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  Google Apps Marketplace: Good start, long road ahead

  Six months after launching its Google Apps Marketplace, Google is pleased with the project's progress but acknowledges it has much bigger expectations.

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 14 September, 2010 03:03

  Tags: e-commerce, applications, e-mail, software, collaboration, Software as a service, cloud computing, internet, Google Apps, google apps marketplace, Google

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  Mozilla starts dropping features from Firefox 4

  Mozilla, which launched the latest beta of Firefox 4 last week, has started to drop features from the still-under-construction browser.

  By Gregg Keizer | 14 September, 2010 05:36

  Tags: applications, Microsoft, browsers, software, internet, mozilla

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  Motricity launches mobile content delivery service

  Motricity on Monday announced mCore MobileCast, a service for wireless carriers and large companies that want to deliver content to smartphones based on user preferences.

  By Matt Hamblen | 14 September, 2010 06:39

  Tags: telecommunication, applications, Mobile and Wireless, Mobile Apps and Services, Phones, software, mobile, collaboration, cloud computing, internet, Enterprise Web 2.0/Collaboration, consumer electronics, smartphones

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  Microsoft previews communication server overhaul

  Microsoft has released a nearly completed preview version of its next-generation communications server and associated software, which the company has collectively renamed as Lync.

  By Joab Jackson | 14 September, 2010 04:57

  Tags: telephony, Internet-based applications and services, instant messaging, telecommunication, Microsoft, voip, Telephony/conferencing, social networking, social media, internet

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  'Limitless' whiteboarding tool enables online meetings

  A unique online presentation tool on Thursday began letting users in multiple locations work on the same page at the same time. With Prezi Meeting, up to 10 people can access and edit Flash-based presentations made in Prezi.

  By Elsa Wenzel | 10 September, 2010 23:59

  Tags: productivity, internet, powerpoint

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  Two doubts about Google Instant

  Google managed to turn a few heads when it announced its new Instant search last week. Mine was one of them.

  By Paul Suarez | 13 September, 2010 06:59

  Tags: search, Google, netflix, internet, search engines

• Microsoft issues service credits after cloud outage

  Microsoft has been forced to issue service credits to customers affected by recent problems accessing hosted Exchange and SharePoint services, and is promising to improve its system for notifying customers about cloud computing outages.

  By Jon Brodkin | 11 September, 2010 08:26

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, BP, Google, Microsoft, hardware systems, Data Center, burton group, cloud computing, internet

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  Watch out Google, here comes Facebook

  Facebook is giving Google a run for its money.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 11 September, 2010 03:59

  Tags: e-commerce, Networking, Web 2.0 and Web Apps, Internet Search, e-business, internet, search engines, youtube, Facebook, ComScore, Yahoo, Google

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  Ask.com to shut down Bloglines

  Bloglines, the venerable RSS reader, will cease to exist in a few weeks, according to its owner, Ask.com.

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 13 September, 2010 04:31

  Tags: Internet-based applications and services, Ask.com, RSS, social media, internet, blogging

• Gang uses Facebook to rob houses

  Leaving the house this weekend? Telling all your Facebook buds about it? You might want to reconsider that.

  By John P. Mello Jr. | 11 September, 2010 10:33

  Tags: Internet-based applications and services, legal, social media, internet, cybercrime, Facebook

• Google plans research center in France

  Google plans to make France the center for all its European cultural operations, and to open a new research center there, CEO Eric Schmidt told French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday.

  By Peter Sayer | 11 September, 2010 00:22

  Tags: business issues, Internet-based applications and services, Google, investments, internet, search engines

• Will Oracle buy Informatica next?

  Ever-acquisitive Oracle may place data integration specialist Informatica in its sights next, according to a recent pair of surveys.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 11 September, 2010 05:59

  Tags: business issues, Internet-based applications and services, Mergers / acquisitions, informatica, middleware, software, cloud computing, internet, data integration, Oracle

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  New Yahoo site targets issues in November US elections

  Yahoo's news division has launched a new social-networking site that focuses on policy debates driving November's midterm elections in the U.S., with the site giving users a chance to debate and vote on issues.

  By Grant Gross | 11 September, 2010 06:46

  Tags: U.S. Senate, Internet-based applications and services, Tareq Salahi, social networking, Barack Obama, Mark Walker, internet, Facebook, Michaele Salahi, sarah palin, Yahoo, U.S. House of Representatives, twitter, government, social media

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  Cisco: 'Here you have' worm caused brief havoc

  The "Here you have" worm that clogged e-mail systems on Thursday briefly caused one of the worst spam outbreaks of 2010, according to Cisco Systems.

  By Robert McMillan | 11 September, 2010 10:24

  Tags: Cisco Systems, security, internet, malware

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  'Here you have' e-mail worm spreads quickly

  Security experts warned Thursday of a fast-spreading e-mail worm, the first large outbreak of this type in nearly a decade.

  By Robert McMillan | 10 September, 2010 12:17

  Tags: mcafee, symantec, Microsoft, security, internet, malware