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Bringing back Mickey Mouse's dark side
Insight newsmaker Well-known video game designer will get chance to show the world mischievous side of cartoon icon in Disney's Epic Mickey, a game for the Wii to be released next fall.
Tags: Digital media, Games, Character, Mickey Mouse, Spector, Video Game, CBS Interactive Inc., Animation, EPIC, 3D
Cisco unveils next-gen services testbed
News The networking giant's Singapore facility will offer public and private sectors a platform to build and deliver services over the country's enhanced broadband network.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, Business broadband, Personal broadband, Innovation, Cisco Systems Inc., Training, Singapore, Service, EPIC, financial barrier
Technology alarmism in spades
Insight perspectives Let's hold every government security program to unyielding standards of efficiency, effectiveness and privacy, says one industry observer.
Tags: Privacy
Privacy activist asks US regulators to halt Google apps
News Electronic Privacy Information Center wants Federal Trade Commission to pull the plug on Google cloud-computing services until government-mandated "safeguards are verifiably established."
Tags: Privacy, Google Inc., Cloud Computing, FTC, EPIC, Privacy Activist, Regulator, Privacy Advocacy Group, Marc Rotenberg, Google Apps
Wolfram Alpha launches amid glitches
News Myriad problems prevented Wolfram Alpha from going live last week as planned, but the new search engine finally launched a few hours later.
Tags: Search, Twitter, Wolfram Research, Database, Search Engine, EPIC, performance, founder, Illinois, data center
User stories: The starting point in agile development
Techguide Rick Freedman explains how user stories can help agile developers understand users' expectations. He also discusses the three Cs, user role modeling and epic stories.
Tags: IT project management, Software engineering/development, User Story, NEC Corp., Story, Detail, Development Effort, C, Information Technology, Human Resources Inc.
Reports: Microsoft-Yahoo deal to come in next 24 hours
News An official announcement of a search and advertising deal between Microsoft and Yahoo is expected within the next 24 hours.
Tags: Mergers, Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Advertisement, payment, search bar, Search Technology, revenue, agreement, Mergers
Facebook backs down on privacy terms
News CEO of the social networking service said in a blog post Wednesday that the company would return, for now, to its previous privacy policy.
Tags: Privacy, Web sites, Web 2.0, Terms Of Service, FTC, Term, social networking, Mark Zuckerberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Facebook
US regulator questions cloud computing security
News U.S. federal and international regulators have suggested they may have to re-examine privacy and security standards to take into account cloud computing.
Tags: Data security, Security, Google Inc., European Union, Cloud Computing, FTC, Regulator, Marc Rotenberg, Washington, data protection
FTC faces suit for access to privacy complaints
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FTC faces suit about privacy complaints
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Intel, Microsoft intensify Itanium relationship
News The chipmaker engages Microsoft further to drive the adoption of its 64-bit processor, as Itanium celebrates its fifth anniversary.
Tags: Processors, Servers, Mainframes, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Server 2003
A touch of healthcare and technology
Insight Dr. Colin Quek, CIO of Raffles Medical Group, discusses why the social component of healthcare can make IT spending more complex in this industry.
Tags: IT budgeting, Project management, IT budgeting, Project management
Intel, AMA to put patient records online
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Spammer settles suit for US$1M
News Man accused of sending up to 25 million e-mails per day settles lawsuit with Microsoft and the state of Texas.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Lawsuits
