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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Should I dump Internet Explorer?
- German "dump IE" warning results in huge increase in Firefox downloads
- Firefox 3.6 out tomorrow (Jan 21st)
- Ryan Naraine: Critical out-of-band IE patch coming tomorrow (Jan 21)
Dennis Howlett: Intuit and Microsoft partner: more PaaS to put in your aaS environment
- Phil Wainewright: Why Microsoft and Intuit need each other's clouds
- Sam Diaz: Microsoft and Intuit become cloud partners
- Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft partners with Intuit to shore up Redmond's small-business cloud play
Sam Diaz: eBay earnings beat for Q4, 2009; credits PayPal's "exceptional performance"
- Larry Dignan: eBay: Does it have any answers for Amazon?
- Seagate second quarter earnings shine; Outlook raised on strong demand
Larry Dignan: New York Times goes metered online: Will you pay up?
Dion Hinchcliffe: The social Web in 2010: The emerging standards and technologies to watch
- Jennifer Leggio: Niche social networks expand in 2010
Larry Dignan: YouTube experiments with movie rentals
- Rachel King: YouTube gets rights to stream live sports coverage
Sam Diaz: Microsoft creates legal triangle with TiVo-AT&T over DVR patents
WSJ: Oracle Schedules Event to Discuss Sun Plans
Andrew Nusca: Study: American kids spend 7.5 hours per day using electronics
Sam Diaz: Vivu releases Skype plug-in for multi-person video conferences
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple Tablet: Apple looking to subsidize cost of iPad
WSJ: Apple Sees New Money in Old Media
Larry Dignan: Bing on the iPhone: Could be risky, lucrative
CNET: Bill Gates joins Twitter
Jason D. O'Grady: Using your iPhone to save your life
Andrew Nusca: Lockheed Martin, IronKey announce ultra-secure 'PC on a stick' flash drive
Ryan Naraine: Following the Google attack malware trail
Jason Perlow: Independent Consultants: Rest in Peace?
Jason D. O'Grady: Software for a cause: Haiti relief
Joe McKendrick: Another view: Why IT should not be run as a business
Forrester: Lotus knows ... but do you know Lotus?
Regulations and compliance: The business justification for data security
Andrew Nusca: Toshiba unveils new business laptops: Tecra A11; Qosmio X500; Satellite Pro L450, L500, L550
Heather Clancy: DOE to IT industry: We'll help you get more energy-efficient, if it costs us
Ryan Naraine: Researcher demos clickjacking attack on Facebook
Matthew Miller: Truphone Local Anywhere SIM and services makes every call local
Dana Blankenhorn: MediConnect goes consumer by buying PassportMD
Larry Dignan: Bandwagon filling up for Microsoft's 'Pink' phone
CNET: China's Baidu sues US domain registrar over attack
Rachel King: Asus might release their Tegra-based Eee Pad Tablet under $500
Zack Whittaker: Virus attack hits Vista machines, cripples university network
Dana Blankenhorn: Bob Frankston re-imagines the Internet
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Strike hits Chinese screenmaker
Rachel King: Sony launches TransferJet Memory Stick with Wi-Fi
Dana Blankenhorn: Black Duck honors best of 19,000 new open source projects
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple Boot Camp - now with Windows 7 support
Jason Hiner: Should IT let users bring their own laptops and smartphones? [podcast]
Rachel King: Sony PS3 Motion Controller delayed until at least fall 2010
Larry Dignan: Amazon gives publishers a bigger royalty cut for Kindle; Apple Tablet defense?
Matthew Miller: Video review: Handmark's TweetCaster beta is the best Android Twitter app
Dan Kusnetzky: Lanamark's tools for "capacity management as a service"
Larry Dignan: Smart Planet: The food carbon calculator: How does the food you eat affect global warming?