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Computerworld Networking
April 22, 2009
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In this issue:
1. When the Web Got it Wrong
2. Review: Free sites help you manage your money
3. VMware vows to overhaul data center with 'cloud OS'
4. Broadcom makes bid to buy Emulex for $764M
5. AT&T to double 3G capacity
6. China Mobile to launch app store this year
7. The Grill: WikiScanner creator Virgil Griffith
8. 'Cataloging error' lands Amazon in hot water over gay-books listings
9. Seth H. Weintraub: Google Profiles pave the way for global directory, Facebook killer
10. Michael Horowitz: A billion malware infections cleaned
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1. When the Web Got it Wrong
Did you hear? Britney Spears had a fatal run-in with a pretzel, a guy named
Homosexual ran in the Olympic 100-meter dash, and President Obama attended a
Muslim academy.
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2. Review: Free sites help you manage your money
There are a slew of personal financial sites on the Web that purport to help you
manage your money. We take a close look at seven of them.
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3. VMware vows to overhaul data center with 'cloud OS'
VMware has unveiled vSphere, the long awaited overhaul of its core
virtualization platform which is designed to aggregate the virtual resources in
the data center into one centrally managed computing pool.
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4. Broadcom makes bid to buy Emulex for $764M
Following a rejected offer in January, Broadcom made an unsolicited bid to
purchase Emulex for $764 million.
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5. AT&T to double 3G capacity
AT&T is doubling the capacity of its 3G high-speed packet access network to
reach peak speeds of 3.6Mbit/sec.
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6. China Mobile to launch app store this year
China Mobile hopes to launch an application service like the iPhone's App Store
this year as it unrolls a next-generation mobile network.
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7. The Grill: WikiScanner creator Virgil Griffith
Cal Tech doctoral candidate and tech provocateur Virgil Griffith talks about
exposing the wicked, staying out of trouble and designing machines that can
feel.
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8. 'Cataloging error' lands Amazon in hot water over gay-books listings
Amazon.com said a glitch that removed sales rankings for gay and lesbian-themed
books and knocked them out of search results was caused by a cataloging error,
not a hack of its Web site.
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9. Seth H. Weintraub: Google Profiles pave the way for global directory, Facebook killer
Google is publicizing their Google Profiles for the first time this week. If you
do a Google search for your name (and who hasn't), you'll now see your Google
profile at the bottom of the search results. This is a big deal.
read more
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10. Michael Horowitz: A billion malware infections cleaned
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware just cleaned up its billionth malware infection. All
for free, too.
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