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AMD, Intel: Graphics To Trump Processors In 2010

Alexander Wolfe — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:06:13 EST

For the last few days, I've been mulling over the top semiconductor stories of the year. Clearly, the settlement by Intel and AMD of their ongoing antitrust and patent/licensing disputes is the biggest business news. Picking the tech champ is tougher, because it's not about where we've been in 2009, but rather where we're headed in 2010.

LCD Maker Pleads Guilty In Price Fixing Scheme

Antone Gonsalves — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:03:00 EST

Chi Mei Optoelectronics will pay $220 million in fines for conspiring with other TFT-LCD companies to set prices for the displays.

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Google Search Appliance Now Finds Tweets

Thomas Claburn — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:58:00 EST

Social media is infiltrating the business world, like it or not.

Skyfire Updates Mobile Browser

Marin Perez — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:38:00 EST

The browser for Windows Mobile features a refined user interface, better touchscreen support, and the latest versions of Flash and Silverlight.

Chopra, Kundra Urge Efficiency Role For Government IT

J. Nicholas Hoover — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:25:00 EST

The Federal CIO and CTO tell Congress that transparency, efficiency efforts are beginning to pay dividends, but federal IT still needs to be more involved in business decisions.

IBM Launches Cloud Computing Lab

Paul McDougall — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:47:00 EST

Hong Kong center will focus on support for Big Blue's LotusLive online service.

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Obama Allocating $600M To Health Centers

Mitch Wagner — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:31:45 EST

President Barack Obama allocated almost $600 million to build community health centers and implement electronic medical records, part of the $787 billion stimulus bill. The White House framed the funding as means of adding jobs to the economy, and overhaul the nation's health system.

Skype Beta Now Available To Symbian S60

Eric Zeman — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:59:20 EST

For the first time, Skype is offering a version of its software to Symbian S60 3rd Edition devices. It covers the basics, such as Skype-to-Skype calling and instant messaging. The initial set of devices it works with is limited, but Skype promises that will grow quickly.

WiGig Completes Wireless Specification

W. David Gardner — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:27:00 EST

The 60-GHz technology will support transmission rates up to 7 Gbps in home and small office networks.

IBM, Oracle, Open Source: Mixed Motives Abound

Serdar Yegulalp — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:21:03 EST

The Oracle/European Union drama never stops. Now IBM's stuck their collective necks into the fray and said that Oracle's acquisition of Sun should go through if they make some positive open source gestures to all parties. Meaning what exactly, though?

Google Revs Up iPhone Search App

Eric Zeman — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:17:28 EST

Google has taken the opportunity to offer a new version of its mobile search application for the iPhone. The new software makes several improvements to the usability of the application, including the ability to recognize Australian accents.

Why Microsoft Azure Should Matter To Businesses

Mary Hayes Weier — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:01:22 EST

I'll make a prediction that 2010 will be the most exciting year yet for cloud computing, and that's partly related to Microsoft's ramp-up of Azure. Anyone attending Salesforce.com's Dreamforce conference last month understands the potential of cloud platforms for rapid application development. And this is all coming together at a time when IT shops need to quickly and cheaply turn out innovative new applications for the business.

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Amazon EC2 Cloud Data Center Loses Power

Charles Babcock — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:38:00 EST

Operations in Amazon's Northern Virginia cloud computing data center were disrupted during a five-hour period Wednesday.

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Tibco To Launch Enterprise Social Networking

Charles Babcock — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:25:00 EST

Tibco sees a role for social networking to play in the enterprise, provided it can be focused on topics rather than people. Tibbr will use a social networking framework to deliver topic-based communications and documents to employees with a stake in those subjects.Tibbr will use a social networking framework to deliver topic-based communications and documents to employees with a stake in those subjects.

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HTC Droid Eris Receiving OTA Update From Verizon

Eric Zeman — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:17:30 EST

Verizon Wireless has announced a software update for the HTC Droid Eris. This is not the promised update to either Android 2.0 or 2.1. Instead, this new boot ROM and radio software fixes some minor performance issues on the device.

Facebook Privacy Changes Draw Flak

Paul McDougall — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:29:00 EST

Members fear their information may be inadvertently exposed to the entire Web.

SAP Outlines Five-Year Enterprise Software Plan

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:12:00 EST

SAP's unfolding strategy emphasizes on-demand computing, cloud architectures, flexible pricing, mobile and in-memory computing.

