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Yahoo Mash: When getting social isn't enough
The untimely death of Yahoo's would-be networking site is a lesson for the industry. It just isn't enough to invite people to build a friends list anymore.
Fri, Aug 29 12:03:28 PDT 2008 | Read full story
Android Developer Challenge winners focus on location
The $3.75 million in prizes distributed by Google to Android developers includes several applications that take advantage of location-aware technology in mobile phones.
Fri, Aug 29 11:53:00 PDT 2008 | Read full story
Antitrust scrutiny in Yahoo-Google deal intensifies
While Google and Wall Street are betting controversial Yahoo-Google ad deal gets a green light from antitrust regulators, the level of scrutiny is rising.
Fri, Aug 29 10:08:00 PDT 2008 | Read full story
Week in review: Taming the wild Web
Microsoft, Mozilla, and Apple all make strides in the browser battles, while courts rule on copyright cases. Also: Politics, tech-style.
Fri, Aug 29 11:00:00 PDT 2008 | Read full story
Tethering coming soon to iPhone 3G?
If the latest e-mail claiming to be the work of Apple's CEO is accurate, iPhone 3G owners might soon be able to get their laptops online using their phone.
Fri, Aug 29 10:20:00 PDT 2008 | Read full story
Google, 'Vanity Fair' party down at DNC
Event on the last evening of the Democratic convention brings together Mountain View geeks, Washington insiders, and Hollywood celebrities.
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Judge lets privacy advocate keep Social Security numbers on Web site
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Trade body to hear Microsoft complaint against Taiwan company
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Judge finds Qualcomm in contempt of injunction
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Computer viruses in space!!
Yes, NASA has confirmed that some laptops taken to the International Space Station were infected with an online-gaming password stealing virus. I guess the astronauts won't be playing WOW in space.
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Linux security idiots
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Clean your HD's BEFORE the auction
Andrew Chapman went on eBay looking for a good bargain, and if he was a data thief, he would have hit major gold. Fortunately for over a million people, he is an honest fellow.
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To trust or not to trust Red Hat, that is the question
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In this issue:
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* Target agrees to $6M settlement of accessibility lawsuit
* Veoh ruling bolsters YouTube effort to fend off $1 billion Viacom suit
* 'West Wing' creator may be writing movie about Facebook
* Google introduces Android apps store
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Microsoft warns of IE8 lock-in with XP SP3
Microsoft is warning users of Windows XP SP3 who try out IE8 Beta 2 that they won't be able to uninstall either one under certain circumstances.
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Target agrees to $6M settlement of accessibility lawsuit
Target has settled a two-year-old lawsuit charging that its Web site was inaccessible to sight-impaired users.
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Veoh ruling bolsters YouTube effort to fend off $1 billion Viacom suit
The dismissal of Lo Group's copyright infringement case against online video-sharing site Veoh should help Google Inc. defend itself against similar charges filed against it by media giant Viacom.
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'West Wing' creator may be writing movie about Facebook
A Facebook profile that's said to be built for screenwriter Aaron Sorkin says the West Wing creator plans to write a movie about the invention of the Facebook social network.
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Google introduces Android apps store
Google unveiled plans for the Android Market, where developers can distribute content for Android phones.
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Who provides what in the cloud
Currently dominated by Amazon.com and several start-ups, cloud computing is increasingly attracting the interest of industry giants, including Google, IBM and, most recently, AT&T.
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Opinion: Put some excitement back into your bookmarks
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Sprint's WiMax service to include local features
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Cisco buys Exchange-a-like vendor PostPath
Suddenly, things are getting interesting again in the Exchange-alternatives market. The quintessential growth-by-acquisition specialist, Cisco (CSCO), has just announced that it's acquiring PostPath. . .
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IT site manager pilot fish at this big manufacturer gets a call from an engineer -- who's frantic because his plotter won't print some engineering drawings he needs pronto.
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iPhone doesn't have 3G issues, probably
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Microsoft reveals IE8 Beta 2
Microsoft launched the second beta version of its upcoming Internet Explorer 8 browser, but declined to offer up a ship date for the final version.
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Mozilla switches on Firefox 3.0 auto update
Mozilla has triggered an automatic update to Firefox 3.0, a week after the company said it would begin offering the latest version of the open-source browser to users of the older Firefox 2.0.0.16.
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Mozilla extension taps into typed commands
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Mainsoft backs Visual Studio 2008 in tools
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Why does Apple get a break?
Linux and open-source fans are always ready to stomp on Microsoft's proprietary programs, so why do we not only give even more proprietary Apple a free pass, and actually love Apple's devices?
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Will Adobe AIR become the PDF of Web 2.0?
I'm working on an article on photo retouching today. As many of you know, I'm a feature writer by day and switch hats between Computerworld articles on data centers and Internet hoaxes one day, then write a game review and test a bunch of smartphones the next. It's a kind of a journalistic personality disorder, a skill (or maybe that should be "condition") I have developed over the past 8-9 years.
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Windows Vista - faster adoption than XP?
Another month, another Forrester Research report on Windows Vista. But wait! Rather than the negative spin of last month's report, in which analyst Thomas Mendel opined that Vista was in danger of becoming as big a failure as New Coke, this report by analyst Benjamin Gray comes to a different conclusion.
