http://www.eweek.com eWeek - RSS Feeds en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:04:47 -0500 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:04:47 -0500 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:18:24 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Midmarket/Beatles-Albums-Removed-From-Download-Site-BlueBeat-353046/?kc=rss - The Internet music site BlueBeat.com, which bills itself as trying to quot;stop the insanity of overpriced online music, quot; is no longer carrying the entire catalogue of songs from legendary rock band The Beatles. EMI Group, a British music company which owns the rights to t...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Midmarket/Beatles-Albums-Removed-From-Download-Site-BlueBeat-353046/?kc=rss Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:11:52 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Verizon-Launches-LowKey-Droid-Event-in-Times-Square-With-Big-Hopes-344595/?kc=rss - Verizon must have booked its Times Square promotion of the Droid smartphone well before the Yankees won the World Series, or they might have chosen a different venue: the majority of people crowding into arguably the worlds most famous intersection were dressed in baseball uniforms, and there to ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Verizon-Launches-LowKey-Droid-Event-in-Times-Square-With-Big-Hopes-344595/?kc=rss Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:32:31 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Google-Dashboard-Provides-Too-Much-Info-And-Yet-Not-Enough-651069/?kc=rss - News Analysis: With Google Dashboard, Google again finds itself in a no-win situation. In a utopian world, the search engine would be roundly praised for providing a window it's the data users generate from using Google applications. Yet whenever Google puts a foot forward, adverti...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Google-Dashboard-Provides-Too-Much-Info-And-Yet-Not-Enough-651069/?kc=rss Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:17:54 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Best-Buy-to-Install-Google-Mobile-App-But-Not-For-Droid-IPhone-704611/?kc=rss - Google Nov. 5 partnered with Best Buy to let the retailer install Google Mobile applications on smartphones that it sells to consumers right in the store. Google Mobile App is a free mobile application users can download to their smartphone to Google Search by voice, use Google Se...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Best-Buy-to-Install-Google-Mobile-App-But-Not-For-Droid-IPhone-704611/?kc=rss Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:10:19 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Space-Debris-Threatens-Space-Station-747550/?kc=rss - NASA informed the crew of the International Space Station Nov. 6 that the spacecraft could be menaced by a piece of Russian Cosmos space debris. The time of closest approach is 10:48 p.m. EST. NASA said the timing of available tracking data has made it too late to do a maneuver, but better tr...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Space-Debris-Threatens-Space-Station-747550/?kc=rss Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:39:01 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Management/37Signals-Breaks-Free-of-Rigid-Work-Culture-464279/?kc=rss - With 3 million customers and only 16 employees, 37Signals seems to have found a nice balance for its employees and its owners; at least, that's the impression one takes from a recent article written in Inc. by one of 37Signals' founders, Jason Fried. Want to work at home? Cool. Want to come in...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Management/37Signals-Breaks-Free-of-Rigid-Work-Culture-464279/?kc=rss Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:13:09 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Former-CEO-MySQLs-Installed-Base-Will-Keep-It-Independent-232577/?kc=rss - While Oracle tussles with the European Commission over sanctioning its $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems and the future development of the Sun-owned MySQL, industry stakeholders are posting pro and con opinions -- mostly con, as it turns out -- about whether Oracle can ever be a suitabl...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Former-CEO-MySQLs-Installed-Base-Will-Keep-It-Independent-232577/?kc=rss Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:02:10 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/Green-IT-Company-Viridity-to-Come-Out-of-Stealth-Mode-474386/?kc=rss - A new company coming out of stealth mode Nov. 9 is looking to give enterprises a clearer view into their IT infrastructure and applications to enable them to create more energy-efficient environments and drive down power and cooling costs. Viridity is developing a software product of the same na...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/Green-IT-Company-Viridity-to-Come-Out-of-Stealth-Mode-474386/?kc=rss Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:55:50 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/10-Essential-Third-Party-Security-Apps-for-Windows-7-752776/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/10-Essential-Third-Party-Security-Apps-for-Windows-7-752776/?kc=rss Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:38:53 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/EBay-Skype-Settle-IP-Suits-With-Joltid-Sans-Index-Ventures-533818/?kc=rss - The future of voice-over-IP service Skype looks bright again for its more than 500 million users. eBay Nov. 6 said it has settled lawsuits with Joltid and Joost in a $1.9 billion deal that gives Skype ownership over all software previously licensed from Joltid and paves the way for a group of in...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/EBay-Skype-Settle-IP-Suits-With-Joltid-Sans-Index-Ventures-533818/?kc=rss Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:17:03 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Lawmakers-Finish-Draft-Universal-Service-Fund-Reform-357029/?kc=rss - Reps. Rick Boucher (D-VA) and Lee Terry (R-NE) released their draft discussion bill for reforming the USF (Universal Service Fund) Nov. 6. The proposed legislation would broaden the base of contributions into the USF and controlling distributions from the fund and allow the use of the USF for br...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Lawmakers-Finish-Draft-Universal-Service-Fund-Reform-357029/?kc=rss Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:44:26 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Aruba-Motorola-Settle-Patent-Dispute-769476/?kc=rss - Aruba Networks and Motorola said Nov. 6 they have settled a two-year dispute over patents owned by both companies. The settlement involves Aruba paying Motorola $19.8 million and both parties agreeing to a cross-licensing agreement. The dispute dates back to August 2007 and involves patents re...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Aruba-Motorola-Settle-Patent-Dispute-769476/?kc=rss Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:11 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Microsoft-Will-Be-Challenged-By-Google-Opera-Mozilla-on-EU-Settlement-345854/?kc=rss - Microsoft may not quite be out of the woods yet with regard to its antitrust dealings with the European Commission, the regulatory body that investigates possible violations of European Union antitrust rules. Although Redmond and the regulatory body seem close to a deal over the integration of ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Microsoft-Will-Be-Challenged-By-Google-Opera-Mozilla-on-EU-Settlement-345854/?kc=rss Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:01:25 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/IBM-Building-ZeroEmission-Data-Centers-123794/?kc=rss - BALTIMORE IBM is working to deliver technology that could lead to zero-emission data centers, said an IBM researcher at a USENIX conference here Nov. 6. At the USENIX Large Installation System Administration conference, Bruno Michel, manager of Advanced Thermal Packaging at IBM's Zurich Resea...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/IBM-Building-ZeroEmission-Data-Centers-123794/?kc=rss Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:32:08 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/TMobile-Sprint-and-Verizon-Prepare-for-Holiday-Flurry-326433/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/TMobile-Sprint-and-Verizon-Prepare-for-Holiday-Flurry-326433/?kc=rss