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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Five reasons to be grumpy about 2010

Google targeted by EU antitrust probe | WikiLeaks moves to Amazon servers after DOS attacks

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Five reasons to be grumpy about 2010
Maybe it's the post-holiday letdown, but looking back on 2010 I'm not sure the open source community has that much to be grateful for this year. Not only have we missed another year for the Linux desktop, but there's been plenty to gripe about in 2010. Read More


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Google targeted by EU antitrust probe
The European Commission is investigating allegations that Google has abused its dominant position in online search to promote its other services, such as price comparators, the Commission announced Tuesday. Read More

WikiLeaks moves to Amazon servers after DOS attacks
After several denial of service (DOS) attacks hit it over the weekend, WikiLeaks is now being hosted by Amazon servers in the U.S. and Ireland, IP traces conducted today show. Read More

Inside Cisco's newest data center, built from the ground up to be driven by UCS
There are innovations in every corner of this 10 megawatt, 27,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art data center. Read More

Stuxnet researchers cautious about Iran's admission of centrifuge issues
Iran on Monday apparently confirmed that the Stuxnet worm disrupted the country's uranium enrichment efforts, but one of the researchers who has dug deepest into the malware wasn't ready to call it a done deal. Read More


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Cisco expected to lose switching share in 2011
Oppenheimer & Co. still thinks Cisco's going to lose revenue share in Ethernet switching even though the company's share improved in Q3. Read More

China breaks ground on futuristic supercomputer complex
China has unveiled a sleek, ultra modern-appearing design for its new supercomputing center that may be seen as reflecting the country's broader supercomputing ambitions. Read More

Microsoft urges Windows Phone 7 developers to "obfuscate" app code
Microsoft is promoting the idea of code "obfuscation" as a way to make Windows Phone 7 apps more secure, and it's doing so via a partnership with PreEmptive Solutions. Read More

Why Android Outsells Windows Phone 7
We all knew Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 would have a hard time catching up with the leading contenders in the smartphone arena, and now there's yet another fresh batch of evidence suggesting that it can't. Read More


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Start-up transforms unused desktop cycles into fast server clusters
When you consider technologies that make corporate IT more efficient by improving utilization of computing resources, VMware and its x86 virtualization software may be what that comes to mind. Read More

Dell laptop uses new Intel cooling technology
Dell has announced an ultraportable laptop with a new technology from Intel that sucks in outside air to keep the system quieter and cooler. Read More

Time for your company to consider cable?
A few years back, I predicted that a cable company would supply the lion's share of WAN services to a Fortune 100 company within the year. Still hasn't happened, but there are increasing signs that 2011 could be the start of cable as a serious contender in the enterprise arena. Read More

Google's Groupon grab still unconfirmed, but reportedly pricier
We still don't know for certain whether Google has bought or is about to buy the Internet's daily-deals darling, Groupon, but there are reports that the purported price is actually more than double the $2.5 billion that the rumor mill had offered yesterday. Read More

EFF backs red-faced adult video watchers vs. copyright trolls
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is leaping to the defense of adult video aficionados who have found themselves targeted by what group says is a concerted effort by copyright trolls to cash in on the natural reluctance of porn watchers to be publicly identified. Read More



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SLIDESHOWS

Top IT Turkeys of 2010
Thanksgiving is a time for giving thanks for all of the people and things we love, to cherish what's most important to us. But that's for another slideshow. This one's all about taunting the companies, products and people who most resembled a turkey over the last year. So cut me a hockey-puck-shaped slice of jellied cranberry sauce and read on.

Cool Yule favorites: 15 techie gifts we like
Ho Ho Ho, it's time again to get our holiday wish lists together. Here are our 15 favorite products from the 140+ products submitted and tested in this year's Cool Yule Tools holiday gift guide.

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