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Facebook Tops 300M Users, Says it's Just Getting Started Facebook now has more than 300 million members worldwide.
Facebook Grows Up -- in Population, Income The social networking site passes major milestones, drawing 300 million users and making money.
Microsoft Zune HD: No Reason To Live If you want access to the most content and applications, the best accessories, there is simply no comparison between Zune and iPod.
Apps.gov Federal Cloud Is A Google Win Google Beats Microsoft to New Federal Cloud Project
Dell to Pay $4 Million to Settle New York Fraud Case Dell will pay US$4 million [M] to settle charges of fraudulent and deceptive business practices in New York
'Government Cloud' Coming From Google Next Year Google will offer cloud-computing services for US government agencies next year.
Government's First Cloud Service Open for Business The federal government unveiled its Apps.gov storefront Tuesday, a first step toward cloud computing.
Google Releases SDK for Latest Android Version Developers can now start working with the next version of Google's mobile operating system Android, which is expected to be available on phones in October.
Oracle, Sun Launch High-end OLTP Server Sun and Oracle launched a high-end OLTP server that combines Sun hardware with Oracle's database software.
Indian Outsourcer Satyam Adds 32 New Clients Since May Indian outsourcer Satyam has gained 32 clients, indicating a modest recovery after a scandal at the company in January.
China Mobile IPhone Killer Will Not Be Cheap Lenovo Mobile is making handsets for China's 3G standard that will reach China Mobile's target price of $150, but its high-end iPhone rival will cost more.
Unpatched Applications Are #1 Cyber Security Risk Major organizations take at least twice as long to patch client-side vulnerabilities as to patch operating systems. The highest priority risk is getting less attention than the lower priority risk.
HP Pushes Ultrathin Laptop to Businesses Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday introduced the ProBook 5310m ultrathin business laptop.
EU - US Talks on New Bank Data Accord Spark Fury in Europe EU-US talks on a new bank data accord spark fury in Europe.
Google Buys ReCAPTCHA to Boost Book Scanning Efforts Google has acquired ReCAPTCHA to improve its spam-detection services and also boost its book scanning project.
Adobe Pays Premium to Acquire Omniture Amid reports of sagging Q3 revenue and profit, Adobe announced that it is purchasing Omniture, known for developing Web analytics and metrics measurement tools, for $1.8 billion.
French National Assembly Votes for New 'three Strikes' Bill The French government has taken a step closer to passing a revised "three strikes" antipiracy law
IBM Green City Lab Aims for Chinese Government Deals IBM will develop green urban planning applications with a Chinese city that it could peddle in other Chinese government deals later
Browsers Don't Matter, Even Chrome 3 Not trying to pick on Chrome, which helps keep the others honest, but any cool feature that appears in one will show up in the others.
Via Courts Chinese PC Makers With NetNote Platform Via Technologies is gearing up to release a turnkey laptop platform called NetNote that's aimed at smaller Chinese computer makers.
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