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    RIM pushing WebWorks for phone, PlayBook development

    05 February, 2011 12:36
    The platform lets developers use familiar Web tools to write apps that look native on BlackBerry devices
    Research In Motion's BlackBerry WebWorks Application Platform lets developers use standard Web tools to create applications that work like native programs on RIM's smartphones and PlayBook tablets, company officials said Thursday.
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    Mobile developers challenged to boost privacy

    05 February, 2011 12:29
    ACLU leads the development competition, which seeks to address security on smartphones
    Branches of the American Civil Liberties Union and other organizations are launching on Friday the 2011 Develop for Privacy Challenge, a competition for mobile application developers to address privacy concerns about mobile phones and other portable devices.
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    Google's copying accusation called 'silly'

    05 February, 2011 11:17
    Google's charge that Microsoft copied its search results is much ado about nothing, some industry insiders say
    Even if Microsoft did copy Google's search results the practice couldn't be scaled enough to mimic Google's algorithms in any widespread and meaningful way, search industry analysts and executives said.
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    Manage Google storage with CloudBerry Explorer

    05 February, 2011 11:00
    Manage Google Storage with a full-featured standalone client.
    Google Storage is one of the newest and most promising entrants into the cloud storage market. Its integration with other Google services such as Google App Engine makes it a viable threat to the current leader, Amazon S3. The service is currently in closed beta, but if you're lucky enough to snag an invite, you'll probably want a more advanced manager than Google's bare-bones Web app, which supports little more than bucket creating and file uploading. For accessing advanced features of Google Storage such as setting HTTP headers or access control levels (ACLs), Google offers the command line utility GSUtil. But unless you're a console guru, a graphical manager such as CloudBerry Explorer for Google Storage is highly preferable.
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    Galaxy Tab gets hacked, finally runs Gingerbread

    05 February, 2011 10:21
    Tavlet PC can be upgraded from Froyo, but best left to confident tinkerers
    Owners of the Samsung Galaxy Tab have so far waited pretty patiently for Google to upgrade the tablet from Froyo version of Android to Gingerbread. But it would seem one developer got a little too impatient waiting for the update, so got to work adding Android 2.3 themselves.
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    ARM CEO: No rush to design a 64-bit server chip

    05 February, 2011 10:02
    ARM CEO Warren East says a sizeable chunk of today's server apps get by with 32-bit addressing
    ARM is considering 64-bit extensions for its CPU designs, but their absence today doesn't harm its chances in the server market, ARM CEO Warren East said this week.
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    Quick tour of Google Chrome 9: Instant search, 3D, apps

    05 February, 2011 09:54
    Here's what's new in Google Chrome 9.
    Google has launched version 9 of its Chrome browser, which features Chrome Instant search, a speed enhancer that loads Web pages as you type a URL. Other notable upgrades include WebGL support for hardware-accelerated 3D graphics, as well as access to Google's new Chrome Web Store.
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    Speculation rife that Nokia will adopt Windows Phone 7

    05 February, 2011 09:31
    Nokia could give Microsoft another high-profile handset maker to boost the so-far anemic sales of Windows Phone devices
    An analyst's open letter to Nokia's CEO, a former Microsoft executive, has triggered intense speculation that the Finnish phone maker will adopt Windows Phone 7 as the firmware for at least some of its struggling smartphone line.
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    Financial firm fined $25M for hiding software glitch that cost investors $217M

    05 February, 2011 09:30
    An investment fund that hid flaws in a computer application that set the fund's strategy for making trades has agreed to pay a <a href="http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2011/2011-37.htm">$25 million SEC fine</a> and pay back $217 million in losses suffered by investors because of the problem.
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    Tech CFOs anticipate revenue increase in 2011

    05 February, 2011 08:48
    Tech firms will spend their capital on purchasing companies with products that complete their portfolios
    Increased revenue will foster mergers and acquisitions in the technology space, according to a survey by accounting and consulting firm BDO USA that polled chief financial officers at technology firms.
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    Wall Street Beat: Business software, e-commerce shine

    05 February, 2011 08:47
    BMC, NetSuite report revenue gains, as ComScore stays upbeat on consumer e-commerce
    With most tech bellwethers having reported financial results, the earnings season is coming to a close, but BMC, NetSuite, AOL and IAC results this week offered insights into aspects of business IT and the Internet sector.
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    Can 'encrypted blobs' help with secure cloud computing?

    05 February, 2011 08:27
    "That's the vision," says IBM senior manager for secure software and service, J.R. Rao
    Can cloud-based computing be made more secure in the future using what crypto geeks call "fully homomorphic encryption" to send data as "encrypted blobs" that can be understood and subject to processing without having to actually de-crypt them first to see the plaintext?
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    Hacker steals 400 billion virtual poker chips from Facebook game

    05 February, 2011 08:26
    Ashley Mitchell gained administrator access to the Zynga site where he posed as administrator of the company's Texas Hold 'em poker game accessible through Facebook, according to published reports
    An English hacker has admitted he stole 400 billion virtual poker chips worth somewhere between $US285,000 and $12 million in actual dollars from a popular online game, then sold some of them for cash on Facebook.
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    Experts: FCC needs to focus on spectrum and subsidy reform

    05 February, 2011 08:23
    The agency must move beyond the net neutrality debates of recent years, several telecom industry people say
    With the issue of network neutrality behind the U.S. Federal Communications Commission -- at least temporarily -- the agency must turn its focus to freeing up wireless spectrum, reforming telecom subsidies and promoting broadband deployment and adoption, several telecom experts said Friday.
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    Forrester: SaaS won't succeed with some apps

    05 February, 2011 07:52
    The analyst firm picks the winners and likely also-rans for SaaS
    Given all the hype SaaS (software as a service) has garnered, you might be inclined to think every category of software will be delivered predominantly from the cloud at some point. Not so, says a new Forrester Research report.
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    Google fixes nine bugs in Chrome, including sandbox-escape flaw

    05 February, 2011 07:33
    Adds "instant" search and WebGL support, plugs holes five weeks before Pwn2Own hacking contest
    Google on Thursday patched nine bugs in Chrome and upgraded the most stable edition of the browser to version 9.
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    Reader X spoils new PDF attack

    05 February, 2011 05:55
    But researchers are unsure whether Adobe&#39;s new sandbox helped block attack
    Adobe's Reader X, last year's upgrade that features a "sandbox" designed to protect users from PDF exploits, stymied a recent attack campaign, researchers said Thursday.
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    Why you shouldn't worry so much about IPv6

    05 February, 2011 05:42
    Don't worry, the Internet as we know it isn't ending as IPv4 addresses are exhausted.
    A critical juncture in history arrived this week as the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) assigned the last IPv4 addresses to the five regions of the world's Regional Internet Registries.
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    Microsoft previews Windows Small Business Server 2011

    05 February, 2011 04:32
    The latest release of Microsoft Windows SBS improves remote access, deployment procedures
    Microsoft has released a preview of the next version of its integrated package for small organizations, Windows Small Business Server 2011.
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    Cisco bolsters video, buys digital media company Inlet

    05 February, 2011 04:31
    Inlet will augment Cisco's new Videoscape TV platform by adapting the quality of the video stream based on real-time network condit
    Cisco this week announced its intent to acquire privately held Inlet Technologies, a provider of adaptive bit rate (ABR) digital media processing platforms, for $95 million in cash and retention-based incentives.
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