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Two weeks after Japan earthquake, IT industry faces hurdles

Japanese companies are beginning to turn factories back on, but some key component suppliers will be down for months

Acer to lay off 10 percent of China staff

The Taiwanese PC maker cites workforce overlaps with Chinese partner Founder as the main reason

Yahoo working on Hadoop MapReduce 2

The new version will deliver better resource management

Expert: IPv4 addresses could soon be valued at $200 apiece

Canada's Bill St. Arnaud says that universities and R&E networks are sitting on a gold mine in IPv4 addresses once purse holders grasp the real value of them.

NPR deploys Splunk for Web analytics

Using Splunk, NPR has found a faster way to build user data statistics

UPDATE: Oracle Q3 net income rises 78 percent

New software license sales and a more profitable hardware business help Oracle post strong numbers

Lots of “people” you interact with online are sockpuppets

Open Source Foundations vs. Corporate-Run Projects

Is an Open Source Foundation Necessary for a Project?

Fighting Organized Retail Crime: Forget the hype!

Brandon Gregg challenges current thinking about organized shoplifting rings. Forget the hype and get back to basics.

Twitter won’t be able to ignore China, co-founder says

Twitter is blocked in China now but may eventually have to craft a strategy for the country, he said