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Polycom Partners with BT on Videoconferencing

Polycom and BT Group announced a three-year partnership that the companies say will accelerate the growth of unified conferencing systems within enterprises. The announcement comes on the heels of Cisco's increased bid for Tandberg and Logitech's plans to acquire LifeSize. The partnership will combine Polycom's... More >

Alcatel-Lucent Reports First Live LTE Data Call

Alcatel-Luctent announced the completion of the first data call on a live LTE network . The call was carried out on the 800MHz European Digital Dividend spectrum band at Alcatel-Lucent's research center in Stuggart, Germany. According to the company, the call included the transmission of high-definition video streaming... More >

Missing Hard Drive Contains 1.5 Million Records

According to Computerworld , a hard drive with seven years' worth of personal information on about 1.5 million customers of Health Net of the Northeast Inc. has been reported missing -- six months after the fact. The hard drive not only contained medical information, but also names, addresses and Social Security... More >

Chrome OS 101

Yesterday, Google unveiled an early version of it Chrome OS along with providing an outline on the Chrome OS project. Lance Ulanoff, writing for PC Magazine , provides a list of 11 things you need to know about Google's Chrome OS . First on his list is that it is not available yet. Other highlights include:... More >

Oracle Given More Time to Address EU Concerns

The European Commission has granted Oracle a six-day deadline extension to address antitrust issues in its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, reports Bloomberg . That will push the European regulators' ruling back  from Jan. 19 to Jan. 27. The commission earlier this month issued a formal objection to the merger. And... More >

Air Canada Tries Out In-Flight Wi-Fi

Slowly and steadily, in-flight Wi-Fi is coming to the friendly skies. Air Canada announced it has begun experimenting with a new system on some flights from Montreal and Toronto to Los Angeles, CityNews reports. The trial period is scheduled to run until Jan. 29. Canada's largest carrier has partnered with Aircell... More >

Motorola Milestone Available from Vodafone Germany

German mobile users clamoring for the Motorola Milestone, the European HSDPA version of Droid, now have a choice of carriers from which to purchase the device. Already available from O2, Vodafone is now offering the handset for €99 (US$148) with a new contract, SlashGear reports. A SIM-free version is also available... More >

UK Climate Research Unit Hacked

Examiner.com reports that the UK's Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia suffered a security breach in which thousands of e-mails and documents were accessed. The stolen data was posted to a Russian server. According to BBC News , a university spokesman says officials there are aware of the... More >