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Companies testing Sony's virtual Home for real meetings<p>Some big-name companies are currently exploring the use of the PS3 service Home for online digital meetings. It's all in the name of "greening" up business (and saving a bit of cash on travel). </p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090102-companies-testing-sonys-virtual-home-for-real-meetings.html">Read More...</a></p>
Contemplating the Consumerist sale and the adpocalypse<p>Gawker Media is doing what a lot of folks are doing: selling off assets for cash in anticipation of bad times ahead. Here's a look at a possible definition of "bad times" and what they may mean for the Internet ad market.</p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090102-contemplating-the-consumerist-sale-and-the-adpocalypse.html">Read More...</a></p>
China licenses (non-Chinese) 3G wireless standards<p>After several years of trying to develop its own national 3G standard, China has announced that it will license both WCDMA and CDMA 2000. Work continues on its own TD-SCMA initiative, however. </p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081231-china-licenses-3g-other-wireless-standards.html">Read More...</a></p>
Grim tidings stalk online holiday sales<p>Online sales may not have dropped as much as retail this holiday season, but they still fell significantly. Six years of solid overall growth has ended. </p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081231-grim-tidings-stalk-online-holiday-sales.html">Read More...</a></p>
Report: 2008 holiday sales way down, but ecommerce less so<p>It's no surprise that holiday sales are down this year. A new report reveals which sectors were hurt the most, and which ones saw the least carnage.</p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081228-mastercard-2008-holiday-sales-down-some-areas-not-as-bad.html">Read More...</a></p>
SP1 for System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 arrives<p>System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 has been released in 32-bit and 64-bit versions. The service pack weighs in at roughly 260MB.</p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2008/12/26/sp1-for-system-center-data-protection-manager-2007-arrives">Read More...</a></p>
Newer versions unaffected by latest SQL Server flaw<p>Microsoft has finally published a security advisory for an SQL Server flaw it was notified about in April. Thankfully, the issue only affects older versions and does not appear to be a very serious one.</p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2008/12/26/newer-versions-unaffected-by-latest-sql-server-flaw">Read More...</a></p>
Microsoft, Apple, Google sued over icon software patent<p>A small networking services company was recently granted a patent covering the use of representational icons in an operating system. What follows next should be no surprise: a lawsuit delivered to Microsoft, Apple, and even Google, just in time for the holidays.</p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081226-microsoft-apple-google-sued-over-icon-software-patent.html">Read More...</a></p>
Sprint, Clearwire hope patent suit won't slow WiMAX rollout<p>Sprint's plans to build a first-mover advantage when it comes to rolling out the next generation of wireless technology may have hit a speed bump in the form of a suit that says the company, along with Clearwire is violating a set of six patents.</p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081223-sprint-clearwire-hit-with-wimax-patent-suit.html">Read More...</a></p>
ISP tells RIAA piracy protection doesn't come free<p>The RIAA made headlines last week when it announced an end to rampant P2P lawsuits in favor of working on a kinder, gentler tactic of communicating with ISPs. However, the first of what is sure to be many questions on this new process has already surfaced: who's going to pay to track down these users?</p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081222-isp-to-riaa-outsourced-piracy-protection-isnt-free.html">Read More...</a></p>
Further details surface on plan for next-gen iPhone graphics<p>Apple buys nearly 4 percent of the company responsible for the iPhone's graphics tech. The deal is a good indication that Apple will leverage its next-gen tech for a future iPhone.</p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/12/18/further-details-surface-on-plan-for-next-gen-iphone-graphics">Read More...</a></p>
Greening of IT accelerating despite recession<p>A Forrester survey of IT decision-makers shows that, spending on green IT is accelerating despite the recession, although the reasons for this trend vary depending on the location of the company involved.</p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081217-greening-of-it-accelerating-despite-recession.html">Read More...</a></p>
Axioms, downturns, and a global (computer?) crash<p>It has become popular in recent years to think of computers as intelligence multipliers; but ancient computer science wisdom holds that computers are also stupidity multipliers. So if "the network is the computer," and "there's a sucker born every minute," then the current economic turmoil may reflect a whole lot of computer-amplified stupid.</p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081215-axioms-downturns-and-a-global-computer-crash.html">Read More...</a></p>
Ex-chairman suggests Intel get into car battery business<p>Former Intel chairman Andy Grove suggests that the world's largest chipmaker should make get into the business of making car batteries. This could be a good idea, or a really bad one, depending on how Intel does it.</p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081212-ex-chairman-suggests-intel-get-into-car-battery-business.html">Read More...</a></p>
Survey shows enterprise still looking good for Apple<p>Though Apple doesn't make the same push into enterprise as HP or Dell, the latest survey results from Information Technology Intelligence Corp show growth for Macs.</p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/12/10/survey-shows-enterprise-still-looking-good-for-apple">Read More...</a></p>
Downturn hitting tech, semiconductor sector hard<p>Admit it: you can't get enough grim news. Reading the paper is like watching a car wreck, and you can't stop staring. Coverage of some of the bleak tech industry news inside.</p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081210-downturn-hitting-tech-semiconductor-sector-hard.html">Read More...</a></p>
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for December 2008: eight bulletins<p>Microsoft will patch eight vulnerabilities on Tuesday. Six of the vulnerabilities are rated "Critical," and two more are marked "Important." Details inside.</p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2008/12/04/microsoft-patch-tuesday-for-december-2008-eight-bulletins">Read More...</a></p>
Sprint-Cogent fight reveals fragility of 'Net infrastructure<p>As details emerge, it appears that small profits, corporate neglect, and executive egos all played a role in causing a major Internet outage for customers of Sprint and Cogent when the two engaged in a trial separation at the end of October.</p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081204-sprint-cogent-fight-reveals-fragility-of-net-infrastructure.html">Read More...</a></p>
Microsoft releases three interoperability solutions<p>As part of its Document Interoperability Initiative, Microsoft has released three interoperability solutions: Open XML Document Viewer, Open XML/ODF Translators version 2.5, and Apache POI Java SDK for Open XML.</p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2008/12/03/microsoft-releases-three-interoperability-solutions">Read More...</a></p>
Report: white knight wants to take Yahoo private<p>Yahoo is yet again the subject of takeover rumors, this time with a new twist: a former head of AOL is supposedly trying to line up backers for a bid to take the company private. It's scenario that makes sense, but will be tough to pull off given the state of the economy.</p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081202-report-white-knight-wants-to-take-yahoo-private.html">Read More...</a></p>
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