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Intel Launches Netbook Developer Program

    December 2, 2009
The Atom Developer Program SDK, in beta for Windows and Moblin, will allow developers to design and sell apps for Intel-based netbooks.

HP Upgrades Thin Clients In Wake Of Windows 7

    December 2, 2009
HP is consolidating VMware and Citrix Systems desktop virtualization approaches with its own management software, and offering refreshed thin client devices.

Nokia Boosts Dev Tools With Qt 4.6

    December 2, 2009
The latest version of Qt offers support for Symbian, Maemo, and multi-touch, and also includes code contributions by third parties.

Google Helps Publishers Erect Pay Walls

    December 2, 2009
Continuing its stormy courtship of online news publishers, Google is offering news sites more control over how their content can be accessed.

Psystar Halts Mac Clone Sales

    December 2, 2009
Knock off manufacturer claims it's reached a partial settlement with Apple.

Facebook Revamps Privacy Tools

    December 2, 2009
Social networking site kills regional networks and simplifies settings to protect user content.

Bill Collector Makes Hay With Oracle Middleware

    December 1, 2009
Collect America finds opportunity in recession, but needed to integrate collection applications on top of Oracle Fusion middleware.

Microsoft Says Patch Isn't Cause Of Black Screen

    December 1, 2009
Black screen issues are not widespread and may be caused by malware, Microsoft insists.

SAP Delays Support Price Increase

    December 1, 2009
The company is waiting until early 2010 to incorporate customers' feedback as it looks to raise its annual maintenance fees.

Ansca Mobile Releases Corona For iPhone Development

    December 1, 2009
Flash designers and other developers now have a new bridge to world of mobile apps.

Google Names Android App Winners

    December 1, 2009
The top app in the Android Developer Challenge sends late-night phone calls directly to voice mail while the owner sleeps.

Office 2010 Ship Date Revealed

    December 1, 2009
Microsoft confirms Internet rumors surrounding release of next software suite.

Dell Launches Intel Core i7 Mobile Workstation

    December 1, 2009
The Precision M6500 laptop is aimed at graphics professionals and researchers who need a high-powered desktop replacement.

IT Hiring To Increase Next Quarter

    December 1, 2009
A 3% increase in IT staffing is forecast for early 2010, with traditional jobs in networking, security, and application development most in demand.

Open Source Firm Launches Cloud Middleware Platform

    December 1, 2009
WSO2 is moving from supplying light weight SOA services to the enterprise to providing middleware as a service for cloud operations.

rPath Upgrades Linux App Deployment Platform

    December 1, 2009
The development tool expands the capabilities of its Linux application deployment platform to provide dashboard visualization of the deployment stack.

Sun Upgrades VirtualBox Virtualization Software

    December 1, 2009
The new version allows users to move running virtual machines between systems without interruption.

IBM Buys Database Security Company

    November 30, 2009
By purchasing Guardium, IBM is strengthening its ability to sell to healthcare and financial companies.

Survey: Android Developers Unhappy

    November 30, 2009
Some Android developers are frustrated with low application download volumes, poor marketplace design, and problems with Google Checkout.

Large Hadron Collider Breaks Energy Record

    November 30, 2009
The physics community is excited to see CERN's particle accelerator up and running again.

Dell Dabbles With Chrome OS

    November 30, 2009
Owners of Dell Mini 10v netbooks can now try a version of Google's Chrome OS for themselves.

'Black Screen of Death' Linked To Microsoft Patch

    November 30, 2009
A recent Microsoft security fix has been fingered as one of several possible causes of black screen Windows crashes.

RIM Updates BlackBerry Server, Media Software

    November 30, 2009
The BlackBerry maker added multiple features to its BlackBerry Enterprise Server and Media Sync software.

Elastra Cloud Server Preps Apps For Azure, Amazon

    November 30, 2009
Startup Elastra configures applications for deployment to a private cloud, Amazon EC2, or Microsoft Azure.

Roll Your Own Ubuntu Private Cloud

    November 28, 2009
Why use Amazon's EC2 or Google's cloud computing services when you can set up your own private cloud with a few open source tools?

