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Techies gather for a lunch to save the world

IDG News Service - The 43rd floor of the Spear Tower in downtown San Francisco is empty. Possibly because of the slumping economy, there's just a big, open office space with unfinished white walls overlooking a million-dollar view. It was an ...

From STEPHEN LAWSON, ComputerWorld,  20 Nov 2009

Service lets users build own iPhone, RIM, Windows apps

A startup is now offering to take the hard work out of creating mobile applications and even of porting them to the iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile platforms, all through an online service that gives novice developers simple templates for various ...

From STEPHEN LAWSON, Macworld,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Facebook Inc.,  Twitter Inc

Service lets users build their own iPhone, RIM, Windows apps

IDG News Service - A start-up is now offering to take the hard work out of creating mobile applications and even of porting them to the iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile platforms, all through an online service that gives novice developers simple ...

From STEPHEN LAWSON, ComputerWorld,  18 Nov 2009

EMC brings Avamar backup to PCs, Macs

IDG News Service - EMC is extending its Avamar backup software to all parts of an enterprise's infrastructure with clients for PC and Mac desktops and laptops. The software for automated backup and recovery, which EMC acquired by buying Avamar in 2006, ...

From STEPHEN LAWSON, ComputerWorld,  18 Nov 2009

CTIA takes on rival spectrum users in FCC letter

IDG News Service - The CTIA reiterated its demands for more radio spectrum for mobile broadband in a letter sent Friday to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, laying down the gauntlet to other industries in what may become a growing battle over ...

From STEPHEN LAWSON, ComputerWorld,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Federal Communications Commission,  U.S. Congress

Two rival supercomputers duke it out for top spot

The two leading systems swapped places in the latest Top 500 Supercomputers list A Cray supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has regained the title of the world's most powerful supercomputer, overtaking the installation that was ranked at the ...

From STEPHEN LAWSON, NetworkWorld,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: AMD,  Intel,  Jaguar,  IBM,  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Cisco's TelePresence translation will have to wait

Real-time translation of Cisco Systems TelePresence virtual meetings, which a company executive said late last year would arrive in 2009, has proved much more difficult than the company expected. The technology, which would combine speech recognition, ...

From STEPHEN LAWSON, NetworkWorld,  13 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Cisco Systems, Inc.,  Dan Miller

HP to buy 3Com in networking, data center bid

IDG News Service - Hewlett-Packard has agreed to buy 3Com for about US$2.7 billion, pushing forward the giant IT vendor's strategy for combining computing, storage, services and networking under one roof. The deal has been approved by both companies' ...

From STEPHEN LAWSON, ComputerWorld,  11 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Hewlett-Packard,  Cisco Systems, Inc.,  IBM

T-Mobile adds a free 3G stick, cuts prices

T-Mobile USA doubled down on 3G (third-generation) data Wednesday, introducing a second USB dongle for laptops and lowering prices for the end-of-year holiday season. The T-Mobile webConnect Jet can't roam on international 3G networks as the previously ...

From STEPHEN LAWSON, NetworkWorld,  11 Nov 2009
Related Topics: T-Mobile,  AT&T Inc.

Cisco showcases big bets on collaboration

Unveiling 61 new products and features for enterprise employees to communicate with each other and partners, Cisco Systems executives emphasized the importance of collaboration at an event in San Francisco on Monday. Chairman and CEO John Chambers ...

From STEPHEN LAWSON, NetworkWorld,  11 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Cisco Systems, Inc.,  John T Chambers,  Microsoft Corporation,  Gartner, Inc.,  Google Inc.

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