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Though the Southern California earthquake brought a spike in calls and choked networks , the infrastructure remained intact and working, according to an Associated Press story on Newsvine.com. &nb... More >
Microsoft on Tuesday is unveiling a computing sphere on which people can use their fingers to manipulate photos, play games, spin a virtual globe or watch 360-degree videos, reports Todd Bishop at ... More >
Yahoo has made peace with Carl Icahn, but that hasn't settled the restlessness among the shareholders, reports The New York Post. It says Gordon Crawford of Capital Research and Management,... More >
Sun Microsystems in the coming months will move to channel partner sales for all but its 300 biggest accounts, reports ITWorld.com . That means partners will be responsible for selling Sun ... More >
They said it would happen and it has: China says it has more people surfing the Web than the United States. The China Internet Network Information Center estimated the country has 253 milli... More >
The world's second-largest memory chip manufacturer, Hynix Semiconductor, said it will close its only U.S. plant by the end of September, according to an Associated Press story in The Boston Glob... More >
In a move that will surely challenge Wikipedia , Google has unveiled its online encyclopedia, Knol . The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that access to Knol had been "invitation-only" f... More >
Wall Street seems to have given Yahoo a pass on a second quarter of profits at the low end of expectations, which already had been lowered. Yahoo's net income dropped by nearly 19 percent wh... More >
San Francisco's mayor met with the network administrator accused of locking down the city's FiberWAN system and during the jail house meeting persuaded him to turn over the access codes , reports T... More >
Yesterday we blogged about top U.S. MBA grads having a strong desire to work for socially and environmentally responsible corporations , most of whom would be willing to take less money to do so. &n... More >
Security researcher Dan Kaminsky was hoping to wait until the Black Hat Conference to release details of the Domain Name System flaw he discovered, but thanks to a post on the Matasano company blog... More >
A survey of 759 graduating MBAs from 11 top U.S. business schools revealed that a company's corporate social responsibility performance is a major factor when they select whom to work for, reports B... More >
SAP announced Monday it is closing TomorrowNow , the subsidiary accused in an Oracle Lawsuit of stealing company secrets , reports The Associated Press in a story on Newsvine.com. SAP has ... More >
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has approved 90 percent of the funds President Bush requested for the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative , reports The Washington P... More >
The San Francisco network administrator accused of hijacking the city's FiberWAN network has entered a "not guilty" plea , reports ChannelWeb . Terry Childs' bail remains set at $5 million. ... More >
Back in May, senior members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee asked Charter Communications to hold off on its pilot plans to partner with NebuAd to track customer Web activities for the pur... More >
In an effort to combat address book clutter, Google is giving Gmail a little tweak , reports InfoWorld . Instead of automatically adding all new e-mail addresses to a contact list, anyone wh... More >
In moving customers of Business Objects over to SAP's online support site, SAP has ticked off a lot of people who are unable to access it , reports InfoWorld . The switch in product support ... More >
Samsung and Sun Microsystems are touting a flash chip aimed at server applications that will provide a fivefold increase in data write-and-erase cycles over standard SLC flash memory, reports News... More >
More demanding mobile applications have helped drive fuel cell innovation . In testing its Mobion fuel cells, MTI Micro has set a fuel cell record. MATTER reports the fuel cell has gone o... More >
The federal government is pulling the plug on a computer service serving small, rural police agencies and its users are "beside themselves" at the prospect of losing it, reports USA Today . ... More >
Citing the boom in social networking, e-health records and other challenges, privacy watchdog TRUSTe has landed $10 million in investment from Accel Partners, which also invests in Facebook and o... More >
Indian firms are becoming more conscious of adding green to their agenda and considering the effects of the IT department on the environment. The first place many IT departments are starting i... More >
After all the hullabaloo from a three-month investigation into the actions of Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-Hee and nine other executives, Lee has been given a three-year suspended sentence and cleare... More >
U.S. companies are coming around on going green and taking advantage of technologies to start and sustain such efforts. Boston.com reports that there is a charge of small and medium-sized bus... More >
A recent Jupiter Research white paper, " Mobile Payment Markets: Contactless NFC 2008-2013 , " forecasts that mobile phones enabled with near field communications technology will generate global reve... More >
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a technique to use dyes painted on window panes to redirect light to photovaltaic solar cells . According to this Cl... More >
Yahoo's board on Saturday night quickly rejected Microsoft's latest offer to buy its search business, calling the proposal "completely absurd and irresponsible," reports The San Jose Mercury News... More >
Microsoft probably isn't the first company that comes to mind when you think of green technology. However, the software maker has managed to improve the efficiency of its data centers by 22 percent f... More >
At a Senate committee hearing on targeted online advertising Wednesday, Google and Microsoft supported basic privacy legislation to protect consumers, reports The Associated Press in the San Fra... More >
At a conference in Houston this week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company needs to do more cool stuff. Or at least surprise people more often. The Houston Chronicle quotes him saying ... More >
Chip equipment maker Applied Materials is investing $60 million to $70 million to build an operations center in Singapore , reports Bloomberg . The facility, to be operational next year, wil... More >
Microsoft announced Tuesday it will offer more Web-based business software , including stripped-down versions for so-called "deskless" workers including nurses, sales clerks and factory workers, rep... More >
In an attempt to fend off advances by free software such as Google Docs and Open Office and IBM's Lotus Symphony, Microsoft has introduced a subscription service that includes Office and its Window... More >
Computerworld reports that MX Logic Inc. is predicting a surge in iPhone and Fourth of July scams . Hold on to your hats come July 11 when iPhone 3G is released, especially if the supply doe... More >
As of yesterday, drivers in California and Washington can be fined for using their cell phone while driving, reports eFluxMedia . As NewsFactor Network points out, drivers can still talk... More >
The deduction of a recent E.ON report is that office workers are nervous about implementing green practices in their workplaces. BusinessGreen reports that employees too afraid to ask for the... More >
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