US suing Oracle alleging software contracts fraud (AP)
AP - The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday it is joining a fraud lawsuit against Oracle Corp. related to software contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Full text
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Google agrees to delete WiFi data collected in Hong Kong (AFP)AFP - Google has agreed to delete all personal WiFi data gathered by its "Street View" mapping service in Hong Kong, in what the city's privacy commissioner said was a first. Full text |
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Google says China Web search blocked (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc's Web search and mobile services in China were blocked on Thursday, according to a message on the company's website. Full text
Apple iPhone 4 no show for New Zealand launch (AFP)
AFP - The latest Apple iPhone went on sale in several countries Friday, but although New Zealand was listed to be among them the gadget was mysteriously unavailable. Full text
McAfee 2Q profit rises (AP)
AP - Computer-security software maker McAfee Inc. said Thursday that its second-quarter profit rose 38 percent, helped by growth in its corporate and consumer businesses. Full text
RIM snaps up 'BlackPad.com,' sparks more tablet chatter (Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson - Looks like Apple may have started a trend with this whole iPad thing, both in terms of the tablet and — unfortunately for those who squirm at the word "pad" — the name itself. Full text
Google: Search engine blocked in mainland China (AP)
AP - Google says people in mainland China are being blocked from using its Internet search engine. Full text
SAP Adding IGoogle-like Layer to Its Portal (PC World)
PC World - SAP is sprucing up its NetWeaver portal with an upcoming add-on, Enterprise Workspaces, which will provide an iGoogle-like way for users to work with content. Full text
Microsoft talks up tablets, shows off new phones (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp set out its ambitions to dominate the consumer electronics market on Thursday with Windows-powered tablet computers and smartphones designed to beat back advances by Apple Inc and Google Inc. Full text
Facebook???s New Publisher Leaves People-Tagging Broken (Mashable)
Mashable - It seems that one key feature of Facebook -??? the ability to tag friends in status updates by using the "@" symbol ???- has been broken since the social network rolled out a new publisher in conjunction with the new Facebook Questions product on Wednesday. Full text
The Facebook Data Torrent Debacle: Q&A (PC World)
PC World - Security concerns over Facebook have been raised yet again after a security consultant collected the names and profile URLs for 171 million Facebook accounts from publicly available information. The consultant, Ron Bowes, then uploaded the data as a torrent file allowing anyone with a computer connection to download the data. Full text
