Friday, September 14, 2007

Microsoft Outsources Back Office; Google Parks Jet At NASA

TechWeb Networking Update - Friday, Sep 14, 2007

(Table of Contents)

*Microsoft Outsources Back Office, Boosts Dividend
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*Ericsson Bolsters Its 3G Network For Mobile TV
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*Rosenblum Sees Expanding Role For Virtualization In Data Center
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*Alcatel-Lucent Offers Another Grim Financial Report
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*Microsoft BizTalk Talks To More Applications, Servers With Upgrade
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*Interpol Calls For Global Effort To Battle Cybercrime
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( Today's Top Story)

Microsoft Outsources Back Office, Boosts Dividend
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The software maker has been quietly outsourcing its back office
operations to service provider Accenture over the past several months.

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Apple Buyers' Guide: 14 Free And Cheap Mac Applications
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You don't have to shell out big bucks to get things done on your
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password management, and more.

Fair Use Worth More to Economy Than Copyright, CCIA Says
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Fair use exceptions to U.S. copyright laws account for more than
$4.5 trillion in annual revenue for the United States, according
to the Computer and Communications Industry Association.

Apple Buyers' Guide: Macs, MacBooks, And Other Machines
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While Apple users don't have as much choice in notebooks and
desktops as their PC-using counterparts, there are still plenty
of options to choose from. Here's one take on what's best.

Google's Co-Founders Park Private Jet At NASA Airfield
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Google's co-founders are paying NASA $1.3 million to park their
personal Boeing 767-200 jet next door to Google's corporate
headquarters at Moffett Field.

The Complete, Unvarnished, Slightly Biased Apple Buyers' Guide
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Find out which Apple products and services are right for you, and
how to get the most from them. An in-depth look at Macs, the
iPhone, iPods, and more.

(Editor's Picks)

Pentagon Revs Up Drive For Wearable Power
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The Defense Department said Thursday it would field questions
from the public about a $1 million contest to build a
lightweight, wearable battery power system for U.S. forces.

Dell Offers Tighter Security On Latitude Laptop
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The computer comes with software whose remote administration
server allows IT staff to document that all data on a lost
notebook was encrypted by the hard drive.

South Korea Sends Intel Antitrust Statement
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Business regulators have issued a "statement of objections" to
Intel following an investigation into whether the U.S. microchip
company violated antitrust laws.

(Networking News of the Week)

Ericsson Bolsters Its 3G Network For Mobile TV
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The company is leaning on a new U335 WCDMA mobile platform for
handling services such as mobile TV and mobile video.

Rosenblum Sees Expanding Role For Virtualization In Data Center
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The Stanford professor makes a compelling case at VMworld for
virtualization as a panacea for data center woes.

Alcatel-Lucent Offers Another Grim Financial Report
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Alcatel-Lucent replaced its previous prediction of an increase in
revenue growth of about 5% with a full-year revenue growth
forecast of flat or slightly up.

Microsoft BizTalk Talks To More Applications, Servers With Upgrade
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The Branch Edition adds support for SWIFT financial transactions,
HL7 and HIPAA health information, and AS2 insurance information.

Interpol Calls For Global Effort To Battle Cybercrime
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Interpol's Secretary General says the private sector needs to
become much more involved in law enforcement investigations to
give police the edge they need.

MySpace Friends May Not Be Real
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Even though you might have a lot of "close" online friends, a new
online survey finds in-person encounters remain the most
important factor in forming close relationships.

SEC Charges Four More Ex-Nortel Officers With Fraud
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday it
charged four more former officers at Canada's Nortel Networks
with engaging in accounting fraud.

U.S. Public Libraries Pressed By Public Demand For Internet Access
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A survey finds the addition of new technology services is putting
a strain on American libraries, whose budgets and staff sizes
have generally not grown.

Chambers Sees Virtual Teams Competing With Virtualized Resources
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The Cisco CEO said future business productivity gains will be
built on collaboration, virtualization, and social networking
changes that "will come straight into your business with a vengeance."

