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SAP CEO resigns, replaced by 2 co-chief executives (AP)
Posted: February 7th, 2010, 8:01pm EST
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AP - The chief executive of German software company SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, has resigned after his contract was not renewed and will be succeeded by two co-CEOs, the company said Sunday. -
SAP names two new co-CEOs (AFP)
Posted: February 7th, 2010, 7:49pm EST
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AFP - German-based SAP, the world's largest professional software group, announced Sunday that Leo Apotheker was stepping down as chief executive officer and was being replaced by two company insiders.
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Apotheker resigns as SAP's chief executive
Posted: February 7th, 2010, 7:10pm EST
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The business software maker announces the resignation, effective immediately, and the appointment of co-CEOs to replace Apotheker. -
Analysis of an apology: Toyota, a Japanese thing?
Posted: February 7th, 2010, 5:22pm EST
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Is the apology of Toyota's President Akio Toyoda really uniquely Japanese?
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PayPal temporarily suspends some India services (AFP)
Posted: February 7th, 2010, 5:21pm EST
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AFP - US online payments company PayPal has temporarily suspended personal payments to and from India and transfers to local Indian banks.
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Oracle loses some MySQL mojo
Posted: February 7th, 2010, 4:25pm EST
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Oracle veteran and MySQL sympathizer Ken Jacobs has resigned from the database giant, calling into question Oracle's ability to deliver on its MySQL promises.
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US faces 'serious' cyberspace threats: advisor (AFP)
Posted: February 7th, 2010, 3:48pm EST
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AFP - The United States faces "serious and significant" threats within cyberspace, the White House's top counter-terrorism advisor said Sunday, adding it was an issue of national security.
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Survey: Majority of people don't want an iPad
Posted: February 7th, 2010, 1:21pm EST
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A survey by online retailer Retrevo finds that 61 percent of people aren't interested in owning an iPad. It also suggests that the hype around the product has actually made things worse. -
BlackBerry has spyware risk too, researcher says
Posted: February 7th, 2010, 12:00pm EST
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Veracode researcher demonstrates spyware that allows someone to steal a stranger's contact list, read text messages in real time, and track the location of the phone.
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Amazon reshelves Macmillan titles but not e-books (Reuters)
Posted: February 7th, 2010, 12:24am EST
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Reuters - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc resumed selling hardcover and paperback books from Macmillan Publishers late on Friday in a sign the two companies are getting closer to resolving a pricing dispute over Macmillan's electronic books, which remain unavailable on Amazon.
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Apple iPad's rejection of Adobe Flash could signal the player's death knell
Posted: February 7th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Rob Pegoraro
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With most other companies, this would have looked like a sloppy oversight: Two weeks ago, a presenter showing off a new computer allowed the audience to see that it couldn't display a Web page's Adobe Flash content.
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Internet gambling again in play
Posted: February 7th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Dan Eggen
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Poker lobbyists are ramping up an aggressive push backed by millions of dollars to legalize Internet gambling in the United States this year, hoping to overcome passionate objections from social conservatives, sports leagues and other longtime opponents.
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Sonos ZonePlayer: The gadget that upgrades the digital music revolution
Posted: February 7th, 2010, 12:00am EST by MIKE MUSGROVE
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It's always seemed to me that there's been something missing in the digital music revolution.
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Help File: Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail and other permanent e-mail address options
Posted: February 7th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Post
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Q: I'm changing Internet providers and will have to switch my e-mail address. To avoid this problem in the future, I'm thinking of switching to a Web-mail service. Should I go with Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo?
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Racking up miles? Maybe not.
Posted: February 7th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Ashley Halsey III
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Within a few years, a driver who pulls up to the gas pump may pay two bills with a single swipe of the credit card: one for the gas and the other for each mile driven since the last fill-up.
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A reporter faces the naked truth about full-body airport scanners
Posted: February 7th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Andrea Sachs
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To fully understand the controversy of full-body airport scanners, reporter Andrea Sachs undergoes a scan, experiencing the technology's prying eyes firsthand.
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Toyota to recall Prius for brake glitch: dealer (Reuters)
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 11:29pm EST
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Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp, which has recalled more than 8 million vehicles around the world for problems with unintended acceleration, has decided to recall its new Prius hybrid in Japan to fix a braking software glitch, a dealer said Sunday.
