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HP Unveils 'Elite' Business Desktop

Antone Gonsalves — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:42:00 EST

The Compaq 8000 Elite features power efficiency and security features meant to appeal to the enterprise.

Google Names Android App Winners

Marin Perez — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:14:00 EST

The top app in the Android Developer Challenge sends late-light phone calls directly to voice mail while the owner sleeps.

Office 2010 Ship Date Revealed

Paul McDougall — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:02:00 EST

Microsoft confirms Internet rumors surrounding release of next software suite.

Bing, Google, Yahoo Searches Sought Michael Jackson

Thomas Claburn — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:47:00 EST

Celebrities and entertainment figured prominently in the year's top searches.

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Dell Launches Intel Core i7 Mobile Workstation

Antone Gonsalves — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:39:00 EST

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

Samsung Sees Strong Demand For Touchscreens

Marin Perez — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:15:00 EST

Touchscreen phones will account for nearly 20% of the 200 million handsets Samsung expects to ship this year.

IT Hiring To Increase Next Quarter

W. David Gardner — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:03:00 EST

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

FCC To Catalog White Space Spectrum

Marin Perez — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:42:00 EST

The federal agency is requiring white-space devices to be able to check an online database that identifies which spectrum is available in a given market.

Broadcom To Acquire Dune For $178 Million

W. David Gardner — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:32:00 EST

The deal will boost Broadcom's data center and cloud computing portfolio.

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Cosmic Debris Threatens Space Station

Paul McDougall — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:59:00 EST

NASA, International Space Station, space junk, cosmonaut, astronaut, Arkalyk, Gagarin Cosomnaut Training Center, Kazakhstan

Nokia Sues LCD Makers

Paul McDougall — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 08:45:00 EST

Phone giant accuses screen suppliers of colluding to artificially inflate prices.

Colorado Hospitals Launch Health Information Exchange

Mitch Wagner — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 08:40:00 EST

Children's Hospital, Exempla Healthcare, and Kaiser Permanente Colorado say they're improving patient care and cutting costs by sharing electronic medical records.

Open Source Firm Launches Cloud Middleware Platform

Charles Babcock — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 08:36:00 EST

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

Charles Babcock — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 08:33:00 EST

rPath expands the capabilities of its Linux application deployment platform to provide dashboard visualization of the deployment stack.

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Microsoft, Google Face Off On Healthcare

Mitch Wagner — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 08:20:00 EST

Microsoft HealthVault and Google Health want to be the repository of choice for millions of personal health records. Are they up to the task?

Global CIO: Fear Of Facebook For The Enterprise

Chris Murphy — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 08:00:00 EST

Enterprise social networking, at its worst, looks like another way to get buried in data.

Sun Upgrades VirtualBox Virtualization Software

Antone Gonsalves — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 07:30:00 EST

The new version allows users to move running virtual machines between systems without interruption.

Barnes & Noble Struggles To Fill Nook Demand

Antone Gonsalves — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 07:00:00 EST

Barnes & Noble hopes to deliver the e-book reader in time for Christmas to everyone who ordered before Nov. 20. But they're not making any promises.

IBM Buys Database Security Company

Thomas Claburn — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:16:00 EST

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

Online Shopping Gains Following Black Friday

W. David Gardner — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:50:00 EST

Online spending increased significantly year-over-year to date, with Amazon the most popular cyber-storefront.

Survey: Android Developers Unhappy

W. David Gardner — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:48:00 EST

Developers are frustrated with low application download volumes, poor marketplace design, and problems with Google Checkout.

Large Hadron Collider Breaks Energy Record

Thomas Claburn — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:07:00 EST

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

Dell Dabbles With Chrome OS

Thomas Claburn — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:29:00 EST

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

AT&T, LG Intro 1 GHz Smartphone

Marin Perez — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:29:00 EST

The eXpo is the first major U.S. smartphone to feature a 1-GHz processor, an integrated mobile projector, and a fingerprint sensor.

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'Black Screen of Death' Linked To Microsoft Patch

Thomas Claburn — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:37:00 EST

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

Gartner Sees Stabilization In Server Market

Antone Gonsalves — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:30:00 EST

Server shipments and revenue increased significantly in the third quarter from the previous quarter.

