After Eric Schmidt's exit, possible shifts in Apple-Google battle
Eric Schmidt's exit as the CEO of Google won't affect the dynamics of the company's battles with Apple in the smartphone and tablet wars, analysts said today.
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Apple says it's working to improve conditions at suppliers' facilities in China
Apple restated its pledge to provide safe working conditions for workers assembling of its products after environmental groups in China released a report criticizing the tech company for failing to be transparent about its suppliers.
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Firefox blocks Skype add-on
Mozilla yesterday blocked a Skype add-on for Firefox, saying it caused more then 40,000 crashes of the browser last week and seriously slowed page loading. One Mozilla manager called Skype a "repeat offender" when recommending that the company blacklist the add-on.
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Expert: Google copied Java code for Android
An intellectual property expert has uncovered 43 instances where it appears that Google copied Java code without permission in the most recent versions of the Android operating system. The discovery could challenge Google's defense in a dispute with Oracle over Java patents and copyright material in Android.
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Bitzer uses virtualization to link personal mobile devices to enterprises
Bitzer Mobile this week introduced its Enterprise Virtualized Mobility (EVM) technology, which isolates corporate data from personal data on employee-owned mobile devices and enables secure remote access to enterprise data on these devices.
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Apple maintains its sanctimonious streak by denying Playboy
iPad-wielding prudes, take heart: Apple is holding tight to its "no nudes is good nudes" policy and has no intention of letting girly-magazine purveyor Hugh Hefner soil the pristine Apple App Store with a filthy native app for viewing uncensored pas
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Ellsberg: Google, Facebook must take a stand with WikiLeaks
The Silicon Valley companies that store our personal data have a growing responsibility to protect it from government snooping, according to Daniel Ellsberg, the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers.
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Gartner slams Cisco's single-vendor network vision
Businesses are better off deploying multivendor networks, no matter what Cisco and other large network vendors may tell you, according to a recent report from Gartner.
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Is retaliation the answer to cyber attacks?
Should revenge assaults be just another security tool large IT shops use to counter cyber attacks? It's a controversial idea, and the law generally frowns on cyber attacks in general, but at the Black Hat DC conference last week, some speakers took up the issue of whether and how organizations should counterattack against adversaries clearly using attack tools to break into and subvert corporate data security.
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Intel: Windows must adapt to tablet age
The rise of Apple's iPad and Android tablets has largely left Intel and Microsoft in the dust, in need of technology and marketing boosts to halt the momentum of Apple and Google.
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Did Google move Schmidt aside to better take on Facebook?
Google is easily the dominant search engine in the world. And it's arguably the most influential Internet company.So why, with Google going gangbusters, would company leaders decide that Eric Schmidt needs to step aside as its chief executive?
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InfoWorld seeking nominations for 2011 Green 15 awards
Just a couple years ago, nearly every IT product announcement, annual report, or interoffice memo seemed awash in green hype. Company X's new computer with an 80 percent efficient power supply? It's green! Company Y's shiny new data center that uses outside air during the winter? So green! Company Z's CEO had a videoconference with an overseas partner instead of flying out? Also green!
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RIM's BlackBerry plan to retake its business base
In an enterprise-oriented road map for its BlackBerry smartphone platform, RIM (Research in Motion) is planning a BlackBerry client for Microsoft's SharePoint collaboration platform as well as middleware capabilities for enterprise application integration and cloud-based mobile device management.
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