Apple Accepts PhoneGap For iPhone Development

    November 25, 2009
Cross-platform mobile development is getting easier, thanks to frameworks that leverage Web technology.

Wind River Taps Datalight For Flash Memory

    November 25, 2009
DataLight's FlashFX Pro makes it easier for software to access the NAND flash memory used for storage in embedded devices.

Microsoft Azure Supports Federated ID

    November 25, 2009
A federated identity can be used to provide a single sign on to multiple applications, both in the enterprise and in the cloud.

Senators Urge EU To Finish Oracle Sun Probe

    November 24, 2009
With Sun jobs at stake, U.S. lawmakers want the European Commission to speed up its antitrust investigation.

Microsoft Issues Internet Explorer Security Advisory

    November 24, 2009
Users of Internet Explorer 6 and 7 may be vulnerable to a malware attack.

Google, TiVo Partner For TV Data

    November 24, 2009
TV advertisers can look forward to a deeper understanding of how TiVo viewers receive their ads.

Microsoft Lands UK Cloud Deal

    November 24, 2009
CSC will support 30,000 U.K. postal service employees using cloud versions of Exchange and SharePoint.

Microsoft Bing Cashback Not Always A Bargain

    November 23, 2009
Microsoft's search rebate program inflates some prices for online shoppers, claims a competitor.

Google Buys Ad Start-Up Teracent

    November 23, 2009
Teracent's technology will help Google automate display ad design and delivery.

Apple Defends App Store Approval Process

    November 23, 2009
The company said its App Store approval process makes sure Apple's platform has high-quality products.

Chrome OS: There Will Be Local Storage

    November 20, 2009
Despite what Google says, not all data will be in the cloud.

Air Force To Expand PlayStation-Based Supercomputer

    November 20, 2009
The cluster of PlayStation 3 consoles is already being used for research into high-def video processing and systems with brain-like properties.

Microsoft AppFabric Adds Azure Cloud Plumbing

    November 20, 2009
AppFabric, now in beta, rolls up a host of foundation technologies which will enable Azure to work with software in the enterprise.

Ballmer Says Windows 7 Is Microsoft's Best OS Ever

    November 20, 2009
The recently launched operating system is building market momentum as PC users upgrade from Vista, Microsoft's CEO says.

IBM Reports Cognitive Computing Advances

    November 20, 2009
At the Supercomputing 09 conference, IBM reported significant progress in large-scale cortical simulation.

BMC, CA Join Salesforce.com Cloud

    November 20, 2009
Salesforce.com's challenge will be to convince even more CIOs and developers that it's no longer just a CRM company.

Google Chrome OS Depends On Hardware Partners

    November 20, 2009
Despite its focus on the Web -- a platform with proven appeal -- Chrome OS will also need compelling hardware to compete against Apple's anticipated tablet and Windows netbooks.

Interop: CIOs Eye Cloud With Optimistic Caution

    November 19, 2009
The consensus of the Enterprise Cloud Summit panel was that the cloud promises reduced costs and added IT flexibility, but significant legal and technical challenges remain.

Obama Team Challenges Web Developers

    November 19, 2009
Having rebuilt Whitehouse.gov on the open source Drupal platform, President Obama's new media team is calling on the open source community for new ideas and technology.

eBay Founder Starting Online News Site

    November 19, 2009
As print journalism suffers from the move of ad dollars to the Web, Pierre Omidyar hopes his service will fill gaps in local Hawaiian news reporting.

Opera Mobile 10 Hits Windows Mobile

    November 19, 2009
The latest version of Opera Mobile adds boosted touchscreen support, visual bookmarks, and improved data compression features.

Google Releases Chrome OS Code

    November 19, 2009
Developers can now participate in the Chrome OS open source project and help Google bring its new operating system to market next year.

Lawmakers Slam Deceptive Web Marketers

    November 18, 2009
Post-transaction marketing abuses bring calls for stronger oversight.

Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.6 Beta 3

    November 18, 2009
The third beta version of the next Firefox sports speed and stability improvements.