Navy Finds Lessons In Stolen Laptops, Storage Drives

J. Nicholas Hoover — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:58:00 EST

The theft of computer equipment from a Naval office turned out to be less serious than feared, but served as a reminder on the importance of securing external hard devices and encrypting data.

RIM Updates BlackBerry Server, Media Software

Marin Perez — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:54:00 EST

The BlackBerry maker added multiple features to its BlackBerry Enterprise Server and Media Sync software.

Feds Providing $80 Million For Health IT Training

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST

The government funding helps set up 6-month health IT workforce training programs at community colleges nationwide.

Amazon Boasts Record Kindle Sales

Antone Gonsalves — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:45:00 EST

The e-reader is the best-selling product across all categories on Amazon.

Lenovo Buys Back Mobile Unit

Marin Perez — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:35:00 EST

The company will spend about $200 million to get its mobile phone unit back in order to focus on mobile Internet devices.

Ericsson To Buy Nortel GSM Unit For $70 Million

W. David Gardner — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:39:00 EST

Nortel's European and Taiwanese GSM and GSM-R operations will go to Kapsch CarrierCom.

Government CIOs Must Focus On Results, Not Data Centers

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:07:00 EST

Data center proliferation entails unacceptable cost and risk, says the former CIO of the U.S. Postal Service. With cloud computing as an option, it's time to pursue a more sustainable strategy.

Elastra Cloud Server Preps Apps For Azure, Amazon

Charles Babcock — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:45:00 EST

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

Joost Assets Acquired By Adconion

W. David Gardner — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:30:00 EST

It announced that "certain assets" of Joost will be acquired, but Adconion did not disclose terms of the deal.

Global CIO: Oracle, Larry Ellison, The EU, And MySQL

Bob Evans — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:10:00 EST

Column about how politics and declining European involvement in the IT business are behind the EU's badgering of Oracle over the MySQL database.

Infineon, Nokia Collaborating On LTE Chips

Marin Perez — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST

The companies are working to ensure that Infineon's processors work with Nokia's 4G modems.

Roll Your Own Ubuntu Private Cloud

Serdar Yegulalp — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:00:00 EST

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

Thomas Claburn — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:11:00 EST

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

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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:11:00 EST

Apple Seeks Permanent Halt To Psystar Mac Clones

Antone Gonsalves — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:55:00 EST

The requested injunction would prohibit Psystar from selling Mac knock offs, which a federal court has already ruled violate Apple's copyright.

NIST Director Sees Key Role In Emerging Technologies

J. Nicholas Hoover — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:12:00 EST

Newly confirmed director Patrick Gallagher outlines the agency's efforts in healthcare IT, smart grid, and cybersecurity.

Sprint Gets Nod To Buy iPCS

Marin Perez — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:11:00 EST

Federal and state approval of the $831 million deal removes all but one hurdle toward finalizing the acquisition.

FCC Chair Wants More Broadband

W. David Gardner — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:42:00 EST

A 10% increase in broadband availability means a 1.2 to 1.5 point increase in GDP, Federal Communications Commission Chair Julius Genachowski says.

Gartner: Data Center Problems Ahead

Antone Gonsalves — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:23:00 EST

Energy, staffing, and hardware costs lead the list of worsening challenges facing data center managers, research firm says.

Apple Sues To Stop Power Adapter Knock Offs

Thomas Claburn — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:34:00 EST

A lawsuit filed on Monday charges a California-based company with copying a patented Apple design.

Wind River Taps Datalight For Flash Memory

Antone Gonsalves — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:42:00 EST

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

Charles Babcock — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:50:00 EST

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

Global CIO: The Thanksgiving Angels Of Flight 3405

Bob Evans — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST

Column about angel-inspired events on last night's USAirways flight #3405.

'Godfather Of Spam' Gets Four Years In Prison

Thomas Claburn — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:10:00 EST

Prosecutors hope the prison sentence sends a message to spammers.

Senators Urge EU To Finish Oracle Sun Probe

W. David Gardner — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:41:00 EST

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