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Google CEO: mobile computing reshaping Internet
(AP)AP - Google's CEO says mobile smartphones are transforming the Internet, and defended his company's growing dominance over information on the Web.
Bank of Hawaii offering coupons free online
(AP)
AP - Bank of Hawaii says it's come up with a way to generate more business for its clients.
Google opens Web store for business applications
(AP)
AP - Google Inc. will sell the online services of other business software makers in an effort to fill its own product gaps and persuade more companies to rely on applications piped over the Internet.
Summary Box: Google expands sales of business apps
(AP)
AP - NEW APPS STORE: Google is selling the online services of other business software makers.
'JihadJane' recruited in US, Europe, Asia: prosecutors
(AFP)
 AFP - A US woman operating online under the name "JihadJane" recruited jihadist fighters in the United States, Europe and Asia in a bid to carry out terror plots "or die trying," prosecutors said.
Google opens virtual shop for business software
(AFP) AFP - Google opened an online shop for business software hosted as services in the Internet "cloud."
Indian Banker Charged With Online Funds Fraud
(PC World)PC World - A senior Indian banker has been arrested by Indian police for an online fraud in which hackers siphoned close to 2.7 million Indian rupees (US$60,000) from a bank account, a senior police official of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu said on Wednesday.
Google adds bike lane with latest mapping feature
(AP)
AP - Google Inc. is adding a bike lane with its latest online mapping option.
MySpace readies site overhaul to rekindle growth
(Reuters)
Reuters - With shrinking audiences, deep layoffs and two management shake-ups, MySpace, the one-time leader in Internet social networking, has had a rocky year.
Google opens Google Apps Marketplace
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Google will launch on Tuesday evening Google Apps Marketplace, providing a venue for third-party, cloud-based applications to supplement Google's own online applications.
U.S. weighing China Internet censorship case
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The United States is studying whether it can legally challenge Chinese Internet restrictions that hurt Google and other U.S. companies operating in China, but direct talks with Beijing might yield faster results, the top U.S. trade official said on Tuesday.
Cisco leapfrogs rivals with faster router
(Reuters)Reuters - Cisco Systems Inc introduced its first major new routers in six years and said they can be configured to handle Internet traffic up to 12 times faster than rival products.
New Cisco Router Supports 322Tbps, Designed for Internet Video
(PC World)
PC World - What can you do with 322 terabits per second? Cisco Systems says it's enough bandwidth to allow every person in China to make a video call--simultaneously. And if that's something you want to do, Cisco says it now has hardware capable of the task.
US lawmakers seek action on Internet freedom
(AFP)
 AFP - US lawmakers from the two major parties on Tuesday issued a joint call for government action to ensure Internet freedom overseas amid alarm at China's cyber-censorship.
Facebook Reported Ready To Let Users Share Locations
(NewsFactor)NewsFactor - Facebook may join other Internet companies in offering location-based services. The social-networking site plans to let its users to share their location and see the locations of friends, according to published reports.
Booksellers fighting Amazon's Canadian bid
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Fearing an apparent assault by Amazon.com on Canadian culture, the Canadian Booksellers Association is urging the federal government to block the U.S. Internet retailer from establishing a physical presence north of the border.
As Ballmer Praises Apple, EFF Cites Stiff App Store Rules
(NewsFactor)NewsFactor - With the stakes high in Microsoft's bid to add its search engine to the iPhone, a few words of praise by the software giant's CEO have drawn a considerable amount of attention.
FCC to Propose National Digital Literacy Corps
(PC World)
PC World - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will propose a National Digital Literacy Corps to help U.S. residents get online as part of a national broadband plan due out next week.
Hackers target freshly uncovered Internet Explorer hole
(AFP)
 AFP - Microsoft on Tuesday warned that hackers are targeting a freshly-uncovered weakness in some earlier versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser software.
Cisco unveils system for super-fast Internet
(AFP) AFP - Cisco Systems on Tuesday unveiled super-fast Internet hardware that promises to boost US competitiveness and bolster economic recovery by moving mountains of data at astounding speeds.
Rackspace Hires to Align With MySQL Offshoot
(PC World)PC World - A number of former Sun Microsystems employees who worked on Drizzle, an offshoot of the MySQL open-source database, have ended up at cloud infrastructure provider Rackspace, where they will continue their efforts, developer Jay Pipes wrote in a blog post Monday.
WordPress Guns for Web Content Management Duties
(PC World)
PC World - Long popular with bloggers, the open-source WordPress blogging software is also starting to find a niche as a low-cost corporate CMS (content management system), at least for managing relatively simple Web sites.
