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Feds still troubled by Google's digital book deal

AP News 4 days ago

Justice Department still sees legal problems in Google's digital book settlement The U.S. Justice Department still thinks a proposal to give Google the digital rights to millions of hard-to-find books threatens to stifle competition and undermine copyright laws, despite revisions aimed at ...

Ford offers fix for Fusion hybrid brake glitch

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News 4 days ago

DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Thursday it would fix up to 17,600 hybrid sedans that could suffer braking problems as its largest rival, Toyota Motor Corp, grapples a reported braking problem on its market-leading Prius hybrid. The Ford decision ...

Google complaint highlights China-based hacking

AP News 5 days ago

Google complaint highlights China-based hacking; experts suggest government, military involved Google's accusation that its e-mail accounts were hacked from China landed like a bombshell because it cast light on a problem that few companies will discuss: the pervasive threat from China-based cyberattacks. ...

Symbian phone software now available for free

AP News 5 days ago

Symbian Foundation says phone software now available for free Beginning Thursday the Symbian Foundation planned to release, for free, a large part of the software that powers the most smart phones in the world. The foundation was set up in 2008 after ...

Microsoft responds to Black Hat talk with IE bug advisory

SC Magazine 5 days ago

An Internet Explorer vulnerability revealed at this week's Black Hat conference in Washington, D.C. prompted Microsoft to issue an advisory on the issue. Microsoft disclosed Wednesday that Internet Explorer (IE) suffers from an unpatched vulnerability that could lead to information exposure.The bug, ...

Netezza teams up with NEC to battle Oracle

Reuters US Online Report Technology News 5 days ago

BOSTON (Reuters) - Netezza Corp, a small maker of database computers, is teaming up with Japan's NEC Corp to take on Oracle Corp in the market for database computers. The tie-up comes partly in response to Oracle's purchase of Sun Microsystems, which ...

Video game makers look for 2010 turnaround

Reuters US Online Report Technology News 5 days ago

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Video game makers should begin to emerge in 2010 from one of their worst industry downturns on record, but investors remain cautious about a sector that has been plagued by bad news. With a dismal 2009 finally in ...

CommVault 3Q earnings up 40 pct on higher revenue

AP News 6 days ago

CommVault 3Q earnings up 40 percent on higher revenue CommVault Systems Inc., a maker of data management software, said Wednesday that third-quarter earnings rose by 40 percent as a result of higher revenue. The company earned $5.4 million, or 12 cents per ...

Oracle database can be hacked remotely: researcher

Reuters US Online Report Technology News 6 days ago

BOSTON (Reuters) - A computer security expert has uncovered what he says are flaws in widely used software from Oracle Corp that could let hackers remotely access sensitive information in corporate and government databases. A bug in the design of the Oracle ...

IBM to buy software maker Initiate Systems

AP News 6 days ago

IBM to buy Initiate Systems for software aimed at speeding medical records sharing IBM Corp. said Wednesday it will acquire Initiate Systems, a company that makes software for sharing data among health care and government organizations. IBM did not say how much ...

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