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Why SaaS could make your IT skills irrelevant

Rise of cloud computing and software as a service forcing IT professionals to rethink their skill sets and the value they bring to their companies

Do we need more SOA startups?

SAP, user group to shed light on enterprise support

ASUG's series of Web seminars will attempt to explain to users the value of the enterprise-level support service SAP recently mandated

Daily news beat for August 20, 2008

Android puts out call to mobile security gurus

Developers invite security experts to review Google's Android OS before the Linux mobile platform ships on mobile phones later this year

Mozilla preps Firefox 3.0 auto update

Mozilla might trigger the automatic browser update within the next week; support for Firefox 2.0 will end in mid-December

The case of a missing iPhone

Review: A giant among NAS

Intel laptop platform to boost graphics, power use

Calpella mobile platform will be released in 2009 as a follow-up to Intel's Centrino 2

Update: Microsoft and Novell extend Linux partnership

Microsoft to make additional investment to enhance tools, support, and training and build on its original interoperability pact with Novell

Salesforce buys InStranet for call-center tech

InStranet's knowledge-base management software can improve call-center and self-service portal performance by reflecting an end-user's particular context

OQO shows off handheld computer based on Atom

Prototype of an Atom-based mobile Internet device signals an important milestone for Intel in convincing OQO to switch from using Via's C7 processor

Sun eyes former BEA customers with special offer

The first 20 qualified WebLogic or Fusion customers who buy Sun SOA products will be given free WebLogic adapters

Microsoft, Novell expand controversial interop pact

Extending 2006 deal, Microsoft commits to purchasing up to $100 million in certificates that customers can redeem for Novell's support of Suse Linux Enterprise Server

Embedded chips to drive Internet adoption, exec says

Intel executive said the company is developing low-power embedded chips to take advantage of the increasing use of devices connected to the Internet

Intel shows off solid-state drive road map

The Intel High-Performance SATA Solid-State Drive product line uses flash-based storage

Microsoft pursues search improvements, sans Yahoo

Executive touts endeavors at conference

Study shows glacial pace of IPv6 adoption

Slow adoption rates concern advocates, who say the technology promises more IP addresses, along with advantages in security and network management

Judge dissolves gag order against MIT students

District judge sides with students and their representation, provided by Electronic Frontier Foundation, in case against Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

When Microsoft’s customers aren’t particularly important

Microsoft's strategy turned from making customers happy toward leveraging lock-in.

Daily news beat for August 19, 2008

Free app testing set for Ruby on Rails

FiveRuns and Morph Labs partner to provide platform-as-a-service offering with app profiling

Service applies social networking to app testing

Startup uTest launches on-demand app testing through a community of more than 8,000 professional testers in 130 countries

Internet-threat portal on tap from TippingPoint

TippingPoint's Web portal will let users view Internet-threat intelligence as well as polls of how other customers are dealing with those threats

IT heresy: Invite those unsanctioned applications in!

Update: Microsoft to alpha test Office 14 before end of year

Blog posting by Microsoft employee calls for people to be part of a technology adoption program to test the monitoring and analytics components of Office PerformancePoint Server

When cheap IT labor costs an awful lot

It's not always about the money.

Apple posts iPhone 2 update but problems remain

New iPhone 2.0.2 firmware has not fixed users' 3G reception problems, according to first reports posted to Apple's support forum

Yahoo opens Digg rival to all publishers

Yahoo's content recommendation service now includes more publishers

Check Point goes virtual with VPN-1

New version of VPN-1 protects virtual machines from one another when they are running on a single piece of hardware

Wikia Search, Cuil trailing Google by a long shot

Google sets 10th consecutive record high in monthly search share, accounting for 70.77 percent of all online search engine queries in the U.S. for July

IBM unveils technology for faster CPUs

By shrinking features in test memory chips to 22 nanometers, company enables processors to have more features, perform faster, and consume less power

Android SDK update arrives from Google at last

Bug fixes and interface changes top the list of changes in Google's attempt to appease complaining developers

WaveMaker, Genuitec cite AJAX focus

Point-and-click paradigm offered for building Web apps

Microsoft to alpha test Office 14 before end of year

Blog posting by Microsoft employee indicates testing of company's next productivity suite will start in November or December

Google launches white spaces campaign

Free the Airwaves campaign attempts to increase public support for new wireless devices that use empty wireless spectrum in bands controlled by U.S. TV stations

Android phone could come in November

FCC documents hint at the first Android mobile, in the form of HTC's Dream phone, hitting the U.S. market in November

Microsoft pitches proactive enterprise support

Premier Ultimate offers nearly unlimited problem-resolution services — with some exceptions — for a fixed price

Google solves long Gmail outage, but questions remain

Third Gmail outage in two weeks casts doubts about service's reliability for some users

SAP lets Business One users access Crystal Reports

Debut of business intelligence product marks SAP's first integrated solution release since Business Objects acquisition last October

Virtual appliances cause software license confusion

Quite a few software companies ship their demos and products using virtual appliances — often without making license implications clear

SOA governance not about technology

Jitterbit reveals open source data integration tool

Another entry joins a growing group of open source alternatives to proprietary offerings from the likes of IBM, SAS, and Informatica

Ubuntu sponsor joins Linux Foundation

Canonical looks to boost Ubuntu platform through membership in Linux organization

Daily news beat for August 18, 2008

IT workers pushed to the brink

The case of San Francisco admin Terry Childs should be a wake-up call to IT at large.

Fujitsu Siemens to launch mini-laptop

Fujitsu Siemens will join the hot mini-notebook category with its launch planned for the upcoming IFA trade show

HP ruggedizes ultraportable laptops

Hewlett-Packard's new EliteBook ultraportable laptops can easily switch between wireless 3G broadband networks and withstand harsh environmental conditions

New data: 1 in 3 business PCs drop Vista for Windows XP

Figures from InfoWorld's Windows Sentinel community show "downgrades" are common

Intel plans to extend WiMax frequency range

Intel offers first glimpse into its WiMax plans, with comments suggesting the chip maker will add support for the 2.3GHz and 3.5GHz profiles to its product lineup