Huawei Technologies Ltd. looks to have captured the No. 2 spot worldwide amongst wireless telecom vendors more than doubling its profits in 2009 to $2.7 billion compared with $1.15 billion posted in 2008, and revenues increasing from $18. Read more: Huawei slips past Alcatel-Lucent to No. 2  Read More →

I was walking through the offices of a Boston Web services firm recently. Filled with 22 to 28-year-old employees using mobile devices this 21st century office made me feel a little 20th century. Read the original post: Analyst Angle: Mobile consumer content and applications finding play in the enterprise  Read More →

Siliconrepublic.com One more try to modernize US surveillance laws for the Internet age BetaNews You may think that your communications with other individuals over the Internet may be protected from unreasonable use by US law enforcement without subpoena and due process. … US tech coalition calls for new online privacy law BBC News Obama faces major online privacy test CNET Why ECPA Should Make... 

Globe and Mail Vietnamese dissidents targeted by botnet attacks CNET Cyberattacks were recently used to intimidate opponents of a mining project in Vietnam with ties to China, according to Google and McAfee. Malware that was disguised as a popular Vietnamese-language keyboard driver for Windows users was … Google Uncovers Malware Attacks in Vietnam PC Magazine Google: Malware Attacks Target... 

BBC News Apple's iPhone 4.0 to support multitasking via Expose-like interface Apple Insider The upcoming 4.0 reference release of Apple's iPhone OS will deliver new support for running multiple concurrent third party apps, and allow users to switch between them using a windows management mechanism similar to … What App Developer Survey Means to Your Business PC World Will the iPad Thrive... 

The new health care law renews funding for abstinence-focused education. Many studies have shown that it’s not easy for people to practice abstinence consistently. But abstinence educators say the message is important. See the rest here: Abstinence-ed funding fuels divide  Read More →

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Novell Inc. never sold ownership rights to Unix computer software code when it allowed another company to take over the servicing of the venerable server operating system used by large corporations, a jury in Utah decided Tuesday…. More:  Utah jury decides Unix battle in favor of Novell  Read More →

So-called smart grids are among the first real-world examples of what expansive IT vendor initiatives like IBM’s Smarter Planet envision. Just what are smart grids? Designed for deployment by utility companies, smart grids incorporate sensors embedded in electric, gas and water meters to communicate usage and performance data to central data centers. In turn, the information gathered from smart... 

The carrier-led Joint Innovation Lab project announced that four handset manufacturers have agreed to support its widget specification in devices beginning next year. Read the original: Handset makers agree to JIL widget specification  Read More →

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