Yahoo, Google, Microsoft Draft China Code Of Conduct
After more than a year, Yahoo, Google and Microsoft claim that policies for dealing with Internet-restricting countries are nearing completion. Their response comes after congressional pressure over the possibility of China forcing Yahoo, Google and Microsoft to turn over Internet data of athletes, journalists and visitors to the Beijing Olympics. - Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and other Internet companies have reached an agreement in principle that would govern their actions in dealing with China and other countries that restrict Internet freedoms. The companies said the core principles of the voluntary agreement will be announced later this year....
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ATandT Now Offering Cloud Computing Services
AT T Synaptic Hosting is the telephone carriers new brand of cloud computing infrastructure services and utility computing, which first will host the U.S. Olympic Committee Web site. The AT T cloud initiative comes at the same time IBM, Amazon and others are building their own cloud infrastructures. - AT amp;T is launching its own cloud computing services that will put the phone carrier in direct competition with the likes of IBM, Google and Amazon.
The AT amp;T Synaptic Hosting is part of a $1 billion initiative
that will see the carrier build five large-scale Internet data centers
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Amazon.com to Fund Elastra's Cloud Computing Effort
Amazon.com joins Bay Partners and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners in pumping $12 million in funding into cloud computing startup Elastra, which joins Salesforce.com, Etelos, Coghead, Bungee Labs and others in running enterprise applications and other software on the Internet. - Elastra, one of a slew of startups creating platforms that host and run software entirely on the Internet, has just banked $12 million in funding from a pack of investors that includes cloud computing forbearer Amazon.com.
Cloud computing is the new catch phrase for utility computing, where custo...
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Yahoo Investor Capital Research Calls for Vote Probe
Yahoo institutional shareholder Capital Research Global Investors asks Broadridge Financial Solutions for close scrutiny of the annual shareholders meeting's vote count. Capital is vexed that votes to retain Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang, with whom many investors expressed frustration, came in at 85 percent in favor of the embattled leader. - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - One of Yahoo's largest and most critical shareholders, Capital Research Global Investors, said on Monday it asked for a probe of last week's shareholder vote, a move that calls into question the strong showing for Chief Executive Jerry Yang.
Yang has been under pressure fo...
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Microsoft Prepares Patch Tuesday Program for Security Vendors
Microsoft will bring security software vendors into the loop about security vulnerabilities prior to Patch Tuesday in a program launching in October. The Microsoft Active Protection Program changes the way Microsoft currently alerts the industry about security threats. - Microsoft has signed on to the concept of industry-coordinated security
disclosure with a new initiative it will launch in October.
Dubbed the Microsoft Active Protection Program, the move will make
information on Microsofts monthly security updates available to a select group
of software secur...
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Black Hat Puts Spotlight on Security Research
The Black Hat conference will bring with it a crowd of IT security pros ready to hear about the latest research into malware, rootkits and hacker tricks. Attendees will hear about attacks on Cisco routers and from researchers from such vendors as Hewlett-Packard. - IT security pros, analysts and researchers are coming together for the meeting of the minds that is Black Hat 2008.
The popular security conference officially kicked off Aug. 2 in Las Vegas with a series of training sessions that wrap up Aug. 5. However, the real buzz for many attendees will b...
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Vyatta Enterprise Router Runs Linux
Startup Vyatta has bundled its Linux and open source software-based router and firewall software into an x86 appliance for the enterprise market. Vyatta will market its appliance to compete on cost-performance with Cisco, Nortel and Juniper Networks. - Vyatta has bundled its dual-licensed Linux and open source software-based router and firewall software into a branded hardware quot;appliance quot; version for the enterprise market.
The Vyatta 2501,the first in a quot;Series 2500 quot; line of quot;Open Networking Appliances, quot;, targets ...
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VirtualBox Delivers Free, Multiplatform Desktop Virtualization
VirtualBox is an able hypervisor for running guest OSes with a minimum of fuss and even less money. - Sun Microsystems' VirtualBox desktop virtualization software is a surprisingly
full-featured, no-cost alternative to VMware Workstation and Parallels Desktop
that's well worth the consideration of software developers looking to test on
multiple platforms and of IT managers who are evaluating the ...
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Linux to Outsell Windows in Mobile Internet Device Market
Mobile Linux will outsell Microsoft Windows Mobile and other rival OS makers in the mobile Internet device market by 2013, says ABI Research. Moblin, LiMo and Maemo will be the leading Linux mobile providers. - Linux will be the top-selling operating system in the mobile Internet device
market, outselling Microsoft Windows Mobile and other rivals by 2013, said ABI
Research.
The MID market is relatively small now only 305,000 MID units are expected
to be shipped in 2008 but it is expected to grow to 39....
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Lenovo IdeaPad Line Enters 'Netbook' Market
The Lenovo IdeaPad S10 is the first low-cost notebook or netbook from the PC vendor and this new laptop offers an Intel Atom processor along with a $399 starting price. The Lenovo IdeaPad S10 will compete against netbook offerings from HP, Asus and others. - Lenovo is joining the low-cost notebook parade with a $399 laptop.
On Aug. 4, Lenovo released its first low-cost notebook, or
quot;netbook, quot; called the IdeaPad S10, which will have a 10.2-inch wide
display and use Intel's Atom processor. Lenovo, best known for its
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