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Facebook Disconnects Google Friend Connect
Facebook says it denied Google Friend Connect access to Facebook user data for failing to respect its privacy requirements.
Online Advertising Revenues Rising
Consumer advertisers were the biggest spenders online, accounting for 55% and 52% of the total spent in 2007 and 2006, respectively, IAB said.
Yahoo, Google Talks Reportedly Still On
The two Internet companies began discussing an advertising partnership after Microsoft made its unsolicited offer for Yahoo.
Via Launches Low-Power x86 Board For Industrial Devices
The component measures nearly 4 inches by 3 inches, and is designed for heat-sensitive devices with limited space.
Crazy Raspberry Ants Menace Electronics In Houston
Local exterminators say the insects get into electrical outlets and boxes and are known to short out computer systems.
Missouri Mom Indicted In MySpace Cyber-Bullying, Suicide Case
The social networking site cooperated with authorities and is named as a victim in the case.
AT&T Reverses Course On iPhone Sales Limit
Questions about a one-per-customer policy may suggest Apple is reducing inventories to make way for a new version of a 3G iPhone.
RIAA Setback: Making Music Available May Not Be Copyright Infringement
A district judge may order a new trial in a music file-sharing suit that won record companies $222,000 for copyright infringement.
Comcast Restricted Bandwidth To BitTorrent Users 24/7, Study Charges
The Max Planck Institute released a study showing that Comcast has engaged in routine blocking or throttling of BitTorrent files at all hours of the day.
AT&T Reportedly Limits iPhone Sales To One Per Customer
Many believe Apple is reducing inventories before releasing a new version of the smartphone next month.
Bill Gates Demonstrates 'TouchWall' Multi-Touch Screen
Microsoft's "intelligent whiteboard" could potentially show up in corporate meeting rooms, board rooms or classrooms if and when it ever gets productized.
Comcast Goes Social With Plaxo Acquisition
The social network has been developing a universal address book for Comcast's SmartZone communications center, which should launch later this year.
Google Adds Demographic Features To YouTube Analytics Tool
The addition of visitor age and gender information to YouTube Insight is part of Google's overall mission to make the video sharing site profitable.
Zero-Day Internet Explorer Vulnerability Published
The potential exploit relates to the Microsoft Web browser's "Print Table of Links" feature.
Icahn Amasses Yahoo Shares To Push Microsoft Merger
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn said he's been recruited to lead the proxy fight by Yahoo investors unhappy with the company's refusal to accept Microsoft's bid.
IT Spending May Not Be So Recession-Proof, After All
In contrast to its prior survey, Astaro found that the bleak economic outlook is likely to decrease spending on IT security.
IBM, RIM Drive Deeper Into Web 2.0
New WebSphere and Lotus Connections software for the smartphone allow users to build Web sites as well as messaging and calendaring applications.
Amazon Launches Music Widget For Bloggers, Web Sites
The MP3 Clips Widget lets users pick the song and albums they want to display or select the latest bestsellers or new releases within a specific genre.
eBay Seller Faces 20-Year Sentence For Software Piracy
Investigators believe he created more than 40 fake seller IDs and PayPal accounts after capturing people's bank account information through a keystroke logger.
Adobe Unveils Flash Player 10, 3-D Features
The new Flash Player has several new features Adobe hopes will help maintain the plug-in's dominance in the face of growing competition.
Verizon Business, AT&T Win Homeland Security Network Contracts
Verizon's 10-year, $678.5 million contract calls for merging various Department of Homeland Security units onto a single common and secure IP network.
Ask.com Buys Dictionary.com Parent Lexico
Search site Ask.com will announce Thursday a deal to buy Lexico, home to popular reference Web sites Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com, a move that will expand its audience by 11 percent.
Google's Search Share Rises To 67.9% In April
The market share numbers are important because search engines continue to be the primary way Internet users navigate to key commercial segments.
Car Talk: Ford Sync Gives Drivers Voice Command Option
Ford Sync, developed in partnership with Microsoft, is a voice-activated, in-car communications and entertainment system. Despite a solid initial implementation, Sync's feature set and user interface still have a few miles to go.
Apple's Largest U.S. Store Highlights Growth Strategy
Sandwiched between aging brick buildings, the minimalist 20,000-square-foot store stands out on Boston's historic Boylston Street.
SEC Charges Broadcom Founder, Gen Counsel, Ex-Execs
The charges follow Broadcom's agreement, announced April 22, to pay $12 million to settle SEC charges that it fraudulently backdated stock options.
