From The Editor
By Jeff Caruso, Site Editor
- Mumbai terrorists used Google Earth
- Indian officials investigating last week's attacks in Mumbai claim that the terrorists used Google Earth to "learn their way around." But the information available on the attacked locations is also...
- Microsoft says new urgency regarding October patch
- Microsoft released an emergency patch in October, and is now saying it sees increasing reports from users about a worm exploiting the vulnerability that was patched.
John Fontana has details.
- Cisco to give employees time off at year-end, but not out of the goodness of its heart
- Cisco is shutting down most of its operations for four days at the end of the year, as part of a larger effort to reduce costs, Cisco has confirmed.
Shutting down means saving payroll and...
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- Tessera loses patent ruling, stock dives
- The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that competitors did not infringe chip-packaging patents owned by Tessera Technologies, sending the semiconductor vendor's stock down nearly 10 percent at the end of trading on Monday.
- LinkedIn's New Free Apps, Part Two
- In part one of our review of the LinkedIn applications platform, we looked at presentation, file sharing and travel applications that helped you collaborate with your fellow connections on the professional social network.
- Could your Web surfing be greener?
- Is there a greener way to surf the Web?
- High court narrows penalty against Qualcomm
- A federal appeals court on Monday narrowed the penalty against Qualcomm for misleading a standards body and committing misconduct during a trial.
- New Microsoft Cashback deal follows outage
- Microsoft is making payback quicker on its Cashback program after the service suffered an outage Friday and failed to give some people discounts they were eligible for.
- Verizon trounces competition in wireless quality survey
- Despite improvements by carriers across the industry, Verizon has retained its top spot in Consumer Reports' annual report on wireless customer satisfaction.
- Major e-stores malfunction on Black Friday and Cyber Monday
- Sears, Saks Fifth Avenue, Costco, Dell, Victoria's Secret, Bloomingdale's and Williams-Sonoma all saw their sites malfunction at some point between Friday and Monday, according to companies that monitor Web performance.
- AWS offers online database service for free
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) has opened its online database service for public beta testing and said a certain level of usage will be free, at least for now.
- Pharmaceutical finds intelligent solution with BI
- It was a stalemate. Allergan's top executives faced each other off, refusing to acknowledge the other's sales figures. As each defended his end of the table unwilling to accept a version of the truth that the different numbers wove, the tension in the room rose. The standoff wasn't the first. Finance had a set of sales figures, the logistics department had their own and sales insisted that both were wrong. The conversation between executives went something like this says K.T. Rajan, director operations IS and projects, Allergan India, "If you use my figures, let's talk, otherwise there's nothing to discuss."
- Hyundai Motors India revs up production with new app
- The folks at Hyundai Motors India (HMIL) must just love M. Suresh. In a year when profit margins in the auto sector are being battered, the automaker's GM of IT found a way to save his company a trunk-full of money -- and ensure that the company can increase its output.
- Career Watch: IT skills for the midmarket
- Q&A: John Baschab
- Business Continuity Challenges in a Hurricane Zone
- The corporate headquarters building for OSI Restaurant Partners is a mere 800 feet from the end of runway at Tampa International Airport. But according to OSI Chief Information Officer Dusty Williams, that's the least of their concerns.
- FBI warns of holiday cyber scams
- With cyber Monday comes an FBI warning against spam containing malware and phishing attempts that appear to be greeting cards and ads for shopping bargains.
- Slow PC demand sinks global semiconductor revenue
- Global semiconductor revenue is expected to fall this year as demand for PCs and consumer electronics slows down, with the trend continuing to affect chip makers next year, analyst firm iSuppli said on Monday.
- Netbooks: small, cheap -- and fast?
- Linux distributor Good OS and BIOS vendor Phoenix Technologies each have plans to make netbooks speedier devices, the vendors said at the Netbook World Summit in Paris on Monday.
- Plusmo's football apps for iPhone
- A few months ago, in a Moby Dick-length round-up of sports score-checking apps for the iPhone and iPod touch, I included an NFL-centric program from Plusmo called Pro Football Live. As the rating would suggest, Pro Football Live clearly wasn't ready for prime time at the time of my review. But two months and several updates later, things have changed for Pro Football Live--largely for the better. With the pro football season entering the home stretch, it's time to take another look at this app.
- Delaware bank layers desktop, network security to keep data safe
- Wilmington Savings Fund Society relies on gateway protection and security agents on workstations.
- Clearwire, Sprint close WiMax deal
- Sprint Nextel and wireless wide-area network operator Clearwire have completed a deal to create a new company and build a nationwide WiMax network with help from Intel, Google and three cable operators.
- U.S. Open used Web filtering to prevent online gambling
- The U.S. Open tennis tournament provides network access for the players, guests and media, but this past summer the association running the event took an extra security step: It used Web filtering to prevent online gambling.
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- Sprint completes Clearwire WiMAX deal
- Sprint officially spun off its WiMAX division to Clearwire today, thus paving the way for Clearwire to construct a nationwide WiMAX network.
