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Chrome's trumping of Internet Explorer could herald things to come

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Chrome's trumping of Internet Explorer could herald things to come
The news that Google's Chrome browser had briefly surpassed Internet Explorer, based on data compiled by StatCounter, as the most-used on the web last weekend may have taken some by surprise, but this writing has been on the wall for some time. Read More


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Sexist gaffe costs startup event sponsors
A New York startup that helps companies monetize apps through daily deals is finding out the hard way that there's a price to pay for playing fast and loose with sexist stereotypes. And that transgression has once again sparked heated complaints about the mistreatment of women in the tech world. While the company, Sqoot, has apologized profusely, reactions to that apology differ and at least three... Read More

Live blogging the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on the Verizon/cable company spectrum deals
I'm pretty sure no one actually reads my live blogs on various events but guess what? They're incredibly useful for me in terms of note taking for my articles. Ergo, I'm gonna do it regardless of whether anyone cares or not :-) This hearing should be good to go at around 2:00 p.m. ET so we'll start in a couple of minutes. Read More

US Cyber Chief: We are fighting a "tide of criminality"
What the government is doing and how much money it is spending to protect cyberspace was again the subject of a congressional hearing this week as top execs in the Department of Defense detailed what they would be doing with the $3.4 billion cyber security portion of their 2013 budget request. Read More


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MIT camera uses laser technology to peek around corners
MIT Media Lab researchers this week have had a paper published in the journal Nature Communications in which they outline a camera they've developed that can essentially take pictures around corners. The video below illustrates how the femtosecond laser technology bounces photons off walls and the target image to produce enough data for an algorithm to chew on and allow the camera to produce 3D images.... Read More

Offshoring shrinks number of IT jobs, study says
The number of IT jobs at large corporations is declining significantly, but within 10 years this exodus may end as companies run out of jobs suitable for moving to low-cost countries, a new study says. Read More

HP confirms merger of PC, printer businesses
Hewlett-Packard Wednesday announced the merger of its Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) and its Personal Systems Group (PSG) in what it called an effort to drive profitable growth for the entire company. Read More

NEC to add mini earthquake sensors to its cloud-based device platform
NEC said Wednesday it will add small earthquake sensors to the growing set of devices that work on its cloud-based network platform. Read More


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Quantum unveils enterprise-class cloud backup services
Quantum has partnered with Xerox, which is using two new products for a cloud-based backup service. Read More

Researchers find new type of 'fileless' malware
Researchers have discovered an extremely rare and possibly unique form of "fileless" malware that executes entirely in memory without the need to save any files to the hard drive of a victim's PC. Read More

Microsoft Ad Pokes Fun at IE, Urges Users to Give IE9 a Chance
In a new ad campaign, Microsoft is showing acceptance for Internet Explorer's dark past, calling it "the browser you loved to hate." Read More

Ex-NASA scientist, MIT grad gets 13 years in prison for espionage, fraud
Ex-NASA worker, planetary scientist and physicist, Stewart Nozette was today sentenced to 13 years in prison for attempted espionage, conspiracy to defraud the United States and tax evasion. Read More

EMC buys app development management firm Pivotal Labs
EMC plans to buy Pivotal Labs, an application development consultancy that focuses on helping users create applications to run in big data environments. Read More

Amazon comes out on top in cloud data transfer speed test
If your enterprise finds itself needing to transfer a lot of data in the cloud, beware: depending on where the data's being moved to, it can take a long time. Read More

 
 
 

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