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Google to air ad during Super Bowl?
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 9:46pm EST
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CEO Eric Schmidt appears to have confirmed--by tweet, no less--that his company will air an ad in the third quarter of the Big Game on Sunday.
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PayPal halts certain payment transactions in India (AP)
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 9:25pm EST
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AP - The online payments service PayPal has taken the unusual step of suspending many transactions in India for more than a week.
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FCC: iPad use could further strain AT&T 3G
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 7:56pm EST
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If the 3G version of Apple's iPad tablet proves to be as popular as analysts are predicting, AT&T will face increased network congestion problems, warns a blog post by two agency directors.
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Apple's Bans Go Way Too Far (PC World)
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 6:00pm EST
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PC World - Is Apple's banning iPhone applications that would use location data for displaying advertising not as onerous as anything Microsoft tried--and mostly didn't get away with?
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Where to watch Sunday's shuttle launch
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 5:55pm EST
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Before the football madness begins, Endeavour is scheduled to launch early Sunday morning on what will be the first of a final five planned shuttle missions before the shuttle program is retired. -
Obscene tweet gets Vodafone rep suspended
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 5:18pm EST
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A customer service employee posts a homophobic tweet on Vodafone's official Twitter page. The company is forced to apologize, and he is suspended.
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iPad Study: The More You Know, The Less You Want One (PC World)
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 4:48pm EST
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PC World - The more people know about the iPad, the less they want to buy one, according to a study released Friday. But, are we expecting too much?
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Invention to help Brits stop 'glassing' each other
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 4:38pm EST
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The essence of the shatter-proof car windshield design is being transferred to U.K. beer glasses. This ought to save some Brits from a consequence of beverage-induced violence. -
The decline of teen blogging (podcast)
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 3:09pm EST
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A Pew Internet & American Life Project study finds a decline in blogging among teens and young adults, and very low Twitter use among teens. Pew's Amanda Lenhart explains the findings.
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Online Video Explodes (PC World)
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 2:29pm EST
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PC World - The online video market continued to grow in December, as nearly 178 million U.S. Internet users watched 33.2 billion videos in the month alone, said comScore last week. When broken down, the numbers mean that 86.5 percent of total U.S. Internet users watched online videos and averaged 187 videos per user. The average length video watched was 4.1 minutes, up from 3.5 minutes in a report from last March.
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'Space pioneers' of the commercial era (images)
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 2:00pm EST
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NASA faces a major shift in priorities, with a new push to take advantage of private endeavors in space travel, from Boeing to Blue Origin. -
Macmillan titles return to Amazon
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 1:52pm EST
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Following up on its Sunday statement that it is relenting to demands to raise e-book pricing above $9.99 for best sellers, Macmillan books are again available for sale via Amazon.com.
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This Week in Geek: Killer Case Mods, Shape-shifting Gadgets, and Odd Speakers (PC World)
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 1:32pm EST
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PC World - This week saw the Flash battle rage on, a new iPhone firmware released, and Facebook received a redesign. But what went down in the world of geek? Let's take a look, in our weekly geek round-up.
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Microsoft dropping FAST search for Linux, Unix
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 12:57pm EST
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Microsoft is getting set to phase out its FAST enterprise search offerings for Linux and Unix. Will customers move to cloud-based search or move to Windows? -
Turn your office expense reports into toilet paper
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 11:00am EST
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Ever feel like the paper you handle at work every day isn't worth wiping your butt with? Well, a Japanese machine can turn it all into toilet paper. Magically. -
Top-rated reviews of the week (photos)
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 9:00am EST
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Here are a few of CNET Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including the Toshiba Mini, Wacom Intuos4, and the 2009 Porsche Cayenne GTS. -
In clean energy, U.S. needs more steel in ground
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 9:00am EST
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Researching technology breakthroughs is worthwhile, but people in renewable energy say the U.S. needs to speed up installation of products to lower costs and stay competitive globally.
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Goldman Sachs CEO Blankfein gets stock-based $9 million bonus
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Tomoeh Murakami Tse
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Goldman Sachs said Friday that its chief executive, Lloyd Blankfein, received a stock-based bonus of $9 million in 2009, ending weeks of speculation about how much the New York-based investment bank would dole out amid rising public anger over Wall Street pay.
