Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Apple surrenders to Nokia in patent fight, others may follow

HP reorganizes, Livermore to step down and join board | Chrome nearly replaced Firefox in Ubuntu Linux, Mark Shuttleworth says

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Apple surrenders to Nokia in patent fight, others may follow
Having succeeded in getting Apple to knuckle under to its patent portfolio, Nokia is now in position to wield that power against other phone manufacturers, say the struggling Finnish company and industry experts, at least one of whom believes Google may be next on Nokia's target list. Read More


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HP reorganizes, Livermore to step down and join board
HP on Monday made some organizational changes as the company tries to regain its footing under its new CEO. Read More

Chrome nearly replaced Firefox in Ubuntu Linux, Mark Shuttleworth says
Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth talks Chrome, Linux controversies, Ubuntu tablets and space travel, and explains why he doesn't own a smartphone. Read More

Verizon not waiting around for Google Wallet
With Google Wallet initially working exclusively on Sprint's network, Verizon has struck a deal with a company called Payfone to make its own mobile payment service. Read More


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The Funniest Sites on the Web
Online privacy is dead. Our data may be in jeopardy. Haters, hackers, and trolls abound. Advertising and porn have taken over. But on the other hand, there's still a lot of funny on the Web. Read More

Google's fast Web protocol gains a little speed
Google's SPDY protocol makes 10% to 20% faster Web downloads, says Strangeloop. Read More

Daily innovation smackdown: Ray Ozzie vs. Tim Berners-Lee
The two creators face off. In Ozzie you have the creator of Lotus Notes, against the creator of the World Wide Web in Berners-Lee. Ozzie has already beaten Steve Ballmer badly and just got by Jerry Yang. Berners-Lee had no problem with the Google kings and Diane Greene in early rounds. This is a tough one to call. But call it you must! Vote now! Read More


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Attacks on IMF, Lockheed, others highlight need for defenses against targeted attacks
The recent spate of successful cyber attacks against high-profile organizations has focused fresh attention on the need for enterprises to implement new defenses against targeted threats. Read More

Can virtual machine and cloud systems secure PCI payment card data?
Can sensitive payment card data be processed and held in virtual-machine (VM) systems or cloud-computing environments? Read More

The Best 2011 Windows 7 Laptops for Work and Play
The iPad and other tablets are transforming personal computing, but most of the world still uses laptops for business and pleasure, and 90 percent of them run Windows. Here are the coolest high-end laptops released in 2011 that take advantage of Windows 7's networking, security and UI features. Read More

What happens if you catch a hacker and must deal with the FBI?
After writing an article about a Department of Justice report, stating the FBI focuses on catching kiddie porn perps and many agents lack the know-how to work on national security issues, I was contacted by a man who says he's worked with the FBI to catch hackers. You might be surprised at how hard it can be for an IT professional to work with the FBI on a hacker case. Read More



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