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• 12 April 2011

• News: Lawmakers target 'wasteful' IT spending in gov't

  Lawmakers question how to protect the U.S. government from failed IT projects.

• News: Cisco urged to fold more than Flip

  Flip shouldn't be Cisco's only fold in the challenging consumer market, industry watchers say.

• News: Microsoft's cloud ERP plans get mixed reactions

  Microsoft's announcement this week that it would begin offering its Dynamics ERP (enterprise resource planning) software via the Azure cloud platform drew significant interest from attendees of the Convergence conference in Atlanta, but some users and partners have questions Microsoft has yet to answer about its plans.

• News: New York man pushes ahead with Facebook ownership claims

  A New York man who claims he's entitled to a sizable stake in Facebook has amended his initial complaint, adjusting his ownership claim and providing additional documents, including e-mails he allegedly exchanged with Mark Zuckerberg.

• News: US police increasingly peeping at e-mail, instant messages

  Law enforcement organizations are making tens of thousands of requests for private electronic information from companies such as Sprint, Facebook and AOL, but few detailed statistics are available, according to a privacy researcher.

• News: Intel sets up MeeGo research center with China's Tencent

  Intel is establishing a joint innovation center with Tencent, one of China's largest Internet firms, to develop products and services around the chip maker's MeeGo mobile operating system and devices using its Atom processors.

• News: Intel hints at another new tablet chip, called Cloverview

  Intel has hinted that is developing another next-generation chip for tablets, called 'Cloverview', as part of its ongoing strategy to make its Atom processors more power-efficient.

• News: Hacker breaks into Barracuda Networks database

  A hacker has broken into a Barracuda Networks database and obtained names and e-mail addresses of some of the security company's employees, channel partners and sales leads.

• News: Remains of the Day: Next time, on Biography

  The authorized biography of Steve Jobs will make its way to shelves next year--will carbon-fiber-encased Macs be close behind? Elsewhere, RIM wonders why nobody pays attention to it after it's yelled "Look at me! Look at me!" at the top of its lungs, and Microsoft's new app store takes a page from somewhere or other. The remainders for Monday, April 11, 2011 are hot off the presses.

• 11 April 2011

• News: Level 3's Global Crossing buyout could save carriers, though challenges remain

  Level 3's proposed $1.9 billion Global Crossing buyout will boost the carriers' global presence and enterprise services portfolio, though analysts say success is far from a sure thing.

• News: Level 3 Acquiring Global Crossing in $3B Stock Deal

  Level 3 Communications said it would acquire Global Crossing for about $3 billion in stock, which includes assumption of about $1.1 billion in debt. Level 3, a telecom infrastructure provider, runs data centers and serves Internet Protocol-based networks and Ethernet services.

• News: Court won't put aside Facebook settlement

  A U.S. federal appeals court has denied a request by the Winklevoss twins to release them from their settlement with Facebook over their allegations that Mark Zuckerberg improperly appropriated their idea for the social networking site.

• News: US needs cyber-emergency response, lawmaker says

  A U.S. senator calls for a cybersecurity emergency response unit to help businesses.

• News: Bloomberg Businessweek offering iPad subscriptions

  The App Store has experienced slow but steady growth of subscription-based publications since Apple announced the iOS feature in February. On Monday, Bloomberg added to the stack by releasing a Bloomberg Businessweek+ app.

• News: Intel launches Oak Trail processor for Tablet PCs

  Intel has officially launched its power-efficient Oak Trail processor, which has been designed for use in tablets and other mobile devices.

• News: Google Buys PushLife to Challenge iTunes

  Google's acquisition of PushLife could make Apple's iTunes look like a digital music dinosaur.

• Video: Remote-controlled helicopters help Fukushima clean-up

  Tokyo Electric Power uses remote machinery at stricken plant

• News: Level 3 to acquire Global Crossing in stock deal

  Level 3 announces plans to aquire Global Crossing in an all-stock deal.

• News: Level 3 buying Global Crossing in latest telecom blockbuster

  Level 3 Communications has announced plans to buy fellow carrier Global Crossing in a stock deal worth about $1.9 billion that the companies say will bolster their enterprise service offerings.

• News: UK declines to prosecute BT, Phorm over spying software

  After a more than two-year investigation, U.K. prosecutors will not bring a case against BT and an online advertising software company for running secret trials of software that monitored people's Web browsing without their consent.

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