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• Will industry react to new cell phone cancer scare?

  The problem is that the market can't wait for a long-term study. Were one to be started now it would not yield results until many thousands of people had died. ...

  Tags: Industry, Personal Technology, Phone, Cancer, Cellular Phones, Cell Phone, Dana Blankenhorn, Herberman, Consumer Electronics, Cell

  Jul 24, 2008 6:03 AM PDT

• Bausch & Lomb reduces IT boundaries

  The commonly used phrase "lack of IT alignment" suggests communication problems arising from dysfunctional boundaries between IT and business groups inside an organization. Bausch & Lomb has shattered boundaries by ...

  Tags: Management, Customer Service, Information Technology, Strategy, Bausch & Lomb Inc., Michael Krigsman, CIO

  Jul 24, 2008 5:26 AM PDT

• Google opens Knol website, a wiki with bylines

  In a direct challenge to the popular Wikipedia, Google opened Knol, an encyclopedia-like wiki site that requires writers to post their names and expertise. SAN FRANCISCO--Google opened its website Knol ...

  Tags: Web Site, encyclopedia, Google, Reuters, Wiki, Online Communications, Knol, DuPont Co., Wikipedia, Google Inc.

  Jul 24, 2008 5:12 AM PDT

• 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."

  July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and ...

  Tags: PC, Linux, Operating Systems, Jason Perlow, Open Source, Hardware, Data Centers, Data Management, Software, Desktops

  Jul 24, 2008 5:00 AM PDT

• Qualcomm patent ruled invalid in German Nokia case

  The German Federal Patent Court ruled on Wednesday that a Qualcomm GSM patent asserted in a case against the world's top cell phone maker Nokia was invalid. HELSINKI--The German Federal ...

  Tags: Patent, Qualcomm Inc., cellphones, Reuters, patents, Nokia, legal, Qhalcom, Nokia Corp.

  Jul 24, 2008 4:50 AM PDT

• Qualcomm, Nokia deal ends long legal battle

  Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. NEW YORK--Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled ...

  Tags: Patent, Qualcomm Inc., cellphones, Reuters, patents, Nokia, legal, Qhalcom, Nokia Corp.

  Jul 24, 2008 4:40 AM PDT

• Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins Juniper

  Update: Microsoft had its annual management shakeup--these things tend to happen at the end of the fiscal year--and Kevin Johnson is leaving as head of the company's platform and services ...

  Tags: Operating Systems, Juniper Networks Inc., Larry Dignan, Software, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows

  Jul 24, 2008 4:33 AM PDT

• Facebook gets serious about app quality

  Facebook at its F8 developer powwow had a bevy of announcements that garnered interest, but among the most notable were its efforts to improve the quality of applications on the ...

  Tags: Larry Dignan, Facebook

  Jul 24, 2008 3:55 AM PDT

• News to know: DNS flaw; Amazon; Microsoft shakeup; Facebook

  Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service Attack code published for DNS flaw Nate McFeters: |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS ...

  Tags: Personal Technology, Game Players, Flaw, Consumer Electronics, Apple iPhone, Microsoft Xbox, Facebook, Domain Names, Microsoft Corp., Larry Dignan

  Jul 24, 2008 3:27 AM PDT

• Parallels releases Parallels Server for Mac

  I almost missed Parallels' announcement of Parallels Server for Mac. I didn't speak with company representatives. All I saw was a press release. It was nearly lost in a huge ...

  Tags: Servers, Operating System, Dan Kusnetzky, Hardware, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Parallels Management Console, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Parallels Server

  Jul 24, 2008 3:00 AM PDT

• DTrace and the Linux bunker mentality

  Why isn't the Linux kernel group doing what the BSD people did with respect to DTrace: seeing a better idea and grabbing it with both hands? My guess is personal ...

  Tags: Linux, Operating Systems, Open Source, Paul Murphy, Software, DTrace, UNIX

  Jul 24, 2008 12:15 AM PDT

• |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit

  [Updated 07/24/2008: Gallery images of diffs of code revisions has been included and will be updated as things change, see here.] Earlier today, noted researchers |)ruid and HD Moore released ...

  Tags: Exploit, Nathan McFeters, Domain, Entry, Networking, Internet, NS, Server, DNS, NS Record

  Jul 23, 2008 10:59 PM PDT

• What is the "product transition" Apple alluded to?

  During Apple's Q3 2008 Earnings conference call with analysts, Apple's Peter Oppenheimer CFO and Tim Cooke COO both mentioned a "product transition" that Apple is preparing for that will cut ...

  Tags: Apple Inc., iTablet, Apple MacBook, Product Transition, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

  Jul 23, 2008 10:15 PM PDT

• Joichi Ito - from venture capitalist to venture communist?

  I've become a big fan of Joichi Ito CEO Creative Commons, Chairman of Six Apart after seeing him speak on a panel at the recent Fortune Brainstorm conference. In a ...

  Tags: Financing Startups, Mr., Finance, Venture Capital, Tom Foremski, Investment

  Jul 23, 2008 9:41 PM PDT

• COPA suffers another blow

  InformationWeek is reporting on the latest blow to the Child Online Protection Act, or COPA. COPA imposes heavy fines on libraries and schools among other institutions that fail to prevent ...

  Tags: Regulations, Child Online Protection Act, Minor, Government, Christopher Dawson

  Jul 23, 2008 9:29 PM PDT

• Hands-on: App Store Ad Hoc distribution

  There's only one official way to get "legitimate" software for the iPhone 2.0 and iPod touch – via Apple's included App Store. The much-heralded service offers almost 1,000 free and ...

  Tags: Personal Technology, Advertisement, Identifier, Apple Inc., Digital Media, Apple iPhone, Digital Music, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady, Developer

  Jul 23, 2008 9:00 PM PDT

• Managing growth - a followup to yesterday's guest blog

  Yesterday, Dean Cycon of Dean's Beans wrote a guest blog for this column on "Starbucks' Dirty Little Secret". The blog is worthy of some followup, as well as some additional ...

  Tags: Management, Blog, Christopher Dawson, Strategy, Dean Cycon, X2 Development Corp., Trader

  Jul 23, 2008 8:55 PM PDT

• Microsoft splits its Platforms & Services unit in two

  Microsoft announced on July 23 that it is cleaving its Platforms & Services Division in half and the head of the formerly combined unit is leaving the company. by Mary ...

  Tags: Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Operating Systems, Mary Jo Foley, Software, Microsoft Windows

  Jul 23, 2008 4:44 PM PDT

• Accenture gets deeper into the green IT services game

  Need some outside perspective on the green status of your IT infrastructure? Accenture, which is one of Forrester Research's darlings when it comes to green IT services, has created a ...

  Tags: Data Center, Green IT, Game, Accenture Ltd., Hardware, Heather Clancy, Data Centers, Data Management, Storage

  Jul 23, 2008 4:12 PM PDT

• F8: Zuckerberg's keynote takeaways

  I've just finished watching live stream of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's keynote speech at this year's developer conference. Here are a few of the major takeaways, some of which will ...

  Tags: Steve O\'Hear, Internet, Blogging, Productivity, Facebook

  Jul 23, 2008 3:12 PM PDT

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