TODAY'S TOP STORY
Gov 2.0 Summit: Call For National Scanning Initiative
The federal government must rethink how it approaches IT if it wants to achieve open government goals, said Public.Resource.org founder Carl Malamud, and make digitizing government data a priority.
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• Gov 2.0 Summit: FCC Offers 'Citizen Developer' Tools
• Gov 2.0 Summit: Feds Launch Online Prize Platform
• Gov 2.0 Summit: Advocate Calls USASpending Data 'Useless'
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HP Sues Mark Hurd Over Oracle Competition
The lawsuit seeks monetary damages and assurances from Hurd that HP's corporate secrets are safe.
Global CIO: Resurrecting Mark Hurd: Larry Ellison's War With IBM
One month after resigning in disgrace from HP, Hurd joins Ellison's pursuit of IBM. Here are Hurd's top 10 challenges.
Samsung Fascinate Debuts This Week At Verizon Stores
Verizon Wireless and Samsung on Tuesday announced that the Fascinate variant of the Galaxy S Android line will hit Verizon stores on September 9.
HTC To Launch Windows Mobile 7 HD3 Smartphone
The device, which will go on sale next week in Australia, will have improved power management, a dual-core 1.5-GHz ARM-based processor, and 4.5-inch AMOLED touchscreen.
CVS Offers $99 Sylvania Netbook
The drug store chain is reaping sales from the low price point of the computer, which runs Windows CE 6.0 and has a 7-inch display.
Google TV Goes Worldwide In 2011
With the U.S. launch of Google TV fast approaching, Samsung is mulling whether to jump onto the Android bandwagon.
Craigslist Silent On Closing Adult Services Section
Classified ads site slapped a "censored" banner over the former link to the controversial area.
Microsoft Warns Of Malware Faking Virus Alerts
New scareware known as Rogue:MSIL/Zeven uses a social-engineering attack to sucker users into buying a fake antivirus program.
Web 2.0 Expo: The Power of Platforms
In 2009, Google said the Web had won; in 2010, it's clear that the Web is only one platform among many. Web 2.0 Expo New York will take place September 27 through 30 at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers.
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Research: WAN Optimization
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FEATURED BLOG
Are Clouds Real?
By George Crump
The theme last week at VMworld was 'Virtual Roads, Actual Clouds' which begs the question, are we really to a point that clouds are real? The answer, as always, is 'it depends'. The determent is dependent on where you sit and what your angle of view is, but for the most part clouds are more real for more businesses than they ever were.
ALSO SEE
Twitter Hit With Another Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
By George Hulme
Over this Labor Day weekend developers at Twitter had to do a bit of additional labor that they should have previously completed - and that's to close a potentially dangerous cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability before things slid out of hand.
Games And Business Get Friendly
By Jim Rapoza
I always get a chuckle when someone is "surprised" that video games can offer value and lessons to business and tech. What a surprise! After all, video games have only been doing that since they first came into existence.
HD And Dual Core Processors Coming To Smartphones
By Paul Korzeniowski
What's next with smartphones? Market research firm Juniper Research expects that vendors will add 3D functionality and switch to high end hardware features, such as dual core processors, in order to continue to drive interest high end smartphones.
Android Steals Share From Everyone In Web Browsing
By Ed Hansberry
Sales numbers are a good sign of how well a device is doing, and Android has nothing to complain about there. Web browsing though is a better indication of how much usage the device is getting. Here too Android has nothing to complain about. In fact, it is the only smartphone platform showing growth.
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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.
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