Is Consumer Watchdog Losing Credibility With its Google Feud?

The consumer advocacy group's anti-Google commercial seems to alarmist rather than raising privacy awareness.



Google - Time Square - Privacy - Consumer Watchdog - John Simpson

Toshiba Recall Signals Larger Trend for Hot Laptops

Toshiba is the latest to recall laptops that pose a fire hazard or risk of injury--highlighting the growing concern of excessive heat generated from cramming more processing power into smaller portable computers.



Toshiba - Laptop - US Consumer Product Safety Commission - AC adapter - Hardware

Firefox Pushes Ahead on Android with Fennec Alpha Browser

Built-in Firefox Sync and improved responsiveness get Mozilla's Fennec mobile browser off to a good start.



Nokia N900 - Google - Android - Fennec - Mozilla Foundation

Developers Debate iOS 4.1 Proximity Sensor Fix

Apple claims that the upcoming iOS 4.1 update will resolve the issue with the iPhone 4 proximity sensor, but developers who have tested out the latest release of iOS challenge that claim.



iPhone - Apple - Steve Jobs - iPod Touch - High dynamic range imaging

Samsung Galaxy Tab Faces Challenges

The Samsung Galaxy Tab looks like a formidable challenger capable of taking on the Apple iPad, but Samsung still has some hurdles to cross for the Android tablet to succeed.



Apple - Samsung Galaxy Tab - Android - IPad - Samsung i7500

HP Wins 3PAR, What's Next for Dell?

HP outbids Dell and wins the battle for cloud storage provider 3PAR, leaving Dell to pick up the pieces and come up with a new strategy.



Dell - Hewlett-Packard - Cloud computing - Bid price - 3PAR

A Guide to Today's Top 10 Linux Distributions

Still not sure which distro is best for your business? Here's a close-up look at the most popular contenders.



Operating system - Ubuntu - Linux distribution - Linux - Distributions

iOS 4.1 to Finally Fix iPhone 4 Proximity Sensor

Apple is set to release iOS 4.1 next week and finally resolve the proximity sensor issue plaguing many iPhone 4 users.



IPhone - Apple - iPod Touch - Proximity sensor - Smartphones

FCC Takes Net Neutrality to Court of Public Opinion (Again)

The FCC continues the fight for net neutrality with a new inquiry for public input, but advocates are becoming frustrated at the ongoing debate and lack of action.



Federal Communications Commission - Network neutrality - Google - FCC - Verizon Communications

Apple iOS 4.2 Readies the iPad for Work

With multitasking, shared files, and wireless printing, Apple's 4.2 iOS upgrades iPad for business use.



iPhone - Apple - IPad - Computer multitasking - IOS

Google Settles Buzz Privacy Lawsuit

Google is spending US$8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed over the rollout of its Google Buzz social-networking service.

IBM Code Unfetters Virtual Workloads

New IBM research shows a way to move live cloud deployments across different storage networks

Disk Storage Still Bouncing Back, IDC Says

Due to incorrect information from the research company, the story, "Disk storage still bouncing back, IDC says," which was posted to the wire Friday, misstated the market share of 3Par in the second quarter. The company had 0.78 percent of the market.

Where Will Apple's A4 Chip Go Next?

Apple's internally developed A4 chip could be implemented in new devices such as low-power servers, TVs or even communications or entertainment boxes, if the company tries to expand the chip's footprint, analysts said.

HP Buys 3Par, Apple Rolls Out New Gear

Hewlett-Packard swooped in with the better bid to overtake Dell and win 3Par, so now we can all sit back and wait for the next acquisition battle to roll around. Meanwhile, Apple debuted updated iPods and Apple TV to entertain us, among other IT news stories of the week.

Apple had Two Months to Fix Critical QuickTime Bug, Says Researcher

A critical bug in QuickTime was reported to Apple two months before a second researcher independently revealed the vulnerability this week, the director of a bug bounty program said Friday.

27-in. IMac 'the Center of My Digital Universe'

For the past month, the latest 27-in. iMac from Apple has been the center of my digital universe.

The Future of Human-Computer Interaction

Imagine the ability to create an iPad on any wall or surface you come across, even on a piece of paper, or the chance to control computers and other physical machines with your brain waves.

Accenture, Cisco and Sun Still Face Kickbacks Charges

After recent settlements by Hewlett-Packard and EMC in a long-standing government contracting fraud case, three major IT and consulting companies are still embroiled in lawsuits brought by two former insiders.