'Grand Theft Auto' Helps U.S. Xbox Sales Top 10 Million
GTA IV also helped boost the subscriber base to Microsoft's Xbox Live online gaming service to more than 12 million this month.
New York Stock Exchange Runs Trades On Red Hat Linux
The conversion to Linux followed the acquisition of the Euronext exchange in 2007, and the open source operating system is now powering the NYSE's mission-critical trading systems.
Consumers Cold To Blu-Ray Players
Only 9% of non-Blu-ray player owners say they are likely to buy a Blu-ray disc player within the next year, according to a Harris Interactive survey.
Zoho Ties Login To Google, Yahoo
The feature makes it possible for someone to log in to Zoho using Google or Yahoo credentials in order to view and collaborate on documents created by a Zoho user.
Software Piracy On The Rise, Study Finds
Rates of pirated software ranged from a high of 93% in Armenia to a low of 20% in the United States, according to the 2007 BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy study.
Hospitals Will Use IT To Reduce Birth Injuries And Deaths
Premier's Perinatal Safety Initiative will use technology to measure the infant health and cost-saving outcomes of boosting compliance with evidence-based clinical guidelines.
SEC Requires XBRL Financial Reporting By Large Public Firms
The mandate is expected to be phased in for additional publicly held companies once XBRL has become a standard way of making SEC reports.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee To Track Origins Of Digital Content
The Web inventor's share of the $5.5 million Knight News Challenge award will tackle what his backers believe is one of the most pressing challenges.
Verizon Wireless, Mozilla Join LiMo Foundation
The decision to snub Google's Android and its friends intensifies the debate over exactly which firm will have the more "open" cell phone service.
Online Ad Network Prices Dropped In April
The AdPrice Index showed an average 23% decline from March to April in monetization from online ads.
HP Outsources Outsourcing To EDS
HP has been trying to grow its IT services business for years, without a lot of success. Will the acquisition of EDS let it better compete with IBM for big contracts?
Dell Vows To Boost Energy Efficiency In Products
The computer maker expects to reduce energy consumption of its notebooks and desktops by up to 25% in two years.
Scarlett Johansson Debuts Album On Free Music Streaming Site
The third-largest social network in the United States also boasts recent launches of music from The Rolling Stones, Avril Lavigne, and Ray.
Oracle To Buy Insurance Software Maker
Oracle plans to make AdminServer's software a core component of its existing insurance-related products, such as Oracle Billing, Siebel Claims, and Siebel Customer Relationship Management for Insurance.
IT Helps Small Businesses Survive Economic Challenges
CDW's survey found companies that employ 50 to 100 people face a critical development phase, or a management inflection point.
EarthLink To Pull Philly's Muni Wi-Fi, Anaheim's Days Numbered
The ISP plans to shut down its massive Philadelphia network deployment on June 12, but it's still negotiating its exit with So. Calif. city officials.
Sony Posts 4Q Loss, Sees Growth In TVs, Games
Sony posted a surprise quarterly loss on Wednesday after a weak stock market ate into the value of securities held by its financial arm, but forecast a bigger-than-expected profit this year.
TomTom Wins EU Permission To Buy Tele Atlas
TomTom, the world's biggest maker of car navigation devices, won unconditional permission from the European Commission on Wednesday to buy its main map supplier, Tele Atlas, for $4.5 billion.
Workday Lands Software Industry's Biggest SaaS Deal
The deal, for 200,000 users, marks a tipping point for interest in and use of on-demand software among large companies.
After Failed Microsoft Deal, Yahoo May Face Proxy Campaign
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is reportedly considering asking for an election of new board members at Yahoo, since Microsoft's last $47.5 billion bid fizzled.
Red Hat's Fedora 9 Loads Portable Desktop On USBs
The feature allows anyone with a low-cost, 1-GB or 2-GB memory stick to carry a desktop around for use on any common x86 instruction set hardware.
Craigslist Countersues eBay For Deception And Phishing
CEO Jim Buckmaster claims eBay placed on Google ads that purported to direct users to Craigslist but instead sent them to Kijiji, a competitor owned by eBay.
16% Of Workers 'Hyper-Connected' To Technology, IDC Finds
People in this category also use at least nine applications, such as instant messaging, text messaging, Web conferencing, and social networks, analysts found.
Brute-Force SSH Server Attacks Surge
If such an attack succeeds, the attacker may be able to view, copy, or delete important files on the accessed server or execute malicious code.
