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Windows Mobile 7: Can Microsoft reinvent the mobile market?
In the aftermath of last week’s Consumer Electronics Show, Windows Mobile watchers are reading the soggy tea leaves of hints, generalities, ambiguities,...
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Conficker worm hasn’t gone away, Akamai says
Variants of the Conficker worm were still active and spreading during the third quarter, accounting for much of attack traffic on the...
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Intel to release Westmere server chips in three months
Intel plans to release next-generation Xeon server processors based on the Westmere microarchitecture in the next three months, the company said. Intel...
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Acer unveils greenest laptops yet in new Aspires
Acer launched two new laptops today labeled by the environmental group, Greenpeace, as being virtually free of two toxic substances, polyvinyl chloride...
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Mozilla dumps Firefox 3.7 from schedule, changes dev process
Mozilla has made major changes to how it develops Firefox, and plans to drop Firefox 3.7 from its schedule and instead roll...
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Oracle staying mum on merger progress down under
Oracle’s Australian representatives are staying mum over the impact attempts to acquire Sun Microsystems are having on its operations down under. The...
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Wireless for power utilities uses WiMax guts
A Silicon Valley startup has combined the technology underlying WiMax with a software-defined radio to build smart grids for electric utilities. The...
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Google moves Gmail to more secure HTTPS service
At the risk of inconveniencing some users, Google has moved its Gmail to a more secure protocol. The timing of the action...
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Adobe patches PDF zero-day, other critical bugs
Adobe patched eight security vulnerabilities, six of them critical, in its popular PDF viewing and editing programs. Security experts urged consumers and...
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Facebook-McAfee Deal: A Great Start
McAfee and Facebook have joined forces to keep 350 million Facebook users safe from malware. But if you think this is a...
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LG bets on Android despite Windows Mobile deal
In the absence of a new version of Windows Mobile, LG said it plans to use Android on more than half its...
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Microsoft, HP announce ‘infrastructure-to-app’ partnership
Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft will invest US$250 million over three years on a product integration strategy meant to "significantly simplify" technology deployments for...
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VMware to buy Zimbra to bolster cloud computing push
VMware is poised to further redefine its cloud strategy by buying Yahoo’s Zimbra open source messaging business in order to expand its...
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Lenovo to expand Think portfolio
The popularity of netbooks has been so appealing that Chinese PC powerhouse Lenovo is weighing in on the options of possibly unveiling...
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Half of all data centers understaffed, Symantec survey finds
Fifty percent of IT executives say their data centers are understaffed, and companies are still looking for more ways to cut costs,...