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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:20:00 GMT

Microsoft's embrace of MySQL could kill it

For those who have fret about Microsoft fighting against open source, I have news for you: Microsoft's impact on open source may be worse as a friend than as an enemy. Now with MySQL inside! Yes, we can. (Credit: Microsoft) Over the past few years,
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:20:00 GMT

Aging Nuclear Stockpile Good For Decades To Come

pickens writes 'The NY Times reports that the Jason panel, an independent group of scientists advising the federal government on issues of science and technology, has concluded that the a program to refurbish aging nuclear arms is sufficient to guarantee
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:15:00 GMT

Wired Backs Internet for Nobel Peace Prize

The internet has clearly been a boon for news junkies, LOLcats and the makers of goofball videos. But it?s also proven to be a powerful international force for peace. That?s the message of , a campaign launched this week by Wired Italy to nominate the
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:12:00 GMT

Microsoft Silverlight - now with hidden Windows bias

PDC Silverlight 4.0 was the big hit at Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference (PDC) this week. 'I can see that Silverlight is the future of Windows client development' one attendee told me. The basis for this enthusiasm is an array of new features
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:09:00 GMT

Netbooks Have Higher Failure Rate Than Laptops

Barence writes 'Netbooks are more likely to fail within the first year than their more expensive laptop brethren, according to new research. SquareTrade, an independent US warranty provider, analyzed the failure rates of more than 30,000 laptops covered
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT

Sony Ericsson's Infinite Hope for a Turnaround

Bored with the buttons on your current phone and their limited functions? Sony Ericsson says its new cellphones will features an “Infinite Button” that can connect you to your friends, photos, music, videos and more. Well, it will do this if it can
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:35:00 GMT

EU gives Oracle extra time to respond to Sun inquiry

Oracle was granted an extra week to prepare to make its case for the planned merger in front of European regulators Oracle and Sun Microsystems have been granted an extra week to defend their planned $7 billion merger in front of European regulators, the
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:33:00 GMT

ZDNet's Ultimate Black Friday Guide for 2009

Black Friday is almost here. Yes, its that time of the year again the time when retailers across the U.S. mark down products to bargain levels to kick off the holiday shopping season, move goods off the shelves and move the years profit needle from red
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:27:00 GMT

Domino's mobile: When the noms hit your iPhone like a big pizza pie

Domino's has launched a mobile site, including an iPhone site that allowed us to get our slice on after a hard day's Craving
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:16:00 GMT

Xbox Live Class Action Being Investigated

eldavojohn writes 'Were you negatively affected by the recent ban on Xbox Live for modifying hardware you own? Did you modify yours for homebrew or altering things you paid for and not to engage in piracy? Abington IP would like to hear from you and may
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:03:00 GMT

Patent Issued For Podcasting

pickens writes 'The EFF is reaching out for help after a company called Volomedia got the Patent Office to grant them exclusive rights to 'a method for providing episodic media' that could threaten the community of podcasters and millions of podcast
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:19:00 GMT

Automatic Linux Laptop Backups

cron is great for servers and desktops that are always on, but if you want to schedule a backup (or indeed any other job) on a laptop or other machine that may not always be on, try anacron instead. With cron, you schedule a job at a specific date and
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:15:00 GMT

Cisco's Extreme Ambitions

During Cisco Systems' (CSCO) annual meeting on Nov. 12, John T. Chambers, chairman and chief executive, strode confidently around the auditorium at Silicon Valley's Santa Clara Convention Center. But he faced a barrage of tough questions about the
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:06:00 GMT

Panasonic SC-BTX70 review

The 2.1-channel Panasonic SC-BTX70 home-cinema system with built-in Blu-ray player is a curious-looking specimen, and its virtual 7.1-channel surround-sound processing isn't entirely convincing. But its picture quality is fantastic and its super-slim
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Linus Torvalds For Nobel Peace Prize?

