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.NET for iPad stretches to Google's Android

20 May, 2010 - 23:49
Jobs the merciful god?

Call it an unholy three-way, but .NET is coming to Google Android, potentially helping C# developers interested in creating applications for Apple's iPad.…

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Google programming Frankenstein is a Go

20 May, 2010 - 23:42
Python-C++ crossbreed lands on Goofrastructure

Google I/O Google's back-end infrastructure is now running applications built with its new-age Go programming language.…

Most browsers silently expose intimate viewing habits

20 May, 2010 - 23:26
Zip codes, news articles, free for the taking

The vast majority of people browsing the web are vulnerable to attacks that expose detailed information about their viewing habits, including news articles they've read and the Zip Codes they've entered into online forms.…

Google denies carriers fled Nexus One webstore

20 May, 2010 - 22:13
Head Android blames hassle of direct sales

Google I/O Google Android project lead Andy Rubin has said that wireless carriers departed the company's online Nexus One store only after it had decided to change how the phone was sold.…

Server rebound, Perot services boost Dell

20 May, 2010 - 21:56
PCs, not so much, in fiscal Q1

The x64 server rebound has been finally confirmed with Dell reporting its financial results for its first quarter of fiscal 2011 ended April 30. Dell's overall revenues were up 21 per cent, to $14.9bn, and net income was up 52 per cent, to $441m.…

Google punts sky high storage for devs

20 May, 2010 - 21:21
Amazon: 'Hey! Don't forget us!'

Google I/O Google has provided limited access to an online storage service built atop its famously distributed online infrastructure.…

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US boffins synthesize self-replicating bacteria

20 May, 2010 - 21:18
'It's alive! It's alive!'

US researchers have fashioned the first self-replicating bacterial cell, "creating new life out of already existing life."…

Jobs drops hint on Google open video codec

20 May, 2010 - 20:04
Steve backs 'not ready for primetime' claim

Google I/O Steve Jobs has indicated that Apple is unlikely to embrace Google's newly-open sourced VP8 video codec.…

Microsoft declares war on 'sophisticated' click-fraud scheme

20 May, 2010 - 18:42
Legal offensive on click laundering

Microsoft has mounted a legal offensive against scams targeting its pay-per-click advertising services, filing two lawsuits that take aim at what it says is a sophisticated new form of the crime.…

NOAA goes to Cray for climate super

20 May, 2010 - 18:37
A Baker sticks a wet finger in the air

The people of the Tennessee Valley who depend upon the eponymous hydroelectric plants for their electricity may soon start seeing brownouts when what looks like another petaflops-class Cray supercomputer is plunked down at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.…

Google TV: Android and Chrome on your boob tube

20 May, 2010 - 17:22
Chocolate Factory uncloaks web happy TV set-tops

Google I/O The Mountain View Chocolate Factory has unveiled the long-expected Google TV, an Android-based settop platform designed to meld the web with your boob tube. The platform will eventually be open sourced, and the idea is to put it on myriad settops.…

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iPads may be outselling Macs two to one

20 May, 2010 - 17:18
Projection: 8 million in 2010

Apple's iPad may be selling nearly twice as well as the company's venerable Macintosh — despite Cupertino's admission that it's having a hard time meeting demand, and despite having to delay its international roll-out by a month.…

Microsoft 'cylinders firing' with business-cloud fluff

20 May, 2010 - 17:12
Ballmer: self-corrections taken

Microsoft's floated a key component of its cloud-for-corporations platform, with a code drop of Windows Server AppFabric and BizTalk Server 2010 beta.…