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Microsoft & Google find common ground in open networking

Hot technology at the annual CTIA wireless show in Orlando | Nokia looks to make Windows Phone 7 hottest mobile OS on the planet

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Microsoft and Google find common ground in open networking
Arch-rivals Microsoft and Google occasionally find themselves on the same side, and another example presented itself this week with the creation of the Open Networking Foundation. Along with Facebook, Verizon, Yahoo, Deutsche Telekom, and a dozen other companies, Microsoft and Google are aiming to promote "a new approach to networking called Software-Defined Networking," with the acronym SDN.   Read... Read More


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Hot technology at the annual CTIA wireless show in Orlando
From HTC's HD7 Windows Phone 7 handset to Sprint's HTC EVO View 4G, CTIA attention grabbers Read More

Nokia looks to make Windows Phone 7 hottest mobile OS on the planet
Nokia fully expects, and plans, to do what Microsoft and its handset partners have so far been unable to do: make Windows Phone 7 a must-have mobile platform. Read More

Anonymous draws Congressional attention; battles disgruntled members
When Anonymous attacked HBGary Federal back in January, it set off a chain of events that has spawned widespread fascination, fear, anger and some paranoia among the security industry, government, law firms, Congress and even Anonymous itself. Read More


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Discover the Mishaps of Digital Channels
Digital has been widely embraced by consumers and by many parts of the enterprise. But the adoption of digital channels - Web sites, mobile apps, online sales and customer service, and other smart touches - has often occurred in a piecemeal way. Read More

Expert: Iran might be stealing passwords from citizens to tighten censorship
Iran's apparent theft of valid SSL certificates may be an attempt to trap Iranians who use the Internet to duck the government's restrictions, a security expert says. Read More

FBI: How to be an expert at the black art of cryptography
Breaking written codes is seemingly a black art whose history dates back as long as people could write and wanted to keep secrets.  In the age of supercomputers and all manner of advanced technologies it's hard to imagine much cryptography expertise Read More

European Commission hit by serious cyberattack
The European Commission has been hit by one of the most serious cyberattacks ever this week. Commission staff have been told to change their passwords and access to webmail and intranet from outside has been suspended. Read More


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Microsoft website helps users track Windows Phone update
Microsoft has put up a website that allows owners of Windows Phone 7-based smartphones to find out when they will be offered the copy and paste update, the company said in a blog post on Wednesday. Read More

Houdini reappears on Google ...
Today's Google Doodle, freshly patented, honors Harry Houdini, history's most famous magician and escape artist, on the 137th anniversary of his birth. Meanwhile, an Associated Press story on Yahoo News reports the death at age 103 of Dorothy Young, who until her demise had been Houdini's last surviving stage assistant. Coincidence? Houdini would want you to believe so. Read More

Dell's Compellent unit to add dedupe, global file system
Dell prepares to integrate its technologies into Compellent products to target enterprise customers Read More



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Hot technology at the annual CTIA wireless show
CTIA Wireless offers a look at the evolving mobile landscape, from handsets and apps to core network systems. Here's a few of the things that are hot at the show in Orlando.

First look at Firefox 4
Firefox 4 has finally arrived, after months of delays and after rival Web browsers Internet Explorer 9 and Chrome 10 already shipped. The browser gets a speed boost and several feature enhancements that are so significant that they all have their own proper names, like Panorama, JaegerMonkey and Firefox Sync. Were they worth the wait? Let's take a look.

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