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IDC Says the Cloud Ready for Prime Time
At the IDC Directions conference in Silicon Valley, research firm's chief analyst argues that the cloud is here to stay, proclaiming it the dominant platform for the next two decades.
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CA Acquires Cloud Vendor Nimsoft for $350M
CA makes another cloud computing acquisition, picking up IT performance and availability monitoring software vendor Nimsoft in all-cash deal.
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Microsoft Gives MSN Home Page a Major Overhaul
Microsoft has been previewing a radical redesign of its MSN home page since last fall, but now it's time to start pushing it out to MSN's 100 million U.S. users.
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NoSQL Supporters Challenge Relational Databases
Multiple open source projects based on a new approach to databases were discussed at this week's NoSQL Live conference.
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AMD Planning Netbook Chip for 2011
After a long time on the sidelines, Intel rival AMD is getting into the netbook game with a dedicated chip designed specifically for computers with screens 12 inches or smaller.
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Google Ready to Make China Decision
CEO Eric Schmidt said the search giant is continuing discussions with the Chinese government that will determine whether it shuts down its operations there.
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Lost Drive Puts National Guard Data at Risk
Tens of thousands of Arkansas National Guard soldiers became the latest victims of a security breach at a military base after an unencrypted external hard drive was discovered missing last month.
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Tech Stocks Rally Ten Years After Topping Out
Ten years after the dot-com bubble burst, the Nasdaq still has a long way to go.
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Mariposa Bot Shipped With Vodafone Smartphone
Panda Security discovered Confiker, Mariposa and Lineage password stealing malware samples installed on a recently purchased Vodafone HTC Magic smartphone.
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IT Job Market Heating Up: Report
A report by staffing and placement firm Robert Half International shows that while many companies are still taking a wait-and-see approach to new hires, there's general optimism in the IT sector.
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Bing Makes Strides But Momentum Stalls
Microsoft's Bing search engine managed to gain market share again in February, but its success isn't exactly sending Google running for cover.
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Microsoft Veteran Thacker Scores Turing Award
Chuck Thacker, one of the found researchers of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, has received the Association for Computing Machinery's prestigious Turing Award.
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Google Unveils Apps Marketplace
Search giant debuts online shop for apps, expanding beyond its own App Engine to offer developers working in other frameworks an integration into the marketplace.
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MySpace Planning Site Revamp to Revive Growth
Once the leader in the social networking space, MySpace has fallen on hard times of late. But a new executive team is betting it can bring the site back to life with a site overhaul and fresh developer talent.
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U.S. Eyes Path to Press China on Internet Policy
U.S. Trade Representative describes country's talks with Google and other companies, and raises the prospect of pursuing a WTO complaint against China over Internet restrictions.
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Is Windows 7 Service Pack Coming in Q4?
Malaysian tech enthusiast site TechArp claims its sources say Microsoft has moved up availability of the first service pack for Windows 7 - possibly to the end of this year.
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Microsoft-Sponsored CodePlex Moves Ahead
The non-profit open source foundation looks to show it's not just an extension of its main backer, Microsoft.
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Microsoft Offering Software, Training for Vets
Software giant pledges $2 million in cash and $6 million in software to help veterans acquire the skills and training to compete in a 21st century workforce.
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday Includes IE Warning
In the latest edition of its monthly security ritual, Microsoft patches two bugs, both deemed "important," and issued an advisory about a flaw recently discovered in the Internet Explorer browser.
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Apple's Flash Feast Could Crimp SSD Sales
An article in DigiTimes shines the spotlight on an unintended consequence of Apple's success with devices like the iPhone, iPod and the pending release of the vaunted iPad.
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