Rivals Report Boost from Microsoft's Browser Ballot
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Mozilla and Opera Software say they are seeing an uptick in demand for their browsers in the wake of Microsoft's launch of a choice ballot in Europe. Mozilla CEO John Lilly told The New York Times over the weekend that more than 50,000 Firefox downloads have already occurred via direct links from the new choice screen that the European Commission mandated last year as part of its antitrust settlement with Microsoft.
Motorola Releases Two New Android Smartphones
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Motorola is placing two new bets on the open-source Android operating system with the release of its Backflip and Devour smartphones. The uniquely designed Backflip began selling through AT&T Wireless late last week, and the Detour is now available from Verizon Wireless.
Mozilla's Drumbeat Beats to an Open Web
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - In Mozilla's world, the Firefox Web browser is but a mere battle in a larger war, one that's aimed at punching holes through closed, proprietary Web platforms of all kinds. What's on the horizon? "Drumbeat".
Group Seeks to Open Source Data-center Design
(PC World)
PC World - A new industry group is trying to apply open-source principles to the design and construction of data centers, which it says could accelerate the use of new technologies and increase competition in the industry.
Report: North Korea Develops Own Linux Distribution
(PC World)
PC World - North Korea has reportedly developed its own version of the Linux operating with a graphical user interface that closely resembles Microsoft Windows.
Opera Hopes To Capitalize on Europe's Browser Choice
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft is promoting alternative browsers to millions of Windows users across Europe -- and Opera is poised to pounce on the opportunity. With a brand-new, faster iteration of its open-source browser, Opera is working hard to gain the attention of Europeans looking for an Internet Explorer alternative.
Ex-Mozilla Security Chief Takes Job at Apple
(PC World)
PC World - Former Mozilla security chief Window Snyder has been hired by Apple.
NexentaStor Adds Primary Deduplication
(PC World)
PC World - Nexenta Systems is updating its NexentaStor open-source storage software with in-line deduplication, which increases the amount of data that can be stored on a server by storing it more efficiently, and support for three popular hypervisors.
Google's Chrome Browser Boosts Global Market Share
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Google's Chrome was the only web browser application to gain global market share last month, with all other major browser platforms showing month-to-month declines, according to Net Applications. Mozilla's Firefox browser -- which had been racking up steady gains at Microsoft's expense through November 2009 -- saw its global market share fall for the third straight month, the web metrics firm reported.
The 10 All-Time Greatest Free Downloads and Services
(PC World)
PC World - In our 15 years of choosing the best free stuff, weâve spotlighted the superstars: Adobe Reader, Craigslist, Flickr, Gmail, Google, Mozilla Firefox, and Wikipedia.
Ingres moving forward with database booster
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Open source database provider Ingres hopes to move the Ingres VectorWise database performance technology to a beta release phase during the next month, Ingres President/CEO Roger Burkhardt said this week.
Ubuntu Linux Now Available to Fed Customers on GSA Advantage
(PC World)
PC World - Canonical's Ubuntu has become third Linux operating system approved by the General Services Administration for use by federal purchasers. It joins Linux distributions from Red Hat and Novell, already available through the GSA Advantage purchasing program.
Microsoft, Amazon sign patent deal
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on Monday it signed a patent agreement with Amazon.com Inc that allows the two companies to share technology in several areas including Amazon's Kindle electronic book reader and Amazon's use of Linux-based servers.
FSF to Google: Free the On2 Video Codec
(PC World)
PC World - In an open letter to Google, the Free Software Foundation has urged Google to open source a video codec that it acquired in its purchase of On2, completed Monday.
Rhomobile upgrades smartphone dev platform
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Rhomobile unveiled this week an upgrade to Rhodes, its open source framework for building native applications for multiple smartphone platforms.
Firefox 3.5.8 Closes Security Holes
(PC World)
PC World - Mozilla yesterday released updates for its Firefox Web browser to shore up vulnerabilities in the 3.5.x and 3.0.x browser versions.
AT&T Becomes Last of Big Four Carriers To Offer Android
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Google might figuratively be doing a backflip Thursday with news that AT&T will, for the first time, offer a mobile device based on the software and search giant's open-source Android mobile operating system. Appropriately, the device is Motorola's Backflip smartphone.
CodePlex open source group moves beyond Microsoft
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - CodePlex Foundation, a Microsoft-backed open source projects initiative, has accepted its first non-Microsoft project, the foundation said on Wednesday.
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