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BAE Systems pays $450 million to settle bribery scandal charges
Posted: February 6th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Mike Musgrove
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The world's second-largest defense contractor, BAE Systems, agreed on Friday to pay nearly $450 million in penalties to settle U.S. and British charges related to a long-running bribery scandal.
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Macmillan books coming back to Amazon (AP)
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 11:46pm EST
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AP - After a weeklong absence, new copies of Andrew Young's "The Politician," Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall" and other books published by Macmillan are available for purchase on Amazon.com.
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Oracle signals change of tone about cloud
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 8:55pm EST
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Even as Oracle kills off the critically acclaimed Sun cloud offering, it prepares a PR blitz to proclaim its cloud strategy: the software arms dealer to the cloud-computing stars. -
Google helps envision the future of the Bay Bridge
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 7:34pm EST
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In a partnership between Google and the California Department of Transportation, Google Earth users can get a live representation of construction progress on the Bay Bridge.
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Facebook removes Microsoft banner ads from site (Reuters)
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 7:24pm EST
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Reuters - Facebook is taking full control of display ads on the world's No. 1 social networking website, cutting short an exclusive deal that had allowed Microsoft Corp to manage part of that business.
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On the word blacklist: Olympics, Super Bowl, CES
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 6:13pm EST
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When intellectual-property restrictions run amok: why I'd prefer we didn't even have to cover "the big game," the "global athletic competition," and the "trade show for electronic consumer goods." -
Add-ons in Firefox's first mobile browser
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 5:35pm EST
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We give you a video tour of Firefox 1.0--first seen on Nokia--and talk mobile add-ons. -
Tech makes Olympic-size jump in Vancouver
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 5:23pm EST
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roundup At what some have dubbed the first Twitter Games, CNET looks at the many ways tech is changing the world's largest sporting event.
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Energy Star certification for data centers coming in June
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 5:21pm EST by admin
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The U.S. EPA is wrapping up work on an Energy Star program for data centers that it hopes to launch in June, EPA officials said this week.
The goals of the program are to give organizations more incentive to improve the energy efficiency of their data centers, and also give them a way to track the results of efficiency projects over time, said the EPA's Alexandra Sullivan, who described the program Thursday at the Green Grid data center conference in San Jose, California.
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What kind of virus has Fiorina's ad spread?
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 5:04pm EST
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Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina's attempt to become a California senator is thrust into the spotlight by a trippy video that has gone viral. But is any kind of viral good viral?
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Microsoft to drop Linux and Unix versions of enterprise search
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 5:04pm EST by admin
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Microsoft will no longer offer Linux or Unix versions of its enterprise search products after a wave of releases set to ship in the first half of this year, the company announced in an official blog post Thursday.
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OpenOffice-based Symphony 3.0 beta adds VB support
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 4:40pm EST by admin
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IBM's Lotus division has taken another stab at Microsoft Office, releasing a beta 2 version of Symphony 3.0, its free suite of productivity applications. Released Thursday, the beta is the first version of Symphony that is based on OpenOffice 3.x. Users have been asking the company to make Symphony's features more competitive with Microsoft Office, the dominant productivity suite among corporate users.
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Earnings Preview: Electronic Arts (AP)
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 4:34pm EST
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AP - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. reports its fiscal third-quarter results after the stock market closes Monday, the day after running its first-ever Super Bowl advertisement.
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With bug public, Oracle rushes out WebLogic fix
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 4:32pm EST by admin
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Oracle has rushed out a patch for its WebLogic application server, two weeks after a Russian security researcher posted details of the vulnerability.
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Mozilla to remove legacy Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger code in Firefox
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 4:31pm EST by admin
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Baring any last-minute change of mind, Mozilla will permanently drop support for Mac OS X 10.4 from future editions of Firefox.
Mozilla stopped supporting Mac OS X 10.4, aka Tiger, in September 2009, but left a large amount of Tiger bits in the development code. Now, said Josh Aas, a platform engineer for Mozilla who works on Mac OS X integration, it's time to either restore support for the five-year-old operating system or remove the code from the development tree.