Salesforce Adds Enterprise Social Networking

    November 18, 2009
Chatter brings Facebook- and Twitter-type capabilities to applications running on the Force.com cloud computing platform.

Yahoo Refocusing Mobile Efforts

    November 18, 2009
The company is shutting down its Go service to concentrate on specialized apps and the mobile Web.

Google Phone Coming, Report Claims

    November 18, 2009
But for many, a Google phone doesn't make sense.

Healthcare Provider Saves With E-Invoicing

    November 18, 2009
Electronic invoices are saving Memorial Hermann Healthcare System millions of dollars.

Interop: IT Forecast Says Clouds

    November 18, 2009
"The Holy Grail is to deliver IT services on-demand," said Citrix Systems CEO Mark Templeton in his Interop keynote.

Q&A: Microsoft Exec Bob Muglia On Cloud, Azure

    November 18, 2009
Muglia talks about coordinating between the Azure cloud and the existing data center and calls the the cloud "the biggest thing I've seen in 20 years."

Global CIO: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's Goodbye Letter To European Customers

    November 18, 2009
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.

Healthcare's New Revenue Generator: Business Apps

    November 18, 2009
Banner Health uses $17 million supply chain savings to pay for new clinical information systems.

Toshiba Launches Unified Messaging For Small Businesses

    November 18, 2009
The Linux appliance is designed to provide affordable messaging to small and medium-sized businesses, with 400 mailboxes and 300 hours of storage.

Quest Launches Cloud Services Based On Microsoft Azure

    November 18, 2009
Quest OnDemand will manage IT environments, providing identity management, authentication, and authorization, built on Microsoft's platform for software as a service.

Full Nelson: A Web Presence Needs Sizzle, For Shizzle

    November 18, 2009
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.

T-Mobile Says Employees Sold Customer Data

    November 17, 2009
A report issued by the U.K. Information Commission's Office calls for action against the unlawful sale of personal data.

Web 2.0 Expo: APIs Build Web Presence

    November 17, 2009
Application programming interfaces provide a means for e-commerce players to extend their brand—but they're not without risk.

Cyber Warfare Warning Sounded

    November 17, 2009
In its annual report on cybercrime, McAfee says that the age of cyber warfare has arrived.

Microsoft Launches Azure Beta

    November 17, 2009
Ray Ozzie and Robert Muglia present Microsoft's Azure cloud services at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles.

Microsoft Expands App Store

    November 17, 2009
Windows Marketplace for Mobile is available for handsets running Windows Mobile 6.1 and 6.0, giving developers an audience of about 30 million devices.

Healthcare IT Job Outlook Perks Up

    November 17, 2009
Business analysts and technology architects face rosy IT job prospects in the healthcare and green energy sectors.

Glide OS Extends Search

    November 17, 2009
TransMedia's forthcoming revision of its media sharing service will be accessible from any Web site through a browser plug-in.

Most Security Products Fail Initial Certification Tests

    November 16, 2009
A study based on the testing of thousands of security products over 20 years finds that most require several rounds of testing before achieving certification.

Citrix Rolls Out Xen Desktop 4

    November 16, 2009
Windows 7 will prompt a rethinking of the desktop in 2010 and lead many to virtualize, Citrix says.

Psystar Guilty Of Violating Mac Copyright

    November 16, 2009
Court grants summary judgment in favor of Apple's lawsuit against cloner.

Palm Updates WebOS

    November 16, 2009
The 1.3.1 update fixes bugs and beefs up security, but doesn't restore the ability to sync with iTunes.

Google Apps Gets LTech Management Tools

    November 16, 2009
The switch to cloud computing doesn't have to mean giving up administrative power.

IBM Launches Business Analytics Cloud

    November 16, 2009
Big Blue deploys cloud computing internally while also offering the service to customers.

7 Cloud Computing Myths Busted

    November 14, 2009
Amazon, Google, Microsoft and others are investing aggressively in the cloud, even as critics point to security, reliability, and compatibility issues. We cut through the fog.

Microsoft 'Sudo' Patent No Danger To Unix

    November 13, 2009
The recent "Rights elevator" patent granted to Microsoft covers a graphic user interface element.

