TODAY'S TOP STORY

Google Instant Makes Search Psychic
The company's accelerated search service represents a 'quantum leap' in search, according to VP of search products and user experience Marissa Mayer.

RELATED INSIGHTS
• Top 15 Google Apps For Business
• Google Knows What You're Thinking, Sometimes
• Top 16 Google Services

ALSO SEE

Ellison Threatens To End Oracle-HP Alliance
Hurd lawsuit could kill longstanding technology partnership between the two companies.

Apple iOS 4.1 Download Now Available

Firmware upgrade for iPhone and iPod touch offers improved performance, TV episodes, and new social gaming and music tools.

Global CIO: In Hurd's Wake, An Ugly Ending For Oracle's Charles Phillips
Larry Ellison's farewell rationale for Phillips' awkward departure just doesn't add up. And I think Mark Hurd better watch his back.

Fascinate Fiasco: Is Verizon Blocking Google Search?

The Samsung Fascinate Android smartphone went on sale from Verizon Wireless today for $199. Not included? Google Search.

Gov 2.0 Summit: Labor CFO Discusses Cloud Pitfalls

If the Department of Labor had to move its financial systems to the cloud all over again, it would plan better, says the agency's CFO.

iPod Touch 4G In Short Supply
With hot new features like Facetime and Retina Display, Apple's latest MP3 is sold out in some spots.

Gov 2.0 Summit: NSA Chief Outlines Cybersecurity Plans

Teamwork, global leadership and respect for privacy are necessary as feds work to secure critical infrastructure, the National Security Agency's Gen. Keith Alexander said.

Asteroids Just Missed Earth Wednesday
NASA says the space rocks, detected only Sunday, came within a moon's distance of striking the planet's surface.

Piper Jaffray: Antennagate Cost Apple 20% In Sales
According to a survey conducted by analyst firm Piper Jaffray, 20% of respondents decided not to buy the iPhone 4 due to its antenna problems.

----------------------------------------
This issue sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
----------------------------------------
Maximum bandwidth. Superior performance.
Deliver reliable, flexible, cost-optimized
bandwidth on demand Capitalize on our special
1830 Photonic Service Switch offer Discover
how to maximize your revenue
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/1830offer

FEATURED BLOG
iPad Fever Hits SAP: 17,000 Units In Next 12 Months
By Bob Evans
SAP intends to dramatically expand its iPad rollout from the 1,500 employees who have the devices today to 17,000 by this time next year, equalling about 35% of SAP's global workforce, says computing.co.uk. And, not coincidentally, 17,000 iPads would match the number of Blackberries currently in use across the company.

ALSO SEE
HP Adds Remote Printing To SMB MFPs
By Lamont Wood
As long as you stick to common file formats, you can print via e-mail from a desktop, laptop, or smartphone, using HP's ePrint technology.

HP Rolls Out Bevy of New SMB Products
By Paul Korzeniowski
Hewlett-Packard Co. has emerged as one of the top IT suppliers to small and midsize businesses. To maintain that position, the company unveiled a suite of new networking, computer, and storage products -- with many of the items focused on companies with 10 to 25 employees.

RIM Acquires Documents To Go Maker DataViz
By Ed Hansberry
RIM has confirmed that they have acquired DataViz, the company that makes the popular Documents To Go app for mobile platforms that allows you to open and edit Microsoft Office documents on your phone. They currently support a lot of platforms, but now that RIM owns them, will they shut down all development save for the Blackberry OS?

Google Knows What You're Thinking, Sometimes
By Thomas Claburn
Google's mission to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible is so ambitious and fraught with social and political risks that the company's actions and services are easy targets for satire, ridicule, or criticism. Sometimes the complaints have some merit, as in the case of the company's unintentional collection of WiFi data. More often than not, fear of Google is overstated. And occasionally, Google does something that straddles the line between cool and creepy, like Google Scribe.

Take Our Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Survey
This fall, the leaders of the public and private sectors will convene at Gov 2.0 Summit in Washington, D.C., to discuss government's critical challenges. Request an invitation to join this unparalleled group of influencers and help shape the future of health care delivery, cybersecurity, financial regulation, and education.
Survey ends September 17th, 2010

Register Today For Web 2.0 Expo
Where do commercial cloud services fit into agency IT planning? Which cloud models, and which types of cloud applications, are of greatest interest? Join your federal government peers at this executive roundtable to explore both the opportunities and challenges that public clouds present to government agencies.

It happens in New York: September 27-30, 2010
Register Now To Save 25%

Tapping Into Commercial Clouds
Where do commercial cloud services fit into agency IT planning? Which cloud models, and which types of cloud applications, are of greatest interest? Join your federal government peers at this executive roundtable to explore both the opportunities and challenges that public clouds present to government agencies.

It happens in Washington DC: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Seating is Limited. RSVP Today!

To subscribe to our other newsletters, change your e-mail
address or format (Text/HTML) or to unsubscribe, click here

© 2010  |  United Business Media LLC  |  Privacy Statement  |  Terms Of Service  |  Contact Us