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Microsoft’s Silverlight damage control intensifies

NASA: Another leak delays final <i>Discovery</i> launch

Oldest NASA space shuttle hits some tough luck getting ready for what will be its last trip into space

ERP woes blamed for lumber company’s bad quarter

Workers' trouble learning the SAP system drove down productivity and potential sales

Why Cloud Won’t Kill IT Outsourcing or Consulting

Cloud Computing: Why You Can’t Ignore Chargeback

Italy to remove public Wi-Fi restrictions

Businesses that want to offer Wi-Fi access will no longer need a special license from the police

‘Net pioneers: Open Internet should be separate

A paper released late Thursday applauds the FCC for examining net neutrality and managed services

Black Hat promises new exploit techniques, Stuxnet insight

The well-known security conference kicks off on Monday in Abu Dhabi

Digital afterlife beckons from cloud-based service

With Intellitar, you can create an online version of yourself for future generations to talk to

Prominent software designer promotes ’21st century’ techniques

Update: Antivirus software didn’t help in zero-day malware attack on power plant

Zero-day attacks can overwhelm security and information event management equipment

Microsoft: Cloud services hampered by unclear data rules

A senior Microsoft attorney said a single standard for data transactions is needed across Europe

Facebook users squint at font size change

Users take to Twitter to voice their frustrations over smaller type size

Gmail power tips, tools: Get the most from Google’s e-mail

Third jury fines Minnesota woman $1.5M for pirating 24 songs

Jury rejected arguments that that earlier awards in case brought by RIAA were excessive

Oracle user group warns of support deadline

Certain E-Business Suite customers need to meet a patch threshold to go on extended support

Alcatel-Lucent CEO: Femtocell interest is growing rapidly

Operators rolling out services in homes and at the office

Toshiba ships one of the first dual-core tablets

The Folio 100 tablet is designed to outperform the iPad

Windows 7 Wanted at Work: Consumer IT Strikes Again

Dispute pits China’s top IM client against security firm

Tencent is forcing users of its instant messaging client to uninstall security software as part of an going feud

Facebook, Google face EU crackdown over user data

The EU Commission has published new proposals on data protection laws

California woman sues Apple over iPhone ‘iBrick’ upgrade

Claims Apple used iOS 4 upgrade to cripple older iPhones to sell more iPhone 4s

Privacy advocates fear massive fed health database

U.S. Office of Personnel Management wants to collect data from three health programs

Sheraton hotel picks Meru for Wi-Fi

Sheraton in Springfield, Mass. solves old network problems with 61 new low-cost APs

Company taps Cisco to monitor social networks

Zone Labs customer comments on Facebook, Twitter slipped through the cracks before Cisco's SocialMiner

U.S. says China building ‘entirely indigenous’ supercomputer

Petaflop-class supercomputer 'expected to be complete within the next 12 to 18 months,' DOE says

MetroPCS expands LTE to L.A., Philly

Fifth-largest carrier also adds nationwide coverage plan for CDMA network

AT&T rolls out patient data exchange, mobile monitoring services

It's experimenting with patient-monitoring slippers

Scott McNealy talks Java, Oracle and Larry Ellison

The former Sun CEO says Ellison is a great capitalist but not a 'good' capitalist

VMware exec: Cloud computing is a certainty

Financial services firms expand online fraud defense

Financial firms want to stymie tech-savvy gangs of cybercrooks using Zeus and other technology

Google quashes 12 Chrome bugs, gives users early Flash fix

IE, Firefox, Safari users don't get Flash Player update until later today

Latest Azure enhancements may tempt more developers

The ability to add third-party software to Azure and do more work with virtual machines are key new features, developers say

Smartphones grow by 90% in third quarter, IDC says

Samsung's growth was 453% with Galaxy phones and others

Your CEO’s 2011 Agenda: What CIOs Need to Know

Microsoft: All Windows 7 customers should consider desktop virtualization

Windows 7 expected to spur virtualization deployments

Microsoft slates first critical fix for Office 2010 next week

But no patch for actively exploited IE bug

With GOP gains, what next for net neutrality at FCC?

Some net neutrality backers question if the FCC will still move forward with new rules

Oracle license would have cost SAP billions, Phillips says

Former Oracle President Charles Phillips testified for 90 minutes on the third day of the trial

Holographs could be ‘game changer’ for business

Researchers taking holographic images from sci-fi to real-world applications

Google Instant comes to Android, iPhone

Mobile users of Google Instant may not see the same kind of benefit as computer users

T-Mobile ad provokes renewed debate over 4G wireless

Competitors, analysts criticize T-Mobile's performance claims for the network it calls 4G

Wall Street Beat: Tech strong as US stocks hit 2-year highs

Component and hardware sector growth appears to be slowing, however

Excited iFixit strips down Microsoft’s Kinect game controller

Says Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360 "unlike any hardware we’ve ever taken apart"

Clearwire to lay off 15 percent to save cash

The WiMax carrier will also hold off on retail and marketing efforts in some cities where its network goes live

Researcher to release Web-based Android attack

Devices running Android 2.1 and earlier are vulnerable to the browser bug

Microsoft: We’re more enterprise-ready than Google Apps

Cloud computing underwhelms PHP developers

Google settles Buzz lawsuit with no payout to Gmail users

Google will pay US$8.5 million into a fund to benefit Internet privacy organizations

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