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Microsoft testing search engine to take on Google; Images from CeBIT 2009

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Microsoft testing search engine to take on Google

John Fontana By John Fontana
Microsoft this week will start internal testing of Kumo, the company's update to its Live Search Web site and part of its stated effort to keep the pressure on Google. Read full story

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Images from CeBIT 2009
IBM looks to secure Internet banking with USB stick, the Terminator says tech can save us all, new iPhone business apps on the rise, car radios that tune-in via 3G, and next-gen laptops. View slideshow

Microsoft devising Office for netbooks
Microsoft is bending its Office franchise toward netbooks and is developing packages that are unique to that market, according to the head of the company's business division.

DEMO 09: Real-time online dating and the world's first $399 refrigerator magnet
Six-minute DEMO presentations highlight technology that lets you search for singles in the immediate vicinity and electronically flirt with them; a netbook-like computing...

New Android app warns of telemarketers
Telephone directory company White Pages has developed an application for open-source mobile platform Android that alerts users whenever known telemarketers try to call.

Most CIOs not planning IT layoffs, survey finds
Eight percent of CIOs anticipate adding staff, 6% expect to reduce headcount and 83% plan to maintain current staffing levels, according to a new Robert Half Technology...

Top 5 features in IBM's latest mainframe software upgrade
IBM this week rolled out a feature-filled upgrade to its mainframe operating system, z/OS, focused on pumping up Big Iron availability, management and security. The general...

Novell chief nets $6.9 million in '08
Ron Hovsepian, president and CEO of Novell, received a compensation package worth $6.9 million in 2008

New online community launches for embedded Linux developers
MontaVista is sponsoring a new online open source community, designed to bring together embedded Linux developers.

Buzzblog: Here's how to keep the government from spying on you
The Electronic Frontier Foundation yesterday launched its "Surveillance Self-Defense" site, which is designed to provide Americans with practical advice on how to keep their government from snooping into their private communications and stored computer data.

Today on Google Subnet
Mark Murphy on the Android Market: “What we have here is a failure to communicate”; plus, Google execs get bonuses: So what?; Microsoft tests Kumo search tool internally; Google Blogoscoped discovers Google Tasks, a new stand-alone app; and Jon Rognerud reveals powerful link building tricks for getting noticed on Google.

Enter for a Microsoft training giveaway from New Horizons
New Horizons Computer Training is offering a free Microsoft training course worth up to $2,500 to be given to one lucky Microsoft Subnet reader. Deadline for entry is March 31.


Best of the Tests 2009
Best of the Tests 2009Out of the more than 150 products tested, a baker's dozen rise to the top of the list.

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03/04/09

Today's most-read stories:

  1. Back when Google was just a gleam
  2. Microsoft details contents of enterprise bundle for Windows 7
  3. iPod ... do you? A playful list of iPods
  4. DEMO 09: Recession weeds out uninspiring start-ups
  5. Touch-screen laptop, iPhone service highlight DEMO 09
  6. Computer security handbook fifth edition is ready
  7. Nortel curtailing carrier Ethernet switch/router investment
  8. Five Facebook scams: Protect your profile
  9. Not all SOHO routers are created equal
  10. Embarrassing U.S. launch of Nokia smartphone
  11. Microsoft TechFest: Commute UX dialog system for in-car infotainment


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