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Mozilla yanks infected add-ons, warns users
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 4:31pm EST
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Two Firefox add-ons, Sothink Web Video Downloader 4.0 and all versions of Master Filer, were found to contain Trojan horse code aimed at Windows users. -
Toyota sued for fatal crash linked to throttle
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 3:58pm EST
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A California lawsuit alleges that a fatal crash in which a Camry accelerated out of control was caused by faulty electronics. The issue is separate from mechanical accelerator pedal problems cited in Toyota's recall.
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Microsoft to Drop Linux, Unix Versions of Enterprise Search (PC World)
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 3:40pm EST
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PC World - Microsoft will no longer offer Linux or Unix versions of its enterprise search products after a wave of releases set to ship in the first half of this year, the company announced in an official blog post Thursday.
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Moonlight 3.0 preview offered for rich Internet apps
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 3:12pm EST by Paul Krill
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Moonlight 3.0, which puts Microsoft's Silverlight rich Internet plug-in software on Linux and Unix platforms, is now being offered in an alpha release, according to Web pages from the Mono project, which has jurisdiction over Moonlight.
The release features infrastructural capabilities designed to move Moonlight closer to the capabilities of Silverlight 3, said Novell, which sponsors Mono.
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Another redesign for Facebook on 6th birthday (AP)
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 3:12pm EST
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AP - Facebook is redesigning its site yet again, this time to better emphasize applications, games and search. -
Leap shares decline after JPMorgan downgrade (AP)
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 1:53pm EST
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AP - Shares of Leap Wireless International Inc. took a hit Friday after a JPMorgan analyst downgraded the prepaid wireless service provider, saying a sale of the company would be "very challenging."
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My Oracle Support site hit by problems again
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 12:25pm EST by admin
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Problems once again wracked Oracle's new My Oracle Support portal this week, with some users reporting difficulties accessing the site.
Oracle is aware of an "intermittent login issue" with the site and "is working on it as a priority," said senior support manager Chris Warticki in a blog post Thursday.
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Personal Tech: Gadget News and Reviews
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 12:00pm EST by Rob Pegoraro
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The Washington Post's Rob Pegoraro discusses recent reviews and answers your personal tech questions.
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Microsoft defends itself against op-ed by former VP
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 10:03am EST by admin
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Microsoft defended itself against an opinion piece written by a former vice president, who argued the software company has lost its edge and is "failing" as a result. In response, the software company said it remains competitive and innovative.
Dick Brass, who was a vice president at Microsoft from 1997 to 2004, didn't pull any punches in the opinion piece he authored
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Rails 3.0 beta features merger with Merb framework
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 9:44am EST by Paul Krill
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Ruby on Rails 3.0, an upgrade to the popular Web development framework that features a merger with the Merb framework, has just gone into a beta release, according to a blog post on the Ruby on Rails Web site this week.
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IBM inches up heat in new data center to reduce energy usage
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 9:34am EST by admin
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IBM has opened a football field-size data center in North Carolina it says will rely heavily on outside air for cooling as it turns up the heat inside, gradually.
This new data center, about 60,000 square-feet in the Research Triangle Park N.C., incorporates IBM's latest approaches to energy. It includes thousands of sensors that dynamically monitor temperature, humidity, air flow, and circuits all of which is integrated into the building's management and IT systems. The data center will be supporting cloud platforms.
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Asustek plans Eee Book e-reader, tablet PC to rival iPad
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 9:08am EST by admin
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Netbook pioneer Asustek Computer plans to launch its own e-reader and a tablet PC to rival Apple's iPad in the second half of this year.
The company will focus on bringing content providers on board when it releases its tablet PC, said Jerry Shen, CEO of Asustek, during the company's fourth quarter investors conference.
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Microsoft may launch new Office cloud license
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 8:49am EST by admin
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Microsoft may be close to adding a new way for big businesses to buy Microsoft Office.
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Coming soon: Macworld Expo (sans Apple)
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 8:18am EST by admin
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What is Macworld Expo without Apple ? Next week, we're going to find out as the first Macworld Expo San Francisco without Apple in attendance gets under way. There'll be no massive Apple booth on the show floor, no Steve Jobs keynote, no new Apple product unveiling.
