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InformationWeek: In order to attract more top IT graduates and professionals from the private sector, the federal government is launching a new Technology Fellows program. Qualified candidates with undergraduate degrees in computer science, computational mathematics, IT, or information science, and a graduate degree or relevant work experience in an IT-related field can apply for the […]

Bloomberg: In order to defend itself in the ongoing mobile patent wars, Google has apparently decided it needs more ammo. The Android-maker has confirmed the August purchase of 1,023 patents from IBM. Details about the purchase were not released. Before this latest purchase, Google previously bought 1,030 patents from IBM in July. In addition, the […]

PCMag: According to Nielsen’s third quarter social media report, Americans are interacting with social media and blogs about 25 percent of the time they are online. In fact, in May, Americans spent 53 billion minutes–the equivalent of nearly 101 years–on Facebook alone. According to the report, women and people in the 18-34 age group are […]

NetworkWorld: At the “Maneuvering in Cyberspace” symposium, Army General Keith Alexander, commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency, told attendees that a major cyber-attack “is coming, in my opinion. It is a question of time. What we don’t know is how far out it is.” He also said that cybercrime […]

InformationWeek: Tuesday at the Intel Developer Forum, Intel and Google announced a new partnership that will allow mobile devices using Intel’s Atom chips to run Google’s Android operating system. To stress the point, Intel CEO Paul Otellini showed conference attendees a smartphone that was running Android on an Intel chip. Most current mobile devices run […]

Mashable: Twitter has announced a new tool called Twitter Web Analytics which should make it easier for website owners to see how Twitter is impacting site traffic. Powered by BackType (a social analytics technology that Twitter purchased in July), the new tool helps find answers to three questions: How many Twitter users are sharing links […]

Cnet: Curious about Windows 8? Now you can download the Developer Preview release of the new operating system–even if you’re not a developer. Microsoft has been showing off the update, and its flashy new Metro interface, at its BUILD developer conference. After this Developer Preview, Microsoft plans one beta release and one release candidate for […]

CBS: In April 2010, Google purchased ITA flight search software. Now the company has finally put that technology to work with a new Flights search engine. If you search for a flight in the main Google search page, you will get a new Flights option on the left side of the screen. Clicking brings up […]

Computerworld: Intel has announced that servers using its new new Xeon E5 chips will become available early in 2012. Based on Intel’s Sandy Bridge architecture, the Xeon E5 will have up to eight processing cores per chip and will be able to run 16 threads per socket. Intel’s Kirk Skaugen said, “This is the most […]

PCWorld: AMD’s forthcoming FX processor, codenamed Bulldozer, has officially become the fastest processor in the world. By overclocking the chip, AMD achieved speeds of 8.429GHz, which broke the previous record of 8.308GHz. Don’t expect to acheive these speeds on your own system, however. In order to break the record, AMD used a system designed for […]

Computerworld: Security has always been a big concern at data centers, but physical security at these facilities has become more of a concern since the 9/11 terrorist attacks ten years ago. For example, today’s data centers are more likely to have crash-resistant fences and to use biometric ID systems. In addition, 9/11 had a huge […]

TGDaily: The Linux Foundation has temporarily shut down its websites, including LinuxFoundation.org and Linux.com, following a security breach. The organization, which promotes the use of the open source Linux operating system, believes the hack attack was related to an intrusion at the kernel.org site that was also recently discovered. “As with any intrusion and as […]