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New Western Digital format squeezes 11% more capacity from drives

'Advanced Format' technology also expected to improve error correction

Online holiday shopping sales rise despite economy

ComScore reports online holiday spending at nearly $20 billion so far, up 3% over 2008

Oracle Decade of Purchases:Innovative or Just Well-Financed?

Verizon Business lights up 100G backbone in Europe

New equipment on its Paris-to-Frankfurt link multiplies the amount of data the fiber can carry

Nook e-reader gains new appeal as ‘rooted’ wireless tablet

Appeal as unhacked e-book reader also strong judging by faithful user raves

HP aims at flexible, unified storage

It will combine standards-based blade servers and storage components with software to shift functions within

Google releases experimental phone to employees

The move stirs up rumors again of a forthcoming Google phone

Graphics issues force Apple to delay iMac orders, resellers report

Shipments of 27-in. model delayed after users complain of flickering screens, other problems

Lawmakers seek to stop reposting of TSA security document

House Homeland Security Committee members want DHS head to examine legal options

Battle over voice on LTE heats up

Supporters of two different approaches said they have demonstrated VoIP calls

Microblogs in Asia eye games, virtual goods for revenue

Chinese users already pay for virtual clothes, background music and video game power-ups

Russian government investing in Indian mobile operator

Russian company Sistema is already a majority holder in the Indian joint venture

Plurk succeeds where Twitter stumbles in Asia

Plurk is the top microblogging site in several Asian countries due to its local languages

Rather than patch, Microsoft blocks buggy code

In a rare move, declines to fix multiple flaws in Windows 2000, XP

Analysis: TSA document release show pitfalls of electronic redaction

TSA woes serve as reminder to companies that still make basic mistakes, analysts say

NASA needs to free Mars rover before it freezes to death

NASA’s Mars Spirit rover, down two wheels, faces Martian winter

Microsoft buys Opalis to strengthen cloud management capabilities

Tools will bring automation features to virtual environments

Goldman Sachs: Windows 7 Upgrades to Fuel IT Spending

5 Ways to Get More from LinkedIn in 2010

Amazon’s data center outage reads like a thriller

The outage shows why performance monitoring services are gaining ground

Broadband lags in U.S.

U.S. broadband penetration behind many developed nations, study shows

Realigning Microsoft Azure unit may boost innovation, squabbling

Move could lead to rivalries between Microsoft groups targeting same audience, says analyst

Google, MS ‘war of innovation’ changing face of search

Real-time search, Google Goggles, personalization are changing the game

IT Contracting: How to Get Started on Elance, oDesk

Tiger Woods And Accenture Now A Low Performance Relationship

Recession not all bad for enterprise software users

The troubled economy led vendors to adopt user-friendly policies

Aol faces uphill road as it goes it alone

It's free from Time Warner but not from its troubles

Like Firefox? Try Thunderbird 3

Video collaboration a catch 22 for enterprises

Netbooks to get longer battery life with new Atom chips

Netbooks will also become faster with new Pineview chips

AT&T: Strictly for losers

Shoddy customer service. Poor network coverage. Brain-dead marketing. What's next for AT&T?

Nortel purchase to test Avaya big time

Combined Avaya-Nortel portends a battle with Cisco for unified communications supremacy

Microsoft talks cloud computing security, plans to offer private cloud software

Project Sydney will create secure 'virtual network overlay' for cloud computing

Data centers drive Ethernet switch market in 2010

Cisco still the target of Avaya, HP, IBM and other data center players

DNS flaw fixed, Neustar claims

Neustar offers low-cost fix to a well-known DNS problem

Postal Service extends AT&T managed VPN pact

Carrier to earn $120M over four years under the agreement

Red Hat open sources desktop application protocol

The company posits its SPICE protocol as a next-generation RDP or ICA

Facebook privacy changes draw mixed reviews

Users get more control but will put more data in the public, experts say

Microblogs face uphill battle with China’s censors

Authorities have blocked Twitter and some of its Chinese rivals, but other microblog sites are growing

IBM adding data centers, cloud computing lab in Asia

The company also plans to announce a data center in Raleigh, North Carolina in February

Acer plans up to 6 new Android handsets for first half 2010

Acer will create phones for top, mid and low tier price levels aimed at business users and consumers

China expands porn sting by shutting P2P video sites

China's latest moves against porn range from online games to mobile phones to Google

China Unicom’s iPhone sales hit 100,000

But a lack of Wi-Fi is still a hurdle to sales for the official iPhone in China

Taiwanese operator forecasts strong Asian demand for Android

Far EasTone sees 20 to 30 new Android handsets from Taiwanese makers in the first half of 2010, and more app contests

Microsoft knew of just-patched IE zero-day for months

Flaw fixed this week reported by bug bounty program in June

WiGig fast wireless group finishes standard

The specification promises 7-gigabit speed and a range of more than 10 meters

Games developer settles software piracy complaint

Maryland developer agrees to pay $75,000 in BSA settlement

Cognos 9 to ’embed’ SPSS, add social networking

But next Cognos release won't include a cloud-based service

Oracle defends planned Sun deal at EC hearing

Deal will boost competition, not break it, Oracle will claim

Aol becomes independent, counts on content for success

CEO Tim Armstrong sings a hopeful tune as the company breaks away from Time Warner