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Democratic lawmakers question Comcast and NBC executives about proposed merger
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Cecilia Kang
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House and Senate Democrats grilled top executives of Comcast and NBC Universal in hearings Thursday on the companies' proposed $30 billion merger, with some lawmakers expressing concern that the deal could hurt consumers and stifle competition.
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Proliferation of Internet memes makes it difficult to stay current
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Monica Hesse
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Consider this two-part law of how stuff ends up in your inbox:
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Northrop Grumman had $1.7 billion profit in 2009
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 12:00am EST by V. Dion Haynes and Derek Kravitz
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Northrop Grumman posted a $1.7 billion profit in 2009, officials at the Los Angeles-based defense contractor said Thursday. It was a stark contrast to the $1.3 billion in losses the company incurred the previous year, when it had to account for the decline in value of companies it bought earlier in...
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Posted: February 5th, 2010, 12:00am EST
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Museums
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Post
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"JOSEF ALBERS: INNOVATION AND INSPIRATION" More than 60 works by the German-born American artist, who examined the nuances of perception through the use of optical illusions, Thursday through April 11 at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Seventh Street and Independence Avenue SW. Open daily...
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Kaspersky: Google Hack Takes Spotlight From Russia (PC World)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 8:20pm EST
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PC World - Kaspersky Lab may not be a household name in the United States, but in some parts of the world, it's the most popular consumer antivirus software. In China the company boasts 100 million users, and the software is also popular in Germany, and, of course, Russia, where Kaspersky got its start in 1997. -
AT&T now says SlingPlayer for iPhone on 3G is OK (AP)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 7:22pm EST
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AP - AT&T Inc. said Thursday it will now allow Sling Media Inc.'s television-viewing program for the iPhone to operate over its "3G" high-speed mobile network. -
Google, US intel teaming up to fight cyberattacks: reports (AFP)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 7:21pm EST
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AFP - A public interest group on Thursday demanded that the US National Security Agency (NSA) reveal details of a reported alliance with Internet powerhouse Google to ward off cyberattacks.
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Prius problems put spotlight on car electronics (AP)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 7:19pm EST
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AP - Your most expensive piece of electronics probably is not your flat panel TV or your computer. More likely, it's your car, which can pack 50 microprocessors to control everything from the fuel mix to the rearview mirrors.
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Slacker Radio: Pandora's Palm webOS rival
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 7:15pm EST
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Streaming radio app Slacker Radio breaks into Palm's App Catalog for webOS, creating rivalry for Pandora Radio.
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DOJ still troubled by Google's digital book deal (AP)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 7:14pm EST
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AP - The U.S. Justice Department still thinks a proposal to give Google the digital rights to millions of hard-to-find books threatens to stifle competition and undermine copyright laws, despite revisions aimed at easing those concerns.
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Videogame star "Fallout 3" heading for Sin City (AFP)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 7:11pm EST
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AFP - Videogame star "Fallout 3" is taking its devoted fans to nuclear war ravaged Las Vegas.
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Groupon announces 'live off our deals' stunt
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 7:11pm EST
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The daily deal Web site has launched a contest where the winner will be challenged to live off Groupon promotions for a full year--with a cash prize if he or she succeeds.
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Deutsche Telekom prepares IPO for T-Mobile USA: report (Reuters)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 7:10pm EST
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Reuters - Deutsche Telekom AG (DTEGn.DE) is considering an initial public offering or spinoff of its U.S. wireless service T-Mobile USA, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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HDMI 1.4 3D specification available for download
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 7:04pm EST
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HDMI Licensing makes the 3D portion of the HDMI specification version 1.4 available for public download. -
Lawmakers grill execs over Comcast-NBC deal
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 6:47pm EST
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U.S. senators and representatives, including former NBC comedian Al Franken, hold hearings to question the cable giant and the media conglomerate about the proposed merger.
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Ford to fix brake problem on Milan, Fusion hybrids (AP)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 6:34pm EST
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AP - Ford Motor Co. plans to fix 17,600 Mercury Milan and Ford Fusion gas-electric hybrids because of a software problem that can give drivers the impression that the brakes have failed.
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Vegetative patients show brain activity, awareness
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 6:08pm EST
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Researchers publish a groundbreaking yet preliminary study that, with the help of MRI scans, finds 17 percent of patients thought to be vegetative exhibit normal brain activity.
