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  • Google blocked in China... NOT! Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 8:01PMSome server error has severely pranked the mainstream international media . Google declared itself blocked in China for all services except for Gmail sometime early this morning. Strangely enough though, everyone actually in China was still able to access everything they'd been able to access before. According to the Wall Street Journal : Google said its images and news services were partially ...
  • AuthenTec Reports Q2 2010 Financial Results Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:57PMMELBOURNE, Fla. -- AuthenTec (NASDAQ:AUTH), a leading provider of security, identity management and ...
  • Could Facebook be the next AOL? Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:24PMLast week, Facebook announced that it had amassed 500 million users, a formable portion of the global Internet audience. But even as Mark Zuckerberg and company celebrates, others are busy trying to uproot Facebook's popularity by establishing a set of open standards to share Facebook-like features across the Internet.
  • Microsoft's 2010 software 'most complicated lock-in decision in years' Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 6:39PMMicrosoft's 2010 software suites present "the most complicated lock-in decision in years," and many customers will be justified in sticking with the 2007 versions of Office, Exchange and SharePoint, Burton Group analysts said this week at the Catalyst conference.
  • Users Say Google Is Not Blocked In China, Google Says Otherwise Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 6:20PMAccording to the Mainland China service availability page it looks like Google Web Search, Google Images and Google News are down in China, again. In fact if you parse the chart it looks like just about the only thing still up is Gmail. However reports on Twitter say other wise, as many users claim that the service is working fine. We also tested Google.com on Webpulse and received a big thumbs ...
  • ESPN Takes Down Online Article About James Partying Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 6:01PMESPN said the reporter did not properly identify himself or state his intentions to LeBron James and his friends before reporting an article about the N.B.A. star’s Las Vegas party.
  • Forget Technical Terms - Whoever Gets the Most Developers Wins...Period Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 5:23PMIn a recent survey by Evans Data , Google gets accolades for its public cloud. IBM gets top marks from developers for its private cloud. But what do developers want the most? They want the cloud to be simple to use. They want it to be as as easy to get your data in as easy it is to get the data out. And they want it to be secure. Evans Data survey took a look at the whole gamut of issues related ...
  • Austin's only source for local news since 1891 Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 5:13PMThe Austin Daily Herald (AND) is sensitive to issues of individual privacy on the Internet. To that end, we provide the following policy on the use of information gathered on austindailyherald.com:
  • Zend offers PHP software packages Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 3:36PMThe new subscription-based model can help users who need more flexible application infrastructures
  • W3C's Unicorn Validator Checks Multiple Standards at Once Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 6:33PMWant to find out how magically terrible your web code is? Just ask the Unicorn. The web's governing body has launched a new validation tool called Unicorn that checks the quality of your website's code against multiple web standards simultaneously.
  • Pitney Bowes Uses Cloud for Map Creation Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 6:00PMPitney Bowes Business Insight has made its latest version of MapInfo Professional available through a cloud-based portal to better share customer, resource and operations data across an enterprise.
  • The Leading Business Weekly Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 5:39PMBecause this web site wants to demonstrate its commitment to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices and have its privacy practices reviewed for compliance. If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should contact The Standard.
  • ESPN Plays Court Jester to King James Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 4:55PMLast night at 1:30 a.m Eastern Time, ESPN published a story by reporter Arash Markazi about a night LeBron James spent out in the nightclub Tao in Las Vegas. It was a great read! By this morning, the story had been removed.  A spokeswoman for ESPN said that the story was published by accident. "The story should have never been published," she wrote in an email to the Media Mob. "The draft was ...
  • I can't believe it's not Flash! Can you tell which ads are in HTML5? Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 4:53PMRecreating existing Flash ads with HTML5/CSS3 might seem pointless, but for designers and sites looking to beat ad-blocking it might be the future. See how well you can spot the differences... Make the HTML5 ads go away! Photo by Seeds_of_Peace on Flickr. Some rights reserved Cover your eyes, AdBlock users: the future of the web is here, and it includes adverts. Unless of course you reckon that ...
  • Wedge Networks Breaks Performance Barriers With the Industry's First 10GBPS Deep Content Inspection Platform for Cloud ... Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 3:42PMCALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - 07/28/10) - Wedge Networks Inc. (Wedge), the leader in high performance network-based web security solutions, announced today, the World's first 10 Gigabit per second Deep Content Inspection Platform, the BeSecure NDP-2080. Pushing the performance and accuracy boundaries for network inspection and integration, the BeSecure NDP-2080 is purpose- built for Service ...
