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East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are largely anonymous.

smh.com.au Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:28:26 +0000

Melbourne computer hacker turned whistleblower extraordinaire Julian Assange is under pressure from within WikiLeaks to step down from the helm of the site he created.

smh.com.au Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:28:26 +0000

Oracle hires former HP CEO Hurd as president

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Hurd, who resigned suddenly last month amid an ethics controversy, will report to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison.

www.news.com Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:20:39 +0000

Oracle hires former HP CEO Hurd

Exactly a month after his departure from Hewlett-Packard, Hurd named co-president. He will help the company's expansion into commercial computer systems, CEO Larry Ellison says.

mercurynews.com Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:46:39 +0000

Advertising: Marketing Fanciful Items in the Lands of Make Believe

Companies including Volvo, H&M and MTV are testing merchandise in virtual worlds to raise awareness of their brands.

nytimes.com Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:35:59 +0000

Leak reveals largest Google ad purchasers

Thanks to a new internal Google document leaked by Advertising Age , there were multiple companies that spent over $1 million in June to buy ads in Google's search results. The largest jump came from BP , who spent $3.59 million for the month, jumping from $57,000 a month before their tragic oil spill. At $3.6 million, BP moved into sixth place among companies spending large amounts of cash on ads through Google. AT&T , thanks to the launch of the high profile iPhone 4 , topped the list, spending $8.08 million for the month of June. Apollo Group , the company behind the University of Phoenix, came in second, spending $6.67 million for the period. Those companies were followed by Expedia, Amazon, eBay, BP, Hotels.com, JC Penney, Living Social and ADT Security to round out the top 10. Google did not confirm the document, but AdAge says multiple sources with "direct knowledge of spending levels" verify the data as accurate. Overall, 47 companies spent over $1 million in June, another 71 spent between $500,000 and $1 million and another 357 spent between $100,000 and $500,000. Permalink | Comments

afterdawn.com Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:30:51 +0000

Mozilla 'cloud' code editor breaks with Lando Calrissian

Skywriter goes Javascript Mozilla's Bespin project - an open source effort to build a web-based code editor - has been rechristened Skywriter, and its official repository has been moved to GitHub so that developers can more easily fork the project....

theregister.co.uk Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:22:48 +0000

Symantec refreshes backup and archive range

Symantec has beefed up its portfolio of data storage products with the NetBackup 5000 deduplication appliance, NetBackup Cloud Storage, and a new version of Enterprise Vault, including Enterprise Vault Discovery Accelerator. Symantec's NetBackup 5000 is a deduplication appliance that can be set up in less than 20 minutes. It works with NetBackup to identify duplicate copies of data before backup, resulting in a 10-50 times reduction in storage and 99% reduction in bandwidth consumption, company officials claimed. NetBackup 5000 includes support for virtual machines, allowing guest or image-level backup for VMware or Hyper-V, and the recovery of complete images or individual files. The appliance is expected to ship in November. NetBackup Cloud Storage builds on Symantec's OpenStorage API to allow backup and recovery to cloud storage services. NetBackup is immediately supported, while a connector for Backup Exec (typically used by smaller organisations) will be delivered later in the year. Sean Regan, director of product marketing at Symantec's information management group, told iTWire that the company expects support from multiple major cloud storage providers, but the first partner is Nirvanix, which specialises in the enterprise market. The Nirvanix Storage Delivery Network comprises five nodes - three in the US, and one each in Germany and Japan. "Cloud storage is becoming a reality," he said. Please read on for information about Enterprise Vault 9.0. Enterprise Vault is Symantec's email and content archiving product that features deduplication, compression, retention management, search and discovery features. Version 9.0 adds more content sources, handling among others Exchange 2010 SP1, SharePoint 2010, and Domino 8.5.1. Mr Regan said the new release means Symantec can offer a unified way of managing information held in various Microsoft data stores. The Discovery Accelerator feature speeds the process of assembling the required data, eg, by recognising that an email sent to multiple recipients is effectively a single document. The Enterprise Vault family also includes Discovery Collector, a tool to accelerate the collection of data from unmanaged sources such as individual PCs and fileshares. Mr Regan explained that it works by installing a thin client on the relevant computers, which then creates a 'thindex' (thin index) allowing discovery staff to retrieve relevant documents. Also new in Enterprise Vault 9.0 is support for Microsoft Hosted Exchange. "Customers want to host their Exchange Server with Microsoft," said Mr Regan, but they still need to apply retention policies. He said the feature works by consuming the journal stream from BPOS, allowing deduplication, retention and related processes to be done in-house despite the use of externally-hosted Exchange.

itwire.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:56:05 +0000

'Censored' bar won't stop online prostitution, some say

Craiglist's "adult services" section has been shut down in the U.S., but prostitution on the Internet is alive and well - even, quite possibly, on Craigslist.

msnbc.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:42:53 +0000

Polls Show Netizens Oppose Craigslist Censorship

An overwhelming majority of online users are opposed to Craigslist's self-censorship measures banning the adult services section of the site. Craigslist - Censorship - United States - Prostitution - Web Design and Development

pcworld.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:20:43 +0000

Hong Kong firms hit 1.5 million

The number of local firms in Hong Kong has swelled to 1.5 million, according to a statement from Companies Registry.

ibtimes.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:52:24 +0000

Nokia E7 Symbian^3 might arrive before N8

Nokia E7 Symbian^3 might arrive before N8 Industry sources are hinting that Nokia would launch a new smartphone model next week in London. Engadget suggests that this new model would be the E7. This new model is said to be based on the Symbian^3 platform. Sources say that the device would feature a large touchscreen [...]

techwhack.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:32:56 +0000

Redbox hits one billion rentals

DVD and Blu-ray rental company Redbox has hit a major milestone this weekend, one billion movie rentals. As a promotion, the company is now giving away free rentals to users and starting a contest to give away a full Sony Entertainment System. Redbox, which started a revolution when it began offering DVD rentals for $1 a day via thousands of kiosks, now says users rent almost 10 million movies per week. The company has 24,000 rental kiosks in the U.S. Redbox says ( via NewTeeVee ) the 1 billionth rental was a copy of "Clash of the Titans," rented from a kiosk in Florida. Earlier this year, Redbox expanded its business by offering Blu-ray rentals, at $1.50 per night. Permalink | Comments

afterdawn.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:31:03 +0000

Time Warner adds ESPN3 in new deal

Time Warner Cable has signed a new deal with Disney this week, giving their subscribers free access to the sports site ESPN3 . Because of the deal, 12.7 million Time Warner subscribers and 2.4 million Bright House subscribers will get free access to the site, and the ability to stream full games. During the recent World Cup , ESPN says almost 8 million people tuned into the site at one point during the tournament. The cable companies had long held out on ESPN3, citing excessive fees from Disney. Additionally, the agreement will allow TW and BH to continue carrying the Disney Channel, ABC Family, Disney XD and ESPN 3D. Permalink | Comments

afterdawn.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:31:03 +0000

Will Samsung's Galaxy Tab be Pricey or Cheap? Maybe Both

Samsung's Galaxy Tab is Going to be Pricey. Or Cheap. Or Maybe Both Samsung Galaxy Tab - Samsung - IPad - Galaxy Tab - Android

pcworld.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:22:51 +0000