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Google Grim Reaper: The latest killed projects
The grimmest project, app, and API garrotes from Google's past eight reapings Read More

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Top 10 Benefits of Virtualization
In this eGuide, Network World sister publications InfoWorld, and PC World examine some of the current uses of blade servers in today's data center, as well as how trends such as server virtualization are reshaping enterprise computing. Read Now!

SIP trunking: The savings are there but the transition is complex
The merits of SIP trunking have been talked about for years and now it looks like businesses are aggressively adopting the technology, lured by striking cost savings and the promise of new functionality that their old phone networks just couldn't support. Read More

Facebook reveals 'Home' software for Android phones
Facebook has released new software for Android phones that gives quick access to Facebook services and aims to further boost use of the social network on mobile devices. Read More

A case for a Facebook/Android/HTC smartphone
A developer and product management perspective needs to be added to the Facebook Phone debate. The concept of the Facebook Phone could be similar to the Google Nexus phone, which, since first being announced in 2010, has been updated by Google and co-branded with Samsung, LG and Asus. The Facebook Phone might even be categorized as the Anti-Nexus. Read More

Hovercraft golf cart will make you want to golf
Professional golfer Bubba Watson has partnered with Oakley to design a hovercraft to replace the traditional golf cart, an innovation likely to attract thousands of obnoxious teenagers to golf courses. Read More

EFF patent lawyer rates lawyer-rating patent 'terrible'
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday granted a patent to a lawyer-rating service called Super Lawyers that has some patent experts shaking their heads. "It's a terrible patent," says Daniel Nazer, a staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation and its exemplary Patent Busting Project. "It's a classic example of the patent office not doing a good job." Read More

U.S. gets flood of H-1B petitions on first day
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services received roughly 50,000 'packages' with H-1B petitions on Monday, the first day of filing for the next fiscal year. Read More

BlackBerry details extensive security protection in BlackBerry 10 OS
The recent release of the BlackBerry 10 operating system sets the stage for a security evolution as well, according to Alex Manea, manager of security services at BlackBerry. Read More

Amazon's biggest competitor in the cloud: Salesforce.com?
Who is Amazon's biggest competitor in the cloud? Read More

Maybe Microsoft should go private
Should Microsoft go private? Don't dismiss the question, it's a valid one, even if it would be extraordinarily difficult. The stocks of most of the old guard of the tech industry have been stagnant for years, even though the companies have done reasonably well or even very well in some cases. Yet they get no appreciation from Wall Street and are taken for granted. At this point, they have to ask what... Read More

Robotic tick collector, therapist/patient app among top Tufts $100K biz plan contenders
Tufts University's Gordon Institute has named 13 finalists for two $50,000 business startup prizes, and the techier contenders' focus areas run the gamut from scooping up ticks to crowdsourcing new videogame ideas. Read More

Cisco acquisition highlights growing interest in small cells
Operators and telecom equipment vendors are showing a growing interest in small cells, which aim to give users improved coverage and speeds. Read More

BlackBerry to discontinue BBM Music by June
BlackBerry is to discontinue its BBM Music service on June 2, and is referring current customers to the Rdio music service for 30 days of free music. Read More

The paperless office continues to elude us
Since the dawn of personal computers there have been predictions of an all-digital future where paper was little but a distant memory. Decades later, it seems like we've made progress toward the "paperless office," but the Utopian vision is still a long way off. Read More

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