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Adobe Fires Back at Apple's Snub of Flash on the iPad (NewsFactor)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 6:04pm EST
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NewsFactor - What's Apple's problem with Flash? Three years after the introduction of the iPhone, Apple's refusal to include Flash on its soon-to-be-released iPad has sparked another kerfuffle between Apple and Flash maker Adobe Systems.
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Will you, like Sun's CEO, become a Twitter quitter?
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 6:01pm EST
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CEO Jonathan Schwartz thought it best to announce his departure publicly via microblog. Was it offensive? Or might this be the start of a new trend? -
Report: Deutsche Telekom considers IPO for T-Mobile USA
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 5:08pm EST
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The German phone company is considering an initial public offering for its U.S. wireless operator, T-Mobile USA, The Wall Street Journal is reporting.
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Kindle May Get Touchscreen To Battle Apple's iPad (NewsFactor)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 4:56pm EST
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NewsFactor - Amazon.com has reportedly purchased a leading touchscreen innovator in an apparent bid to add more functionality to its Kindle e-book reader. With Apple set to begin shipping its highly anticipated iPad tablet computer in less than two months with an iBooks application and multimedia capability, Amazon is under pressure to keep its share of the market. -
Intel Pushes out VPro for Core I5, I7 Processors (PC World)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 4:40pm EST
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PC World - Intel on Thursday announced a new vPro platform for its Core processors to make remote maintenance and management of PCs easier in an enterprise.
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Smartphone shipments hit record in 2009
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 4:36pm EST
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Apple saw the largest growth, with iPhone shipments increasing 98 percent in the fourth quarter and 82 percent for the year, IDC reported Thursday.
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House Democrats challenge Comcast, NBC on deal (AP)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 4:28pm EST
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AP - Congressional Democrats challenged executives from Comcast Corp. and NBC Universal on Thursday to show that the cable TV operator's plan to take control of the entertainment company won't hurt consumers and rivals.
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Report: Apple paying 15 percent refund on broken 27-inch iMacs
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 3:58pm EST
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Customers with cracked, tinted, or yellowed iMac displays say Apple is giving a cash reward for their trouble. -
Microsoft to patch 26 holes in Windows, Office
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 3:33pm EST
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Patch Tuesday next week will address critical holes in Windows and Office, but not a recent hole in Internet Explorer.
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Pentagon seeks billions to battle terror abroad (AP)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 3:26pm EST
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AP - The Obama administration is seeking billions in budget increases to target terror threats from abroad, especially Pakistan and Yemen, with boosts for surveillance and attack drones, special operations forces and a new military cyber command. -
AT&T Allows 3G Slingplayer: New Leaf Turning? (PC World)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 3:24pm EST
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PC World - The Slingplayer iPhone app, once the poster child for everything wrong with AT&T's 3G service, will now be allowed to run free of constraints.
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U.S. House passes cybersecurity research bill
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 3:07pm EST
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The measure, passed by a vote of 422 to 5, would boost research and public education efforts to bolster flagging cybersecurity efforts.
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Sun CEO leaves post with a post: a haiku tweet (AP)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 3:03pm EST
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AP - In a tweeted goodbye, the chief executive of Sun Microsystems bowed out with a haiku.
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AOL brings back ex-exec as media overlord
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 3:02pm EST
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David Eun, who dealt with AOL in his days as a Time Warner media executive, will be returning to the newly spun-off company and replacing the outgoing Bill Wilson. -
NASA, GM unveil Robonaut 2 (photos)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 2:45pm EST
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The updated humanoid robot is handy with tools and 20-pound weights, and ready to work on the assembly line or in outer space.
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Startup Kwedit aims at 'unbanked,' credit-less (AP)
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 2:44pm EST
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AP - A new startup called Kwedit wants to help teenagers and other people without credit or debit cards buy virtual goods online.
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Sci-fi writers' group vaporizes Amazon links
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 2:44pm EST
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After e-books from publisher Macmillan were pulled from Amazon in a publishing dispute, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America is protesting by pulling Amazon links from its Web site. -
Ex-Microsoft VP says Redmond a 'clumsy' innovator
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 2:28pm EST
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In a New York Times op-ed piece, former Tablet PC team member Dick Brass laments that people are turning to Apple, Amazon, and Google to find the next big thing.