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Is IT keeping up with a changing infrastructure?

Celestica builds a BI centre of excellence

10 must-have free Palm webOS apps

A smartphone is only as good as its apps. Here are 10 free ones to supercharge your shiny new Palm phone.

Ethernet switches, routers, Wi-Fi on the upswing

Markets expected to grow in 2010 and beyond coming out of recession

Large Hadron Collider smashes another speed record

Big Bang machine scientists say next step is high-speed crash of two proton beams

Pa. school spy case sparks fight over money

Sen. Arlen Specter to hold hearing March 29 on laptop Web cam snooping

Mozilla confirms critical Firefox bug

Slates patch for March 30; flaw can't be used in upcoming Pwn2Own hack contest

Viridity’s power management tool aims to boost efficiency

It's the latest startup to offer software for improving data center energy efficiency

Ex-MySQL chief Marten Mickos lands new CEO job

Mickos has been named CEO of Eucalyptus Systems, which makes an open-source cloud computing platform

To fight scammers, Russia cracks down on .ru domain

Registrants will need a passport or business documents to register domains

Multicore requires OS rework, Windows architect advises

Microsoft architect Dave Probert sees tomorrow's OS kernel acting more like a hypervisor

Judge approves Facebook’s settlement offer in Beacon case

Facebook will spend $9.5M to set up privacy foundation under the deal

Pramati aims to integrate social networking and business

The Indian company is offering the application both in a hosted model and as an appliance

Microsoft, Adobe confident there is room for Silverlight, Flash

Google patches Chrome days before hacking contest

Only browser predicted to survive Pwn2Own gets 11 fixes

Hosted Drupal CMS planned for midyear

The service will be released at about the same time as Drupal 7, a major update to the open-source CMS platform

Estonia defense minister: Cyberattacks will grow

Three years after attacks, cybersecurity is now on the global political agenda, he says

Report: Google TV is coming to your living room

Google is working with Intel, Sony, Logitech to bring the Web to TVs on Android, the New York Times says

Child porn, drugs lead Internet content complaints in Japan

Complaints regarding illegal content almost doubled in Japan in 2009

IBM, insurer develop ‘eHarmony for the call center’

A real-time analytics engine matches callers with the representative who can best help them

Windows XP: No IE9 for you

Microsoft becomes first major browser maker to drop support for world's most popular OS

China Mobile wants iPad, and Chinese 3G for Apple’s iPhone

China Mobile hopes to offer both the iPad and an iPhone that supports China's homegrown 3G standard

Facebook users targeted in massive spam run

The messages try to get users to dowload a malicious attachment

Microsoft sweetens pot for the virtual-desktop curious

Microsoft offers new licensing and technology to spur virtual-desktop usage

Microsoft lowers Windows licensing costs for virtual desktops

Microsoft, Citrix offer free desktop virtualization to VMware customers

Mobile developers take measure of Windows Phone 7

The UI intrigues, and Microsoft has lowered the bar to development

Comcast, ISC offer IPv6 transition tool

ew open source software allows for gradual migration to next-gen Internet services

National broadband plan: What’s in it for businesses?

National broadband plan would offer ancillary benefits to enterprise users

Alcatel-Lucent lays groundwork for next-gen mobile services

Alcatel-Lucent's Dynamic Services Controller is designed to let operators offer premuim subscriptions

Tandberg launches desktop HD videoconferencing for execs

Release is prior to close of Cisco's acquisition of high-definition systems

HP settles cases with inkjet cartridge vendors

InkPlusToner.com and CompTree Ink will pay damages and stop selling infringing cartridges

Microsoft announces Windows 7 SP1

But doesn't set release schedule or say when it will ship beta

Color and video coming to Kindle? Partner shows new screens

The new owner of E-Ink showed color, touch-screen and flexible plastic e-reader screens

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LTE may heat up mobile net neutrality debate

New control mechanisms for LTE and 3G let carriers dole out capacity to applications and users

FCC launches broadband public safety Web page

Includes information on proposed wireless network for emergency responders

Twitter’s @anywhere could usher in big improvements

Industry experts say @anywhere could be crucial for the company's upcoming ad platform and for its continued usage growth

Group pushes for more gov’t documents to go online

The Sunlight Foundation launches a new campaign to pressue gov't agencies to put public documents online

IE8, iPhone will fall first day of hacking contest, predicts organizer

Pwn2Own sponsor bets researchers will hack Windows 7, Microsoft's browser, Apple's phone

AT&T happy to play it cool with LTE

Carrier waiting until larger device ecosystem develops in 2011

Microsoft says its contentious relationship with open source is changing

Fired CISO says his comments never put Penn.’s data at risk

Maley admits he was wrong to speak at RSA, won't appeal firing

Two Madoff computer admins indicted

Pair charge accused falsifying financial records

Fake MacBook Air, ‘big iPhone’ tablet on show in China

A Chinese company displayed its imitation MacBook Air and two tablet computers

Supply Chain Data: Real-Time Speed Is Seductive, Dangerous

The top 6 enterprise issues for Windows Phone 7

Commodore 64 awakes from slumber with makeover

The Commodore 64 is being primed for a comeback

AT&T and Verizon execs tout LTE plans

Few differences beyond Verizon's plan to come to market faster; both downplay WiMax

Google, Viacom snarl at each other over YouTube case

They are hurling nasty accusations at each other as Viacom's lawsuit moves forward

News analysis: Google, partners have clout to make smart TV a reality

After years of PC-TV convergence talk, analysts say Google TV may make it happen