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- Glory days: How high school shaped nine IT leaders
- Is the child father to the man? Or is the woman a reaction to the child she was? Maybe each of us is the result of a combination of straight lines and U-turns on our life's journey.
- TSMC revises down Q4 view on economic woes
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) revised down its fourth quarter sales guidance as customers slashed chip orders amid "continuing weakness in global economic conditions," the company said in a statement.
- London hospitals almost back online after worm infection
- Three London hospitals whose computer systems were infected with a relatively old worm are now almost back online.
- Microsoft and Yahoo dismiss report of search deal
- Microsoft and Yahoo have dismissed a report that they're once again in discussions to sell Yahoo's online search business for $20 billion.
- Qimonda faces Q1 cash crunch, delays financial results
- Qimonda AG will face a shortfall of cash in the first three months of next year unless it finds new investors, a strategic partner, or the DRAM industry takes a turn for the better, the company said in a statement Monday.
- China's NetDragon teams with EA on online game
- Chinese game developer NetDragon Websoft plans to work with U.S. digital game maker Electronic Arts (EA) to create a multiplayer online game based on EA's Dungeon Keeper series of digital games.
- Acer plans netbook with 10.2-inch screen
- Acer, the world's third largest PC vendor, is planning to launch a netbook next year with a 10.2-inch screen, the largest netbook screen from Acer so far, a company representative confirmed.
- Google Earth used by terrorists in India attacks
- The terrorists that attacked various locations in south Mumbai last week used digital maps from Google Earth to learn their way around, according to officials investigating the attacks.
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- Fear of more attacks could hurt business in India
- Mumbai is trying to limp back to normalcy after terrorist attacks last week left around 195 dead, and close to 300 injured. But there are questions whether foreigners will continue to take the risk of doing business in the city and the rest of the country, which have faced repeated terrorist attacks in the past.
- Despite steady Black Friday numbers, online shopping falls
- The volume of sales at Internet retailers held steady Friday compared to last year, despite the worsening economic outlook and signs U.S. consumers are cutting back on spending.
- World Wiki Plus for iPhone
- Apple's App Store lately bears a curious resemblance to the American book trade of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. At the time, Congress hadn't gotten around yet to settling copyright law. Often, printers would poach each other's works. Royalties existed in theory rather than practice. Writers, as always, were routinely cheated of their earnings. Noah Webster, the dictionary man, fought for years against publishers who made a fortune on his Blue Back Spellers while he struggled to eke out a living.
- Mumbai terrorism, worm warning, holiday woe
- A wave of coordinated terrorist attacks across Mumbai late Wednesday dominated the news this week, with bloggers and people using Twitter helping to get information to families and friends of those affected. Multinational technology companies are not expected to change their business strategies as a consequence of the stunning attacks, which targeted westerners.
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- WriteRoom for iPhone
- I’m sure you’ve been in a store and had the idea of a lifetime. You frantically search around you for a slip of paper to jot it down, but you can’t find anything. You turn to your iPhone, but you just can’t bring yourself to use the included Notes app because of its lack of customizability and syncing. Sighing heavily, you resign yet another world-changing idea to the possibility of remaining trapped within the echoing corridors of your mind.
- Analyst: Mobile data will continue boom in '09
- There will be more than 36 million laptops connected to mobile data networks in Western Europe in 2009, compared to the 26 million estimated for the end of this year, according to market research company CCS Insight.
- Hot jobs: Software implementation analyst
- Job description: The software implementation analyst ensures that deployments of new applications or upgrades are planned and carried out correctly. They act as a bridge between the software developer and the IT infrastructure team that handles installation and maintenance, says Carlo Carbetta, vice president of operations development at CIO Partners, an executive search firm. They determine whether the applications interoperate with existing systems and plan for customization or integration work. This person may be involved in testing, creating documentation and dealing with end users.
- MindNode Pro 1.0.3
- The use of mind mapping software is becoming increasingly common in corporate America, but who wants to fork out hundreds of dollars just to create these tangled bubble diagrams at home? Thankfully, you don't have to. At less than $20, Markus Müller's MindNode Pro 1.0.3, is a fun, colorful, and simple-to-use application with a learning curve so shallow even your boss could figure it out.
- First look: Microsoft Arc Mouse
- Microsoft's Arc Mouse takes a different and unique approach to mouse design. It looks like, well...an arc. And it actually folds so it doesn't take up a lot of room in a laptop bag.
- UK prosecutors investigate BT over online ad system
- British prosecutors are investigating whether incumbent operator BT illegally tested an online advertising system without users' consent.
- Hands on with the HTC Touch HD
- Taiwanese smartphone developer High Tech Computer (HTC) debuted its biggest threat to the iPhone 3G yet earlier this week, the HTC Touch HD, and I had a chance to use one for a few hours on Friday.
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- EU telecoms ministers back watered-down legal reforms
- Plans to reform Europe's legal landscape for the telecoms industry remain on track, after nearly being derailed at a tense meeting of government ministers Thursday.
