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Apple, Microsoft consortium beats Google for Nortel patents
Nortel Networks has auctioned off its remaining patents and patent applications to a consortium of key technology companies for a cash purchase price of US$4.5 billion. Read More


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Apple plugs phishing hole on developer website
The hacker group that flagged a vulnerability on an Apple development website, a vulnerability that could have led to phishing attacks against Mac OS X, iPad and iPad developers, says Apple finally fixed the hole that was identified two months ago. Read More

A few suggestions for destroying the 'indestructible' botnet
There's a new botnet in town, called TDL-4, and security experts are calling it crazy bad: "I wouldn't say it's perfectly indestructible," one told Computerworld, "but it is pretty much indestructible." I presume other security experts are hard at work trying to prove that security expert wrong. In the meantime, I thought it would be a good idea to start collecting alternative ideas should the security... Read More

Botmaster's extravagant spending attracted police
Conspicuous spending -- not technical sleuthing -- unearthed what may be the largest login-stealing botnet yet known, according to one expert working on the case. Read More


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Google Chrome hits 20% global share as Microsoft continues browser slide
Google Chrome's rise in popularity has been remarkably fast and it's just hit a new milestone: more than 20% of all browser usage, according to StatCounter. Read More

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WiMax: It's good for a lot more than consumer handsets
While WiMax has lost the battle to be the 4G technology of choice for most U.S. consumer handsets, it's still alive and kicking in the enterprise market. Read More


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Learn about cross-platform solutions that help IT organizations increase visibility into software inventory, and use activity and license entitlements to help control software costs and compliance risk. Read now

Former Citrix CTO says virtualization will solve security problems
Instead of worrying about how virtualization can be secured, the startup Bromium says its virtualization that will secure everything else. Read More

HP TouchPad goes on sale to mixed reviews
The initial review of HP's webOS TouchPad tablet paint a somewhat confusing picture. But one thing is clear: It's no iPad 2. Read More

AT&T Labs taps telecom, venture veteran as new chief
AT&T has named a new chief for its R&D labs whose expertise should enable the carrier both to exploit its own labs creations and also work with outside entities who might be able to use them. Read More

Sex doll-based robot helps dentists learn realistic, sensitive healing
Japanese researchers have created a dentistry-training robot that can flinch, gag, blink and try to carry on a conversation with cotton stuffed in its mouth - effectively mimicking a real human visit to the dentist. More interesting tech stories: The weirdest, wackiest and stupidest sci/tech stories of 2010 Read More

3 Steps for Better Data Center Capacity Planning
Capacity planning is no longer just a process aimed at forecasting hardware needs; it's the key to understanding and optimizing the cost of running business services through platform selection. Forrester recommends updating today's capacity planning process with three new steps to account for cost-value analysis, governance, and global planning. Read More



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