Nimbuzz Offers All-In-One VoIP, IM, Text, And Chat
The application developers say the mobile VoIP service enables users to communicate with each other around the world, often free of charge.
IBM Unveils Blade Server For High-Performance Computing
IBM's BladeCenter QS22 is powered by PowerXCell 8i processors and aimed at the financial services, digital media creation, and medical imaging markets.
Dell Tries For A Piece Of Your Tax Rebate
The PC maker is offering a $300 desktop Inspiron and a sub-$600 Inspiron notebook for the next two weeks.
HP Says Sales, Profits Increased in Second Quarter
HP said revenue grew 11% year over year to $28.3 billion, while earnings per share rose 23% to 80 cents.
HP's EDS Deal To Spark M&A In Indian Services Sector
HP's deal to buy EDS is expected to spark a round of consolidation in the Indian technology outsourcing sector, as suddenly much-smaller rivals scramble to stay competitive.
Microsoft Patch Tuesday: Six Vulnerabilities Fixed In Four Bulletins
Researchers warn the buffer-overflow bug affecting the Jet Database Engine is especially critical to fix since there is evidence of hackers already exploiting the vulnerability.
Brits Want Microsoft Office 2007 Expelled From Classrooms
Instead of Open XML, BECTA wants the EU to compel Microsoft to support open standards, such as the Open Document Format.
Microsoft Launches WorldWide Telescope For Virtual Stargazing
With the launch of WorldWide Telescope, Microsoft will extend its battle for Internet dominance with Google to the cosmos.
Sales Of Office For Mac Highest In Nearly 20 Years
While announcing the soaring sales, Microsoft also released Service Pack 1 of Office for the Mac.
Microsoft Details SMB Servers, Jacks Up Price
Small Business Server 2008 and Essential Business Server 2008 are available in public preview now with full versions expected by the end of the year.
Microsoft Refutes Windows Vista Vulnerability Report
Microsoft's latest Security Intelligence Report debunks PC Tools' claims that the Windows Vista operating system is more susceptible to malware than Windows 2000.
How Bad Is The SAP Talent Shortage?
Currently, there is a deficit of 30,000 to 40,000 SAP project experts worldwide, admits Don Bulmer, SAP VP of global industry and influencers.
Men Accused Of Hacking Restaurant Credit Card System
The U.S. Attorney's office says the men installed packet sniffers to capture credit card data as it flowed through the restaurant chain's computer systems.
Sprint Midwest Reseller Seeks To Block Sprint-Clearwire WiMax
IPCS, which maintains it has the exclusive right to sell Sprint Nextel products in 81 markets, is asking for a permanent injunction pending contact renegotiations.
Google Upgrades iPhone Reader
The newsreader offers many of the same features as Google's desktop version, but optimized for smaller mobile phone screens.
Hewlett-Packard To Acquire Outsourcer EDS For $13.9 Billion
In one stroke, the merger would create the world's second largest IT and business services company, next to IBM.
Two Top AMD Execs Resign
The company replaced two top VPs and formed a central engineering unit as part of an ongoing reorganization.
Government Can Protect Content Rights By Enforcing Copyrights, Group Says
Copyright Alliance Executive Director Patrick Ross says the government should limit its role in controlling distribution of content.
HBO, Apple Team Up To Offer 'Sex And The City' On iTunes
Episodes start at $1.99 and run as high as $2.99 a show for The Sopranos, Deadwood, and Rome.
Clearwire: Mobile WiMax Before The End Of The Year
CEO Benjamin Wolff reports gains in subscribers and revenues in its first quarter but also greater losses on the way to its national wireless rollout.
Patent Office Hosts Toy Design Competition For Students
The Patent Office said the competition aims to show students from grades five to eight that engineering is collaborative, creative, and all around them.
Powerset Previews Semantic Search Engine
Powerset aims to prove that its natural language-based search makes it easier to find things on Wikipedia and Freebase, an open community database.
HP Strikes Deal To Buy EDS For $12.6 Billion
Hewlett-Packard will buy Electronic Data Systems for $25.00 per share, or about $12.6 billion, to better compete against IBM.
VMware: Virtualization Offers A Way To Recover From Disaster
The company touts its newly released Site Recovery Manager as an automation agent that takes over to shift workloads with existing data to the recovery site.
Nokia To Take Mapping Service Online
Much of the information on Nokia's mapping service is from mapmaker Navteq, which Nokia announced in October it planned to acquire for $8.1 billion.
