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A rising star in solar power
Insight It may never eclipse silicon as the stuff panels are made of, but a material called CIGS (copper indium gallium selenide) has its advantages.
Tags: Processors, Power supplies, surge suppression
Scientific-Atlanta plans to spin off set-top software subsidiary
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US Supreme Court to examine 'obviousness' of patents
News Justices are expected to hear arguments this week in a case that could have broad implications for the tech industry.
Wary companies not cutting on IT security budgets
News Surveys show that enterprises are increasing their security budgets in 2009 despite cuts in overall IT budgets, with tech chiefs expecting security issues to grow this year as a result of the economic uncertainty.
Tags: Security, Business security, Director Of Information Technology, IT Budget, IT Security, Insider Threat, Survey, Ecotec, Rodger, Counterpoint
Change of tactics in war on viruses
Insight Could quarantining e-mail be a better way of dealing with viruses than the traditional approach used by most antivirus companies?
Tags: PC security, Data security, Firewalls, Spam and phishing, E-mail clients, E-mail servers, Spam filtering
U.S. govt renews contract with Net oversight body
News Under the new agreement, ICANN will remain under U.S. supervision up to 2011.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Government
U.S. Congress pitches anti-P2P bill
News A proposal surfaces to ban file-swapping networks--a response to the recent U.S. court ruling that said they were legal to operate.
Tags: Network administration/implementation
ISP snooping plans take backseat
News Republican committee chair says he won't go ahead with proposal to require Net providers to store data on customers.
China gaining on U.S. chipmakers, CEO says
News Semiconductor industry in China is improving rapidly, and the country could achieve technological parity with the U.S. in a few years.
Tags: Processors, Multiprocessor servers
Google joins open document group
News Search giant is a new member of global alliance that promotes ability to open documents regardless of the application used to create them.
Tags: Office suites, Open source
Can cryptography prevent printer-ink piracy?
News A San Francisco company is developing chips that use encryption to control which ink cartridges and printers work together.
Tags: Peripherals, Authentication and encryption