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IE's big makeover; Palm's new Treo; Hacking ring busted [TECH UPDATE]
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Review: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 offers nifty new features
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August 28, 2008
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* Microsoft reveals IE8 Beta 2
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* Microsoft readies new Windows XP Pro antipiracy nag
* Microsoft invests in Move Networks
* Microsoft adds $100M to its SUSE Linux support tab
* Microsoft lists Windows 7 in patching tool
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* Cisco gobbles Exchange-a-like vendor PostPath
* Mac OS bigger in business (but still small)
* Microsoft trying to spoil Apple's September 9th party with new Bluetrack technology?
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Review: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 offers some nifty new features
Microsoft's latest beta of Internet Explorer 8 includes better tab management, new services such as Web Slices and Accelerators, and an interesting feature some are calling 'porn mode.'
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Microsoft Office Live Small Biz suffers outage, possibly lost e-mail
Some users of Microsoft's Office Live Small Business have reported intermittent e-mail outages.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3537889/132809440/135645/2/
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Microsoft reveals IE8 Beta 2
Microsoft launched the second beta version of its upcoming Internet Explorer 8 browser, but declined to offer up a ship date for the final version.
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Visual Studio 2008 SP1 is icing, and more cake
Service Pack 1 finally includes the ADO.Net Entity Framework, the Entity Data Model and LINQ to Entities, InfoWorld's reviewer explains.
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Microsoft readies new Windows XP Pro antipiracy nag
Microsoft plans to update the Windows Genuine Advantage antipiracy software in Windows XP Professional to make nagging more prominent for those running bogus copies of the operating system.
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Microsoft invests in Move Networks
Microsoft invested an undisclosed sum in Move Networks, a provider of online video streaming technology.
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Microsoft adds $100M to its SUSE Linux support tab
Microsoft has expanded its commitment for buying SUSE Linux support vouchers from Novell, agreeing to buy up to $100 million worth of vouchers in addition to the $240 million it originally agreed to spend on vouchers when the two rivals signed a controversial partnership deal in 2006.
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Microsoft lists Windows 7 in patching tool
Microsoft has listed Windows 7, the planned successor to Windows Vista, in its WSUS patching tool for corporate users -- a step that the company said was done for testing purposes.
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Mac OS bigger in business (but still small)
In Wednesday's IT Blogwatch, we watch Apple's enterprise market share grow. Not to mention Error'd Error'd Everywhere...
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Microsoft trying to spoil Apple's September 9th party with new Bluetrack technology?
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Even without an enterprise strategy, Apple quadruples share
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August 28, 2008
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* Even without an enterprise strategy, Apple quadruples share
* Mac clone maker Psystar sues Apple, plays antitrust card
* Microsoft reveals IE8 Beta 2
* Linux end-user summit planned
* Microsoft adds $100M to its SUSE Linux support tab
* Novell's iPrint open to attack, say researchers
* Legal group releases guide to GPL compliance
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* Cisco gobbles Exchange-a-like vendor PostPath
* Linux security idiots
* Mac OS bigger in business (but still small)
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Even without an enterprise strategy, Apple quadruples share
Even though it hasn't made a push to get its hardware into the corporate world, Apple has managed to nearly quadruple its share of the enterprise market in the past 19 months.
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Mac clone maker Psystar sues Apple, plays antitrust card
Mac clone maker Psystar has filed a countersuit against Apple, arguing that the Cupertino, Calif., company has engaged in restraint of trade, unfair competition and other violations of antitrust law.
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Microsoft reveals IE8 Beta 2
Microsoft today launched the second beta version of its upcoming Internet Explorer 8 browser, but declined to offer up a ship date for the final version.
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Linux end-user summit planned
During the free, invitation-only summit, there will be discussions between end users and Linux maintainers, including Andrew Morton and James Bottomley.
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Microsoft adds $100M to its SUSE Linux support tab
Microsoft has expanded its commitment for buying SUSE Linux support vouchers from Novell, agreeing to buy up to $100 million worth of vouchers in addition to the $240 million it originally agreed to spend on vouchers when the two rivals signed a controversial partnership deal in 2006.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3537875/132809444/135668/2/
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Novell's iPrint open to attack, say researchers
Attackers can exploit bugs in Novell's iPrint application to snare corporate information or hijack computers, according to Danish bug tracker Secunia.
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Legal group releases guide to GPL compliance
Among the lengthy report's tips is a caution not to rely on 'build gurus.'
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Cisco gobbles Exchange-a-like vendor PostPath
In Thursday's IT Blogwatch, we wonder why Cisco is buying a tiny company called PostPath for $215 million -- could the networking giant be entering the Exchange-alternative market? Not to mention building a better mousetrap...
To view the rest of the blog post, click the following link.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3537875/132809444/135672/2/
Linux security idiots
Linux is more secure than most operating systems, but Not if you don't practice basic security measures
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Mac OS bigger in business (but still small)
In Wednesday's IT Blogwatch, we watch Apple's enterprise market share grow. Not to mention Error'd Error'd Everywhere...
To view the rest of the blog post, click the following link.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3537875/132809444/135674/2/
SHARK BAIT OF THE DAY
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Printer Power Button
A manager of public relations at our company was having printer troubles after she replaced printer cartridges. We asked if she removed the tape from the bottom of the cartridge ...
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