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  • Wall Street Beat: After Facebook fiasco, don't write off tech IPOs

    The Facebook IPO may have been a fiasco, but don't put the nail in the coffin just yet for other tech offerings this year.

    Written by Marc Ferranti • 25 May 12 22:22

  • FCC ruling on 800MHz band a boon for Sprint

    The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved a rule change for part of the 800MHz band at a meeting on Thursday, opening the door for Sprint Nextel to use the band for its 4G LTE network.

    Written by Stephen Lawson • 25 May 12 19:53

  • Oracle NetBeans 7.2 supports the latest PHP, C++

    The newest version of the Oracle NetBeans IDE (integrated developer environment) will come with support for the latest versions of PHP and C++.

    Written by Joab Jackson • 25 May 12 18:34

  • Untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download

    Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam.

    Written by Loek Essers • 25 May 12 14:56

  • Unthethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download

    Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Friday.

    Written by Loek Essers • 25 May 12 13:53

  • Security researcher urges IT managers to keep up with SAP patches

    The story "Security researcher urges IT managers to keep up with SAP patches," posted on the wire Thursday, incorrectly stated the location of Onapsis in the second paragraph.

    Written by IDG News Service staff • 25 May 12 09:30

  • Lawmakers call on DOJ to reopen investigation into Google Wi-Fi spying

    Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen its investigation into Google's snooping on Wi-Fi networks in 2010 after recent questions about the company's level of cooperation with federal inquiries.

    Written by Grant Gross • 24 May 12 23:37

  • Lawmakers call on DOJ to reopen investigation into Google Wi-Fi spying

    Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen its investigation into Google's snooping on Wi-Fi networks in 2010 after recent questions about the company's level of cooperation with federal inquiries.

    Written by Grant Gross • 24 May 12 20:53

  • GAO: US gov't IT reform slower than claimed

    The efforts of U.S. President Barack Obama's administration to streamline and improve the government's IT systems aren't proceeding as quickly as officials have suggested, a federal auditor said Thursday.

    Written by Grant Gross • 24 May 12 18:42

  • Ellison, Phillips, McDermott to take stand in Oracle-SAP retrial

    During the upcoming retrial of Oracle's corporate-theft lawsuit against SAP, the companies plan to call a star-studded array of tech executives as witnesses including CEO Larry Ellison, former Oracle co-president and current Infor CEO Charles Phillips and SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott, according to court documents filed Thursday.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus • 24 May 12 16:49

  • Security researcher urges IT managers to keep up with SAP patches

    More than 95 percent of over 600 SAP systems tested by security firm Onapsis were vulnerable to espionage, sabotage and fraud, mainly because patches had not been applied, according to a researcher.

    Written by Loek Essers • 24 May 12 16:37

  • Are CEOs getting the social media thing?

    IBM says a study it did of some 1700 Chief Executive Officers worldwide found that many indeed - or should be - grasping social media as a key enabler of collaboration and innovation.

    Written by Michael Cooney • 24 May 12 13:33

  • Google to offer mapping and other software in Syria

    Google is now allowed under U.S. export control rules to offer downloads in Syria of its mapping software Google Earth, photo sharing software Picasa, and its Chrome browser, it said Wednesday.

    Written by John Ribeiro • 24 May 12 07:46

  • Apple claims US government sides with monopoly in e-book case

    The U.S. government has sided with monopoly rather than competition in bringing a case of e-book price-fixing against Apple, the company said in a filing on Tuesday before a federal court.

    Written by John Ribeiro • 24 May 12 05:35

  • Yahoo launches stand-alone mobile search app

    Yahoo beefed up its search offerings on Wednesday when it launched Axis, an HTML5-based browser app that delivers search results as page previews rather than as links.

    Written by Cameron Scott • 24 May 12 00:01

  • Panel: Future CIOs will have careers blending non-tech roles with traditional IT duties

    Next-generation CIOs will have to consider how technology affects other corporate departments as well as handle traditional IT management functions, especially those accompanying mobile device management and greater data analysis, according to panelists who spoke at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

    Written by Fred O'Connor • 23 May 12 21:35

  • Wolfram expands into system modeling

    Expanding beyond its scientific and engineering number-crunching software, Mathematica maker Wolfram Research released a desktop application for full-scale system modeling and simulation, the company announced Wednesday.

    Written by Joab Jackson • 23 May 12 21:04

  • Obama orders agencies to optimize Web content for mobile

    U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered all major government agencies to make two key services available on mobile phones within a year, in an effort to embrace a growing trend toward Web surfing on mobile devices.

    Written by Grant Gross • 23 May 12 20:06

  • Obama orders agencies to optimize Web content for mobile

    U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered all major government agencies to make two key services available on mobile phones within a year, in an effort to embrace a growing trend toward Web surfing on mobile devices.

    Written by Grant Gross • 23 May 12 17:58

  • VMware acquires desktop management company Wanova

    VMware has acquired Wanova, a developer of software used to centralize and simplify image management on physical and virtual desktops, the company said Tuesday.

    Written by Mikael Ricknäs • 23 May 12 11:06
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