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Adobe 'Wallaby' Turns Flash Into HTML5
Experimental software from Adobe will turn Flash assets into non-proprietary Web content, but it remains a work in progress.
RELATED INSIGHTS
• Motorola Xoom To Debut Without Flash
• Mozilla Web Application Project Debuts
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Data Breach Costs Continue Climbing
Some of that cost may be unnecessary, a study has found.
Microsoft: Make IE9 The Last Release
The big-bang theory of software releases doesn't work well in the age of the Internet, a lesson Microsoft hasn't learned yet.
iPad 2 Sales Projected To Soar
Apple may sell as many as 5.5 million of its second generation tablets during the first quarter of availability, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster.
ViewSonic Tablet Runs Windows, Android
The 10-inch, dual-boot ViewPad tablet runs an Intel Atom processor and has two USB ports for a keyboard and mouse.
FBI Deploys Enhanced Fingerprint ID System
Designed by Lockheed Martin, the multimillion-dollar Next Generation Identification System lets the agency exchange fingerprint and biometric ID data around the clock with 18,000 partners.
5 Reasons Not To Buy A Subsidized Tablet
RIM, HP, Samsung, HTC, and others are rolling out their iPad competitors -- skip the subsidized models and pay full retail price for a tablet. Here's why.
Navy Adds Cybersecurity Academy Requirements
The Naval Academy has added two new class in cybersecurity, highlighting the importance of cyberwarfare as an emerging area of potential expertise for academy students.
Health IT Stakeholders Find Meaningful Use Goals Aggressive
Electronic health record vendors, healthcare providers, and others say Stage Two and Three timelines, targets, and objectives are too demanding, according to a CCHIT survey.
Skype Adds Advertising To Windows App
Some users of the paid version of the communications service are objecting to the ads.
YouTube Acquires Next New Networks
Google will pay less than $50 million for the company, which has produced viral video hits such as "Bed Intruder" and "Double Rainbow."
FEATURED BLOG
8x8 Adds Android App
By Paul Korzeniowski
Smartphones have become key extensions to business communications systems. In response, 8x8 Inc., a hosted communications provider, added an Android application to its repertoire.
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Breaking The Open Source Licenses
By Ed Hansberry
An increasing number of apps found in smartphone app repositories are based on open source. For that matter, the number one platform, Android, is itself open source. Even though open source licensing requirements are meager, a lot of apps violate the terms of the license.
AdGrok Helps SMBs With Website Marketing
By Michele Pepe-Warren
Search engine marketing is hot right now, but doing it effectively can be a challenge for small businesses that don't have the time or resources to learn its ins and outs. That's why a number of companies are coming out with products that simplify SEM/SEO for SMBs.
Dealing With Recovery Transfer Time
By George Crump
In our last entry we discussed lessons to be learned from the Gmail crash. In an upcoming entry we'll cover establishing the tiered recovery points. These three tiers of recovery; high availability (HA), backup and archive provide a similar goal; application availability. What separates them is the time it takes to put the data back in place so the application can return to service. Dealing with recovery transfer time is an important factor in the overall recovery process.
Keynote Focuses On Cloud Application Performance
By Paul Korzeniowski
Monitoring tools typically arrive after a technology has begun to take root. With cloud computing gaining so much buzz recently, Keynote Systems threw its hat into the cloud application performance monitoring arena.
