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Google, Facebook, Plaxo Bring Social Cred to DataPortability
The DataPortability WorkGroup is primed to gain some real traction thanks to the enlistment of Google, Facebook and Plaxo this week.Representatives from these vendors,...
Frontline Wireless Bites the Dust
Frontline Wireless, the ambitious wireless startup with plans to bid in the Jan. 24 Federal Communications Commission spectrum auction, is no more, according to...
Microsoft Response Point Answers the Call
In his keynote speech at CES 2008, Bill Gates indicated that a primary focus during the next digital decade will be to connect people,...
White House Faces More Questions About Missing E-Mails
The Bush administration has five business days to answer lingering questions about the backup copies of millions of missing White House e-mails.Covering more than...
FCC to Investigate Comcast Blocking Complaint
The Federal Communications Commission plans to investigate the network neutrality complaints filed against cable giant Comcast. The investigation will be the agency's first major...
Apple Bumps Mac Pros, Xserves to Eight Cores
Only a week before the annual Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco, Apple has released new Mac Pro Xserve models, both sporting twin...
Is Network Solutions Snatching Domain Names?
Numerous reports confirm that Network Solutions, the well-known domain registry company, is automatically registering domain names when individuals search for a potential name using...
Aten Puts Data Center Power in the Closet
Aten Technology has released an IP-enabled keyboard/video/mouse switch that promises to let smaller businesses manage multiple servers over the Internet regardless of which closet...
Malicious iPhone (Prank) Trojan Is Eye-Opener
It may be just an innocuous prank, but the confirmed sighting of a malicious Trojan created for unlocked iPhones is a perfect example of...
Internet Polling Fails in N.H.
The pundits and pollsters were wrong. Again. So, again, was the Internet vote.After predicting a win for Sen. Hillary Clinton in the Iowa caucuses...