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Google Extending Postini Technology Across Google Apps

Google recently landed a big fish when the city of Los Angeles chose Google Apps for its e-mail and Internet services. While it still has a ways to go to catch Microsoft Office, more businesses are using Google Docs . The company is even catering to the enterprise mobile market and has made plans to provide ... More >

Verizon Droid Hits the Streets

Verizon Droid launched today and the buzz has been somewhat subdued , says Network World . A Boston area Verizon store manager said that while general interest in the device has been solid, it hasn't approached the level of other smartphones in recent memory, like the BlackBerry Storm. According to Top Tech News ,... More >

Fortune Names Jobs 'CEO of Decade'

Fortune magazine has named Apple's Steve Jobs "CEO of the decade," with probably way more copy than you'd ever care to read about him. Fortune editor-at-large Adam Lashinsky writes in his intro: How's this for a gripping corporate story line: Youthful founder gets booted from his company in the 1980s, returns... More >

Windows 7 Selling Better than Vista, But Moving Fewer PCs

Windows 7 has gotten off to a strong start in sales and market share, according to Daily Tech . According to NPD Group, boxed unit sales for Windows 7 during the first week of availability were up 234 percent compared to those of Windows Vista. Ian Paul at PCWorld.com questions the success of Windows 7, ... More >

Can Entrepreneurship be Taught?

In a BusinessWeek article, writer Reena Jana asks whether entrepreneurship can be taught , pointing to a survey on the topic commissioned by the Small Business Administration. Findings from the study of 5,618 respondents finishing or holding business degrees from five Northeast U.S. schools: 39 percent of those... More >

Researchers Develop Tool that Cloaks Internet Searches

A day after Google unveiled a dashboard to help quell user's privacy concerns , a team of Catalan researchers have announced that they have developed a protocol that distorts the user profile generated by search engines so that searches cannot be saved, TG Daily reports. Search engines such as Google, Yahoo and... More >

Skype Lawsuit Settlement on the Horizon

Following reports that agreements will soon be reached on three outstanding lawsuits, Skype co-founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis may be coming into quite a bit of cash. According to V3.co.uk , Zennstrom and Friis stand to win 10 percent of Skype , as well as the option to buy another 3 percent of the company... More >

Lockheed Awarded Pentagon Network Management Contract

According to InformationWeek , Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $293 million contract to support network operations for the Pentagon and other military networks in the Washington, D.C., area. Under the contract, Lockheed will manage, operate and secure the Pentagon's data networks, as well as provide... More >