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'Facebook generation' driving SOA adoption
News The younger workforce demanding IT agility is driving companies to adopt service oriented architectures, according to Software AG CEO.
Tags: Infrastructure/architecture management, Web servers, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), SOA, Software AG, AutoTrader.com, Spokesperson, Business Process, Miami, WebMethods Inc.
Wozniak: Know who you are as an innovator
News Great innovation is sometimes borne from lack of funds and the ability to think differently from the rest of the market, says Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
Tags: Product development and design, Innovation, Apple Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Steve Wozniak, Software AG, Computer, Miami, Apple II, computer programmer
'Cloud apps' work better with SOA
News Applications built specifically for cloud computing can be more easily integrated into service-oriented architecture, says Software AG executive.
Tags: Web services, Utility computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Application, SOA, CRM, Software AG, Cloud Computing, API, Miami
Hacker pleads guilty to ID thefts netting millions
News Albert Gonzalez faces 25 years in prison and US$3 million in fines and restitution related to charges in New York and Boston, while a New Jersey case is pending.
Tags: Hacking, Data Management, Fraud, Identity Theft, New York, Miami, debit card, Eastern Europe, Hacker, credit card
Accused mastermind of TJX hack to plead guilty
News Florida man charged earlier this month in separate data breach, agrees to plead guilty to charges of hacking into TJ Maxx and other retailers and stealing data.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Hacking, Spam and phishing, attorney, Identity Theft, computer, Miami, debit card, hacking, agreement
Google's vision improving for image search
News Researchers at Google believe they have found an accurate method of using reams to data to make computers "see", and identify, images of famous landmarks.
Tags: Search, Google Picasa, Google Inc., Image, clustering, computer, photograph, image search, Miami, vision
Time for Microsoft to fess up on Windows 7 date
News Redmond made the release candidate publicly available Tuesday, but it still won't commit to a 2009 launch--even though it's tipped its hand that way.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates, Acer Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Bloomberg L.P., Microsoft Windows 7, release candidate, Miami, Microsoft Windows
A new spin on battery technology
News Researchers have discovered a new form of battery that can be charged by applying a very strong magnetic field.
Tags: Components, Battery, Electronics, Device, Semiconductor, Storage, magnetic field, Miami, theory, Tokyo
Software AG remains cautious on China
News Citing the need to have a more defined strategy for entering the country, the German software vendor says it is still evaluating its options before proceeding.
Tags: Infrastructure/architecture management, Web services, SOA, Asia, India, Manufacturing, Software AG, Miami, CEO, executive board member
Cisco: Smart grid will eclipse size of Internet
News Cisco, whose hardware is at the core of the Internet, is readying communications gear for utilities, businesses, and consumers to modernize the electricity grid.
Tags: Green IT, Security, Utility, Cisco Systems Inc., IP, Grid, electricity grid, network, Internet, industry
Theft of laptop puts thousands of identities at risk
News Thieves take a U.S. Department of Transportation notebook with personal information on 133,000 Florida residents.
Tags: Security
Knight Ridder earnings boosted by ad revenue
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Microsoft: The Lord of the Spin
Insight comment Should Microsoft spend more time improving its products and engaging customers rather than slagging off Linux with illogical statements?
Tags: Microsoft Windows
Newspaper giants to buy job sites
News Newspaper publishers Knight Ridder and Tribune Co. have agreed to buy CareerBuilder for US$200 million and CareerPath.com for an undisclosed price to form an Internet-based employment venture.
NTT DoCoMo's US$6 billion bet
News The company now has two years to roll out NTT DoCoMo's new wireless network on a revised schedule, and US$6.2 billion in AT&T Wireless stock says it will be on time.
