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July 29, 2010

YouTube Promises 15 Minutes Of Fame

To mark an increase in allowable running time for non-partner videos, YouTube says it will promote a handful of video makers.

- Jul 29, 2010

Microsoft Plans Intel 'Oak Trail'-Based Tablets

CEO Steve Ballmer tells financial analysts that catching Apple in the slate PC market is "job one" for the company.

- Jul 29, 2010

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Improves Speech Recognition

Nuance Communications claims version 11 reduces set-up time required to 'train' the software to your spoken voice and boosts accuracy up to 15%.

- Jul 29, 2010

GAO Launches Mobile Website

Responding to the growing trend of accessing content on mobile devices, the Government Accountability Office reports are now accessible to BlackBerry, iPhone, Android and other mobile device users.

- Jul 29, 2010

Amazon Launches $139 Wi-Fi Kindle

The Wi-Fi only electronic reader and a $189 third generation model of the original Kindle with Wi-Fi and 3G are Amazon's latest bid to spur digital book sales.

- Jul 29, 2010

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White House To Review High-Risk IT Projects - Jul 28, 2010

EVO Drives Sprint Nextel Subscriber Growth - Jul 28, 2010

Amazon Sells Out Of Kindles - Jul 28, 2010

Google, Facebook, Apple Face Privacy Questions From Senators - Jul 28, 2010

Apple Safari 5.01 Fixes Security, Adds Extensions - Jul 28, 2010

iPad Bricked By Sunlight, Lawsuit Claims - Jul 28, 2010

Yahoo Japan Selects Google Search - Jul 27, 2010

Android 2.2 Froyo Roll-Out Schedule Guessing Game Begins - Jul 27, 2010

Facebook, Twitter Influence Purchases - Jul 27, 2010

Black Hat: External Content Threatens Web Security - Jul 27, 2010

Apple Refreshes iMac, Mac Pro - Jul 27, 2010

SAP Reports Strong Growth, Completes Sybase Deal - Jul 27, 2010

Smartphone Wi-Fi Demand Growing - Jul 27, 2010

Verizon Users Consume Most Smartphone Data - Jul 27, 2010

Bump 2.0 Adds Instant FaceBook And Twitter Friending - Jul 27, 2010

Sophos Blocks Windows Shell Attacks - Jul 27, 2010

Federal Register Gets Web 2.0 Makeover - Jul 26, 2010

Citibank Warns Of iPhone App Security Flaw - Jul 26, 2010

AT&T Expands Wi-Fi Hotzones Trial - Jul 26, 2010

Jailbreaking iPhone Not A Crime Says U.S. Government - Jul 26, 2010

Antenna Fix For White iPhone 4? - Jul 26, 2010

Zeus Malware Anti Piracy Measures Thwarts Competitors, Researchers - Jul 26, 2010

FCC, Public Safety Officials Spar Over Wireless Spectrum - Jul 26, 2010

Google Maps 4.4 Adds More To 'Places' - Jul 26, 2010

IBM's Mainframe Business Draws Antitrust Probe - Jul 26, 2010

Virtuon Offers Cloud Based Virtual Desktop - Jul 26, 2010

Slideshow: Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Revealed - Jul 25, 2010

Slideshow: 10 Killer Mac Applications - Jul 24, 2010

Perfecting The E-Health Record - Jul 23, 2010

CIO Profiles: Curt Kwak Of Providence Health & Services - Jul 23, 2010

Tread Lightly On The Private Cloud - Jul 23, 2010

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Cloud Computing Comes Down To Earth - Jul 23, 2010

Cloud Security: Perception Is Reality - Jul 23, 2010

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10 Ways To Lock Down EHRs - Jul 23, 2010

Overcome E-Health Record Security Challenge - Jul 23, 2010

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White House To Review High-Risk IT Projects

As part of its effort to improve IT project management across federal agencies, OMB will require that designated projects devise improvement plans and get executive backing.

Black Hat: 'App Genome' Exposes Smartphone Risks

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RIM's 'BlackPad.com' Signals Attack Of The 'Pads'

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The Cloud's Proliferating Open Source APIs

In June, Red Hat moved its Deltacloud open source project into the Apache Software Foundation's incubator. In July, Rackspace made its Cloud Files code open source and will collaborate with partners in the OpenStack project. The Open Cloud Standards Incubator at the DMTF is producing another set. Isn't this just too much open source?

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