  • Open source installer offered for Plug Computer Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 3:26PMMarvell announced the availability of an open source installer, simplifying software deployment on its Linux-based Plug Computer reference design.
  • Symantec Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2011 Results Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 3:22PMMOUNTAIN VIEW, CA--(Marketwire - July 28, 2010) - Symantec Corp. ( NASDAQ : SYMC )
  • MarkLogic to Demonstrate Game-Changing Mobile Technology at Connecting Soldiers to Digital Applications Event Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 3:21PMSAN CARLOS, Calif.----MarkLogic® Corporation, a leading provider of information infrastructure software, today announced that it has been invited to demonstrate its custom mobile applications for warfighters at the “Connecting Soldiers to Digital Applications ” Digital Rodeo taking place today and tomorrow at Fort Bliss, Texas.
  • Adobe Buys ECM Vendor (and Apache Contributor) Day Software Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 11:23AMAdobe today announced it has reached a deal to acquire ECM vendor Day Software . In a telephone interview, Erik Larson Senior Director of Product Management at Adobe, cited Day's technology's scalability and social features and the company's support for open-source software as the primary factors driving the acquisition. According to Day's website , "Day Chief Scientist Roy Fielding was co ...
  • Zultys Announces MXmeeting 4.2 With Multiparty Video Conferencing Feature for Web Collaboration Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 11:21AMSolution Adds Four-Way Webcam Video Conferencing, Enhanced Outlook Integration and More
  • Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server review Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 11:20AMA complete server product ideal for small businesses
  • Improve project collaboration with LiquidPlanner Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 11:12AMLiquidPlanner's collaboration features and its approach to scheduling make it a standout tool for project execution and delivery. A project manager discusses his favorite features of LiquidPlanner.
  • Zultys Announces MXmeeting 4.2 With Multiparty Video Conferencing Feature for Web Collaboration Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 11:06AMSUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - 07/28/10) - Zultys Inc. , the "Smarter Communications" company and award-winning IP telephony solution provider for SMB and enterprises, today announced MXmeeting Release 4.2, adding four-way video conferencing and a number of key new features to an already very successful next-generation collaboration solution that add to the user experience and make it an even more ...
  • Oceanic Research & Recovery Completes Migration of Data Systems Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 10:50AMPEORIA, IL--(Marketwire - July 28, 2010) - Oceanic Research & Recovery Inc. ( PINKSHEETS : ORRV ), a marine salvage and exploration company, today announced that the company's data systems have been fully migrated over to new servers and operating systems.
  • Oceanic Research & Recovery Completes Migration of Data Systems Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 10:40AMPEORIA, IL--(Marketwire - 07/28/10) - Oceanic Research & Recovery Inc. (Pinksheets: ORRV - News ), a marine salvage and exploration company, today announced that the company's data systems have been fully migrated over to new servers and operating systems. The company now has its own domain and is no longer using the RS Operations domain or servers. The company's new domain and website address ...
  • Cyber Wars in Iran Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 10:33AMThe internet is often seen as the domain of dissidents and free spirits. But the Iranian regime like many others has long recognised the importance of winning the virtual propaganda war, and the talk for the last couple of years has been of an "Iranian Cyber Army", a band of dedicated regime loyalists who attack opposition websites and other virtual targets. -Khashayar Nouri, Mianeh
  • British entrepreneur holds internet security key Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 10:33AMA British entrepreneur has been given a key to help restore the internet’s latest international security system.
  • HP 'Butterfly' Prefab Data Center Could Slash Construction Costs Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 3:30PMHP has created a prefabricated data center design that will give businesses greater flexibility in building their facilities and cut construction costs by more than half, say HP officials.
  • Websites Running JavaScript at Risk: Report Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 8:05PMA new report concludes that the majority of websites are running third-party JavaScript somewhere on their sites, which could be putting them at risk.
  • Fine print with periodic payments Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 7:08PMUnlike the old mono LaserJets, equipment is now paid for on contract, writes David Flynn.
  • Google unveils Apps for Government Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 7:02PMGoogle has launched a new version of its Apps cloud services aimedspecifically at servicing the growing government market.
  • OpenSSO, neglected by Oracle, gets second life Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 6:42PMA Norwegian startup is assuming responsibility for maintaining an open source Web authentication technology originally developed by Sun Microsystems, and seemingly neglected by Oracle, which purchased Sun in January.
