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WordPress guns for Web content management duties

The popular blogging tool could also work as a low-cost content management system, an analyst and users say

Apple’s iPad: Will it sell?

The new device will fly off shelves, say some analysts; others think sales will build slowly

US citizen a key player in alleged Italian telecom fraud

A Rome judge has issued an arrest warrant for Eugene Gourevitch for his alleged role in a US$2.7 billion scam

Westin hotel in LA reports possible data breach

Restaurant point-of-sale systems may have been hacked

Cisco quits WiMax radio business

The company will stop making base stations to concentrate on back-end IP infrastructure

SherpaTools brings Google Apps enterprise-level management

Third-party add-on brings directory management to Apps, offered as a free, cloud service.

IBM and Eclipse efforts focus on OSGi modularity

FBI Director: Hackers have corrupted valuable data

Hackers could change source code, giving them “a permanent window into everything you do,” Mueller warned companies

Sony Takes Aim at Apple iPhone, iPad and iTunes

Taiwan earthquake may send LCD, chip prices higher

The earthquake hurt production at some key factories in Taiwan

Android largely unharmed in Google-China row

An Android phone delayed in China is now set to ship as device makers there keep using Android

Taiwan earthquake damages undersea Internet cables

The earthquake and aftershocks damaged four cables in six places

Researchers chase 3D without the glasses

New screens might make glasses obsolete for watching 3D content

Password application gives wrong info to fraudsters

The mobile application is designed to thwart dictionary and brute-force attacks

Microsoft’s tax-for-hacks ‘horrible’ idea, say security experts

Suggestion that Internet users pay tax to fight malware, botnets gets thumbs down

Microsoft puts its stamp on cross-platform link to ALM server

iPad with Wi-Fi to go on sale April 3

Sales of 3G model start in late April, pre-orders of all models start March 12

RSA Conference 2010 and Security B-Sides Recap

You don’t know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz

Does your laptop’s Wi-Fi make it more vulnerable to thieves?

Wi-Fi troubleshooting gets easier, more portable

Fluke's AirCheck packs a simple UI and easy-to-read-understand radio diagnostics into a handheld Wi-Fi tester

Intel to launch eight-core Nehalem-EX this month

Nehalem-EX chip will be targeted at four-socket servers

10 Twitter Types to Know, Love and Hate

Budget cuts pushing some IT managers to the cloud

User acceptance may be an issue at first, but early users already find big savings

IDC: Worldwide disk storage capacity grows 33% in 2009

Open storage systems, including iSCSI SANs, were a bright spot for 2009

EU to hold meeting on radio spectrum future

The use of old TV frequencies for mobile broadband will an hot issue at the Spectrum Summit

MS Round-Up: Ballmer on Cloud 9, Office 2010 Upgrades, More

FCC wants existing phone subsidies to go to broadband

The national broadband plan will shift money from the Universal Service Fund to broadband deployment, FCC staffers say

Mourners eulogize IE6 at funeral for aged browser

Microsoft sends flowers, cites the 'good time' with IE6

Before Apple vs. HTC: Tech’s 5 Most Sensational Patent Cases

Better, faster, stronger: 4G’s impact on app development

Video will be main addition, but expect other mobile apps to move much faster

Analysis: Does the storm over cloud security mean opportunity?

The issue at RSA: How to balance cost versus loss of control over data

Windows Mobile apps won’t work on new phones

Developers will use new tools, including Silverlight and XNA, to build apps for Windows Phone 7

Microsoft will launch Office 2010 May 12

Also unveils free upgrade program that runs until Sept. 30

VA closes Web portal to eHealth records, cites data errors

One female patient had a prescription for erectile dysfunction in her record

RCN sells out to equity firm for $1.2B

ABRY Partners aims to separate RCN's cable and metro optical businesses

AMD tries to draw Intel into chip battle

Intel refuses to bite, saying it knows its customers very well

Microsoft to maintain China operations, report says

Resolution of China-Google immaterial to its plans; won't comment on online censorship

Google attacks, Web 2.0 fuel FUD at RSA

Analysis: Both themes attract a lot of attention at annual security trade show

Group seeks to open source data-center design

The Open Source Data Center Initiative wants to pool engineering resources that others can build on and implement

Data centers tackling cyber terrorism, slowly

Typical IT shop unprepared, AFCOM says

Tracing attack source key to cybersecurity strategy, Chertoff says

Former DHS chief talks of difficulties in creating a national deterrence plan

Microsoft envisions ultra-modular data centers

The software giant is experimenting with efficient designs that can be ramped up quickly when it needs capacity

Opera downloads triple after browser ballot screen debut

The numbers prove the ballot idea is working, says Opera exec

Company puts Android on laptop with China-backed chips

Lemote Technology is optimizing Android for a netbook with China's Loongson chips

Taiwan dumps memory chip rescue plan

Taipei will give up fighting the legislature over funds for Taiwan Memory

Source code management a weak spot in Aurora attacks

McAfee says that hackers were after the source code management systems

Typical Windows user patches every 5 days

75 Microsoft, third-party patch events each year are a burden most users can't bear, says Secunia

India adds IT jobs despite recession

The largest addition of jobs in the country came in the IT services and BPO industries

N. Korea develops operating system with Windows-like GUI, Linux guts

Bundle includes thinly disguised versions of Firefox, OpenOffice.org