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IT Blogwatch: Google phone revealed (don’t call Nexus One an iPhone killer)
Google employees are running around with test phone handsets, made by HTC, the ‘Nexus One’. Predictably, this has sparked off another wave of speculation about Google launching a gPhone in its own right. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers utter a Passion-ate Bravo. Not to mention stupid customers …
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Seth Weintraub: Google Phone (HTC Passion?) being distributed to employees
It looks like the “real” Google Phone is upon us.
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Opposition mounts to Oracle’s MySQL acquisition
Do you think it’s just some open-source users who are opposing Oracle’s acquisition of MySQL? Think again. Microsoft hates the deal, too.
Preston Gralla: Security pro: Facebook is the new Big Brother and the “bad guys’” best friend
It’s not just Google that is being criticized for its privacy policies. Now a top executive at security firm AVG says Facebook is this generation’s version of Big Brother — and potentially helping criminals engage in identity theft.
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DirectAccess and UAG: Better Together
Here are some of the key reasons why you would want to run Unified Access Gateway with DirectAccess
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Red Hat heads back to the desktop with SPICE
Red Hat hasn’t had much interest in the Linux desktop market in years, but the open-source release of SPICE makes it clear that that’s about to change.
Seth H. Weintraub: Why the Google Nexus Phone matters (without T-Mobile)
As more and more information and pictures of the Google Phone or Nexus 1 leak out, I am convinced that this is a game-changing event. But probably not for the reasons you are expecting.
Douglas Schweitzer: Security is easy to say, hard to do!
I was perusing some security articles and came across “Top Five Reasons For Security FAIL” by Adi Ruppin. In the article he talks about security failure and how encryption isn’t foolproof and he even goes on to say that he finds most personal firewalls useless. I see where he’s coming from.
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Around the World: Despite the cost, SSDs are a great value
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IT News Podcast: Google employees testing experimental Android handset
In today’s podcast: Google employees testing experimental Android handset; TechCrunch sues former CrunchPad partner; and Apple files patent suit against Nokia.
Shark Tank: A little too future-ready
This university’s computer department upgrades several computer labs, and actually works with the facilities people to get things done right.
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