  • Google unveils Apps for Government Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 6:41PMIain Thomson in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 27 July 2010 at 00:32:00 Making a play for the hosted municipal services market Google has launched a new version of its Apps cloud services aimed specifically at servicing the growing government market. The new 'Apps for Government' includes word processing, email and calendar functions and was as web pages for intranets. All the data is kept ...
  • Peer 1 launches GPU compute cloud Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 5:36PMRise of the fluffy ceepie-geepies Peer 1 Hosting, an IT service provider that does traditional hosting as well as selling virtual, cloudy infrastructure, is claiming to be the first to fluff up a CPU-GPU hybrid cloud that supports supercomputing workloads.…
  • Web design sites with must-read tips Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 5:12PMWeb developers, Web designers, and Webmasters can benefit from bookmarking the 10 Web design sites featured in this TechRepublic gallery.
  • UNH-IOLs Third-Party Testing for Emerging Energy Efficient Ethernet Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 4:41PMJuly 26, 2010 -- In late June, UNH-IOL became the first facility of its kind to be able to test the new IEEE 802.3az EEE standard. This new protocol was developed to reduce the power that drives data throughput during periods of low Internet usage or minimal Ethernet activity.
  • The story behind the Afghan war-logs leak Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 11:23PMFrom a US base near Baghdad to a cafe in Brussels, how thousands of classified papers found their way to online activists
  • Beware the BlackBerry Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 10:34PMCriminals may be using BlackBerry smartphones to undermine national security — and there is little the government can do to stop them, the UAE’s telecoms regulator has warned.
  • Internet addresses to run out in a year Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 9:00PMExperts warn fix must happen before a black market in net addresses surfaces.
  • An Online Video Ad Survival Kit Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 5:36PMWeb video advertising can be a rough landscape -- and a land of opportunity. Ready to go?
  • Crime Stoppers will take tips via e-mail Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 12:11PMA recently redesigned website for Guam Crime Stoppers Program Inc. will be launched Aug. 1 with a new feature allowing residents to provide anonymous tips by e-mail.
  • Enterprise Software Is Sexy Again Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 11:05AMThis guest post was written by Aaron Levie, CEO and co-founder of Box.net. Box.net was founded in 2005 with the goal of helping people and businesses easily access and share information from anywhere. Box.net is now used by millions of individuals, small businesses, and Fortune 500 enterprises worldwide. When we think of sexy technologies, [...]
  • Bulwark Technologies conducted NetSupport product training for Channel Partners in UAE Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 8:15AMDubai, UAE July 25, 2010 - Bulwark Technologies, value added distributor for NetSupport Products in Middle East, have conducted sales and technical training on NetSupport Manager - the remote desktop management solution and NetSupport School - Classroom Training Software.
  • NOAA Ship Fairweather Maps Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 9:57AMNew multi-year effort to update charts of priority Arctic regions, Aid Shipping Through Bering Straits
  • Banking by phone is a growing trend Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 6:37PMThe new financial reforms passed by Congress are expected to change many things about banking. One could be a push to get more people banking on their phones. Experts predict 45 million people will do that in the next five years.
  • Windows Vulnerability Targeted by More Malware Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 6:30PMSecurity researchers have observed more malware targeting a Windows zero-day vulnerability.
  • Flipboard Could Still Grow Into One of Tablet Computing's Killer Apps Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 6:26PMDoes this new app make the iPad hype worth it?
  • Greek Orthodox Archdiocese E-bulletin July 23, 2010 (Worldwide Faith Greek Orthodo) Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 6:09PMThis is the weekly edition of the GOA E-Bulletin. For more information just click on the links below to go to the topics of interest to you. If the link does not work from your email, copy the link and paste it into the address bar of your web browser. DORMITION FAST BEGINS: The fasting period for the Feast of the Dormition (Kimissis) begins on August 1 and concludes on August 14, the day before ...
  • Parallels launcht sieben neue APS-Geschäftsanwendungen Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 6:02PMKleinunternehmen setzen auf Applikationen aus der Cloud
  • Big Data: The Early Days Are Over Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 5:23PMAt least five innovative data warehousing practitioners have stepped up to share their stories for our "mastering big data" feature article planned for August 9. Their accounts show that application-specific needs are diverse, making generic speed, feed and TPC-H benchmark claims all the more irrelevant. I'll get to the list of my latest customer interviews in a moment, but first a refresher. As ...