What Security Can Learn From the $15M Sprint Employee Breach

Federal prosecutors this week charged nine former Sprint employees with fraud and aggravated identity theft after learning they had cloned customer cell phone numbers to make $15 million worth of calls. According to the complaint from federal prosecutors, the individuals who have been charged worked at Sprint stores in the Bronx, Bergen, N.J., and Tampa, Fla., and used company computers to get confidential information about thousands of customers. The data was used to create the so-called 'clone' cell phones. Of the $15 million worth of calls, a large percentage of them were international calls, said prosecutors.

Ping a Scammers Haven? Security Experts Say Watch Out

Apple's music-focused social network, Ping is only a few days old, and already the iTunes-based feature is "drowning in scams and spams," security researchers say. The scams are nothing too advanced at the moment, and there are no reports of clickjacking worms or other forms of aggressive malware, experts say. But if you're looking for links to bogus surveys promising free iPhones, iPads and other assorted iDevices then Ping in iTunes 10 is the social network for you.

HP Wins 3PAR, What's Next for Dell?

Dell has thrown in the towel and conceded the 3PAR bidding war to HP. With that epic struggle behind it, Dell has to determine its next steps--sans 3PAR and now competing against the cloud storage service it had hoped to be offering.

Consumer Group Lampoons Google CEO Over Privacy Issues

Consumer Watchdog, a group that has been a sharp critic of Google's privacy practices in the past, is at it once again.

Real-Life IT Tales and Lessons Learned

Techies share their most noteworthy IT experiences in InfoWorld's Off the Record blog.

Cloud Computing: VMworld Report

CIO.com's Bernard Golden wraps up the key cloud computing developments from the VMworld show this week.

TimeTemp's shelf-life indicator for food will help Norwegian retailers reduce waste

Norwegian food retailers discard over 50,000 tonnes of food annually - much of it of perfectly good quality. New technology from Norway could substantially reduce this wastefulness.

2010 Mainz University Meeting to focus Interdisciplinary Neurosciences

The 2010 Meeting of the Mainz University Research Focus on Interdisciplinary Neurosciences will be held on "Cognitive Enhancement Ethics and Society".

Employers urged to ensure top priority for workplace safety

A leading Scottish lawyer has urged employers to make sure safety is always their top priority after a man suffered a serious brain injury whilst working.

Threat of agricultural pesticides to vultures may also risk human health

While vultures across Asia teeter on the brink of extinction, the vultures of Cambodia are increasing in number, providing a beacon of hope for these threatened scavengers, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and other members of the Cambodia Vulture Conservation Project.

Kavli Day 2010 at Norwegian University of Science and Technology

In celebration of Kavli Prize Week, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, and the Kavli Foundation will hold a series of lectures and events on 9 September 2010 in Trondheim, Norway at the NTNU campus. The event features a number of 2010 Kavli Prize Laureates. The festivities continue after the official celebration, with two symposia sponsored by NTNU, one in neuroscience and one in nanoscience.

PennHIP radiographic method may hold potential to evaluate human susceptibility to hip dysplasia

A study comparing a University of Pennsylvania method for evaluating a dog's susceptibility to hip dysplasia to the traditional American method has shown that 80 percent of dogs judged to be normal by the traditional method are actually at risk for developing osteoarthritis and hip dysplasia, according to the Penn method.

New VA regulation helps to get recognition, treatment for three disorders in Agent Orange exposure

A new VA regulation adding three health conditions to the list of those presumed to have been caused by exposure to the toxic defoliant Agent Orange during the Vietnam War was published this week. Pending a 60-day congressional review, the regulation will make some 200,000 veterans eligible for VA benefits over the next year and a half.

Companies need new, better tools for measuring employee productivity: Article

Can investing in employee health improve the bottom line by making workers more productive? To answer that question, companies need new and better tools for measuring employee productivity, according to an article in the September Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Fundraising events in September in support of pulmonary fibrosis research

The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) today announced its September schedule of fundraising events as part of its ongoing campaign to support the efforts of patients and families to raise new funds for pulmonary fibrosis (PF) research.

Challenges Chief Medical Officers face in clinical trial operations

?One of the major issues that Chief Medical Officers (CMO) encounter in their day to day practice is the variety of countries that they deal with and the different regulatory issues that they need to solve.?