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March 11, 2010

Who Cares About App Store Terms? Bing Bangs Out More Market Share Opera Mini 5 Adds Android Phones CA Expands Cloud with Nimsoft Deal LifeLock To Pay $12M To Settle Case Google App Store Targets MS Office Apple tightly controls not only the approval of third-party applications for its App Store but also its developers, requiring written approval to talk about the developer agreement. The search-engine wars are alive and well -- and Bing is the beneficiary again. Microsoft's so-called decision engine grabbed 11.5 percent of the U.S. search market in February, comScore says. Opera Software has launched an Android version of the company's Opera Mini 5 mobile browser that promises to significantly improve page loading and speed on compatible smartphones. IT software behemoth CA has acquired its fourth company, Nimsoft, as it moves to provide its emerging enterprise customers and managed-service providers with cloud-computing support. LifeLock, an ID theft-protection company that backed its guarantees by putting its CEO's Social Security number on its trucks, will pay $12 million to settle claims it misrepresented itself. With its mind in the clouds and an eye on rival Microsoft, Google has launched an online application store for third-party programs that can be integrated with its online Google Apps office suite.   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   Who Cares About App Store Terms?   Bing Bangs Out More Market Share Opera Mini 5 Adds Android Phones Goal is a desktop-like experience.   FULL STORY CA Expands Cloud with Nimsoft Deal $350M purchase adds data monitoring.   FULL STORY LifeLock To Pay $12M To Settle Case Accused of misrepresenting services.   FULL STORY Google App Store Targets MS Office With apps for business productivity.   FULL STORY Cybercriminals Steal Virtual Objects Get Rid of Graffiti with Your iPhone Fighting Flood of Bogus Tech Products Recession Recovery: One-Hit Wonder Remove 'Bloatware' from a Win 7 PC Tiny Laptops Offer Fancy Features Computer gamers are increasingly finding that there's a serious side to their virtual fun: their hard-earned virtual objects are being stolen from them, and in some cases their entire game as well. Graffiti? There's an app for that. The old-school practice of American graffiti may have met its match in some high-tech programs designed to report and remove the blight from city and private property. In the past five years, counterfeit computer chips, routers, and other electronic products have become an epidemic, with fake gear costing the IT industry an estimated $100 billion a year. The recovery is losing steam, with the U.S. economy growing at half the brisk 5.9 percent pace at which the government estimated it grew last quarter. Was the year-end growth spurt a one-hit wonder? Buy a new Win 7 computer, and you'll likely be in for some surprises -- both pleasant and unpleasant. On the unpleasant side will be the many applications PC makers preinstall on their computers. A rash of new laptops set for display at the CeBIT computing trade show underlines the growing shift in the market to tinier machines with fancier features such as 3-D graphics and touch screens.   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   Cybercriminals Steal Virtual Objects   Get Rid of Graffiti with Your iPhone Fighting Flood of Bogus Tech Products Counterfeit gear is now an 'epidemic.'   FULL STORY Recession Recovery: One-Hit Wonder Growth slows after year-end spurt.   FULL STORY Remove 'Bloatware' from a Win 7 PC Less is more sometimes in computing.   FULL STORY Tiny Laptops Offer Fancy Features Like touch screens and 3-D graphics.   FULL STORY Enterprise I.T. More Google App Store Targets MS Office IBM Develops Earth-Friendly Plastic Hardware More Turing Award Goes to PC Designer Buying a Windows 7 Computer Software More CA Expands Cloud with Nimsoft Deal MS Windows Phone 7: A Clean Break Communications More Opera Mini 5 Adds Android Phones Long Haul for FCC's Broadband Plan Network Security More Energizer Software Contains Malware VBScript Hole Not in Tuesday Patches Wireless Tech More Long Haul for FCC's Broadband Plan Smartphones Help Make Bon Voyages Linux/Open Source More Google's Chrome Browser Moves Up Opera's iPhone Browser Audition Apple/Macintosh More Who Cares About App Store Terms? HP Turns Flash Snub Against iPad Microsoft/Windows More MS Assistive Technology for Seniors Buying a Windows 7 Computer World Wide Web More Google-China Resolution Coming Soon Bing Bangs Out More Market Share Data Storage More German Court Overturns Data Law Cisco System Secures Mobile Access E-Commerce More Levi, P&G, Mattel Tackle E-Tailing Google Testing TV Search Service Personal Tech More Opera Mini 5 Adds Android Phones Sony PS3 Controller Targets Nintendo Tech Trends More Target Intros Mobile-Coupon Program Cisco Unveils Faster CRS-3 Router Press Releases More TreeHouse Integrates with Oracle OcuCue Offers Visual Analytics

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Enterprise Hardware Spotlight

HP Turns Steve Jobs' Flash Snub Against Apple's iPad No watered-down Internet. No sacrifices. That's the promise Hewlett-Packard Vice President and CTO Phil McKinney offered consumers in a blog post about the PC giant's upcoming tablet.   Cisco Unveils Much Faster CRS-3 Router for Net Growth Cisco says its CRS-3 Carrier Routing System is the foundation of the next-generation Internet that will pave the way for rapid growth of video transmissions, mobile devices, and new services.   HP Swipes at iPad as 'Watered Down' as Rivals Line Up Competitors in the fast-moving tablet-computer category are lining up to take on Apple's iPad. Hewlett-Packard is the latest to preview a product, and other companies are positioning products.

Mobile Enterprise Spotlight

The FCC National Broadband Plan Faces Long Haul Opposition from the National Association of Broadcasters is just one of the hurdles the government must clear as it presses ahead with a plan to bring broadband access to 100 million U.S. residents.   Smartphones Transforming Business Travel More and more tech-savvy travelers are using their smartphones to transform travel habits, looking up aircraft seat configuration, tracking taxis, contacting hotels and locating colleagues.   With Windows Phone 7, Microsoft Makes 'Clean Break' Microsoft said its new software for smartphones, Windows Phone 7 Series, is a "clean break" with the past. The phones won't run applications written for older versions of Microsoft's software.

Enterprise Technology Spotlight

Marketplace for Google Apps Targets Microsoft Office With its mind in the clouds and an eye on rival Microsoft, Google has launched an online application store for third-party programs that can be integrated with its online Google Apps office suite.   IBM Develops Earth-Friendly Plastic Researchers from IBM and Stanford have developed a way to significantly improve the quality of recycled plastic, breaking the plastic down so that it can be reused again and again in the same form.   Building Your Own Computer: Not Just for Nerds The simplest way to make sure that every piece of technology in a new desktop PC fits your requirements is to build it yourself. You don't have to be a nerd to manage the task anymore, either.

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