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- 13 April 2011
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Video: Video highlights of Gadget Show Live 2011
PC Advisor presents the sights and sounds of GSL2011
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News: Privacy activist to challenge BT, Phorm decision
A privacy activist plans to ask for a judicial review of British prosecutors' decision not to bring a case against BT and the online advertising company Phorm for running secret trials of a system that monitored peoples' Internet use without their consent.
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News: Foxconn planning to move iPad assembly to Brazil
Taiwanese firm Foxconn, Apple's key manufacturer, is considering a $12bn investment that could see it move iPad manufacturing to Brazil by November this year.
- 12 April 2011
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News: Huawei opens Adelaide office
Huawei has continued its assault on the local telecoms market, setting up shop in Adelaide.
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News: Remains of the Day: No, seriously
Rumors of an iPad 3 this year are apparently greatly exaggerated, Amazon re-reconsiders its licensing stance, and it's the patent troll that launched 1000 suits. The remainders for Tuesday, April 12, 2011 are on the case.
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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.
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News: Project Management: Five traits of 'Transformational' PMOs
A new report from Forrester Research describes the characteristics of next-generation project management offices with real-world advice from leading PMO directors on how to get there.
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News: Kerry, McCain introduced online privacy bill
Privacy advocates criticize a bill focused on online data collection introduced Tuesday.
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News: Lawmakers target 'wasteful' IT spending in gov't
Lawmakers question how to protect the U.S. government from failed IT projects.
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News: Cisco urged to fold more than Flip
Flip shouldn't be Cisco's only fold in the challenging consumer market, industry watchers say.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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