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Google Expands Real-Time Search
A new home page for real-time search results underscores Google's focus on timely information.
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• Yahoo Integrates Bing Search Results
• Gmail Offers Free Phone Calls
• Regulating Google Search
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Skeletal Scans Explored For Crime Fighting
Add biometrics of people's bone structures to the list of methods considered for identifying terrorists, criminals, or trusted individuals.
HP Raises 3Par Bid To $1.8 Billion
Extending the bidding war with Dell another round, HP increased its offer from $24 to $27 a share for the high-end storage company.
Video Patent Holders Forswear Fees
MPEG LA says that its H.264 Internet video technology will remain free.
Craigslist Urged To Shutter Adult Services
Attorneys general from 17 states say Craigslist's attempt to police the section and remove illicit prostitution ads has failed and called for the site to take down its adult services section.
RIM Looks To Escape BlackBerry Ban
The Canadian smartphone maker is continuing talks with Indian authorities in effort to resolve impasse over security issues.
Cisco To Acquire ExtendMedia
Adding the firm's video content lifecycle management software is likely to expand Cisco's video content capabilities.
Verizon Wireless Distributing Flash Update For Moto Droid
Verizon Wireless on Thursday said it is sending a new update to the Motorola Droid that will enable it to download and install Adobe Flash Player Mobile 10.1.
Ford Using Wi-Fi Provisioning To Install SYNC Software
Wireless software installation eliminates the need to build, stock and store multiple SYNC hardware modules on assembly lines.
Massive 'Fake AV' Attack Launched
Scareware campaign targets consumers' credit card information with bogus offers of free antivirus services, warns Sophos.
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Tablets Are Popular But Won't Replace Laptops
By Ed Hansberry
Apple didn't make the first tablet, not by a long shot, but they did make the first tablet that took the consumer market by storm with the iPad. Not even a year out of the gate though and companies are already looking beyond that first model. AT&T, the only seller of the 3G iPad in the US, has laid out plans to add more tablets to its wireless offerings.
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Box.net Gets Facebook-y With Content Management
By Jake Widman
The online collaboration service has added the social-networking concept of a newsfeed of activity updates to its management tools.
Spammers Love Facebook Because Facebook Users Love Spam
By Keith Ferrell
Wonder what your employees are doing on Facebook? Odds are they're clicking on spam links.
What Solid State Storage Form Factor Is Best?
By George Crump
Solid state storage comes in several form factors. Each has its value to both suppliers and to users of the technology. In the data center there seems to be three popular choices emerging; solid state disk drives, PCIe solid state cards and solid state appliances or memory arrays. Choosing the right one for your environment is critical in making sure that you get the most out of your solid state investment.
Cloud: Professional Data Center Group Says Get On With It
By Charles Babcock
Two years ago it would have been impossible for a professional manager's association to produce a position paper, Guiding Data Centers to Cloud Computing. The 'cloud' was still being disparaged in too many quarters. Now it's become respectable. I miss the days when the topic was more disputable and, in some quarters, disreputable.
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Tapping Into Commercial Clouds: An Executive Roundtable
Where do commercial cloud services fit into agency IT planning? Which cloud models, and which types of cloud applications, are of greatest interest? Join your federal government peers at this executive roundtable to explore both the opportunities and challenges that public clouds present to government agencies.
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Where do commercial cloud services fit into agency IT planning? Which cloud models, and which types of cloud applications, are of greatest interest? Join your federal government peers at this executive roundtable to explore both the opportunities and challenges that public clouds present to government agencies.
It happens in Washington DC: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
It happens Sept. 27-30
