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The Biggest Security Breeches of 2009

There were some spectacular data breeches last year. Here's some of the best, or worst, depending on your perspective.

Google Plans to Twitterize Gmail?

Event at Google's campus Tuesday focused on latest innovations, with a widely rumored upgrade to Gmail likely. But what about the core search product? And next up, Yahoo.

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Opinion on the iPad Plummets Post-Intro

Following its introduction, twice as many people don't want an iPad, while three times as many do want one. That's great until you see the percentages.

Facebook Pulling Microsoft Banner Ads

The companies' exclusive ad partnership may have fallen short of promise, but Microsoft touts expanded search relationship with the popular social site.

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Google Ordered to Pay Up in Belgium

UPDATED: Court rules search giant must remove links and pay fines.

Priceline's Profit Surprises

Priceline.com gave hope to a listless stock market late Monday with much higher than expected quarterly earnings.

Technical Analysis: Still Correcting

Stocks fell again on Monday, but the pullback has yet to do lasting damage.

Micron, Fed Fears Sink Stocks

A warning about memory prices from Micron Technology and hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials sent stocks to their worst weekly loss in two months.

Technical Analysis: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

The market has gotten into a familiar pattern in recent months.

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FTC Tags Site Again for Deceptive Ads

Consumerinfo.com pays $300,000 to settle charges following $950,000 fine a year ago.

Viacom Partners with Joost

But does the media giant really understand what viewers want?

Microsoft Adds SQL Server Note to 2007 Drumbeat

Microsoft is seeking to squeeze every bit of juice from the momentum from its Vista and Office 2007 introductions.

Judge Faults Parents in MySpace Sexual Assault Suit

But lawyers say they will appeal.

Network Neutrality Foes Square Off For FTC

Opening session finds panelists sticking to their talking points.

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Study: Pricey iPhone Still a No Go

Consumers say Apple must lower the phone's $500 price for them to make the move.

Cisco Disconnects From iPhone Lawsuit

Apple and Cisco bury the hatchet over iPhone trademark.

Smartest Mobile Users? It Ain't Us

Wireless phone study finds one common complaint worldwide: "Too many features I did not use."

Brightpoint Pays $300M For Denmark's Dangaard

Two top mobile phone distributors will combine to expand into other markets.

Cisco, Apple Still Wrestling Over iPhone Trademark

Cisco gives Apple a bit more time to respond to its lawsuit over the iPhone name.

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Manifold, a GIS Engine

ISPs of all kinds (but especially WISPs) will find a use for Geographic Information Software (GIS). Manifold is one provider, and claims to have disruptive pricing.

Wireless Equipment Manufacturer Directory: Exalt Communications

Company CEO Amir Zoufonoun says Exalt's mission is to be a one-stop shop for microwave backhaul.

Red Condor Anti-Spam

Using both an appliance at the ISP and a hosted system, Red Condor claims more detailed analysis, less management costs, and competitive pricing for a system being sold aggressively to ISPs.

WSTA: How Secure is Tape?

Even encrypted data can be read if it is stolen and the thieves have enough time, but all too often data is not encrypted in transit, and that increases risks, warned Paul Howard of tape encryption specialist DISUK.

Alcatel-Lucent's ng Connect Program

Telco equipment manufacturer finally asks businesses and customers what they want and whether they'll pay for it.

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NOAA Tackles Climate Change

Responding to public demand for climate change information, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to form a NOAA Climate Service line office and launches a new website to serve as a single point-of-entry for NOAAs extensive climate information, data, products and services.
- To accommodate the increasingly number of requests for climate change information, the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) said Feb. 8 it was creating a NOAA Climate Service line office dedicated to bringing together the agencys climate science and service delivery capabilitie...

Microsoft Says Windows 7 Battery Issues Are Batteries' Fault

Microsoft claims its engineers have been exploring complaints of poor battery life for some laptops running Windows 7, and that in every case the operating system is not at fault. Instead, Windows 7 had correctly evaluated via a new feature that those users batteries were failing, Microsoft said in a Feb. 8 blog posting. However, posts on Microsoft Watch, TechNet and other discussion forums seem to suggest that at least a percentage of users experiencing these issues also had batteries that were either new or nearly-new, which in turn is raising further questions.
- Microsoft's engineers have been exploring the alleged battery-life issues associated with Windows 7 running on laptops, and report that the operating system is not causing those batteries to prematurely fail. In every case, claimed an official Microsoft blog posting on Feb. 8, Windows 7 correctly ...

SAP Intends to Restore Market Trust Under New Management Regime

SAP's new management team will have the task of getting the company growing again and restoring a sense of trust in the enterprise applications maker among SAP employees, partners and customers, according to Hasso Plattner, chairman of the company's Supervisory Board.
- A new SAP management team will focus on restoring trust inside and outside of the enterprise business software company that was lost over the past couple of years as a result of policies that led to discontent among SAP employees as well as customers, according to Hasso Plattner, chairman of th...

