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Google introduces landmarks on India maps

In India people rely more on landmarks than on road names to get around

McDonald’s free Wi-Fi part of growing trend

Ads, sponsors expected to support free Wi-Fi at restaurants, on planes

Ericsson demos HSPA at 42 Mbps

The new hardware won't be in service for another three to six months, Ericsson says

FAQ: How the IE ballot screen works

Microsoft, EU ink deal, but what's under the hood of landmark concession?

Moonlight 2 expands Silverlight capabilities for Linux

Kansas businessman gets prison for E-Rate fraud

The former owner of three computer service firms is sentenced to 57 months in prison

Server virtualization, cloud software come to CERN

CERN, which supports the Large Hadron Collider uses Xen, Microsoft Hyper-V and private cloud software to improve efficiency worldwide

Raytheon BBN gets $81M to build huge network research center

Raytheon BBN to be aggregation point for all things network research related

Unified communications making cosmetics firm look good

Cisco conferencing system converts makeup company prospects into paying customers

How Tasty Baking Co. moved its data center in 13 hours

The 2009 data breach hall of shame

BlackBerries cut off as Internet e-mail outage continues

Research in Motion confirmed that some North American BlackBerry users may be experiencing e-mail delays

10 Outsourcing Trends to Watch in 2010

Cisco will be hard pressed to match 2009

Enters blade server market, makes two multibillion dollar acquisitions in key target markets

Cloud Security Alliance issues new guidelines

The voluminous document sets out a host of recommendations for cloud security

White House awards first broadband stimulus grants

Projects in Georgia, Maine and New York are among those first funded

Intel introduces next-generation laptop, desktop chips

Laptops and desktops based on new Westmere 32-nm chips will appear early next year

Today’s Focus for IT Departments: Business Opportunities

Apple’s iMac sales jump 74% in U.S.

Even Apple couldn't have expected a sales jump this big, says analyst

Gartner: 2009 a dismal year for the worldwide chip industry

Despite recent quarter-over-quarter increase, 2009 chip sales projected to fall by $29 billion

Blu-ray 3D disc specification finalized

3-D Blu-ray players set for expected explosion of 3-D television sales; supports 2-D format

Apple’s iPhone takes No. 2 user base slot in U.S.

Passes Windows Mobile, but still behind RIM by 6M users

Cisco’s UCS powers Taser police video service

The cloud-based Evidence.com service will pull in video captured by head-mounted cameras for later use as evidence

Unencrypted drone video intercepted by militants

Deck: Software meant to steal satellite movies is pressed into service by insurgents in Iraq, Afghanistan

Intel emerging from turbulent first half, exec says

Intel's business is picking up, mostly driven by consumer demand for PCs

Wall Street Beat: Tech earnings boost confidence

Oracle, RIM announce upbeat results as market forecasts offer cheer

Android device dashboard reveals platform installation data

Lawmakers want more H-1Bs, new ‘Founders Visa’

House immigration reform bill would also create a new agency to examine labor and skills needs

Rogue antivirus lurks behind Google Doodle searches

The scammers optimize Google search results

Singapore cracks down on telecom contracts, termination fees

Caps service contract length at two years and bans fixed early termination fees

McAfee aims to localize in China sales push

McAfee will form a new Chinese subsidiary that grants it new business options

EU accepts Microsoft’s commitments to offer browser choice

Microsoft's offer to provide Windows users with a browser choice screen satisfies EU antitrust authorities

Mozilla patches 10 security bugs with Firefox 3.5.6

Update also fixes 7 flaws in soon-to-be-retired Firefox 3.0

Mass. Supreme Court throws out lawsuit against BJs over ’04 data breach

Ruling shows difficulty of winning tort actions in data breach cases

HP products target hybrid cloud computing

HP software and services designed to optimize usage of internal, external clouds, including Amazon EC2

IBM buying BPM vendor Lombardi

The company's software will join IBM's large BPM portfolio

U.S. FTC files formal complaint against Intel

Intel waged a 'systematic campaign' to cut off rivals' access to the marketplace, the agency says

New guides on enterprise data explosion, storage virtualization, and backup

Amazon: Kindle for BlackBerry App Coming Soon

US FTC files formal antitrust complaint against Intel

Intel used a 'systematic campaign' to cut off rivals' access to the marketplace, the agency says

Open source, Linux set for unheralded coronation in 2010

Cloud, smart devices, services will fuel open source success

AT&T lashes out at Fake Steve Jobs’ network knock-out threat

Parody blog organizing Friday protest against AT&T service

Augmented reality on mobile devices: a new way of seeing, and being?

New tools let smartphone users overlay digital data on live video

Five Things You Need to Know About Social Engineering

Google lawyers begin closing arguments in Italian trial

Verdict set for January

With EU browser case dropped, Microsoft seeks trust, interoperability

Software giant vows every developer will have what they need

Supply Chain Security Threats: 5 Game-Changing Forces

The top 10 technology stories of 2009

Windows 7, Chrome, Twitter and Droid make for another busy year in tech

‘Bloodhound’ device sniffs out contraband cell phones in prisons

Handheld device targets unauthorized cell phone use

EC, Microsoft settlement broadly welcomed

Concerns linger over how Microsoft complies and a future complaint about standards looms