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March 18, 2010

Facebook Tops Google in Web Traffic Nexus One Runs on AT&T, Sprint FCC Faces Battle on Public Safety North Americans Pay More for Apps Bing's Search-Market Share Rises Viacom Accused of Illegal Uploads In a possible sign of the sea change that social networking has brought to the Internet, new industry data show that U.S. visits to Facebook last week exceeded those to Google. Google has started selling a Nexus One that will run on AT&T's 3G network, and has also inked a deal with Sprint Nextel. Google previously struck deals with T-Mobile, Vodafone and Verizon Wireless. Private interests are taking aim at the Obama administration's proposal to impose a national broadband tax. The FCC wants the tax to finance an interoperable public-safety network. Mobile applications are one of the fastest-growing segments of the high-tech economy, with some analysts estimating an $11 billion industry by 2014. But Americans and Canadians pay a premium. Microsoft's Bing search engine gained market share in the U.S. in February, according to research groups, offering a sign -- albeit a small one -- that Bing may also be tempting some Googlers. A back-and-forth battle is brewing between Internet search giant Google and media giant Viacom. They are trading legal shots after Viacom filed a copyright claim against Google's YouTube service.   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   Facebook Tops Google in Web Traffic   Nexus One Runs on AT&T, Sprint FCC Faces Battle on Public Safety A broadband tax may not be popular.   FULL STORY North Americans Pay More for Apps Apple feature could raise prices.   FULL STORY Bing's Search-Market Share Rises Is Bing now tempting some Googlers?   FULL STORY Viacom Accused of Illegal Uploads YouTube battle gets some new twists.   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 IBM Offers Software Building in Cloud Google Tool Lures Exchange Users Hardware More New Cisco Borderless Access Switch Xeon 5600 for Servers, Workstations Software More North Americans Pay More for Apps Digital Piracy Escalates in Europe Communications More Nokia CEO To 'Move Even Faster' FCC Faces Battle on Public Safety Network Security More Feds Fight Crime on Facebook VeriSign Plans $300M Tech Upgrade Wireless Tech More Nokia CEO To 'Move Even Faster' Nexus One Now on AT&T 3G Network Linux/Open Source More Google's Chrome Browser Moves Up Opera's iPhone Browser Audition Apple/Macintosh More Amazon.com Rolls Out Kindle For Mac BlackBerry Users Eye iPhone, Android Microsoft/Windows More Bing's Search-Market Share Rises Microsoft Will Rule on Phone 7 Apps World Wide Web More Facebook Tops Google in Web Traffic Circulation Rules Tweaked for iPad Data Storage More Dubious Honor for Federal CIOs Could New Cisco Router Save the Net? E-Commerce More Viacom Accused of Illegal Uploads North Americans Pay More for Apps Personal Tech More Viacom Accused of Illegal Uploads Facebook Tops Google in Web Traffic Tech Trends More Is Your Boss Spying on You at Work? Courts Switch to Digital Technology Press Releases More Commence Upgrades CRM Software Airband Intros Voice and Data Suite

Digital Piracy Escalates in Europe Nokia CEO To 'Move Even Faster' Is Your Boss Spying on You at Work? Chinese Registration Page for Twiiter? Amazon.com Rolls Out Kindle For Mac Google Plans Web-Based TV Service Apple iPhone Microsoft Windows 7 Newest Mobile Phones Linux Operating System Network Security Data Storage SYNCING.NET Cites Sales Milestone Courts Switch to Digital Technology Apps for Web-Connected TV Sets iPhone Grocery Guide Launches Also Visit: iPad Info Center Mobile Device Now Billions of Bytes Apple Info Center TopTechWire.com Total Score 139 Rate It TechCrunch: URL Shorteners Slow Down The Web – Especially Facebook’s FB.me Wednesday 8:46am -07:00T (396 words) Average Rating: Total Score 138 Rate It pluGGd.in: Avoiding Disasters in an Outsourced Software Development Tuesday 10:47pm -07:00T (709 words) Average Rating: Total Score 138 Rate It Slashdot: The Bloodhound Will Stay On the Ground At 1,000 mph Wednesday 2:31am -07:00T (264 words) Average Rating: Total Score 138 Rate It Ars Technica: Using keyboard bacteria as a (not quite) unique ID Wednesday 7:31am -07:00T (232 words) Average Rating: Total Score 138 Rate It Om Malik: Mobile Apps Are Hot, But Don’t Forget Emerging Markets Wednesday 1:16am -07:00T (394 words) Average Rating:

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Network Security Spotlight

Law Enforcement Fights Crime on Facebook Law-enforcement agents are following the rest of the Internet world into popular social networks, going undercover with false online profiles to communicate with suspects and gather evidence.   VeriSign Plans $300 Million Tech Overhaul VeriSign, whose technology is key to allowing Internet users to access web sites with names ending in ".com" and ".net," plans to spend more than $300 million over the next decade to upgrade systems.   Online Censorship Is Getting Craftier Repressive regimes, including China, Iran and Tunisia, have stepped up their efforts to censor the Internet and jail dissidents, Reporters Without Borders said in a new study of censorship practices.

Enterprise Hardware Spotlight

Cisco Borderless Access Offers Low-Cost Switches Cisco has released a new network architecture that promises secure wired and wireless communications, energy management, and optimized video-application delivery at a lower cost.   Low-Power Xeon 5600 Boosts Servers, Workstations Intel has rolled out a new series of high-speed Xeon processor chips intended for servers and workstations, with encryption and energy-saving features especially well suited for data-center applications.   Intel Boosts PC Speed with New $125 Solid-State Drive Intel says booting up PCs will be faster with its new 40GB X25-V Value SATA solid-state drive used in dual-drive notebook configurations or added to a desktop with an existing hard drive.

Mobile Enterprise Spotlight

Nokia's Kallasvuo Vows To 'Move Even Faster' Nokia is the global cell-phone leader, but when it comes to feature-packed smartphones, analysts say it is under threat from rivals Apple, RIM and Google. What does CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo plan to do?   Nexus One Now Works on iPhone's Wireless System Google has upgraded its Nexus One phone so it works on the same high-speed wireless network as Apple's iPhone, putting the increasingly antagonistic rivals on an even more direct collision course.   Nexus One Rival Droid Gets Android 2.1 Update After rolling out its latest operating system on its exclusive Nexus One smartphone in January, Google will now release Android 2.1 for a top competitor: the Motorola Droid, distributed by Verizon.

Enterprise Technology Spotlight

IBM Offers Software Development in the Cloud IBM is going deeper into cloud computing with beta versions of an expanded commercial cloud-based service for software development and testing, on both public and private clouds.   Tool Moves Exchange Customers To Google Apps Google is making it easier for IT administrators to switch from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps. The Internet search giant has made available a tool to help businesses migrate from Exchange.   Intel's Xeon 5600 May Retire a Lot of 'Geezer Servers' Intel is pushing its Xeon Processor 5600 series as the most secure data-center processor on the market. The company launched the server and workstation chips on its 32nm logic technology.

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