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Tech industry's biggest M&A deals; Reasons not to buy Cisco; Hands-On Tour: Google Goggles

Reasons not to buy Cisco; A Hands-On Tour: Google Goggles Visual Search
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Tech industry's biggest M&A deals of 2009

The 10 biggest network deals from 2009 is topped by Oracle/Sun. Read full story

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Reasons not to buy Cisco
Goldman Sachs a few weeks ago published survey results on IT spending patterns for 2009, going into 2010, from 100 IT executives at Fortune 1000 firms. The survey found that pricing pressure is increasing, which could lead to share losses for Cisco.

A Hands-On Tour: Google Goggles Visual Search
Mobile searching has just gotten way, way cooler. Google unveiled its new Google Goggles visual search tool for Android on Monday, bringing a high-tech twist to accessing information on the go.

Cisco not big on smartphones
Cross that Cisco smartphone off your Christmas list. CEO John Chambers said in this Bloomberg interview that he's not big on the company offering one of its own. Speculation's been around for a while that Cisco would offer a smartphone at some point. Seems only likely that in order to drive people to fill bandwidth to necessitate infrastructure upgrades, you might as well give them the car.

Google adds two hot features to search: Goggles (image-based) and realtime
Some days, I feel sorry, for Bing. Its a decent search engine and I do use it, but it can't compete with the kinds of innovations in search unleashed at Google. This week Google tackled two of the most difficult search problems, searching by images (a project called Goggles) and finding data in real time, as it is being updated.

Microsoft downplays Windows BitLocker attack threat
Microsoft dismissed recently-disclosed threats to its BitLocker disk-encryption technology as "relatively low risk," noting that attackers not only need physical access to a targeted PC but they must also manipulate it twice.

Cisco security survey:Cybercrime taking a page from business schools
Cybercriminals are getting more professional, adopting classic business structures in the development and deployment of malware that is increasingly designed to reap maximum profit, according to the annual Cisco security report.

Dating and pricing: Being transparent matters
There are two issues that I want to discuss today both of which affect your online Web presence value and reputation and they are both about transparency.

How To Run Windows 7 Virtualized on Mac OS X
Windows 7 is my primary desktop but lately the amount of iPhone work I've been doing has prompted me to swap hardware so I could have my Mac Xcode development environment with me when I'm mobile.

Nanotech used to build batteries out of paper
A team of researchers at Stanford University is using nanotechnology to build robust batteries out of paper.

FTC sues to stop robocallers
The Federal Trade Commission today said it was going after three outfits that allegedly made robocalls to sell worthless credit-card interest-rate reduction programs for large up-front fees of as much as $1,495.

Today from the Subnet communities

On Cisco Subnet: Cisco's SSL client will gain ScanSafe technology and Cisco, EMC venture preps for early Q1 launch; On Microsoft Subnet: Patch Tuesday: Six expected patches, two surprises; On Google Subnet: Chrome gains extensions, Mac, Linux versions

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