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Sam Diaz: Another strong quarter for Apple; credit strong iPhone, Mac sales
- Jason D. O'Grady: Apple announces most profitable quarter ever: Q4 2009
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple Q4 '09 earnings result - Most profitable quarter ever
Rachel King: Spring Design debuts Google Android-based e-book reader, Alex
- Christopher Dawson: Alex, Android, and Google Editions - a match made in Mountainview?
Mary Jo Foley: Ad agencies to DOJ: We like the Microsoft-Yahoo deal
Jason D. O'Grady: Verizon Droid ad attacks iPhone on features
Sam Diaz: Web powerhouses to FCC: We support open Internet
- Doug Hanchard: FCC and court save the cable companies again
Dana Blankenhorn: Motorola goes all-in for Google Android
Larry Dignan: How did IT fall so far behind the tech curve?
Doug Hanchard: Success or failure equals government intervention
Andrew Nusca: Plastic Logic unveils Que capacitive touchscreen e-book reader; aims at business professionals
- Matthew Miller: Barnes & Noble ebook reader named the QUE, coming 7 January
Chris Jablonski: 'Scaffolding' to regenerate lost or damaged bones and tissues, even stop age clock
Harry Fuller: Some prepare for Copenhagen climate meeting
Tom Foremski: Would you sell your growing startup or wait for more money?
Christopher Dawson: Clients: fat vs. thin, net vs. note
Technologizer: Virgin America Wi-Fi for Free (Thanks, Google!)
Silicon Alley Insider: Do Rajaratnam's Google Trades Really Amount To Insider Trading?
Oliver Marks: SharePoint 2010 Vegas First Impressions
Jason Perlow: What's next after SpamWaves, WavePorn?
Dancho Danchev: Fake 'Conflicker.B Infection Alert' spam campaign drops scareware
Harry Fuller: The real-life energy battles are NOT fought in Congress
Ed Bott: Windows 7 in action: a closer look at Windows XP Mode
- John Morris: Will Windows 7 have the right touch?
Harry Fuller: Kivalina lawsuit died but spawned similar claim
Doug Hanchard: StatsCan reports 10.9% decline in computer and software store sales
Dana Gardner: Speaking of SOA: Are services nouns or verbs?
Dancho Danchev: 'Evil Maid' USB stick attack keylogs TrueCrypt passphrase
Mary Jo Foley: Free Silverlight streaming service to be replaced by paid Azure-hosted service
Dana Blankenhorn: SCO story ends with a whimper
Ryan Naraine: Microsoft: Human error caused critical SMB2 vulnerability
Joe McKendrick: HR specialist asks Oracle: where's the 'fusion'?
Mary Jo Foley: SharePoint: What's coming when with the 2010 release?
Andrew Nusca: Dell Adamo XPS to have 'heat-sensing' automatic cover latch
Jono Bacon: Failure as a springboard to success
Dancho Danchev: Commonwealth fined $100k for not mandating antivirus software
Larry Dignan: Stinks to be the CIO: The 2010 IT budget may spike to 2006 resource levels
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the whole story
Dana Blankenhorn: Massachusetts becomes Canada as reform debate nears climax
Michael Krigsman: Going commando: Four signs of CRM failure
Dennis Howlett: Future ERP
Dana Blankenhorn: Microsoft wins seat at health IT table
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Did 'reporters' sink Vista?
Mary Jo Foley: Testers to get Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 this week; final by March 2010
Joe McKendrick: Should SOA services be 'resalable,' versus 'reusable'?
Rachel King: How-To Photograph, Shop and Edit Tips Round-Up
Larry Dignan: Teradata unveils cloud strategy, answer for Oracle's Exadata machine
Zack Whittaker: Windows 7 puts Vista into perspective: Only a 'failure' in retrospect
Larry Dignan: Wither Silicon Valley? IT will be driven by emerging markets
Larry Dignan: Sprint acquires iPCS; Deal ends legal spat
Jennifer Bergen: Fare thee well, lovely ToyBox readers: My Top 10 favorite posts
Ryan Naraine: Mozilla blocks (then unblocks) dangerous MS .NET Firefox add-on
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft says 'steady progress' continues in Sidekick data recovery
Dana Blankenhorn: Microsoft breaks Firefox
Phil Wainewright: Beware the allure of Fool's Cloud
CNET: Researchers tout 'wimpy nodes' for Net computing
ZDNet UK: IBM launches systems management in a box
Doug Hanchard: BlackBerry the choice of organized crime
Heather Clancy: New power management software targets "unused" servers
Tom Foremski: Is there an East Coast tech revival?
Dan Kusnetzky: Uptime Institute Seminar
Larry Dignan: Apple's September quarter: Expect Mac unit upside