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GrandCentral Web site to jump the tracks

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:52:00 +0000

Google on December 31 will shut down site for GrandCentral, which it acquired and reworked into Google Voice. Users should back up old messages now.

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Google Unveils Chrome OS; Tech World Yawns

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:05:00 +0000

The much-anticipated Chrome OS is available and the early returns are underwhelming (but many).

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NASA signs 'The Rock' to make it seem cool

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:03:00 +0000

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who plays an astronaut in the new movie "Planet 51," is NASA's latest endorser, reminding people just how useful space travel really is. The Rock? Really?

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Another (loud, fuzzy) peek at Wired's tablet edition

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:44:38 +0000

What will Conde Nast magazines look like once they show up on tablet computers made by Apple, Hewlett-Packard, and others? This video gives you an idea.

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McAfee warns about '12 Scams of Christmas'

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:04:06 +0000

Shoppers and retailers aren't the only ones gearing up for the holidays. Criminals are out in full force with plenty of scams to separate you and your money Originally posted at Safe and Secure

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McAfee warns about '12 Scams of Christmas'

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:04:06 +0000

Shoppers and retailers aren't the only ones gearing up for the holidays. Criminals are out in full force with plenty of scams to separate you and your money

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Firefox: Heat and the CPU usage problem

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:15:00 +0000

Mozilla's browser does not efficiently use a computer's CPU and, consequently, can cause overheating problems in some laptops, particularly ultraportables.

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Cisco Rolls Out iPhone Security App

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000

The SIO To Go app sends realtime alerts to users' iPhones, notifying of attacks and potential threats to corporate networks.

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Cisco Rolls Out iPhone Security App

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000

The SIO To Go app sends realtime alerts to users' iPhones, notifying of attacks and potential threats to corporate networks.

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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:54:28 +0000

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Repurposing Quack Science

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:54:28 +0000

CERN's Large Hadron Collider ("LHC") restarted this morning without a hitch, after a year of kludgy delays and nutty rumors that time travelers had sabotaged it. It's time to ratchet up the quack science.

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Skip the Crowds: Online Shopping Tips for Black Friday

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:37:00 +0000

Top shoppers tell their secrets for scoring the best bargains online as the holiday shopping season begins.

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Review: Bluetooth Headsets For Mobile Pros

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Put down that handset and pick up a wireless headset. We rate Bluetooth devices from Aliph, BlueAnt, MoGo, Motorola, Plantronics, and Samsung.

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Review: Bluetooth Headsets For Mobile Pros

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Put down that handset and pick up a wireless headset. We rate Bluetooth devices from Aliph, BlueAnt, MoGo, Motorola, Plantronics, and Samsung.

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Review: Bluetooth Headsets For Mobile Pros

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Put down that handset and pick up a wireless headset. We rate Bluetooth devices from Aliph, BlueAnt, MoGo, Motorola, Plantronics, and Samsung.

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Triumph in Geneva! LHC beams up and running again

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:39:35 +0000

Dimensional portal invasion back on track There were emotional scenes last night at the headquarters of underground international atom-smasher science alliance CERN, as joyful boffins celebrated the successful restarting of the Large Hadron Collider. The colossal machine circulated its first beam around the entire 27-km supermagnet circuit at 22:01 Swiss time, and sent the opposing beam round the other way at midnight.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

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TomTom Start satnav for newbies

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:02:02 +0000

And map lovers, apparently... Review TomTom's Start is essentially the satnav specialist's new low-end model. Rather than say so, though, it's not pitching the product on price but for its simplicity. It's a device designed to get you from A to B and nothing more.…

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Channel 4 raises Bing word-extinction alarm

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:02:01 +0000

UK TV channel forecasts end of language Roll over Wittgenstein, Channel 4 has a bold claim to make, thanks to New Media guru Benjamin Cohen. It's trumpeted in what must be the weirdest press release we've received in years - or at least since the Blooks one .… The power of collaboration within unified communications

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Amateurs get chance to animate 'Live Music'

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000

Viewers of the movie "Planet 51," opening in theaters this weekend, will first see "Live Music," a computer-generated short that is a collaboration of 51 animators from 17 countries who were brought together on Facebook. And some of the people who worked on...

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A daily dose of postings from The Chronicle's technology blog (sfgate.com/blogs/tech) / U.S. not ready for cyberwarfare, government warns as attacks rise

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000

First, McAfee released a report concluding that the age of cyberwar is upon us. Now, current and former U.S. officials warn in a government report that we're not ready for such times. A report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office released earlier...

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Macworld polishes 2010 show without Apple

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000

The show must go on. That's the rallying cry for Macworld 2010, which is preparing to soldier on for the first time in 26 years without Apple as its anchor vendor. The show, a production of IDG World Expo, has been tweaked in a number of ways to compensate...

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Barnes & Noble's Nook sells out before holiday

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000

Consumers who haven't yet ordered Barnes & Noble's electronic book reader, Nook, won't see one before Christmas. The earliest that anyone who orders the $259 device on Friday - or later - will receive it is Jan. 4, the nation's largest bookseller said...

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Wolfe's Den: Intel CTO Envisions On-Chip Data Centers

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:02:00 +0000

Justin Rattner talks about the explosion of multicore processing, bringing security to cloud computing, and processor-based networking

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Wolfe's Den: Intel CTO Envisions On-Chip Data Centers

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:02:00 +0000

Justin Rattner talks about the explosion of multicore processing, bringing security to cloud computing, and processor-based networking

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Practical Analysis: How Locked In To Vendors Are You?