An anonymous reader writes 'I'm as much of a Linux fanboy as anyone else, but I've never thought of anything in computing as being worth a Nobel Peace Prize. Apparently, there are those who take global collaboration seriously, though...' The suggestion
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:44:00 GMT

H-1B hiring bill takes aim at tech firm layoffs

Legislation could affect a broad swath of tech firms that have laid off large numbers of workers but continue hiring guest workers The two lawmakers who successfully added H-1B hiring restrictions to the financial bailout bill earlier this year have
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:52:00 GMT

Nokia swings axe again

Nokia is streamlining again, this time to the tune of 230 employees in Finland and another 100 in Copenhagen. The staff are being cut from the Research & Development division, representing around two per cent of that division, which is all part of the
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:46:00 GMT

Zero-Day Vulnerabilities In Firefox Extensions

An anonymous reader writes 'Researchers have found several security holes in popular Firefox extensions that have an estimated total of 30 million downloads from AMO (the Addons Mozilla community site). Three 0-days were also released. Mozilla doesn't
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:18:00 GMT

CNET UK Podcast 162: How's Android doing?

On the CNET UK Podcast this week, Ian, Nate and Rory discuss Wikipedia and murderers, a ban on power-guzzling TVs and we wish Android a happy birthday
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:41:00 GMT

Nokia to lay off up to 330 R&D staffers

Nokia said Friday that a streamlining effort could result in the elimination of as many as 330 positions from its research and development staff, or about 2 percent of its global R&D workforce. The changes will likely hit up to 230 workers in the
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:39:00 GMT

SecondLife To Remove Free Content From Web Search

Outland Traveller writes 'In a move that continues to shake the SecondLife community of content creators, merchants, and consumers, Linden Labs has declared that free virtual content will no longer be searchable without listing payments on their website
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:34:00 GMT

Hacker-proof? Inside the Chrome OS security model

Google plans to use a combination of system hardening, process isolation, verified boot, secure auto-update and encryption to thwart malicious hackers from planting malware on its new Google Chrome OS. Much like the Google Chrome browser, the operating
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:13:00 GMT

Got VMWare? Download and run Google Chrome OS now

Just awhile ago, with sneak peak videos and details about the much-awaited, upcoming release. But as of a few hours ago, it looks like we can sample it for ourselves. To be able to do so, youll need VMWare running on your computer (PC, Mac or Linux). You
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:13:00 GMT

Fedora 12 Package Installation Policy Tightened

AdamWill writes 'After the controversy over Fedora 12's controversial package installation authentication policy, including our discussion this week, the package maintainers have agreed that the controversial policy will be tightened to require root
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:02:00 GMT

Crave giveaway of the week: Nokia Booklet 3G Netbook

For this week's installment of the weekly Crave giveaway, we're offering up Nokia's new stylish Netbook, the Booklet 3G, which has just hit stores (thanks, Nokia for providing the unit for Crave readers). CNET's Dan Ackerman reviewed the Booklet
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:45:00 GMT

New SSL attack can steal sensitive info from secure Web sites

Security researcher has developed generic attack code that could give hackers a very powerful phishing tool, but is keeping it private A Seattle computer security consultant says he's developed a new way to exploit a recently disclosed bug in the SSL
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:21:00 GMT

Google holds the future of Linux

future of - InfoWorld url_topic '' or Our Linthicum: See all Feature review: Cisco UCS wows Cisco's Unified Computing System is a manageable, scalable, and essentially superior blade server system, despite 1.0 warts Reviews review: Cisco UCS wows review:
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:20:00 GMT

Federal Judge Says Corps of Engineers Liable For Katrina Damage

Hugh Pickens writes 'The Christian Science Monitor reports that a federal judge has ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers and thus the US government is liable for a big chunk of the damage caused when hurricane Katrina pushed ashore on August 29, 2005
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:16:00 GMT

Stephen Fry attacks 'malevolent' comments following Twitter spat

'I would not say that I lost faith in Twitter, I would say that I lost faith in my ability to negotiate it,' says Stephen Fry Stephen Fry, technophile and a 'twillionaire' having amassed more than a million followers on Twitter, yesterday explained .
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:10:00 GMT

YouTube gets automatic subtitles

Six channels run by universities are also involved in the initial launch. YouTube's parent company Google has announced on its blog that automatic captions are to begin to roll out across the site. The machine-generated captions will initially be
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:25:00 GMT