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Web 2.0, SOA, and Web Services News & Reviews

Web Services, SOA and Web 2.0 news, insight, analysis, blogs and product reviews. Covers the latest Web services technologies as well as SOA and Web 2.0 topics like Enterprise 2.0, distributed workforce, enterprise social software, wikis and enterprise social networks as well as Web 2.0 technologies like AJAX, Ruby on Rails, enterprise community and corporate blogs. The Web 2.0 section also covers the latest trends in social networking, such as Twitter and Facebook, and how these social networking sites are changing how businesses communicate in real time.


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Google Expands Transparency Report With Copyright Monitoring

Google is letting its users know what copyrighted materials are being infringed upon through its search service.

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IBM Lands GSA Smart Buildings Contract

The U.S. General Services Administration awarded IBM a contract to install smart building technology in 50 federally owned buildings.

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VMware Acquires New-Gen Desktop Virtualizer Wanova

Wanova adds advanced WAN-based VDI capabilities while enabling users to maintain the native performance of a PC.

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EMC Acquires Cloud-Based File-Sharing Provider Syncplicity

Syncplicity for the enterprise enables users to interact and share content on their device of choice under security and governance IT guideline inside regulated industries.

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Google Chrome Edges Out Internet Explorer for First Time

Google Chrome, which became available on Android devices in February, became the world's most-used Internet browser for a week in May. In the U.S., however, Internet Explorer still dominates.

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Cisco Grows Share of Expanding Ethernet Switch Market: IDC

IDC analysts point to cloud computing environments as key drivers in the growth of Ethernet switches, particularly 10GbE switches.

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Facebook, Post-IPO: With Money in the Bank, Focus Now Is on Mobile

NEWS ANALYSIS: May 18, 2012 was an historic day in the life of 8-year-old Facebook, and the bank accounts are now loaded. But now the pressure's on to keep everyone liking it and to make it mobile-friendly.

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Apple's iCloud Data Center to Use Only Green Power

The company said its North Carolina facility will be powered by a combination of solar power, green fuel cells and other sources of renewable energy.

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HP, Yahoo: Two IT Giants on the Ropes but Hardly Knocked Out

NEWS ANALYSIS: HP and Yahoo may be down for the count now and looking at huge layoffs, but that in no way indicates that they won't continue to be the IT giants they are.

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Small-Business Owners Stressed but Optimistic

Small-business owners have faith in their local economies and are optimistic about growth, but still really stressed out, a Bank of America survey indicates.

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Facebook Finds Greatest Number of Friends in America: Nielsen

As Facebook's global reach continues to grow, U.S. users are still far and away its largest audience, Nielsen reports.

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Twitter Joins Google, Apple, Microsoft, Others in 'Do Not Track Effort'

Twitter’s move comes the same day that Mozilla officials tout the acceptance by Firefox users of the "Do Not Track" initiative.

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Google Revamps Search, Creates Knowledge Graph

The new feature is designed to make it easier for users to find what they're looking for and to offer additional related information.

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Nvidia Launches New Chip for Cloud VDI Systems

Virtual desktop systems have been around for more than a dozen years. They work well in some use cases, but in many, performance has been lackluster and the systems themselves are difficult to install and maintain. Nvidia aims to change all that.

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Google Drive Picking Up Millions of Users in Short Time

Global Equities Research reports that Google Drive signups are off to a "very strong start, with probably about 35 million to 40 million signups in 15 days."

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The latest version of Firefox matches Google's Chrome on many fronts but lacks its Group Policy-based management support.
The Web tool eases development chores for Windows-based sites, and despite some minor issues, does a good job making popular open-source Web projects more broadly accessible.
Google Chrome's new Windows installer package and Active Directory Group Policy templates boost the browser's enterprise manageability and suitability.
Opera 11 shipped Dec. 16 with new extensions, tab stacking and visual navigation aids that put the web browser on a competitive footing with Microsoft's IE. The features add productivity and conveninece to the Opera experience and could be compelling advantages for web users who need quick access to many different web pages at the flick of a wrist.
An alpha version of the Opera cross-platform Web browser for Windows PC, Apple Mac and Linux systems, including mobile phones and game consoles, now has a framework for running extensions, new ways to integrate mail and news feeds, and a cleaned-up user interface.

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