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Sailing Mystery Unsolved: Court Declares Jim Gray Dead

8 hours 2 min ago
Highly respected researcher Jim Gray contributed to relational database development and early big data projects. More than five years ago, he and his sailboat disappeared near the Farallon Islands.

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New FBI Surveillance Backdoors? 6 Key Points

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 16:56
Will Congress require social networks, VoIP, and Webmail providers build in backdoors that FBI could tap for electronic surveillance purposes? Explore the main issues at stake.

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Twitter Adds Do Not Track Capability

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 15:53
FTC and Mozilla applaud as Twitter gives consumers tools to opt out of tracking.

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Nokia Burning Cash, But AT&T Has Hope

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 15:36
Nokia's investors have long had reason to worry, and new analysis points to trouble ahead. Can Windows Phone turn things around?

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Facebook's History: From Dorm To IPO Darling

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 15:00
Facebook's IPO brings the world's most popular social network into Wall Street's big league. After a wild ride, Facebook's future depends on profiting from an increasingly mobile user base.

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Samsung Racks Up 9M Galaxy S III Preorders

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 15:00
Samsung's premier device for 2012 has received 9 million preorders weeks ahead of launch.

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Salesforce.com Reports Torrid Q1 Growth, Slams SAP

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 14:49
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff says as social enterprise trend diversifies company's sales, he's hiring aggressively to keep up with customer demand.

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HP Layoffs Signal Punishing Fall

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 14:06
Unless HP can turn enterprise software, cloud services, or some other line into a high-volume, high-margin business, it's in for a world of hurt.

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How Facebook IPO Impacts Social Business Space

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 13:12
Facebook's $16 billion IPO will have direct and indirect effects on companies evaluating and deploying social business solutions.

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Google Apps: Has Adoption Slowed?

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 13:00
Google renewed its pitch to embrace cloud IT at its Atmosphere roadshow. But its count of companies going Google Apps doesn't add up.

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How Facebook Ignores Its Users

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 13:00
Facebook consulted with users on Timeline more than on any previous product change. Users hated it, but Facebook gave it to them anyway.

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Weather Channel, Flipboard Updates Gain Social Power

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 19:20
Significant updates to The Weather Channel iPhone app and Flipboard app for iPhones and iPads tap into the social reach of Facebook and Twitter.

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Iomega Unveils NAS Appliance For SMBs

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 18:06
StorCenter px12-450r networked attached storage appliance features Intel Ivy Bridge processor and incorporates McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for security.

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SAP Builds Ecosystem To Boost Hana

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 18:00
SAP forges closer ties with Intel, IBM, analytics vendors, and systems integrators to jump start its in-memory database.

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Fake Google Chrome Installer Steals Banking Details

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 17:52
New polymorphic Android malware, meanwhile, disguises itself as a free virus scanner.

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Robotic Arm Holds Promise For Paralyzed Soldiers

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 17:30
The Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs are involved in new research that demonstrates how an advanced prosthetic arm can be controlled by the human brain.

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Thu, 05/17/2012 - 17:30
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Senator Wants 55,000 Green Cards For Tech Grads

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 17:00
Sen. John Cornyn proposes replacing visa lottery with program that allocates more permanent resident visas to foreign STEM students at U.S. universities.

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Hybrid CIOs: The Future Of SMB IT?

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 16:54
David Hemendinger is both COO and CIO of the midmarket firm Summer Infant--and likes it. Here's why he thinks a hybrid COO/CIO/CTO role will become an increasingly common IT strategy at SMBs.

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