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IBM plunges into 'smart grid for water'
News Betting that governments and businesses will need to better manage water resources, IBM leads effort to design IT systems to monitor and analyze water use.
Tags: Green IT, Grid, Sensor, U.S., France, software, conference, California, financial, IBM Corp.
Philippine government proposes new IPR laws
News Facing mounting piracy, country unveils set of proposed rules to facilitate faster and more efficient resolution of court cases involving intellectual property rights.
Tags: Copyright, Lawsuits, Piracy, Chief Justice, Conference, Business Software Alliance, Philippines, IP, Intellectual Property Right, Government
Malaysia to enforce data protection law
News Eight years in the making, country's Personal Data Protection Bill will finally be tabled in parliament this month and expected to be in force early-2010.
Tags: Data security, Privacy, Local Government, Regulations, Data Protection, E-government, Conference, Safe Harbor, European Union, Singapore
Sergey Brin: Yahoo shouldn't abandon search
News In a surprise Web 2.0 Summit talk, Google co-founder says he welcomes new search competition and is disappointed that Yahoo is backing off.
Tags: Search, Facebook, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Twitter Inc., Microsoft Corp., Conference, Sergey Brin, social search, Web 2.0
Xerox hopes to print computing smarts on fabric, plastic
News Company says its new silver-based ink can be used to print electronic circuitry on everything from flexible e-book screens to pill bottles.
Tags: Handhelds, Xerox Corp., Computing, desktop printer, silicon chip, Smith, Conference, E-book Reader, Manufacturing, Inkjet Printer
Macworld without Apple: The show will go on
News When Apple announced last year that the 2009 Macworld conference would be its last, there were some rumblings as to whether the show could continue without Apple's presence
Tags: Consumer Technology, Apple Inc., Conference, VP, San Francisco, Macworld, public relations, Moscone Center, Steve Jobs, Consumer Technology
FluidHTML seeks to bridge Web programming divide
News Start-up called FHTML hopes its software will let traditional Web programmers tap into the power of Flash more easily. It's not a free lunch, though.
Tags: Programming languages, Adobe Systems Inc., Conference, Programmer, Graphics, Video, Rich Internet Application, Programming, JavaScript, Web
Google Books hearing officially delayed
News Pointing out that the settlement scheduled to be discussed on October 7 is being reworked, the judge overseeing the Google Books settlement process agreed to delay the hearing.
Tags: Web 2.0, Conference, U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, New York, Judge, U.S. District Court, Web 2.0
It's official: Apple event set for 09/09/09
News Apple sends invitations to a music-focused event in San Francisco next week, with few other details.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Apple Inc., Event, Video Game, Conference, Apple iTunes, Apple iPod, San Francisco, Apple iPod Touch, Moscone Center
IBM's North Carolina smart-grid trial shaves power
News Electricity use drops by an average of 15 percent in a pilot test of a smart-grid system among 100 commercial and business customers.
Tags: Green IT, Verizon Communications Inc., IBM Corp., Conference, Wireless, adjustment, HVAC, 3G, Washington D.C., PC
Schmidt plans talks with Apple over board role
News Following Google's announcement of its Chrome OS project, CEO Eric Schmidt and Apple might have to consider his board service in a new light.
Tags: Operating systems, Personal Computers, Apple Inc., Conference, Google Inc., Web Browser, Google Chrome, operating system, Eric Schmidt, Apple iPhone
What EMC is doing in India
News The information management technology giant plans to spend US$1.5 billion on building up capabilities in India over the next five years.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, IT Management, Infrastructure/architecture management, Egypt, Conference, India, EMC Corp., Israel, Russia, technology company
100,000 users to get Google Wave in September
News Wave, Google's real-time collaboration service, opens up to large group of everyday users on Sep. 30. Until then, it's limited to a small number of developers.
Tags: E-mail clients, E-mail servers, Conference, Google Inc., blogging, API, e-mail, I/O, blog, Google Gmail
HP plans electronic whiteboarding tool
News Hewlett-Packard PC-to-PC conferencing solution will allow people to video conference and write on their screens, according to CEO Mark Hurd.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Video, Hewlett-Packard Co., Conference, Video Conferencing, Tool, collaboration tool, Mark Hurd, CEO, collaboration
Windows app store extended to existing models
News Windows Marketplace for Mobile will be made available to users of versions 6.0 and 6.1 of mobile operating system, rather than just to users of upcoming version 6.
Tags: Mobile applications, Mobile, Conference, New Orleans, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows, Apple iPhone, Nokia Corp., handset, Mobile applications
