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George Hulme

World Bank (Allegedly) Hacked
It seems, based on a FoxNews.com report that broke Friday that The World Bank Group suffered a series of cyber-attacks during the past few months. The claims of the level of access gained by the attackers are troubling � but the real extent of the breach remains in dispute, and unknown.

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Charles Babcock

Red Hat In Desktop Virtualization--Who's Buying That?
It's hard to know whether there's more than meets the eye with Red Hat's acquisition of Qumranet. Yes, it gets expertise in the open source KVM hypervisor, and KVM is the alternative preferred by open source developers. But what can Red Hat actually do with a desktop virtualization product? How's it going to make headway against Citrix XenServer and VMware's Virtual Desktop Infrastructure? There's potential in KVM but is there traction in desktop virtualization for Red Hat?

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Marin Perez

BlackBerry Flip Reviewed
With the touch-screen BlackBerry Storm and the Bold grabbing headlines now, Research In Motion's first clamshell smartphone may get overlooked. The BlackBerry Flip should be coming to T-Mobile real soon, and our friends over at BerryReporter have just published a hands-on review.

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Alexander Wolfe

Smartphones As Laptop Killers: GM CIO Ralph Szygenda Opines
Want to hear some good news about General Motors in these troubled economic times? For one thing, they're a thought leader in enterprise mobility. GM CIO Ralph Szygenda talked to me for the InformationWeek cover story, Is The Smartphone Your Next Computer? "Our senior executives are demanding more capabilities on their smartphones," he says in the piece. Here's an expanded dive into his thoughts.

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Kevin Ferguson

Green Jobs And Fuzzy Math
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Google Adds Better Video Support To Picasa Web Albums

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Dell Enters Backup Appliance Market

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Entellium Slashes Staff, Top Execs Arrested

Microsoft

Windows Strata: Rolling Thunder, Or Another Hailstorm?

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