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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:54:00 PST
roundup This week's Game Developers Conference brings together designers, programmers, publishers, and others for the latest from the world of video play.

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Enterprise Networking Planet Opinion: Sun's Thumper and Thor provide outstanding performance and value, but if the company thinks it's going to pick off NetApp customers, it needs to provide some polish.

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Smartphones are on track to surpass PC sales very soon, and some parts of the world balk at paid content, so vendors are about to face a challenge when it comes to making money off these devices.

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:18:33 -0500
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday launched a broadband test service to help consumers clock the speed of their Internet.

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:32:00 PST
At the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Palm surprises everyone (including Epic Games) by having a working demo of the Unreal Engine running on the company's Web OS.

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A USB flash drive loaded with your favorite plug-and-play applications can be a handy alternative to lugging a laptop around when you travel.

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New version of commercial Tomcat Java server debuts combining Java smarts with VMware virtualization.

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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:19:55 -0500
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc has reached a deal with Microsoft Corp that will put Bing search and mapping services on its phones that use Google's Android operating system.

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:08:00 PST
Company announces Thursday that it will offer mobile device users inventory checks on local stores, allowing them to see if products are available.

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Data Domain is giving users of its data storage de-duplication technology faster performance for free.

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A modest security warning about a vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser has quickly grown into something much larger thanks to the work of a hacker.

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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:53:54 -0500
ABU DHABI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google expects an outcome soon from its talks with China over a censorship and hacking dispute, Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday.

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:03:00 PST
Mozilla Messaging updates the Lanikai build of Thunderbird to beta status. Notably, Thunderbird 3.1 beta 1 shares the same Gecko engine as Firefox 3.6.

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This new Wi-Fi-enabled NVR simplifies residential or small business video surveillance.

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A survey of consumers and businesses places Big Blue at the top of the list among technology companies in protecting consumer data and privacy.

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:12:11 -0500
LONDON (Reuters) - Investing in a high-speed Internet network would open up a new global trade route for Britain, boosting economic recovery and creating thousands of jobs, the opposition Conservative party said on Thursday.

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:00 PST
Verizon Wireless exec tells The Wall Street Journal it will have a 4G wireless phone on the market within three to six months of launching its 4G LTE network.

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New MobilEnterprise FMC solution lets mobile operators offer enterprises a full range of SIP functionality both within the enterprise and on their mobile phones.

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The social networking and voting site is migrating from the MySQL database to Cassandra, an open source non-relational database.

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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:55:58 -0500
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is studying whether it can legally challenge Chinese Internet restrictions that hurt Google and other U.S. companies operating in China, but direct talks with Beijing might yield faster results, the top U.S. trade official said on Tuesday.

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:26:00 PST
CNET Reviews has overhauled its Blu-ray testing for 2010 by adding inline charts, more systematic image quality tests and a detailed spreadsheet for easy comparison.

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Users of Asterisk and other IP PBXs, mobile phone users, and the rest of us can now phone into the proprietary Skype world.

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As more details surface of the national broadband plan the Federal Communications Commission is preparing to deliver to Congress, the commission said it will consider a plan to develop a free or low-cost wireless broadband network.

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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:10:26 -0500
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - With shrinking audiences, deep layoffs and two management shake-ups, MySpace, the one-time leader in Internet social networking, has had a rocky year.

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:22:00 PST
Sanyo's new eneloop hybrid bicycle recharges while it's being pedaled; Iwatani showed off a fuel cell bike that runs on a hydrogen fuel cell stack.

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Tech professionals vote for their favorites in a broad array of IT categories, including Network and Systems Management, Cloud Computing Product, Office Productivity software, and more.

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What was first thought to be a minor incident has turned out to be a major embarrassment for HSBC, which now acknowledges that a former employee made off with thousands of customer files.

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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:54:55 -0500
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc introduced its first major new routers in six years and said they can be configured to handle Internet traffic up to 12 times faster than rival products.

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:36:00 PST
Brain scans identify which short film clip volunteers were remembering, which could help researchers better understand memory recording patterns and, ultimately, dementia.

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Sorce Intranet had a phenomenal year, winning two categories--Document Management and Intranet Design--with large margins of victory.

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Analyst at Broadpoint AmTech looks to the two chipmakers to turn in a healthy first quarter performance, thanks in part to an improved forecast for server sales.

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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:15:30 -0500
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Internet was built on freedom of expression. Society wants someone held accountable when that freedom is abused. And major Internet companies like Google and Facebook are finding themselves caught between those ideals.

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:21:00 PST
Most Firefox users have upgraded to Firefox 3.6. The stragglers who haven't may have their reasons, but Mozilla is starting to pressure them.