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Stem-to-stern storage, networking, and management products are coming from several vendors. Is that a positive trend?

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CIO Profiles: Mark Dajani, Senior VP And CIO Of Kraft Foods

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

For everything Kraft's IS department does, there's a value measurement.

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Rolling Review: Acronis Deploys Windows 7 With Ease

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

The software gets the new OS to your users quickly and easily, but lacks management features.

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Lessons Learned From PCI Compliance

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Assessors reveal mistakes companies make with data security standard. InformationWeek's RSS Feed is brought to you by NEC Ads by Pheedo

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So Much Data, So Little Encryption

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

We surveyed almost 500 business technology professionals and found little end-to-end encryption use. Instead, we're doing only what auditors demand.

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Practical Analysis: How Locked In To Vendors Are You?

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Stem-to-stern storage, networking, and management products are coming from several vendors. Is that a positive trend?

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Genetic love matches go cheek swab to cheek swab

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:02:49 +0000

Companies say cheek swabs can help pinpoint good match

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Law firms in legal dispute over keyword ads on Google, Bing

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:10:05 +0000

MILWAUKEE — A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company's link over a rival's.

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Memory Market Due for Big Shift in 2010

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:33:23 +0000

The move from DDR2 to DDR3 will be a fast one and only the nimble memory makers will survive. Who are they and what does this mean for consumers?

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Microsoft's cloud computing system is growing up

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:29:24 +0000

Software moving away from programs installed on PCs

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Global warming research exposed after hack

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:27:00 +0000

An anonymous hacker has posted private e-mails, files and other documents belonging to a noted climate researcher, sparking an international debate between skeptics of global warming and those who see it as an urgent problem.

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Large Hadron Collider up and running again

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:03:18 +0000

The world's biggest particle accelerator is in full operation after a year of repairs.

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LG NAS Adds Blu-ray Drive

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00:00 +0000

LG's N4B1 NAS box is neither a comprehensive media server nor a particularly fast performer, but as a network-attached storage device, it's quick enough for home/small-business file serving. The unit--available at this writing for around $700--is also the sturdiest and quite possibly the best-looking such box I've had my hands on. You also can't beat it's HTML configuration interface for looks or ease of learning and use. But none of that compares to the N4B1's most outstanding feature: an integrated Blu-ray burner, unique among NAS products in the SMB/SOHO market.

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SQL Server 2008 - from semi-relational to sublime

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:57:15 +0000

Inside Microsoft's R2 preview Review SQL Server 2008 R2 is a step closer to reality.… The power of collaboration within unified communications

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Blogger outs back-end Google tech

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:26:18 +0000

'Super elastic, soft, smooth. Highly absorbent, for you always!' A Vietnamese blogger has alerted the world to another Google product.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

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Seize Seesmic Twitter app on BlackBerry, Android

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:02:33 +0000

Twitter service Seesmic expands from the desktop with two new apps for Google Android and BlackBerry phones.

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Ultra X4 500 W Power Supply Review

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:52:00 +0000

This time we are going to review the 500 W from the new X4 power supply series from Ultra, which features a fully modular cabling system and single-rail design.

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Google Chrome OS on the PC World Podcast

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:40:00 +0000

PC World editors Robert Strohmeyer, Tim Moynihan, Melissa Perenson, and Nick Mediati discuss the potential impact of Google Chrome OS on the computing industry. This is PC World Podcast episode 54.

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FDA takes aim at illegal net pharmacies

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:30:45 +0000

Please don't feed the spammers The US Food and Drug Administration said it has completed a sweep of illegal online pharmacies that targeted 136 websites that appeared to be illegally selling drugs to American consumers.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

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Control iTunes from the Windows 7 Taskbar

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:29:00 +0000

One of my favorite Windows 7 amenities is thumbnail previews, which appear when you mouse over any running program in the taskbar.

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Oman cuffs 212 for selling VoIP calls

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:28:25 +0000

Net phones verboten This year, police in the Arab nation of Oman have raided 121 internet cafes throughout the country and arrested 212 people for providing VoIP services, according to a local report.… The power of collaboration within unified communications

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Reporters' Roundtable Podcast: Tech business turkeys

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:20:00 +0000

In the history of tech, some decisions stand out...as truly awful. This week, Rafe Needleman speaks with executive editors Charlie Cooper (CBS News) and Jim Kerstetter (CNET News) to go over the worst tech business decisions ever.

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Elgan: Four things you need to know about Apple

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:15:00 +0000

Here are four things that Apple believes that explain the unexplainable.

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Game developer cuts back on Android in favor of iPhone

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:12:14 +0000

One game developer said it is cutting its investment in Android in favor of Apple's iPhone because it sells 400 times more games for the iPhone than it does for Android.

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Word, We Need To Talk

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:02:42 +0000

Hey there, Word. How're things? Seems like you're doing okay. I hear you have a new release coming shortly, in Office 2010. In fact, I've been meaning to talk to you about that.

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Thoughts On The Motorola Droid

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:57:28 +0000

It's been a few weeks since the Motorola Droid crash-landed on Verizon Wireless, and I wanted to give it a good amount of real-life usage before I reviewed the handset. So, does the Droid live up to the hype, or is it another failed iPhone killer?

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