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Amazon EC2 Used as Botnet Command and Control

Trend Micro released a report Dec. 9 highlighting what it expects to see as far as security threats in 2010. Among the more interesting...

Windows Embedded Partner Program Toasts 10 Years, Windows 7 Support

Microsoft celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its Windows Embedded Partner Program (WEPP) by announcing the next-generation program for participating partners, building on its recent...

Palm Launches Alpha of New Development Platform: Ares

Palm has released its new mobile development platform, known as Ares, to testing.First previewed at the Open Mobile Summit in San Francisco in November,...

Microsoft Acquires Opalis Software, Boosting Data Center Automation

Microsoft announced the acquisition of Opalis Software, which produces software for automating complex processes within data centers, on Dec. 11. The Opalis portfolio will...

ATandT Is Top Carrier, Says Business Traveler Mag

AT&T announced Dec. 11 that readers of Business Traveler magazine have, for the third time in a row, voted the carrier's service the "Best...

Skype to Release Skype for Symbian Beta

Skype announced Dec. 10 that it is releasing a limited beta version of Skype for Symbian, a version of its voice-over IP software for...

Google and the Schmidt-Schneier Privacy Duel

News Analysis: When CNBC's Maria Bartiromo asked Google CEO Eric Schmidt if people should treat Google as their most trusted friend Schmidt stepped into...

What’s Hot in Unified Communications, VOIP for 2010

What's Hot in Unified Communications, VOIP for 2010 by Jeffrey Burt Commoditization The commodization of core telephony technology, such as basic voice service—including including PBX and first-generation...

Spending in Semiconductor Equipment Market Accelerates: Gartner

The worldwide semiconductor equipment market will see a 42.6 percent decline in spending this year, compared with 2008, according to research firm Gartner.However, the...

NASA Delays WISE Launch

Concerned over an anomaly in the motion of a booster steering engine, NASA Dec. 11 delayed the launch of the WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey...