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Google to feds: Back off

Lashes out about request for week's worth of search terms, saying compliance would disclose trade secrets, violate users' privacy.
Declan McCullagh

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Release 1.0 - Negotiating Time

The end of passwords?

At the RSA Conference 2006 in San Jose, Calif., Bill Gates urges the death of all passwords and offers alternatives from Microsoft. video

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Demo 2006 highlights, Mashup Camp, and more

The Dan & David Show delivers a rundown on what was hot at Demo 2006, and David Berlind weighs in on RIM's (Blackberry) legal situation and provides a Mashup Camp update.

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Google to provide email hosting?

  I bet that better than 90 percent of businesses now in-sourcing their email can't justify the practice. Are you one of them? David Berlind

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Dude! The Mac Duo is $1000 more!

  I did a little comparison shopping for an 1.83 GHz Core Duo laptop. Here's how the Dell and Apple systems stacked up.

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Government IT

Open source = political suicide?

  Peter Quinn's decision to step down as Massachusetts CIO following his controversial decision to adopt the Open Document Standard sets a chilling precedent. Ramon Padilla Jr.

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The hardest job in open source is picking winners

  If you're betting the company on a piece of software, you don't want to be relying on amateurs. That's what makes the likes of Covalent and JBoss so vital. Dana Blankenhorn

Spyware Confidential

Tom Foremski

Welcome to the future transparency

  If the government wants to be Big Brother, they simply buy it in from the commercial sector. Many companies already serve up your personal data to anybody with a credit card. Tom Foremski

Software as Services

What makes on-demand better

  Forget about the software. Here are six distinct characteristics of on-demand applications that make them superior to conventional packaged software.Phil Wainewright

Googling Google

Rational rants

Eavesdropping: A little dab'll Dubya

  Warrantless monitoring is killing our intelligence efforts the same way a company that gets too much IT budget drowns employees in meaningless data. Mitch Ratcliffe

emerging tech

service oriented

Survey: Java EE, .NET neck and neck

  It's not a case of either/or. Enterprises want both frameworks for various parts of their IT infrastructures. Joe McKendrick

web 2.0 explorer

Digg.com: Mass wisdom or mob mentality?

  On this technology news site, content is controlled by users, not editors. Founder Kevin Rose discusses GroupThink, digg's Slashdot-like popularity, its battle with spammers, and upcoming personalization features. Richard MacManus

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Paul Murphy

Why Linux gets more secure every day

  It's a fundamental difference: Microsoft community fights exploits after the fact; Linux works to eliminate the exploit opportunity. Paul Murphy

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A load of C.R.A.P.
Why does ZDNet executive editor David Berlind think DRM technology is really a load of C.R.A.P?
Virus vs. spyware
Which is it? Once you determine the 'who', the 'why', the 'what' and the 'how' it all becomes clear.
What is a mashup?
Developers are taking APIs from multiple Websites and merging them to form new, innovative applications.

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