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Google Android Market Under Fire
A prominent programmer's call for Google to improve its Android Market is echoed by Android users and developers.
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Security Managers Report Weak Threat Defenses
Many organizations don't realize when they're being hit by zero-day and other advanced attacks, and they aren't responding effectively either, the Ponemon Institute reports.
Windows 8 Details Leaked On Internet
Italian bloggers claim to have gotten hold of documents that reveal plans for Microsoft's next OS.
Seagate Launches 3TB External Hard Drive
Positioned to meet a projected nine-fold increase in consumer household digital media storage by 2014, the drive can store up to 120 HD movies, 1,500 video games and more for approximately 8 cents per gigabyte.
Cisco, MobileAccess Boost Indoor Cell Phone Reception
The solution enables sending RF signals over Ethernet LANs to improve cellular coverage without affecting LAN traffic.
11 Alleged Russian Secret Agents Charged
The complaints filed against the alleged spies reveal a sophisticated high-tech investigation.
iPhone 4 Antenna Lawsuit Looms
Lawyers are rounding up unhappy consumers and could drag Apple into court over smartphone's glitchy reception.
Smartphone Apps Rated By Consumer Reports
The consumer publication listed its favorite mobile apps for car and truck drivers.
Virgin Mobile Intros Pre-Paid Wi-Fi Hotspot
Hate contracts? Virgin Mobile is now offering the MiFi 2200 mobile hotspot device with no commitment. It costs $150 and data plans runs as little as $10.
HP, Avaya Partner On Unified Communications
Avaya UC products will be sold and delivered by HP, bolstering the latter's growing enterprise communications portfolio.
Google China Redirection To End
Chinese authorities don't appreciate Google's practice of sending searchers in China to its uncensored Hong Kong search site.
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Nokia's Troubles
By Ed Hansberry
While Nokia continues to have large sales figures, it is mostly because of the low end freebies that carriers give away with a contract. They get to count a lot of those phones as smartphones simply because they have some version of Symbian on them, even though not many of those owners ever install a third party app. The truth is, Nokia is in trouble in the smartphone world. They are making changes, but will they be enough?
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Open Letter To Jack Domme, CEO, Hitachi Data Systems
By Elias Khnaser
A few weeks ago, HDS put together its first-ever blogger day, hopefully the first of many. Titled "HDS Blogger Day 0.9," I and other bloggers had access to an impressive lineup of executives and technical leaders. The company's CEO, Jack Domme, attended the dinner after the event, a great show of support for the community in general.
But I do have some remaining questions.
Hackers Busted In Online Poker Cheats
By George Hulme
Korean police nabbed 33 hackers who were using bots to cheat online poker players from November 2009 through May of this year.
The Planet Opts for Dell R710 Servers
By Lamont Wood
Houston-based hosting firm The Planet has announced a new service called the Server Cloud, which depends on standard Dell servers for fast provisioning.
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The Battle For Mobile Supremacy
While it won't be long before billions of smartphones and tablets are in buyers' hands, PC history tells us that, of the dozen or so mobile platforms currently in play, not all can survive. It's clear that the warchests are opening up to win the battle for global mobile supremacy.But who will reign supreme?
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Take Our Web Application Development Survey: You Could Win An iPod Touch!
InformationWeek Analytics is conducting a survey on the state of Web apps and the impact that new development platforms are having on the enterprise. The results of this survey will appear in an upcoming issue of InformationWeek as well as an in-depth InformationWeek Analytics report.
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