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Older devices often pose a challenge for network administrators trying to track the most detailed performance data. PacketTrap's ptFlow helps them speak up by providing NetFlow-formatted records.

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At the IDC Directions conference in Silicon Valley, research firm's chief analyst argues that the cloud is here to stay, proclaiming it the dominant platform for the next two decades.

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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:22:43 -0500
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators may dedicate spectrum to free wireless Internet service for some Americans to increase affordable broadband service nationwide, the Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday.

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:18:00 PST
Sony's PlayStation 3 motion controller finally gets a name. We also talk Bill Gates' drop into being merely the world's second-richest man, and the results of Pink Floyd's court battles with EMI.

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Grid projects and vendors continue to adapt their wares for the new era of cloud computing, with DataSynapse, Univa UD, and Monash University's eScience and Grid Engineering Laboratory the latest to announce cloud computing projects.

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CA makes another cloud computing acquisition, picking up IT performance and availability monitoring software vendor Nimsoft in all-cash deal.

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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:29:13 -0500
MIAMI (Reuters) - The NFL has signed a four-year agreement with Verizon Wireless to show live games and highlights on mobile phones in a deal U.S. media reported was worth $720 million.

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:40:00 PST
JetBlue said it had 1,000 free tickets to give away to New Yorkers who showed up at a location broadcasted via Twitter. The only complaint so far: Couldn't there be more?

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Google's new Offline Gmail feature lets you read or compose messages without being online. Handle email in-flight, on the road, or near a flaky Internet connection.

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Microsoft has been previewing a radical redesign of its MSN home page since last fall, but now it's time to start pushing it out to MSN's 100 million U.S. users.

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:29:00 PST
Share of U.S. search requests for Microsoft Bing rises to 11.5 percent, though Google still leads the pack with 65.5 percent of all search queries, says ComScore.

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The storage giant hopes to stay on top of its battle with NetApp with new support for data de-duplication and solid state flash drives in its Celerra systems.

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Multiple open source projects based on a new approach to databases were discussed at this week's NoSQL Live conference.

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:00 PST
A push by Net neutrality advocates to reclassify ISPs as telecommunications providers has dangerous implications, argues Stanford Law Fellow Larry Downes.

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A new product-recommendation tool called ChoiceBot personalizes the online shopping experience for your customers by offering an interactive way for them to rank their choices on a sliding scale based on individual preferences.

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After a long time on the sidelines, Intel rival AMD is getting into the netbook game with a dedicated chip designed specifically for computers with screens 12 inches or smaller.

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:46 PST
Google's open-source approach to Android is a key reason that it is quickly gaining ground on closed-source competitors like Apple's iPhone and RIM's BlackBerry. But challenges remain.

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I remember the first time I saw a Toshiba Libretto way back in 1999 or so. It was small and easy to lug around, and perfect for checking E-mail and writing notes while on the road. But it cost nearly as much as a full-size laptop, so even though it filled an important niche, it was hard to overlook that for a little more money you could get a lot more computer.

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CEO Eric Schmidt said the search giant is continuing discussions with the Chinese government that will determine whether it shuts down its operations there.

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:32:19 PST
Production and assembly factory producing 1,100-megawatts worth of turbines annually will create 1,000 permanent jobs for the state.

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This instant-on operating system can get you onto the Web quickly and easily, but it works a lot better in principle than in practice.

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Tens of thousands of Arkansas National Guard soldiers became the latest victims of a security breach at a military base after an unencrypted external hard drive was discovered missing last month.

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:15:56 PST
SunEdison's 72-megawatt photovoltaic solar power plant finds a home in Italy's Veneto region.

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Ten years after the dot-com bubble burst, the Nasdaq still has a long way to go.

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:10:41 PST
Hewlett-Packard is ready to go with a new series of ads intended to jazz up its image among businesses, consumers, and even its own employees.

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Panda Security discovered Confiker, Mariposa and Lineage password stealing malware samples installed on a recently purchased Vodafone HTC Magic smartphone.

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:58:00 PST
Worth $53.5 billion, Mexican mobile tycoon Carlos Slim Helu is now the world's richest man, according to Forbes, putting Bill Gates in second place with only $53 billion.

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A report by staffing and placement firm Robert Half International shows that while many companies are still taking a wait-and-see approach to new hires, there's general optimism in the IT sector.

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:28:00 PST
Clues in McAfee blog post led researcher to existing exploit code, which he then analyzed to write his own code.

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Microsoft's Bing search engine managed to gain market share again in February, but its success isn't exactly sending Google running for cover.

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:20:00 PST
Donkey Kong, the arcade game that dates back to the '80s and has launched numerous Mario related spinoffs, has a new world record high score.

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Chuck Thacker, one of the found researchers of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, has received the Association for Computing Machinery's prestigious Turing Award.

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