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U.S. House passes cybersecurity R&D bill

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Tablet PC in TechCrunch controversy now in full production

China takes step to toughen hacking laws

Setback for SAP in Oracle suit

China tablet PC maker may sue Apple over iPad design

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Browsers can leave a unique trail on the Web, privacy group says

Ballmer defends Microsoft as China plays up Gates' comments

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An open letter to my public transit company
For the last week I have been barraged by phone calls and e-mails from various technology body shops asking what my lowest and best rate was for a six-month PCI project you are looking to staff. I've also received e-mails from a bunch of folks trying to get me to work on a project for you. I have heard various rates of $55 to $70 per hour for this PCI project. Note that these rates are considerably lower than the market rates for qualified PCI professionals, especially in the tri-state area.

Oracle patches flaw, Asustek to take on iPad
This week brought a mix of IT news. Oracle was forced to issue an emergency patch for buggy software after details of the flaw became public. Yahoo continued to shed excess business units and sold its HotJobs division. Nexus One users finally have some multitouch functions after Google issued an update for the smartphone. Also, check out an interview with Eugene Kaspersky of security company Kaspersky Lab, and a package on business intelligence if your company is looking to delve deeper into data analysis.

After China pull-out bluster, will Google backtrack?
It has been a long three and a half weeks since Google made the dramatic announcement that it will no longer censor its search results in China, even if that means exiting that huge Internet market.

What your browser says about you
Mark Gibbs discusses online privacy and using the EFF's Panopticlick finds out that his online activities potentially aren't as private as he might have hoped.

IT Outsourcing: Why It Pays to Appraise Your Contract
Most IT outsourcing contracts contain post-execution provisions that, if not reviewed annually, can drive up costs or drive down performance. We've got an 18-point checklist to keep your outsourcing costs and service under control this year.

Calgary firm pushes disk-based archiving software
Calgary-based El Fresko Technologies is shifting its focus from optical disk/DVD archiving to disk-based archiving after announcing new WORM storage software aimed at small and medium-sized businesses.

New TechNet CEO: Expanding access to tech is priority

EU says OK to Oracle-Sun, Rambus-Samsung deal
The European Union gave the green light to Oracle's plan to buy Sun Microsystems. We expect one of next week's top story entries will be about Oracle's plans for Sun. Otherwise this week, Rambus and Samsung settled a legal dispute and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that her department will unveil initiatives to fight Internet censorship, which provoked ire from China. And, of course, there were more rumor rumblings and reports based on anonymous sources regarding Apple's tablet, which could well take top billing in next week's IT news.

Update: Google may pull out of China because of cyberattacks
Google has decided to stop censoring its results in China and could end up closing its operations and shutting down its search engine there, the company said Tuesday.

SOA grows up -- and out
Broadening adoption of a service-oriented architecture requires more planning, better management tools and more effective measurement of what's working -- and not working.

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