Global CIO: Why SAP Won't Match Oracle's 22% Maintenance Fees

Bob Evans — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:00:00 EST

Column listing five reasons why SAP will keep its annual maintenance fees at 17% and not raise them to 22% to match Oracle's.

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Feds Launch Internet Healthcare Initiatives

Mitch Wagner — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:00:00 EST

Department of Health and Human Services programs promote research data sharing, employee collaboration, and flu safety.

Red Hat Open-Sources Virtualization Protocol

Antone Gonsalves — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:00:00 EST

The SPICE protocol is designed to improve desktop virtualization for bandwidth-intensive applications, such as video or voice over IP.

Skyfire 1.5 Browser For Windows Mobile Launches

Ed Hansberry — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:04:48 EST

Skyfire has just taken their browser and upgraded it for Windows Mobile phones. The browser now supports Flash and Silverlight right in the browser just like your desktop. It also supports Ajax, which is what Gmail and other sites use to easily change what is on the screen without forcing a refresh.

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Apple Tablet Eyed For March Release

Antone Gonsalves — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 19:32:00 EST

The iPad watch has gained ground in the wake of a report from an Oppenheimer tech analyst.

Facebook Christmas Worm Spreads Holiday Infection

Thomas Claburn — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 18:39:00 EST

Koobface, the worm that has plagued Facebook, Twitter and other social sites, is back.

AT&T To Curb Smartphone Data Use

W. David Gardner — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 17:10:00 EST

The company said 3% of its smartphone users are consuming 40% of its data traffic and compromising its networks.

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Google Boosts Android Maps

Marin Perez — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 16:38:00 EST

The 3.3 version of Google Maps for mobile includes more location-based services and the ability to report map problems directly from the phone.

Video Driving Cisco Growth

W. David Gardner — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 14:59:00 EST

Cisco will accellerate its move into video while also branching aggressively into collaboration and virtualization, said CEO John Chambers.

Google Web Toolkit 2.0 Adds Performance Tools

Thomas Claburn — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 14:53:00 EST

Developers who share Google's obsession with speed have new options to make Web apps faster.

Open Government's Challenges, Pitfalls, And Skeptics

John Foley — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 14:34:29 EST

When federal CTO Aneesh Chopra and federal CIO Vivek Kundra unveiled the Obama Administration's Open Government Directive on Dec. 8, it marked the end of one long, drawn out process and the beginning of what's sure to be another. Good luck making it work.

Samsung Gives Details On Bada OS

Marin Perez — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 14:33:00 EST

The handset maker's mobile operating system will be taking on the likes of Google's Android and the open source Symbian.

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Facebook Solves 'Embarrassing Photos Problem'

Paul McDougall — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 14:26:00 EST

Social networking site now gives users control over who sees what.

1 Billion Mobile Internet Devices Seen By 2013

Antone Gonsalves — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 14:23:00 EST

Mobile Internet use will more than double, and most activity will be in online shopping, blogging, and accessing business applications.

TSA Breach Exposes PDF File Risk

Paul McDougall — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 13:32:00 EST

Simply blacking out information in a Portable Document Format file won't keep data from prying eyes.

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Cox Launches Wireless Service

Marin Perez — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 13:23:00 EST

The cable company is using its portion of the 700-MHz spectrum to offer cellular voice services.

Google Groups Joins Apps Suite

Thomas Claburn — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 13:11:00 EST

Users gain more flexible communication and collaboration options, while IT administrators gain more control over information management.

Chrome: Google's Cross-Platform Platform

Serdar Yegulalp — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 12:45:33 EST

No one ought to be surprised by the notion that Chrome is Google's big cross-platform play -- a way to get their app-delivery system running everywhere. It's not just a way to soften people up for the arrival of Chrome OS, either.

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EU Hits New Low Vs. Oracle As Kroes Mocks Senate Letter

Bob Evans — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 12:34:00 EST

It's unwise to expect much intellectual integrity from the European Union bureaucrats as they put the screws to Oracle, but leader Neelie Kroes has set a new low by dismissing and mocking an official letter of support for Oracle from the U.S. Senate. This is the most disgraceful proof yet that the EU is purely playing politics while thousands of Sun employees lose their jobs.

When Controllers Fail

George Crump — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 10:05:08 EST

What are the chances of a controller failing in a storage system? I don�t know the exact statistic but its safe to assume that its pretty low. When they do fail, the ramifications can be extreme, especially in the increasingly virtualized data center that counts on shared storage. Active-Active controllers provide the protection from controller failure but they are a bit of a misnomer. Both controllers are being used but they are assigned to specific workloads.

