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Eric Zeman

Specs For Next Motorola Android Phone Leak
Based on the spec sheet that's floating about the Interwebs today, it appears as though Motorola's next Android phone is probably headed to AT&T -- which remains to be the only major U.S. carrier not already offering an Android handset.

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George Hulme

Chrome OS Security: Initial Impressions
There is much developers can do to build a secure operating system when limits are set on what devices are supported, and there's no regard for compatibility with all types of software applications. I'm sure it's a luxury some software designers in Redmond and Cupertino certainly envy. But that's the clean shot Google has with its new Chrome OS.

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George Crump

Storage As A Virtual Machine Details - Part Two
Completing our storage as a virtual machine re-interviews were conversations we had with EMC and Nexenta. While our last entry focused on systems that leveraged virtual machines to deliver block I/O storage services these two companies are delivering something a little different, NAS services and backup services.

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John Foley

The Million-Dollar Google Maps API
The U.S. government's Apps.gov Web site provides new visibility into what federal agencies pay for cloud-based applications and commercial software, with offerings from vendors such as Hewlett-Packard, Jive, Microsoft, and Salesforce.com. One of the priciest products on the site: Google's Maps API, which lists for nearly a million dollars.

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Serdar Yegulalp

Keep Cool Over Open Source License Violations
Shortly before I wrote my post about responsible disclosure of open source licensing violations, Bradley Kuhn (of the Software Freedom Conservancy and Software Freedom Law Center) wrote a post of his own about the same subject. His take: GPL violations are common, everyday things -- and as such should be handled with cool, calm, and collected heads.

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Nicole Ferraro

Steal Presents Online This Holiday Season
A new Facebook application preps itself for the holiday season

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Tracey Hughes

Just Say No To SFAQL Parallelism
I know, I know, a lot of folks out there are big subscribers to the 'just-get-'er -done' school of software maintenance and development. The idea of sitting somewhere while a design group is doing its work is just plain torture. It feels like a waste of time and money. Somehow there's always a fire that demands that we code now and capture the design later.



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Bob Evans

Global CIO: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's Goodbye Letter To European Customers
If Larry Ellison were to bid ciao and adieu to the wonks of the EU, here's what his goodbye letter to Oracle customers might say.

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Global CIO: SAP's Spread-Out Payment Plan Is Good But Not Enough
The ERP business has become a buyers' market and is likely to stay this way. SAP could be on the verge of capitalizing on that.

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Rob Preston

Down To Smarter Business: People Want Technology Focused On Results, Not ''Solutions''
Sensors, wireless, cloud computing, machine-to-machine networks--they're all coming together to change how people get their jobs done.

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Art Wittmann

Practical Analysis: The Fastest-Growing Security Threat
SQL injections, more than any other exploit, can land your company in trouble. So why aren't you worried about them?

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John Foley

Government Technologist: Vivek Kundra's Data Center Problem
The number of data centers belonging to the U.S. government has more than doubled in the past 10 years. Can Federal CIO Vivek Kundra put a stop to the trend?

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Alexander Wolfe

Wolfe's Den: HP Revs Data Center Strategy, Stabbing At Cisco
Hewlett-Packard has fired back at Cisco in the increasingly contentious race to field an overarching data-center strategy, which will enable enterprises to rein in the complexity of sprawling networks and rampant virtualization.

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Fritz Nelson

Full Nelson: A Web Presence Needs Sizzle, For Shizzle
Customer engagement is the future of the Web. For the bold and the willing, successful ideas are there for the trying -- just don't try too hard.

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Chris Murphy

Global CIO: Microsoft Data Center Strategy Vital To Azure
The company envisions a more just-in-time approach to bringing on data center capacity.

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Brian Gillooly

Global CIO: Building A Brand Takes IT Flexibility
There are fundamental differences in how marketing and IT see their roles, and the world. And it's bad for a company's brand when the CIO and marketing execs don't get along.

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