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Friday, February 26, 2010

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LATEST NETWORKING NEWS
- FCC Wants Broadband Public Safety Network
- Apple iPhone Users Buy More Apps
- Google Culls Gmail Labs
- Server Market Data Signals Rebound
- Microsoft Decapitates Waledac Botnet
- Genband To Buy Nortel VoIP Unit For $182 Million
- IBM Aids British Library With Web Archive
- Server Sales Up 4.5% In 4Q
- Google Faces European Antitrust Scrutiny

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- Inside Dell's Enterprise Strategy
- Research: Data Center Automation

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TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES @ TECHWEB.COM
- Intel Reveals It's Been Hacked
- Lenovo Refreshes ThinkPad Laptops
- Web Dashboards: A Window Into Government Performance
- AMD Updates Catalyst Graphics Driver
- Global CIO: NBC's Olympics Web Strategy Pounds Another Nail In Coffin

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- FCC Wants Broadband Public Safety Network
As part of the National Broadband Plan, the FCC wants to make a portion of the 700-mhz spectrum available for a nationwide wireless public safety network.
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- Apple iPhone Users Buy More Apps
Users of competing mobile devices appear to be less keen to open their wallets.
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- Google Culls Gmail Labs
The company is promoting six Gmail Labs experiments and getting rid of five.
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- Server Market Data Signals Rebound
Data on worldwide server sales indicates that businesses are starting to increase spending on their IT infrastructures.
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- Microsoft Decapitates Waledac Botnet
A major source of spam and malware has been cut off from its controllers.
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- Genband To Buy Nortel VoIP Unit For $182 Million
Nortel's VOIP unit is the networking equipment company's last remaining business operation.
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- IBM Aids British Library With Web Archive
Using a technology called BigSheets, IBM is assisting in the British Library's effort to preserve the U.K.'s online culture.
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- Server Sales Up 4.5% In 4Q
The good news was tempered by plummeting sales of high-end systems, resulting in an overall 3.2% drop in global revenue, said Gartner.
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- Google Faces European Antitrust Scrutiny
The European Commission says it is looking into three separate complaints about Google.
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- Intel Reveals It's Been Hacked
The company's annual report says that some of the attacks have been successful.

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- Lenovo Refreshes ThinkPad Laptops
The company introduced two ultra-portable laptops, a tablet, and two portable workstations in its ThinkPad line, all targeted toward enterprise users.
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- Web Dashboards: A Window Into Government Performance
Federal, state, and local agencies are building Web portals to make data available to the public, but there are still issues over what data to release, how much, and how to ensure its quality.
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- AMD Updates Catalyst Graphics Driver
The company will release monthly upgrades to improve the game-running performance of its Radeon graphics processor.
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- Global CIO: NBC's Olympics Web Strategy Pounds Another Nail In Coffin
In trying to force web viewers to watch the Olympics on NBC's terms, the network showed how pathetically out of touch it is with that vital audience.

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