Apple To Launch iPhone In Four Asian Regions
In its quarter ended March 31, Apple sold 1.7 million of the devices, which combine a mobile phone, iPod media player and Web surfing.
Google's Friend Connect To Spread Social Data
The software is part of an emerging set of technologies like OpenID, OAuth, OpenSocial, and the data access APIs published by Facebook, Google, and MySpace.
Retiring Microsoft Exec Raikes Gets Gates Foundation Nod
While at Microsoft, Jeff Raikes oversaw the company's business products, including Office and its Dynamics ERP and CRM suites.
Apple Prepares Grand Opening For Boston Store
The 20,000-square-foot Apple Store opening Thursday in the Prudential Center will be one of the company's largest retail outlets.
HP Confirms Talks To Buy Electronic Data Systems
Acquiring EDS, the world's largest pure-play outsourcer, would immediately turn HP into a major services firm capable of rivaling IBM.
HP To Acquire Electronic Data Systems, Report Says
HP might pay between $12 billion and $13 billion to acquire EDS in a deal that could be announced Tuesday, says The Wall Street Journal.
Microsoft's Hotmail, Live Messenger Head To BlackBerry
BlackBerrys aren't just for business messaging anymore, and Microsoft isn't depending only on Windows Mobile for its mobile strategy.
Google Releases 'Vidnik' Video-Capture Software For Mac
However, movies made with the application may be out of sync with the picture when YouTube encodes the video.
Microsoft Launches Windows Live Messenger TV In Europe
Messenger TV lets a user embed content from MSN Video into their IM's for simultaneous viewing with whomever they're chatting with.
Google Plans To Use Intel SSD Storage In Servers
The company's adoption of solid state drives will reportedly save energy, speed search, and potentially lead to a shortage of 16-GB and 32-GB NAND flash chips.
Cisco Unveils Video Conferencing Systems
The System 500 and System 3200 are the latest examples of how video conferencing can reduce travel and make more efficient use of employees' time.
Hard Drive Data From Space Shuttle Columbia Recovered
A data-recovery engineer was able to retrieve information on a hard drive that melted, crashed, and burned in the Columbia disaster.
Purdue IT Staff Builds Supercomputer In A Half Day
The new machine is estimated to be capable of 60 teraflops per second, which places it as number 40 on today's Top 500 computer list.
RIM Gets 'Bold' With 3G BlackBerry 9000
The latest handset features Wi-Fi, QWERTY keyboard, Intel XScale 624 MHz processor, microSD external card slots, and can sync with Apple's iTunes.
FBI Fears Counterfeit Networking Equipment Could Compromise Security
A sensitive agency PowerPoint presentation indicates that the U.S. military purchased counterfeit gear, which could threaten the security of its systems.
Mac Notebook Catches Suspects In Laptop Theft
A burglary victim helped police catch suspected thieves by logging on to her Mac remotely and snapping photos with its Webcam.
Sprint Nextel Loses 1 Million Customers Amid Falling Revenue, Profit
Sprint Nextel has 52.8 million subscribers left, and the company predicted the subscriber losses will continue in the current quarter.
Windows XP SP3 Adds 10% Performance Boost, Tests Show
Researchers said Windows XP Service Pack 3 delivers a measurable performance boost when compared with Windows XP with Service Pack 2.
AMD Unveils Five Energy-Efficient Server Processors
The chips on average consume about 55 watts and are designed for two-, four-, and eight-way rack servers and blades.
Ultralight Notebooks Buyer's Guide
Superbly portable laptops from Dell, Toshiba, Panasonic, and Fujitsu promise mobile productivity in a slender package, but can this crop of lightweights get the job done?
Learn To Play Guitar Online
Online guitar schools like GuitarTricks.com, BerkleeMusic.com, JamPlay.com and GuitarSchool.net want to turn you into the next Jimmy Page.
Trouble Ahead: Most Companies Don't Have A Mobile Device Management Plan
With devices taking on important tasks, and more devices coming in to companies, that will be a problem soon.
Your On-The-Go Employees Need Mobile Broadband
Figuring out the 3G and 4G connectivity market is only slightly easier than learning to speak Swahili. But the rewards of providing nomadic employees with broadband connectivity make the effort worthwhile.
BSM Vendors Push Products, But Process Is More Important
Companies looking to sell software would like us to think that their suites can illuminate the link between IT systems and business services. Not so fast.
Google, IBM Join Forces To Offer Cloud Computing Services
"The cloud has higher value in business," says Google CEO Schmidt.
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