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Where�s Hitachi Data Systems In All These Alliances?

Elias Khnaser — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 07:30:16 EST

This past year has definitely shaped up to be the year of acquisitions and mergers and strong alliances as far as the technology industry is concerned.

Android And Windows Mobile On One Phone

Ed Hansberry — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 00:02:21 EST

Lots of people run multiple operating systems on their PC. Some PC users have been dual or multibooting between various versions of Windows and Linux for a number of reasons. It isn't unusual for an Apple OS X user to have a copy of Windows they can boot into on their Mac. Through the use of virtual machines, you can run these operating systems simultaneously and switch just as easily as you switch apps on a single OS. Now it seems you may be able to do the same thing with Windows Mobile and Android.

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Do You Want Your Vevo?

Jonathan Salem Baskin — Tue, 8 Dec 2009 18:31:50 EST

Vevo, a presumed successor to MTV, debuts today to much less fanfare than its progenitor, what with video having killed the radio star over 25 years ago. Do you think the world needs a for-profit web site that plays music videos?

Hands-On With The JooJoo

Marin Perez — Tue, 8 Dec 2009 17:52:05 EST

The JooJoo Web tablet has sure caused a stir with all of its issues with TechCrunch, but is the device good enough to overcome all this drama? I spent a little time talking with Fusion Garage CEO Chandra Rathakrishnan today going over the JooJoo and feel like it's an impressive product that may be hindered by its price. Hit the jump for deeper impressions and a demo video.

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Mayor Gavin Newsom: Role of Social in Govt (Part 3)

Fritz Nelson — Tue, 8 Dec 2009 15:15:05 EST

In the final part of this three-part video interview series with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, we talked about the role of social networking, not just in winning a political race, but in ongoing government -- in building participation among citizens. He talks about his successes and failures, and what he's learned along the way.

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Oracle Set For EU Showdown As Blind Call Ellison Lame

Bob Evans — Tue, 8 Dec 2009 15:14:00 EST

As Microsoft and SAP prepare giddily to hammer Oracle in Brussels this week, those two big and dominant global companies damn well better remember that they could be next on the EU rack because the EU's objectives aren't about "fairness"--they're about politics and power. Appeasing the EU now won't grant them sanctuary later--it will only embolden the bureaucrats of Brussels.

Bank Login Stealing Trojan Threat Grows

George Hulme — Tue, 8 Dec 2009 13:07:03 EST

Cisco released its Cisco 2009 Annual Security Report this morning, and it contains some interesting insight on many of the vulnerabilities and threat vectors we face today.

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Google Redraws Maps For Android Phones

Eric Zeman — Tue, 8 Dec 2009 12:43:08 EST

Google has updated Maps for Mobile again for Android phones. There are several new features with this latest update, but the new version isn't compatible with all the variants of Android that are out there.

Wireless Carriers, Open Source Still At Odds

Serdar Yegulalp — Tue, 8 Dec 2009 12:12:56 EST

That's the thesis behind a piece by Sascha Segan over at PC Magazine, where he blames a good deal of the lack of geek-friendly Linux handsets on the wireless carriers themselves. But how much of it is also end-user indifference?

Google Chrome For Mac Beta Now Available

Eric Zeman — Tue, 8 Dec 2009 11:39:52 EST

Mac users rejoice! Today Google has made the beta version of its Chrome browser available for Apple computers. The download is free.

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Samsung Redefines Vaporware: 'Bada'

Eric Zeman — Tue, 8 Dec 2009 11:04:27 EST

Samsung herded up the tech press in London today to share more information about Bada, its new homegrown mobile operating system. Yours truly hopped the Atlantic to attend. Unfortunately, all Samsung demonstrated was its ability to fling every buzzword in the book at attendees.

Verizon Wireless Starts Updating The Motorola Droid

Eric Zeman — Tue, 8 Dec 2009 10:20:44 EST

Verizon Wireless has started updating the system software of the Motorola Droid. The changelog is pretty long, and includes, among other things, better battery life, a fix for the camera, and more OS stability.

Windows 7 Upgrades Drop Ball On Data Migration

Alexander Wolfe — Tue, 8 Dec 2009 09:00:22 EST

Today's experience of upgrading one's PC to a new operating system is qualitatively different from that of a decade ago. It's no longer so much about the OS. You've already got something decent; you're mostly adding new bells and whistles. What's different now is there's a lot more user data--pictures, e-mails and music/video files--to move over. And that experience, quite frankly, stinks.