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Lotus BlackBerry Apps Aim to Boost Collaboration

Are you a planner, problem solver or a pinball?

BlackBerry Curve 8910 Gets FCC Cert; US-Bound After All

Google postpones launch of two Android phones in China

Delay said to be related to Chinese cyberattacks against Google reported last week

How to tame printer chaos

The Grill: John Chen

DOD uses real-time software to monitor contractors

QuickStudy: Why your cell phone won’t connect

Italian tax on digital recording devices sparks controversy

The levy will compensate content creators for their work

Microsoft promises emergency IE patch

It's mum on when rush fix will arrive, plans to reveal delivery date on Wednesday

Would you like a data center with that server?

Hardware expert bets on OLED for Apple tablet screen

Two-stage debut -- 7-in. model first, 10-in. version later -- likely

Scientists use nanotech to prevent heart disease

MIT, Harvard researchers create nanoburrs that stick to damaged arteries and release medicine

Analyst: AT&T needs to spend US$5B to catch up

The carrier's 3G service lags while it spends too much on its wired network, TownHall Investment Research said

Report: ISPs Fear Many More DDoS Attacks in 2010

Pillar boosts Axiom’s capacity, performance

The new Axiom comes with the quad-core AMD Opteron 2354 chip

IBM reports 10 percent jump in profit for Q4

The company reported its first revenue increase since the third quarter of 2008

Google’s China moves may hurt Android, help Windows Mobile

Google delayed the launch of Android phones in China this week, pointing to potential problems for Android

Amazon EC2’s model is a solution for shelfware, says IDC

Vendors that don't change licensing schemes risk losing customers to Software-as-a-Service alternatives

LA’s move to Google Apps is underway

Google's China woes no deterrent; City's pact includes Gmail encryption provision

AT&T, Verizon price cuts set stage for higher data rates, critics say

The two carriers both dropped unlimited voice calling plans to $70 a month

Security Manager’s Journal: M&A prep goes according to plan

Good news, readers. Not everything we do as security managers has to involve disaster.

Avaya lays out Nortel migration road map

Avaya says moving Nortel customers to its unified communications packages can be done gradually and reduce costs, too.

Samsung app store expands to Brazil and China

People with Samsung Omnia and OmniaLITE smartphones will be able to use its app store by the end of this month

What Gmail hack? China spins news of Google threat

Chinese reports say little of alleged attacks on the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists

User Authentication No Longer Thwarts Online Bank Thieves

State, Local Gov’ts Expected to Boost Cloud IT Spending

Kaiser, VA Join to Give E-health Efforts a Boost

Incentives in the stimulus bill are also expected to foster a rapid spread of e-health records.

Google Risks Losing Focus Amid Expansion

Moving to cut its reliance on search, the company is challenging Microsoft and Apple.

Run IT as a business — why that’s a train wreck waiting to happen

Sony to launch first TransferJet devices this week

Sony hopes the short-range wireless system will replace cables for sending data between gadgets

Haiti relief effort draws overwhelming flood of tech-trained volunteers

Aid agency says new volunteers need too much training to help in Haiti now

Oracle-Sun merger foes head East

MySQL separatists address Russia and China as EU assent on the deal grows likely

Data Center Plays Supporting Role in <i>Avatar</i>

Apple sets Jan. 27 event to show ‘our next creation’

Company remains mum on details

Intel adding new Atom processors to Classmate netbooks

Intel is looking to redesign the Convertible Classmate tablet netbook

Debating journalism’s post-print path

Vendor retracts claim of Adobe flaw’s part in Google attack

No confirmed instances of Adobe vulnerability being used, Verisign's iDefense says

Attack code used to hack Google now public

IE 6 users on Windows XP are most at risk

Technology comes to the rescue in Haiti

While telecom aid groups restore communications, mobile users are raising money by text

Alibaba calls Yahoo’s support of Google ‘reckless’

Alibaba Group called Yahoo's support of Google 'reckless'

How Hadoop startup Cloudera is evolving

Aims to make Hadoop as easy for corporate workers as SQL-based BI tools

Intel to release Westmere server chips in three months

Chips will bring faster performance to servers

Juniper, Symantec investigating after Google attack

Dow Chemicals, Northrop Grumman and Yahoo also named in reports

Acer unveils greenest laptops yet in new Aspires

The laptops are free of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), brominated flame retardents (BFR) and can be recycled

Conficker worm hasn’t gone away, Akamai says

Worm was active and spreading during the third quarter, but numbers have dropped in recent months

China eBay rival to sell merchant tools in ‘app store’

Taobao.com will sell third-party apps to help buyers and sellers use its auction site

UK defendants await sentencing in carding scheme

The men were part of the DarkMarket online forum that sold credit card details

Romanian faces five years in prison for phishing scheme

The defendant allegedly collected e-mail addresses used by spammers

Tata revenue and profits up as outsourcing market improves

The company is hiring more staff in India and abroad