Feb. 18, 2010 at 6:10 a.m.
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Technology,
Telecommunications
Dow Jones Newswires | Hackers in Europe and China successfully
broke into computers at nearly 2,500 companies and government agencies
over the last 18 months in a coordinated global attack that exposed
vast amounts of personal and corporate secrets to theft, according to a
computer-security company that discovered the breach.
Disclosure of the attack comes on the heels of Google Inc.’s allegation
that it and more than 20 other companies were breached by Chinese
hackers. This operation appears to be more far-reaching, infiltrating
some 75,000 computers and touching 196 countries. The highest
concentrations of infected computers are in Egypt, Mexico, Saudi
Arabia, Turkey and the U.S.
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Feb. 17, 2010 at 10:26 a.m.
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From Business Week | Microsoft Office 2010, due out in June, will include a free Web version and may eventually include Twitter-like features according to Microsoft President Stephen Elop. Microsoft is moving toward a cloud computing model as it tries to compete with Google and others.
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Feb. 16, 2010 at 2:40 p.m.
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Internet,
Technology
From MSNBC.com | Microsoft said it has fixed problems that prevented some Hotmail users from accessing their e-mail accounts and other services.
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Feb. 16, 2010 at 1:30 p.m.
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By Wailin Wong | Motorola Inc. has revised the terms of co-Chief Executive Sanjay Jha’s
compensation that relate to the company’s new plan to separate into two
entities.
Jha’s original employment agreement called
for the executive to receive $30 million if the separation failed to
take place before Oct. 31, 2010. If the separation was successful, Jha
was to get stock and stock options worth 3 percent of the new handset
company.
The key date for separation is now June 30, 2011. If the split does not
happen by then, Jha will receive $38 million — higher than the
original $30 million under his first employment agreement.
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Feb. 16, 2010 at 10:51 a.m.
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Associated Press | America’s top telecommunications regulator says he
wants 100 million U.S. households to have access to have
ultra-high-speed Internet connections by 2020.
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Feb. 15, 2010 at 2:01 p.m.
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Technology
By Kiah Haslett | Meetordie.com,
a recently launched Web site, calculates just how much money was lost
to department meetings, conferences and other office gatherings.
Plug in your company’s name, industry, size, meeting length and who is
in attendance. On the left, Goolah, the friendly looking blob, changes
color and moods as the meeting fills up.
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Feb. 15, 2010 at 9:45 a.m.
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Telecommunications
By Wailin Wong | Motorola Inc. announced Monday the Cliq XT, a new
Android touchscreen phone that will be available next month in the U.S.
at T-Mobile.
Outside of the U.S., the device will be known as the Quench. Schaumburg-based Motorola did not release pricing information.
Motorola’s new Cliq XT (Motorola) >>
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Feb. 15, 2010 at 8:09 a.m.
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Associated Press | Microsoft Corp. is unveiling new mobile phone software that works a lot like its own Zune media player.
The new software, which was due to be unveiled at the Mobile World
Congress, is a dramatic change from previous generations of Windows
Mobile. But Microsoft is sticking to its model of making the software
and selling it to phone manufacturers, rather than making its own
phones.
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Feb. 15, 2010 at 5:32 a.m.
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Associated Press | The number of mobile phone subscriptions worldwide
has reached 4.6 billion and is expected to increase to five billion
this year, the U.N. telecommunications agency said Monday.
Mobile phone providers in rich countries offer advanced services and
handsets, while people in developing countries increasingly use the
mobile phone for health services and banking, said the International
Telecommunication Union.
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Feb. 12, 2010 at 11:26 a.m.
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Telecommunications
Associated Press | In response to privacy concerns, Google says it has tweaked Buzz, the social hub it added to its e-mail service this week.
Users worried that Buzz made their frequent e-mail contacts visible to
others. And it did so by automatically making these contacts their
followers and followees on Buzz, and making these lists public.
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Feb. 12, 2010 at 7:57 a.m.
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Personnel moves,
Technology
By Mary Ellen Podmolik | Enable Holdings, Inc., the Chicago-based parent of uBid, Inc.,
Red.Tag.com and Dibu Trading Corp., named Patrick Neville as its chief
executive and a director of the company.
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Feb. 11, 2010 at 11:42 a.m.
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Litigation,
Technology,
Telecommunications
From Business Week | Motorola Inc. has filed suit in state court against seeking more than $24.7 million owed on loans from two Iridium Communications Inc. units.
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Feb. 10, 2010 at 5:31 p.m.
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From MarketWatch | Schaumburg-based Motorola may be changing its long-discussed break-up plans wireless with a move to combine its cable set-top business with its wireless-phone unit before spinning them off into a separately traded company.
Feb. 10, 2010 at 2:16 p.m.
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Associated Press | Google Inc. plans to build a handful of
experimental, ultra-fast Internet networks around the country to ensure
that tomorrow’s systems can keep up with online video and other
advanced applications that the search company will want to deliver.
The Google project, announced Wednesday, is also intended to provide a
platform for outside developers to create and try out all sorts of
cutting-edge applications that will require far more bandwidth than
today’s networks offer.
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Feb. 10, 2010 at 5:22 a.m.
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Media,
Technology
By Mary Ellen Podmolik | Tribune Media Services and Blockbuster Inc. announced a partnership to simplify the delivery of Blockbuster movies to Web-connected consumer electronic devices.
Tribune Media will map its movie metadata to the Blockbuster catalog, enabling consumers to easily search through titles on their broadband-connected products. TiVo Inc., is the first joint customer of the partnership to use Blockbuster’s On Demand service.
