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Friday, April 09, 2010

Apple surprises with iPhone OS 4.0 business features

Microsoft slates 25-patch Windows update for next week | A Chinese ISP momentarily hijacks the Internet

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Apple surprises with iPhone OS 4.0 business features
Apple's preview Tuesday of iPhone OS 4.0 included not just expected multi-tasking features, but some surprise capabilities targeted at enterprise users and IT departments. Read More


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Microsoft slates 25-patch Windows update for next week
Microsoft today said it would deliver 11 security updates next week to patch 25 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office and Exchange. Read More

A Chinese ISP momentarily hijacks the Internet
For the second time in two weeks, bad networking information spreading from China has disrupted the Internet. Read More

15 Techie Wristwatches Worth Wearing
Sure, these 15 concept wristwatches might not be as convenient as a Timex or as classy as a Rolex, but they would catch anyone's eye--if they actually existed. Read More


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FCC: 60 new proceedings in '10 related to broadband plan
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will launch more than 60 rulemaking and other proceedings in 2010 in an effort to implement the national broadband plan it released in March, the agency said Thursday. Read More

Juniper acquires media content company
Juniper this week said it is acquiring partner Ankeena Networks, a privately held maker of software for optimizing media content delivery, for no more than $100 million. Read More

Juniper bets $100 million on Cisco's "killer app"
Cisco's enthusiasm for video is well known: the company time and again refers to video as the "killer app" that will account for the majority of Internet and IP traffic, and prompt infrastructure upgrades that will drive demand for its routers and switches. Read More


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VoIP service provider Ooma joins Linux patent protection club
An organization created to protect Linux vendors from patent trolls has scored a new member, consumer VoIP device provider Ooma. Read More

Google Android threatened by fragmentation
Rapid growth of the mobile platform can have drawbacks, according to an IMS report. Read More

Multitasking tops tentpole features in iPhone 4.0
Apple on Thursday gave a sneak peek at a developer preview of iPhone OS 4.0, the next major version of its operating system for mobile devices. Read More

IBM Goes From the Sublime To The Ridiculous On Patents and Open Source
Well IBM has responded to the firestorm that ensued from its asserting its patent protection against a small French open source start up, TurboHercules that I wrote about the other day. However, its response casts IBM in moving from the sublime to the ridiculous. Read More



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