a big difference.

Even in this today's economy, there are rapidly expanding companies that have set big hiring targets.

Cadillac wants to let drivers have natural conversations with their cars and get physical feedback from a touchscreen in some models coming as soon as next year.

Software that lets drivers unlock car doors and even start their vehicles using a mobile phone could let car thieves do the very same things, according to computer security researchers at iSec Partners.

Mobile startup LightSquared may go from the frying pan to the fire on Wednesday when it releases a report on potential interference between its planned network and GPS.

Why should sourcing professionals embrace multi-sourcing approaches? There are several key reasons, including exerting competitive pressure over suppliers, gaining access to specialised skills, and compelling better performance from providers. Of course, using multiple providers is nothing new, but taking a systematic approach to multi-sourcing governance is. However, before embarking down this road, there are several factors sourcing professionals need to consider, which when combined, present challenges in achieving multi-sourcing success:

Joanne Stubbs, the CIO at Bakers Delight, does not believe there is such a thing as a global outsourcing trend.

On World Tech Update this week we show you exclusive video of the Defcon badge, Amazon announces a new Kindle, Panasonic shows off a 3D camcorder for consumers, General Motors announces pricing for the Chevrolet Volt hybrid electric car, Nissan makes some auto safety innovations, autonomous underwater vehicles compete for top honors in a NATO competition and a robot walks more than a half marathon on one charge.