IBM Offers Security Software For Virtualization

    November 13, 2009
The product secures each layer of the infrastructure of a VMware vSphere virtual server.

Programmers Charged In Madoff Scheme

    November 13, 2009
Two men were arrested for developing and maintaining computer programs that helped convicted Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff cover up his operation.

Qualcomm Revamping Brew Platform

    November 13, 2009
The company is integrating social networking, e-mail, and location-based services into its Brew Mobile Platform.

Tech Giants Aim To Master Disaster

    November 13, 2009
Microsoft, Google, Yahoo form alliance to develop software solutions for improving emergency response efforts.

Nokia N60 Gets Fast Location App

    November 13, 2009
Skyhook's Map Booster system delivers instantaneous location data to the Nokia smartphones.

Interop New York: Spotlight On Cloud Computing, Networking, Virtualization

    November 13, 2009
The networking techfest, Nov. 16-20, will illuminate today's most important IT trends and technologies.

Global CIO: SAP's Spread Out Payment Plan Is Good But Not Enough

    November 13, 2009
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.

Web 2.0 Expo: The Power Of Less

    November 13, 2009
The industry's premier event will explore opportunities for innovation in a time of uncertainty, amid the entrepreneurial spirit of New York's Web community.

Global CIO: Cloud Computing's New Name: 500 Reader Suggestions!

    November 13, 2009
The CEOs of HP and IBM say "cloud computing" is a lousy name, so we asked you to come up with a new term--and your 500 responses tell us a lot about ourselves.

Microsoft Investigating Zero-Day Windows 7 Flaw

    November 12, 2009
The vulnerability was released the day after Microsoft issued its November patches.

Google Gets Gizmo5

    November 12, 2009
The acquisition is likely to bring VOIP capabilities to Google Voice, making it more competitive with Skype.

Why Jaguar Land Rover Chose Google Apps

    November 12, 2009
A customer success story spotlights the pitched battle among online apps.

Microsoft Slams Employee Over Mac Comments

    November 12, 2009
Product manager says Windows 7 was inspired by Apple's user interface.

IBM Rolls Out Mobile Shopping Software

    November 12, 2009
WebSphere Commerce 7 includes components that let retailers connect with consumers through text messages and social networking sites.

Adobe Flash Security Model Permits Malware

    November 12, 2009
Web sites that allow user-generated content could be risking attack due to Flash's permissive security model.

Apple Tweaks App Store Review Process

    November 12, 2009
The iPhone maker is adding transparency to its App Store vetting process.

Oracle Updates Berkeley Database

    November 12, 2009
Oracle has brought out a fourth version of the Berkeley DB Java Edition database system with enhanced performance and replication.

Skytap Boosts Collaborative Cloud Project Management

    November 12, 2009
Skytap is putting a collaborative front end on cloud computing to help distributed dev teams better manage software projects.

Global CIO: SAP Tells Oracle To Free Java But Keeps Own Software Closed

    November 12, 2009
SAP's CTO argues that Java is so vital to global IT that it must be in public domain. So does the same hold true for SAP systems that manage 65% of global GDP?

Logitech To Acquire Video Communications Vendor

    November 11, 2009
The $405 million purchase of LifeSize would give Logitech entry into the growing corporate videoconferencing market.

Google 'Go' Name Brings Accusations Of 'Evil'

    November 11, 2009
Developers want Google to change the name of its new Go language because there's already a Go! language.

Google Search Visualizes Global Data

    November 11, 2009
Data made available by the World Bank is now being used to provide visual support for statistical queries.

FBI's New Case Management System Delayed

    November 11, 2009
Completion of the $451 million Sentinel system, to be used for searching and analyzing criminal and national security data, has been pushed back to September.

NASA Space Technologies Go Mainstream

    November 11, 2009
In its annual report, the space agency identifies 49 technologies that are being repurposed in the private sector, including scheduling software for hospitals and a tuning circuit for 3G networks.

Four Indicted In $9 Million RBS WorldPay Hack

    November 11, 2009
One of most sophisticated computer hacking rings in the world has been broken, claims Acting U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates.

 

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