Despite Poor Quality, Businesses Like IP Telephony
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Most businesses are dissatisfied with quality of service they get
from IP telephony, according to a survey conducted by Psytechnics
at last month's VoiceCon conference.

AMD's Share Gains Greater Than Expected
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Advanced Micro Devices gained 2.5 percentage points of the
worldwide microprocessor market last quarter, iSuppli said
Tuesday, a much greater gain than the research group had estimated.

CIOs Looking To Hire Networking, Wireless Talent In 4Q, Says Survey
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Around 14% of the CIOs surveyed by IT staffing firm Robert Half
Technology plan to hire more staff, while 2% anticipate cutbacks.

VMware Acquires Virtual Machine Management Vendor Dunes
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The purchase is expected to compliment VMware's Virtual Desktop
Manager 2, which launched in beta this week.

Movable Type Gets iPhone Plug-In For Mobile Blogging
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The plug-in installs an alternate template set to make
interacting with the MovableType application more efficient on an
iPhone screen.

MediaTek Buys Cellular Chip Assets From Analog Devices For $350 Million
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About 400 ADI employees will move to MediaTek, the companies said.

AMD Powers The Force In Lucasfilm's Data Center
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AMD's quad-core launch and renewed commitment caps off a
five-year relationship with the company behind the "Star Wars" franchise.

Cisco's NAC Network Module Acts As A Profiler
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The hardware enforces security policies on all networked devices
including ones that are not associated with a particular user.

Leap Wireless Says It's 'Reviewing' MetroPCS' $5.5 Billion Offer
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If consummated, a merger of the two no-contract mobile phone
service providers would create the country's fifth nationwide
wireless provider.

ProCurve Rolls Out High-Performance Network Core Switch
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The HP networking business unit aims to take a big bite out of
market leader Cisco's share of the high-end network switch pie.

Everything You Need To Know To Get Started With Content
Management Systems
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Free and low-cost enterprise wiki tools and open-source content
management systems are plentiful. Here's a quick guide to the
available options.

Apple Considers Bidding In The 700 MHz Auction
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Reports say Apple has studied the possibility of bidding in the
FCC's upcoming 700 MHz auction to let iPhone owners download
videos and music at faster speeds.

Apple Says It Has Sold One Million iPhones
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Apple says it took just 74 days to sell a million iPhones; it
took nearly two years to sell the first million iPods.

RFID To Hit The Slopes This Winter
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Vail Resorts plans to use RFID to read some of its lift passes
and improve customer service at several resorts this winter.

AT&T Expands Free, Ad-Based Directory Assistance
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The AT&T offering will compete with other free directory
assistance services that have been catching on with consumers.

NASA's Unmanned Airplane Takes Images To Help Fight Wildfires
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The images are processed on the plane, transmitted via a
communications satellite, and then combined with Google Earth maps.

Serious About NAC
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Network access control gains credibility in the enterprise, but
there's a gap between expectation and reality.

Pumped-Up Data Delivery
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We look at three aspects of information delivery, from network
access control to data networks, including 3G networks, and the
applications that use them.

House Passes Patent Reform Amid Flurry Of Tech Patent Suits
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The hotly contested reform proposal includes provisions such as
setting damages based on an invention's contribution to the
overall product.

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Chinese Student Claims Windows Genuine Advantage Invades Privacy
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In the suit, Lu Feng claims that Windows Genuine Advantage
collects information about his computer use and personal data
without his authorization.

Trio Of Announcements Further Cement BEA's SOA Position
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At its customer conference, BEA Systems announces multiple new
products and partnerships along with a long-term strategy to
better integrate back-end SOA and front-end Web 2.0.

MySQL Database To Get Replication Monitoring, Multi-Concurrency Features
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The 5.1 MySQL pre-release beta code will be able detect and
monitor replications of a central database and track their
performance in real time.

Prince To Sue YouTube, eBay Over Music Use
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U.S. pop star Prince plans to sue YouTube and other major Web
sites for unauthorized use of his music in a bid to "reclaim his
art on the Internet."

Industry Group Releases Server Management Standards
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The new specs will help to provide a consistent method for
automated management of computer servers from multiple vendors.

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