Thursday, December 17, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 17/12/2009



FTC files formal complaint against Intel
The FTC has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Intel, charging the world's largest computer chip maker with illegally using its dominant market position to stifle competition and strengthen its monopoly for a decade.
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Microsoft apology for code theft may not do, Plurk says
Microsoft may still face a lawsuit after apologizing for the theft of software code used in MSN China's microblog service, Juku, from rival Plurk, a popular provider from Canada.
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Mass. Supreme Court throws out lawsuit against BJs over '04 data breach
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed a lower court ruling dismissing a lawsuit brought against by BJs dozens of credit unions over a 2004 data breach.
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EU accepts Microsoft deal on browser choice
Microsoft's promise to allow Windows users to choose which Web browser they use has been accepted by the European Commission, ending its antitrust investigation of the company's position in the browser market.
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Mozilla patches 10 security bugs with Firefox 3.5.6
Mozilla patched 10 bugs in Firefox, half of them critical, in the browser's rendering and JavaScript engines, media and video libraries, and other components.
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InfoWorld review: Desktop virtualization for Windows and Linux heats up
VMware Workstation 7 is still king for developers and techs, but innovative VirtualBox 3.1 and easy-to-use Parallels Desktop 4 gain ground
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Review: SolarVoice 908 headset lets the sunshine in
Want to go green with your smartphone? Try the SolarVoice 908, a Bluetooth headset that charges itself via a built-in photovoltaic panel.
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Image gallery: 3 top Linux distros go for different users
Fedora, openSUSE and Ubuntu Linux desktops may look alike, but they've got some important distinctions. We look at the latest versions of these well-known distros.
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Review: 3 top Linux distros go for different users
Fedora, openSUSE and Ubuntu Linux desktops may look alike, but they've got some important distinctions. We look at the latest versions of these well-known distros.
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Rogue antivirus lurks behind Google Doodle searches
In Esperanto the word is "malica." It means malicious and it's the best way of describing many of the search results Google visitors got Tuesday when the clicked on Google's front-page Doodle sketch, dedicated to Esperanto's creator.
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