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Mozilla ships Firefox 3.6 release candidate, nears final

Barring problems, RC1 will turn into final as early as Jan. 18

IT hiring increases last month despite broader jobs decline

Two indexes that measure IT employment trends find services firms doing most hiring

W3C posts draft standard for local database storage

The Indexed Database API will allow Web apps to store structured data in browsers

Samsung’s new e-readers add up to four

Samsung is also showing a 5-inch touchscreen e-reader and 6-inch with QWERTY keypad

Touchy-Feely CRM: How to Get More Customer-Driven Data

MSI shows dual-screen 7-inch and 10-inch netbooks

The company also displayed its 10-inch LCD touch-screen Android e-reader

Verizon Wireless flexes LTE muscle at CES

Live videoconferencing, streaming video to mobile devices demonstrated

Asustek unveils netbook that unfolds to big-screen tablet

The company showed off a concept 47-inch LED TV and flexible screen wristwatch as well

Intel CEO shows first Moorestown smartphone

The LG990 from LG Electronics will ship in the second half

MagicJack harnesses femtocell for VoIP

The device can be used with any GSM phone and bypass mobile operators, the company says

China’s Hanvon aims for Europe with e-readers

T-Mobile already sells Hanvon e-readers in Hungary

E-readers to face tough fight against color tablets

Black and white e-readers have two years to establish foothold or get beaten by tablets

Amazon’s Kindle yet to make an impact in India

The high cost of the device, and preference for physical books may come in the way of its acceptance

Google risks losing focus amid expansion, analysts say

Aggressive moves put search giant into phone, cloud computing businesses

Cerf urges standards for cloud computing

HTC HD 2 heads CES smartphone debuts

Intel, Saygus also release innovative new phones

President Sarkozy adds his support to French Google tax plan

The tax is intended to compensate content creators who lose out to online piracy

Mobile banking faces uphill battle in mature markets

NFC technology might boost mobile payment systems in developed countries

Microsoft, Accenture to launch retail service package

Style Star service aims to make new media marketing easier for retailers

Taming the Transfer of Monster-Sized Files

New Year’s Resolutions at Work: Broken All-Too-Soon

Microsoft admits mobile missteps, but fights on

Microsoft mobile chief Robbie Bach hints that Win Mobile 7 is home-run hitter

Google adds extensions to Mac Chrome browser

'Dev' channel build now supports add-ons, bookmark sync

More flash drive firms warn of security flaw; NIST investigates

The drives were certified to meet NIST standards

Google offers local searches on mobile devices

Users can find nearby coffee shops, stores or restaurants while walking down the street

You don’t know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz

Google faces deluge of Nexus One complaints

The complaints point to an issue with customer service under Google's new phone sales model

Nokia CEO calls for greater focus on emerging markets

CES and Las Vegas are "far away" from the real world, he says

Smartphones collect data on malaria cases in remote Uganda

A new research system helps track real-time information

White House calls for IT boost to fight terrorism

Better technology needed to 'connect the dots' on terror-related data, says Obama report

Money for nothing? Virtual goods market takes off

While consumer electronics revenue shrank in 2009, social networking fueled growth in the virtual economy

Chrome sets browser security standard, says expert

Dino Dai Zovi urges browser makers to follow Google's lead

Former CEO of BetOnSports.com sentenced to prison term

The U.K. man is sentenced to 33 months in prison on a racketeering conspiracy charge

FCC warns of impending wireless spectrum shortage

More spectrum is required along with measures to encourage efficient use of wireless networks, it says

Your mobile future: From smartphones to superphones — and beyond

Analysis: Mobile designers at CES discuss the current leap, and those to come

Improving network access security for unmanaged devices

Avenda Systems offers tips on how to keep unmanaged handhelds, laptops and guests under control

Yahoo helps IIT Bombay set up Hadoop cluster lab

The cluster at IIT is the first among three similar collaborations with academic institutions outside the U.S.

CES: Ballmer shows off Windows 7 slate PCs, but he’s coy about Courier

Microsoft's dual-screen e-reader fails to make rumored appearance at keynote

Cisco CEO on video technology: ‘It’s an art’

John Chambers uses the personal touch with his video promotions

Lenovo calls new smartphone central to mobile strategy

The latest model of its Ophone contains new hardware and software

Samsung’s new E-reader allows writing, but at a price

Samsung signed on with Google for e-books from the Internet company

Baidu plans online video site, upping ante for Google

The new site will offer copyrighted content, as rival Google's YouTube remains blocked in China

Device makers bring mobile TV to iPhones

Qualcomm's FLO TV joined Valups in introducing an accessory for picking up digital broadcasts

Samsung builds 3D TV home system, thinnest LED TV ever

Samsung also unveiled an app store for mobiles and HD TVs

AMD launches DirectX 11 laptop graphics processors

AMD's new graphics processors could improve graphics and system performance on laptops

Ford adapts Sync to create myFord Touch driver interface

The technology will roll out at high end first but come standard with the Ford Focus from 2012

Project Natal hitting Xbox 360 this year

The Xbox news was the highlight of Steve Ballmer's keynote at the start of CES

Large-scale attacks exploit unpatched PDF bug

Adobe plans to patch Reader vulnerability next week

iPhone app finder adds new news, travel apps

New Sprint device depends on Wimax advances

Overdrive 3G/4G device connects WiFi products to Wimax at up to 6 Mbit/sec