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Google patent ties interactive gaming to Youtube
A patent application filed in February and released to the public this week reveals Google’s attempt to build games on top of...
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Xbox Live Headed to Windows Mobile Devices?
Microsoft may be bringing Xbox LIVE to Windows Mobile devices perhaps as early as the launch of Windows Mobile 7 expected late...
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2010: The year of the Mac?
It’s almost a pathetic assertion: This year, the Mac will break out of its ghetto and become a mainstream computer for individuals...
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IBM taps EyeOS not Google Chrome as mainframe open source system
IBM said this month it will offer the open source system EyeOS on its latest batch of mainframes. EyeOS is seen as...
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Hacker pleads guilty in massive fraud case
A hacker from Miami pled guilty to conspiracy to hack into computer networks at major U.S. retail and financial groups, and to...
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Google schedules Android event for Jan. 5
Apparently, Google CEO Eric Schmidt took some pages from the Apple playbook when he departed the company’s board earlier this year. On...
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Oracle-Sun merger didn’t need E.C. regulation
The European Commission (E.C.) need not have got involved with the Oracle-Sun merger and potential future of MySQL, and should just let...
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Firefox Roadmap: A Look at Versions 3.6 to 4.0
About two weeks ago, it became clear the final version of Firefox 3.6 would be pushed back to early 2010 . And...
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The top 10 technology stories of 2009
The Great Recession cast a shadow on all sectors of the economy in 2009. IT fared better than most, however, and the...
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Adobe will be top target for hackers in 2010, report says
Adobe Systems’ Flash and Acrobat Reader products will become the preferred targets for criminal hackers in 2010, surpassing Microsoft Office applications, a...
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Unified Communications 2009 – A year in review
As we wind down 2009 and prepare for 2010, I think it’s best to take a look back at this year to...
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Firefox 3.5 edges ahead in browser race
In the unceasing race for market share, Mozilla’s Firefox has edged ahead of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, at least according to one statistical...
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Google and Microsoft to escalate war in 2010
One of the most heated battles among technology companies was waged this year between Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. For those who...
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As DDoS attacks go, this one’s a dud
With all due respect to the affected holiday shoppers in Northern California, yesterday’s distributed denial-of-service attack on Amazon, Wal-Mart, and other sites...
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10 big cloud trends for 2010
Cloud computing is clearly worming its way into the enterprise, especially as a testing and development environment and as a platform for...