Facebook gets devalued
Well, we finally know what Facebook is really worth -- or, at least, what Facebook thinks it is worth: about US$3.7 billion. That would be $11 billion less than Microsoft thinks Facebook is worth, give or take a few hundred million.
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Researchers outline cloud computing obstacles, opportunities
UC Berkeley researchers have outlined their view of cloud computing, which they say has great opportunity to exploit unprecedented IT resources if vendors can overcome a litany of obstacles.
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German Mac clone maker willing to take on Apple
A German maker of Mac clone computers today said it's ready to face Apple in court to defend its right to install Mac OS X on the Intel-powered computers it sells.
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Critics question effectiveness of broadband plans in stimulus bill
Several groups praised the U.S. Congress for including billions of dollars for broadband deployment in a huge economic stimulus package, but critics questioned whether the broadband provisions will create jobs and bring high-speed Internet access to a significant number of U.S. residents.
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Lawsuit targets Microsoft over Vista-to-XP downgrades
A California woman is suing Microsoft over the $59.25 fee she was charged to "downgrade" Windows Vista on a new laptop to the older Windows XP, federal court documents show.
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Email Text Messages to a Phone
Drewziob asked the Answer Line forum how he can email a text message to a cell phone.
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What the IBM, Amazon partnership means to the cloud
This week brought the very interesting news that IBM is making some of its software products (database and middleware, primarily) available on Amazon's EC2. IBM is also offering Amazon Machine Images (AMI) preconfigured with its products, ready to begin running in EC2. The products and AMIs are, for today, only available for development, not production, but IBM and Amazon plan to offer production versions available on a per-hour of use basis in the near future. Furthermore, if you have existing IBM licenses, you can transfer them to EC2 and begin using the Amazon instances for production immediately.
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Big Dogs Weigh in on Cloud: IBM and HP Show the Goods
Serendipitously, both IBM and HP held events this week to describe their cloud computing initiatives. Their presentations offered insight into what they're doing and provide some food for thought to IT organizations assessing what cloud computing means to their future-as well as some information that might give pause as well.
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How to make a Valentine's day slideshow for YouTube
Romance is in the air. Chocolate hearts, roses, and greeting cards are everywhere. If you really want to be romantic, ignore all of these commercial products this Valentine's Day. Buying a card or some candy from the store only shows that you're doing what's expected. Going the extra mile to be creative shows that you really care.
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How to make iPhone ringtones with iTunes for free
iTunes has everything you need to create your own custom iPhone ringtones from music you already own -- for free.
Read More ...Windows 7 Nonsense Gets Sillier
Various writers and bloggers are all atwitter about Microsoft's new “guidance on Windows deployments for business customers,†a blog from a member of the Windows Product Management team. Amazingly, after sympathizing with customers worried about budgets and upgrading PCs and software, the advice from this Microsoft blog is: send us more money NOW!
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Qualcomm, HP among new Symbian partners
HP, MySpace, Bank of America and Qualcomm are among new members to the Symbian Foundation.
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Software libre! Cuba develops own free Linux called 'Nova'
Cuba released its own distribution of the free Linux operating system this week, as the Communist island seeks to wean its citizens and institutions from what it says are insecure, capitalist-produced Microsoft Corp. software, according to a report.
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Online dating: Blocking the bad guys
The list of people that clients don't want to meet online -- including sexual predators, pedophiles, scammers, spammers and plain old liars -- is a long one. Online dating sites have various approaches to keeping out undesirables. And at least one company offers a service to help users keep ahead of the bad guys.
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Online dating: Your profile's long, scary shelf life
Online dating services have privacy policies that offer some assurances about how that data will be used and not used, but they don't necessarily delete your data after you've canceled your subscription and moved on. Many sites keep the profiles and related data long after you've left the service; some won't delete it unless you ask -- and others never delete it at all.
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Curiosity drives Twitter "social virus"
Here's how a simple clickjacking trick fooled us all (well, most of us anyway).
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Securing VoIP
There are too many sources of vulnerability for VoIP to ever be completely secure, says Patrick Park, author of VoIP Security. Here he describes the VoIP threat landscape and offers best practices for making VoIP reasonably secure.
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Top 7 Backup Mistakes to Avoid in Windows Environment
Learn how to optimally protect your business data in the latest webcast from Symantec.
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VMware Infrastructure Backup and Recovery Best Practices
View this on demand webcast from Symantec and VMware, available for a limited time only!
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Top Reasons to Upgrade to Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 and Backup Exec System Recovery 8.5
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A hazmat situation
George suits up to take on the lastest Vista virus.
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Analyst: Will Microsoft let Windows 7 users downgrade to XP
Downgrade rights for Windows 7 will be "hugely important," an analyst said Thursday, but he's not optimistic that Microsoft Corp. will let users continue to install Windows XP on new machines.
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Twitter secures third round of funding
Reported to be in excess of $35 million.
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US House passes final version of stimulus package
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the final version of a huge economic stimulus package, including money for broadband deployment and health IT.
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WiMax and LTE supporters prepare for battle
Supporters of WiMax and LTE will do their best to show the momentum behind their respective technologies at Mobile World Congress.
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Critics question effectiveness of broadband stimulus
Several groups praised the U.S. Congress for including billions of dollars for broadband deployment in a huge economic stimulus package, but critics questioned whether the broadband provisions will create jobs and bring high-speed Internet access to a significant number of U.S. residents.
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Google kills radio ad service, lays off 40
Google is abandoning its attempts to sell ads on broadcast radio, concentrating instead on its plans to make money from television advertising and online video.
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