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Google Books settlement still has antitrust problems, critics say
November 16, 2009 1:37 PM PST
Anti-trust lawyers and opponents of Google Books settlement say search giant will still have exclusive rights to digitize orphaned out-of-print works.
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Intel unveils supercomputer chip, NEC partnership
November 16, 2009 1:35 PM PST
Intel has disclosed a version of its Xeon processor line optimized for high-performance computing. The company also announces it's teaming up with NEC.
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Shuttle Atlantis takes off on station delivery mission
November 16, 2009 1:20 PM PST
The shuttle Atlantis rockets into orbit on a three-spacewalk mission to deliver 15 tons of spare parts and other equipment to protect against failures after the shuttle is retired.
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Five competitive differentiators for cloud services
November 16, 2009 12:43 PM PST
Public cloud computing vendors are offloading "commodity" IT functionality to large multi-tenant data centers. How can these vendors differentiate themselves, and what should you look for in a cloud service.
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Live-music archive to introduce memberships
November 16, 2009 12:38 PM PST
Wolfgang's Vault to launch membership model: $48 a year will get you $50 (that's right) in merchandise, along with discounted downloads, and a tour of the company's memorabilia-filled headquarters.
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Solar-power start-up Ausra looks to sell itself
November 16, 2009 11:35 AM PST
Discussions are at a "very aggressive level" with global conglomerates, source tells Reuters. Sale would add to a string of recent deals and growing consolidation in the solar-power industry.
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Two cheers for Google Books
November 16, 2009 11:35 AM PST
Friday's settlement offers an awkward resolution on "orphan works." The real problem, says lawyer Larry Downes, is the sad state of copyright law.
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AT&T debuts new Windows 7 mobile Netbooks
November 16, 2009 11:29 AM PST
New for the holidays, the Samsung Go and Acer Aspire One--equipped with Windows 7 and a data plan--will sell for $199 after a mail-in rebate.
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iPhone app developer quits over approval process
November 16, 2009 10:47 AM PST
Frustration over the App Store approval process led one developer to call it quits and go back to developing only Mac applications.
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Hulu's backers bicker as Web video soars
November 16, 2009 10:45 AM PST
The Web video site, with its stockpile of professional content, may not be the cash cow that everyone involved had hoped for.
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Oxford's word of the year? 'Unfriend'
November 16, 2009 10:05 AM PST
The ubiquitous Digital Age insult, brought into the mainstream with the rise of Facebook, is the dictionary's top term of 2009.
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eBay Motors founder starts new e-commerce site
November 16, 2009 10:03 AM PST
Glyde attempts to make it easier for users to buy and sell used goods. It might be difficult for the new site to compete against eBay.
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AT&T expands its cloud service
November 16, 2009 9:54 AM PST
Company's latest cloud-based service lets businesses alter their computing capacity as their needs expand and contract.
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CEOs endorse 'foothold strategy' for electric cars
November 16, 2009 9:42 AM PST
The Electrification Coalition of different companies pushes for policies to promote electric vehicles in six to eight regions in the U.S. as a way to build critical mass.
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Microsoft testing Excel for supercomputers
November 16, 2009 9:40 AM PST
At the SC09 conference, Microsoft releases an updated version of Windows Server for high-performance computers as well as a compute cluster version of its Excel spreadsheet.
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Why is Google Android beating Symbian?
November 16, 2009 8:30 AM PST
Both Google Android and Symbian are open-source mobile platforms. So why is Android getting so much more traction, despite being later than Symbian to the party?
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Cisco boosts bid for Tandberg to $3.41 billion
November 16, 2009 6:48 AM PST
After its initial bid got the cold shoulder, Cisco has upped its buyout offer for the video conferencing equipment maker.
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The convenient fiction that Microsoft is evil
November 16, 2009 6:18 AM PST
For many within the open-source community, it's easier to hate Microsoft than to engage it. This is a mistake, and won't help open source solve its own problems.
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VeriSign expects major security update by 2011
November 16, 2009 5:45 AM PST
New protocol will guarantee the origin and integrity of Domain Name System data for .com and .net, company says.
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At PDC, Microsoft's (r)evolution on display
November 16, 2009 4:00 AM PST
A key developer conference this week will reveal just how much progress Ray Ozzie has made in his efforts to remake Redmond for the cloud computing era.
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