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InternetNews Realtime News for IT Managers All the top news, features, analysis and insight into enterprise and Internet technology, geared for IT managers and delivered by the best in the industry.
Bing Brings Twitter Into the Mix

Microsoft dabbles in real-time search, announcing that Bing will search some of Twitter.

CSC Teams With Microsoft on Cloud Services

Service expands CSC's connections to Microsoft's cloud services suite for current and new CSC customers.

FCC Gets to Work on Mapping Out Broadband Plan

Commission's point person for broadband roadmap outlines his game plan at first meeting under new Chairman Genachowski.

Free, Must-Have Tools for Social Networking

Busy Web users can use these free services to communicate more efficiently.

Linux Vendors Head to the Cloud in Search of Cash

New commercial initiatives for cloud services will see both Red Hat and Ubuntu ramping up their competition.

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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.

internetnews.com Wireless News Real time wireless industry news, trends, analysis, features and opinion for IT decision makers.
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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SMP-enabled Sun xVM VirtualBox 3.0 Turns Up the Heat on VMware

Version 3.0 of Sun's xVM VirtualBox desktop virtualization tool adds support for multiple guest processors--a major feature addition which, when considered alongside the product's low cost (free) and broad host platform support, is certain to give VMware Workstation a run for its money.
- Sun Microsystems' xVM VirtualBox, a no-cost virtualization tool that enables virtual machines to run on a variety of standard operating systems, continues to improve its position as a potential challenger to workstation products from VMware and Parallels. Sun release version 3.0 of xVM VirtualBox on...

Apple iPhone 3GS Jailbreaking Tool Hits the Street

The hacker who made the news in 2007 for unlocking Apple's first iPhone has released the a new application for jailbreaking the iPhone 3GS. The tool is currently available for Windows only.
- George Hotz, the 19-year old hacker who made headlines for unlocking Apples original iPhone, has now released the first-known jailbreaking tool for iPhone 3GS. The tool, called purplea1n, is only available for versions of the Windows operating system - excluding Windows 7 - at the moment, but H...

China Says Green Dam Still Coming, Mac Version in the Works

Chinas Ministry of Industry and I.T. reportedly said it will definitely carry on the directive on Green Dam. And while Apple has so far been on the sidelines of the Windows-based filtering software mandate, Green Dam maker Jinhui is said to be testing a Mac-compatible version.
- The latest news on China's Green Dam filtering software is that the debates not over yet and Apple may finally be pulled into the fray. In early June the Chinese government announced to PC makers that, by July 1, all computer sold in China would have shipped with Green Dam Youth Escort, a Web...

Government Spends $440 Million Per Year on Wasteful Printing, Report Says

A report from printer manufacturer Lexmark claims the federal government wastes $440 million dollars a year (almost $1 million per day) on unnecessary printing.
- While it could probably be said that most businesses, large, medium and small, print more paper than is necessary, a report by printing company Lexmark International revealed the U.S. government wastes a staggering $440 million annually on unnecessary printing--more than $1 million per dayalmost as...

Spate of iPhone Overheating Reports Roast Apple

Sales of Apple's iPhone 3GS aren't the only thing hot about the device: Reports of overheating issues on the new version of the smartphone caused Apple to release an advisory on how to keep your iPhone cool.
- While the debut of the iPhone 3GS, the latest edition of Apples sleek, popular smartphone, has been a runaway success (sales after three days on the market bested one million models sold) Apple acknowledged the devices may have an issue when it comes to overhearing. In response to numerous co...

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Andreessen Readies a New Venture Capital Firm

Bing: Not Really Gaining on Google

Mozilla's Crowdsourcing Mystique

IBM Reinvents the 401(k)

Govt. Releases $4 Bln Broadband Stimulus

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Bell Canada Acquires Virgin Mobile and The Source

Bell Canada Enterprises Inc. (BCE) has completed a $142-million acquisition of the half of Virgin Mobile Canada that it did not already own, giving the telecom giant a new advantage in the Canadian wireless market.

Apple Launches Beta Version of iPhone OS 3.1

Just two weeks after releasing iPhone OS 3.0, Apple is already testing another update for its popular mobile operating system.

BC Asks for Public Input on Banning Cell Phones While Driving

British Columbia's provincial government is asking for public input on a proposal to ban mobile phone use in cars.

Telus Extends Satellite TV Service to 90% of BC/Alberta Households

Vancouver-based telecom operator, Telus Corp., has made good on a promise to offer satellite television service in Alberta and British Columbia, so as to complement its growing IPTV network.

Dell Developing Android-Based Mobile Internet Device, WSJ Reports

Personal computer manufacturer, Dell, is developing a handheld internet device based on Google's Android operating system, according to today's Wall Street Journal, citing two sources who had seen early prototypes of the device.

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Oracle's Fusion middleware master plan starts coming together

Oracle on Wednesday launched its Fusion 11g middleware family and the effort is aimed at linking the technological underpinnings of all of the company's acquired applications, owning the market, creating one fundamental software stack for the enterprise, laying the foundation for a cloud strategy as well as a few other...

Oracle's Fusion middleware master plan starts coming together

Oracle on Wednesday launched its Fusion 11g middleware family and the effort is aimed at linking the technological underpinnings of all of the company's acquired applications, owning the market, creating one fundamental software stack for the enterprise, laying the foundation for a cloud strategy as well as a few other...

Will Stallman C# warning fall flat?

Stallman's fear is that Microsoft will use its software patents to force open source C# implementations, and applications, underground. Any move toward bringing C#, which Microsoft developed and Mono, which Microsoft supports, into the center of the Linux community must therefore be resisted. by Dana Blankenhorn

Will Stallman C# warning fall flat?

Stallman's fear is that Microsoft will use its software patents to force open source C# implementations, and applications, underground. Any move toward bringing C#, which Microsoft developed and Mono, which Microsoft supports, into the center of the Linux community must therefore be resisted. by Dana Blankenhorn

Oracle adds zest to SQL Developer with standalone data modeling tool, stirs the SQL market pot

The whole SQL databases and associated tools and modeling ecosystem is ripe for tumult. My best guess is that Oracle's pending Sun Microsystems purchase will provide offense via MySQL, and the associated community, to target the Microsoft SQL Server franchise. by Dana Gardner

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Employee shot, wounded at Virginia Apple store

The victim, a 26-year-old woman, is in serious but stable condition with a wound to the shoulder. Some media outlets are reporting robbery as the motive, but police say it's too early to tell.

Seattle fire knocks out service to Bing Travel, other sites

Reports say a blown transformer knocked out power to the Fisher Plaza data center, which is home to the Bing Travel servers, among others.

What soccer team would your company be?

Martin Veitch at CIO.co.uk riffs on how certain football clubs resemble software companies, to good and painful effect.

iPhone 3GS jailbreak, 'purplera1n,' hits Web

Hacker who originally unlocked the iPhone has let loose a jailbreaking app for the iPhone 3GS ahead of the iPhone dev team. For now, it's Windows-only, but a Mac version is supposedly on the way.

Apple patents point to haptics, fingerprints, RFID

Three just-published patent applications hint at the company's future plans. But it could be a while before we see any of the functionality built into iPhones or other Apple devices.

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