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Judges Question FCC’s Network Neutrality Authority
A three-judge federal panel appeared Jan. 8 to question the Federal Communications Commission's legal authority in the 2008 decision that found Comcast guilty of...
Five Techies Who Could Fix Government’s Business Intelligence Chasm
Five Techies Who Could Fix Government's Business Intelligence Chasm
Five Techies Who Could Fix Government's Business Intelligence ChasmBy Eric Lundquist
Larry Ellison
Yes, Larry, "Mr. Oracle," "Sail...
TmaxSoft OpenFrame Challenges IBM Mainframe Business
Software vendor TmaxSoft for several years has been using its OpenFrame solution to help businesses migrate their mainframe workloads from IBM's massive systems to...
Heartland Agrees to $60M Settlement with Visa over Breach
Heartland Payment Systems on Jan. 8 announced that it has agreed to pay up to $60 million to Visa to cover losses to credit...
T-Mobile No Longer Offering @Home Land-Line Service
T-Mobile will no longer be offering its T-Mobile @Home land-line replacement service to new customers, the carrier announced Jan. 7.It will, however, continue to...
Green IT Adoption on the Rise: Forrester
As the budgetary crunch brought on the by global recession begins to ease, enterprises are starting to refocus their efforts on green technology, according...
Oracle Preps Critical Update with 24 Security Fixes
Oracle is planning to release an update that includes 24 security patches affecting numerous products, including the Oracle Database and Oracle E-Business Suite.The update...
Bill Targets Verizon Sale to Frontier
Two U.S. Congressmen joined Jan. 7 in opposing the proposed deal between Verizon and Frontier Communications in which Verizon would sell 4.8 million rural...
Adobe Patches Illustrator Security Flaws
Adobe Systems on Jan. 7 issued a fix for two security vulnerabilities affecting its Illustrator CS4 and CS3 software.The patch is actually a day...
Is Google’s Android Army Rivaling Apple’s Army?
The New York Times' David Pogue was beset by the Google Android Army, which, though I suspect it has massed in Las Vegas for...