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08/06/10--00:54: Accenture believe open source adoption by CIOs is taking off (chan 1771003)

But cost no longer the key driver


More than two-thirds of businesses expect to increase their investment in open source software in 2010, according to a new survey from Accenture.








08/06/10--02:10: Hackers target payroll processing (chan 1771003)

Hackers broke into a Ceridian payroll account, but the fraud was thwarted


Depression-era bank robber Slick Willie Sutton is famous for saying that he robbed banks "because that's where the money is." If he were around today, he'd have other options.








08/06/10--02:15: Smartphone set to be used by quarter if users by 2013 (chan 1771003)

BlackBerry OS, iPhone OS, Android, webOS or Symbian


More than one-fourth of mobile phones sold in 2013 will be classified as smartphones, according to ABI Research. 








08/09/10--04:20: HP plan iPad rival dubbed HP eStation Zeen (chan 1771003)

Engadget: HP Zeen will be an Android tablet, according to FCC filing


Details about a new portable device from Hewlett-Packard emerged on the US Federal Communications Commission's website on Thursday, intensifying speculation about HP's plans for tablets and mobile devices.








08/10/10--02:05: Apple files patent for a bicycle (chan 1771003)

Smart Bike from gadget maker, will it be iPod success or Mac failure?


Apple has applied for a patent for a bicycle concept.








08/10/10--03:45: BlackBerry service will be monitored in Saudi Arabia (chan 1771003)

Country's regulator said an agreement has been reached with Research In Motion


BlackBerry data services can continue in Saudi Arabia after Research in Motion agreed to monitoring of e-mail and instant messaging data services, an official of the country's regulator, Communications and Information Technology Commission, (CITC) said on Tuesday.








08/11/10--00:00: Linux Foundation releases open source compliance checklist (chan 1771003)

The Linux Foundation offers help for corporate use of open source


Organisations that are interested in using open source in their own products but are wary of intellectual property issues might want to examine a new, mostly free, assistance program just launched by the non-profit Linux Foundation.








08/11/10--02:37: Oracle release Sparc road map (chan 1771003)

Solaris 11 is coming next year, but questions remain over specific chip plans


Oracle has sketched out a five-year road map for Sun's Sparc-based servers, hoping to reassure customers about the future of the platform and reverse a pattern of declining sales.








08/11/10--02:57: Microsoft massive Patch Tuesday fixes 34 flaws (chan 1771003)

What IT administrators need to know


Microsoft has unleashed a record number of security updates for a single month, with 14 new security bulletins addressing 34 different vulnerabilities.








08/11/10--03:05: Google, Verizon net neutrality plan limits FCC (chan 1771003)

Google's support of limits on the agency's authority has some net neutrality supporters crying foul


Critics of a network neutrality proposal released Monday by Verizon Communications and Google have complained that it would exempt wireless broadband and managed services from enforcement, but the biggest departure from recent practices may be its proposed major limits on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's authority.








08/11/10--03:25: IBM acquires document capture vendor Datacap (chan 1771003)

Technology allows customers to extract information from unstructured formats


IBM made the latest in its long run of acquisitions, announcing the purchase of document capture software vendor Datacap. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.








08/12/10--03:24: Alleged credit card trafficker arrested in French Riviera (chan 1771003)

US to extradite Russian man, charged with selling credit card numbers online for a decade


A Russian man accused of selling stolen credit card numbers online for nearly a decade has been arrested in Nice, France, and faces charges in an indictment unsealed Wednesday, the US Department of Justice said.








08/12/10--04:20: IT security pros mentor each other for career growth (chan 1771003)

InfoSecMentors programme pairs IT security gurus


Information security is a tough field to break into and a growing group of information security professionals are finding that it's a whole lot easier if someone has their backs.








08/12/10--09:40: Open source BI not without problems say Forrester (chan 1771003)

As with anything, you get what you pay for


While a number of open source BI (business intelligence) offerings are providing many of the capabilities enterprises require, certain shortcomings remain, a new Forrester Research report has found.








08/12/10--17:38: Internet Explorer 9 goes to beta on15 Sept (chan 1771003)

Microsoft to announce IE9 beta next month.


A beta of Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 will be available on 15 September. Microsoft announced on its Windows Team Blog that it will launch Internet Explorer 9 at a media event in San Francisco on that day.








08/12/10--20:22: HP shrug off CEO problems and reveal Windows 7, WebOS and Android Tablet PCs (chan 1771003)

A third tablet, the 'Zeen' will reportedly run Android


Hewlett Packard definitely plans to be in the tablet business, but questions remain about whether it will create different hardware for each of three expected tablet operating systems - Google Android, Windows 7 and WebOS.








08/13/10--00:00: Google expands Voice Search abilities (chan 1771003)

Users with Android 2.2 phones can send text messages and e-mail verbally


Google on Thursday introduced a tool for easily sending links from its Chrome browser on a PC to an Android phone, and added 12 more voice-activated actions to the Voice Search tool in Android 2.2.








08/13/10--01:30: Indian spooks want access to Skype and Google (chan 1771003)

Country wants its security agencies to have access to online and mobile communications


India may ask Google, Skype and other online service providers to allow the country’s law enforcement agencies to access communications on their networks, the head of an Internet association said on Friday.








08/13/10--02:00: Oracle sues Google over Java use in Android (chan 1771003)

Complains says Google's phone OS infringes Oracle patents and copyrights


Oracle has filed a lawsuit against Google, charging that its Android phone software infringes Oracle patents and copyrights related to Java, Oracle said on Thursday.








08/16/10--04:30: Oracle and Amazon offer remote Linux client architectures (chan 1771003)

Virtual desktops and cloud offerings


Organisations hoping to streamline their deployments of Linux got two new options this week for running the open source OS remotely. In the new version of its Virtual Desk Infrastructure (VDI) software, Oracle has included the ability to run various Linux distributions on thin client devices. And Novell has announced that Amazon will start offering cloud-based versions of Novell's SUSE Linux OS on its Elastic Compute Cloud service.