Lawmakers Punt Patriot Act to Obama
Posted on February 26, 2010 - Filed Under Internet | Leave a Comment
The House and Senate vote to extend three expiring provisions of the Patriot Act for another year, despite calls for privacy reforms.
Microsoft to Google: Don’t be so quick to point fingers
Posted on February 26, 2010 - Filed Under Internet | Leave a Comment
Microsoft and Google are stepping up their war of words. This time it’s Microsoft’s turn: It says Google is pointing fingers rather than addressing the European Commission’s investigation into the search giant.
Microsoft SharePoint social tools give enterprises a boost
Posted on February 26, 2010 - Filed Under Internet | Leave a Comment
If anyone still thinks “Enterprise 2.0″ is just a catchphrase, think again.
Wikis, microblogging, discussion forums, social bookmarking, online groups and communities, and other tools that have come to comprise “social networking software” are marching into enterprises at a rapid clip.
Online courses can reduce the costly sting of college
Posted on February 25, 2010 - Filed Under Internet | Leave a Comment
Inessa Volkonidina had taken precalculus once and dropped it. She needed to take it again, and quickly, to fulfill a graduation requirement at Long Island University. She went online and found a company with an odd name, StraighterLine, that offered the course on even odder terms: $99 a month.
Facebook to developers: Get ready for Credits
Posted on February 25, 2010 - Filed Under Internet | Leave a Comment
With the full launch of Facebook’s virtual currency growing closer, the company has spelled out some of the terms that were heretofore only rumored.
Bug causes Facebook messages to misfire
Posted on February 25, 2010 - Filed Under Internet | Leave a Comment
Some Facebook users get messages meant for strangers after bug interferes with routine software update on the social networking site.
Military Monitored Planned Parenthood, White Supremacists
Posted on February 25, 2010 - Filed Under Internet | Leave a Comment
New documents released by the Defense Department reveal potentially illegal surveillance of U.S. citizens.
Alt Text: Apple Purges App Store for Your Own Good
Posted on February 25, 2010 - Filed Under Internet | Leave a Comment
The near-complete scrubbing of apps with bikini babes and other questionable content sheds light on the secret inner workings of the Cupertino, California, gadget goliath. At least that’s what our anonymous and totally fictitious insider tells us.
VMware to acquire software, personnel from parent EMC
Posted on February 25, 2010 - Filed Under Internet | Leave a Comment
Virtualization software company VMware will be taking over a line of data-center management software from parent company EMC, the companies announced Thursday.
For $200 million, VMware will be acquiring products and expertise in EMC’s Ionix line of IT management software, which can be used to manage servers and applications in a data center. It will be [...]
Intel faces challenges in Windows 7 migration
Posted on February 25, 2010 - Filed Under Internet | Leave a Comment
Intel faces challenges in migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7, including application incompatibility and system readiness, the company said on Wednesday.