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Gartner Projecting Weaker Second Half for PC Shipments

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 15:40
Gartner projected a weaker-than-expected second half for worldwide PC shipments with mature-market economies recovering slowly.



Gartner - Personal computer - Hardware - Hewlett-Packard - Western Europe

Huge Spamming Botnet Injured but Still Alive

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 15:40
A botnet responsible for a significant amount of spam has been crippled but may reconstitute itself in a matter of weeks, according to vendor M86 Security.



Spam - Botnet - E-mail - 2002 - Symantec

Hurricane Earl May Test IT Teleworkers

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 14:57
Power outages caused by Hurricane Earl, now swirling in the southern Atlantic, may pose a problem to IT telecommuters.



Hurricane Earl - hurricane - Atlantic Ocean - Earth Sciences - Atmospheric Sciences

Twitter API Has New Third Party Sign-on Method

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 14:30
Twitter has nearly finished migrating to a new authentication protocol, called OAuth



OAuth - Twitter - Application programming interface - Authentication - Social network

Google's Schmidt to Speak at Berlin Show

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 14:00
Google's CEO Eric Schmidt will deliver the closing keynote at the Internationale Funkaustellung (IFA) trade show, the organizer said on Tuesday.



Google - Eric Schmidt - Searching - Search Engines - Companies

Gmail Priority Inbox Puts Focus on What's Important

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 13:33
Gmail Priority Inbox intuitively sorts incoming e-mail to organize messages based on importance and enable users to filter frivolous e-mail and improve productivity.



Gmail - Google - Email - Mail - Spam

Microsoft: Xbox 360 S The Best Box We've Ever Built

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 13:30
Microsoft's Senior Director of Xbox Product Management talks about the internal makeup of the company's Xbox 360 S in part two of our interview.



Microsoft - Xbox - Xbox 360 - Video game - Game

Samsung's Galaxy Tablet Is Verizon-bound, Report Says

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 13:27
Samsung will partner with Verizon Wireless on its upcoming Android-based Galaxy Tab tablet, according to reports.



Android - Samsung Group - Verizon Wireless - tablet - Verizon

Dimdim Web Meeting Service Adds Collaboration Options

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 13:20
An updated Web conferencing services looks to capitalize as companies cut back their travel budgets.



Dimdim - Web conferencing - Business - Services - Videoconferencing

E.U. Talks With China Over Intellectual Property Rights

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 13:00
The E.U.’s Commissioner for Customs and Anti-Fraud is in China to discuss how the Chinese authorities and the E.U. can reduce trafficking in illegal products.



Intellectual property - China - People's Republic of China - Law - Services

Google Buys SocialDeck Mobile Game Firm

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 12:38
Google continues start-up shopping spree by buying mobile game developer SocialDeck.



Google - Mobile game - socialDeck - search - Search Engines

NetApp, Syncsort Team up on Data Protection

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 12:20
NetApp and SyncSort are bringing storage and data protection together in a single product, NetApp Syncsort Integrated Backup.



NetApp - Backup - Hardware - Storage - Data Storage Services

WikiLeaks Founder Assange Questioned by Swedish Police

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 11:50
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has now been questioned by the Swedish Police, according to his lawyer.



Julian Assange - Wikileaks - Law - Law Enforcement - Police

Motorola Reveals Three New Android Smartphones in China

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 11:10
Motorola announced the launch of three new Android smartphones for China on Monday



Android - Smartphone - Motorola - China - Asia

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