HP Updates TRIM SharePoint Records Management Package

Hewlett-Packard introduces Total Records Information Management 7, which enables an enterprise to manage all of its Microsoft SharePoint Server records within a single environment regardless of the source of each document.
- Hewlett-Packard is coming at enterprise storage organization problems from a Microsoft SharePoint read that nonstorage vantage point. HP on Feb. 8 introduced a new version of its Web-based records management package, TRIM (Total Records Information Management) 7, which enables an enterprise to...

IBM Aims New Power7 Systems at the Smarter Planet

IBM launches a set of Power7 systems that it says deliver up to four times the energy efficiency and twice the performance of the previous generation of Power systems and some of the current crop of competing systems.
- NEW YORK IBM launched a set of new Power7 systems that it says deliver up to four times the energy efficiency and twice the performance of the previous generation of Power systems and some of the current crop of competing systems. At an old fashioned reach-out-and-touch launch at the swanky Mand...

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Google's Display-Ad Sales Should Top $1 Billion

As analysts say rising demand for Internet display ads will begin paying off for Google in 2010, one asks: "Is this a $10 billion business?"

Deutsche Telekom's Limited Options for T-Mobile

DT is said to be mulling a public offering for market-lagging T-Mobile USA, but demand for shares seems weak and any merger faces obstacles

Lenovo's Top-Notch T410

While it lacks aesthetics, Lenovo's new Intel-based laptop more than compensates with fast computing prowess and broad connectivity options

SingTel Profit Rises 24% on Singapore Mobile Demand (Update1)

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., Southeast Asia’s largest phone company, reported third-quarter profit rose 24 percent on demand for mobile services at home and rebounding earnings from Indonesia.

JVC Kenwood Shares Plunge on Earnings Restatement Plan

JVC Kenwood Holdings Inc. plunged in Tokyo trading after the company said it would restate earnings to reflect losses at its Victor unit.

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Craigslist Launches Mobile App for BlackBerry Smartphones

Online classifieds website, Craigslist, has launched an "official" mobile software application for BlackBerry smartphone users.

Wi-Lan to Settle Telus Patent Lawsuit

Patent licensing firm, Wi-Lan Inc., has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought against it by Vancouver-based telecommunications giant, Telus Communications.

Slacker Radio Launches Palm Smartphone Application

Three weeks after expanding into Canada, premium mobile radio service, Slacker, is trying to further broaden its reach with a new software application for Palm smartphones.

Telus May Launch Motorola Milestone on February 18

The Motorola Milestone device will be available in Canada on February 18, according to new rumours in the blogosphere, supported by a leaked memo from retail giant, Best Buy.

Bell Canada to Roll Out Fiber-Optic Broadband Technology

Canada's leading internet service provider, Bell, has announced plans to boost broadband speeds to as high as 100-Mbps, through the roll-out of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) technology.

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A leaner, meaner Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate expected later this week

Microsoft is poised to release the near-final Release Candidate RC test build of Visual Studio 2010 later this week, according to a mention on February 8 on a Microsoft development blog. The Softies are promising a leaner, meaner development suite, with the RC -- the last test build before VS2010...

A leaner, meaner Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate expected later this week

Microsoft is poised to release the near-final Release Candidate RC test build of Visual Studio 2010 later this week, according to a mention on February 8 on a Microsoft development blog. The Softies are promising a leaner, meaner development suite, with the RC -- the last test build before VS2010...

Torvalds' Nexus One endorsement may be regretted

Google is trying to build a competitive ecosystem in Android, and Android is not the only Linux-based system in the mobile space. It's like saying which one of your children you like best. by Dana Blankenhorn

Torvalds' Nexus One endorsement may be regretted

Google is trying to build a competitive ecosystem in Android, and Android is not the only Linux-based system in the mobile space. It's like saying which one of your children you like best. by Dana Blankenhorn

Testers get alpha of next version of Silverlight for Linux

The Mono team has made available a preview test build of Moonlight 3, the next version of Silverlight for Linux from Novell. Preview 1 is downloadable from the Mono site, as of February 3. by Mary Jo Foley

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Google launches Nexus One phone support

Customers suffering shipping and technical issues with the new Android phone now have more resources than online support forums.

Did this Metro PCS ad make the tech world cringe?

Cell phone provider Metro PCS' new campaign, featuring two supposed Indian tech experts, is proving a little controversial. The company admits it has received complaints.

iPad pricing: How low can you go, Apple?

It seems odd that Apple execs would even hint at the possibility of an early price cut lest they give folks already on the fence about buying the first iteration of the device more reason to stay there.

Twins learn of teen brother's death on Facebook

Twins logging on to Facebook to read birthday wishes instead discover that people have left RIP posts about their 17-year-old brother. Police hadn't notified the family.

Silicon: It's good for you, especially in beer

Researchers at UC Davis say that silicon, the most common metalloid and a known booster of bone-mineral density, is highly "bioavailable" when consumed in beer.

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