News to know: Google-China; Microsoft-HP; CES; Real Networks; VMWare; Nexus One
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Larry Dignan: Google's potential China exit and the revenue hit
- Doug Hanchard: Google on the defensive, vulnerable; China risks international and U.S. response
- Christopher Dawson: The biggest losers in the China/Google debacle? Students
- Rachel King: Google might shut down China offices after problems with hacker assaults, government censorship
- Tom Foremski: Google's internal spy system was Chinese hacker target
- Google/China flap extends its Korean policy
- Government Gmail use following Google's China news
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft, HP to unveil 'solutions built on new infrastructure-to-application model'
Matthew Miller: CES 2010 wrapup from a mobile perspective
- Andrew Nusca: CES 2010 redux: Evolutionary, not revolutionary
- Jason Hiner: Five best products of CES 2010, from a business perspective
Sam Diaz: Real Networks founder Rob Glaser steps down as CEO
Paula Rooney: Will VMware dilute its core asset?
- Forrester: Why VMWare bought Zimbra: It's the seats
Joel Evans: Does Google's Nexus One level the playing field?
- Andrew Nusca: Google Nexus One: Just 20,000 sold in first week?
Larry Dignan: IDC: PC shipments roared back in the fourth quarter
Joe McKendrick: Gartner issues its own 2012 prediction: end of IT as we know it
Matthew Miller: MobileTechRoundup show #194, CES wrap-up, Nexus One, & N900
Harry Fuller: Renewables in the new year: action and reaction
Larry Dignan: Salesforce.com plans interface overhaul with Spring '10 release
Sam Diaz: Law firm that sued Chinese government reports cyber attack
Zack Whittaker: Ubuntu: A nice holiday, but glad to be home
CNET: Text to help Haitian quake relief
Andrew Nusca: Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 NAS brings enterprise chops to home, small business [review]
Joe McKendrick: CIOs: speed to market is the only remaining competitive advantage
Matthew Miller: Hands-on with Windows Mobile 6.5.3 on the Pharos Traveler 137
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Yes, Windows 7 SP1 is on the horizon
Ryan Naraine: Google (finally) enables default "https" access for GMail
Jason D. O'Grady: My iPhone wishlist for 2010
Matthew Miller: Ovi Store rolls out in early beta form on the Nokia N900
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: The mouse dead by 2019 ... not so fast!
All ThingsD: Sony’s E-Reader Opens New Chapter in Kindle Rivalry
Rachel King: NVIDIA introduces GeForce 300M mobile graphics series
Dana Blankenhorn: The short strange trip of Medical Care Technologies Inc.
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Trusting big corporations with YOUR security
Ryan Naraine: Adobe plugs PDF zero-day flaw in latest security makeover
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 breaks $1 billion in retail sales
Andrew Nusca: Visually sizing up the Apple App Store economy
Michael Krigsman: IT / business silos: Bridging the gap
Dana Blankenhorn; Google Docs move shows the Internet is a cloudy sky
WSJ: AP, Yahoo Near Deal on Content Use
Heather Clancy: Winding up: Other World Computing flips switch to 100% green power
Rachel King: Guru'board's Miniguru keyboard tries to make typing easier, quicker
CNET: Unpatched Adobe holes link Google and earlier attacks
Dana Blankenhorn: The Google escalation and open source
Dennis Howlett: Rationalizing the E2.0, SCRM, social business discussion
Larry Dignan: SaaS consolidation is near as the big guys add to war chest
Oliver Marks: Cisco 2009 3rd Party External Social Media Research Findings
Rachel King: Kingston unveils SSDNow V Series 30GB boot drive
Larry Dignan: McAfee gains distribution heft via Facebook
Dan Kusnetzky: VMware acquires Zimbra
Tom Foremski: A troubling new form of media manipulation
Larry Dignan: Podcast: Tablets and slates are hot; Are you buying?