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Business IT Section - Ars Technica

Amazon CloudFront turns S3 into content distribution network
pAmazon has announced the launch of CloudFront, a new content delivery network service built on top of the company's cloud storage platform./ppa href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081119-amazon-cloudfront-turns-s3-into-content-distribution-network.html"Read More.../a/p
Microsoft on the cloud: Sharepoint and Exchange go Online
pThe online versions of Microsoft's solution for portals and collaboration (Sharepoint) and its solution for e-mail and calendaring (Exchange) are now available to business in the US./ppa href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081118-microsoft-releases-sharepoint-online-and-exchange-online.html"Read More.../a/p
Google updates, smartens SketchUp 3D modeling apps
pNew versions of Google's SketchUp 7 and SketchUp Pro 7 bring software vector rendering for complex objects, smarter modeling components that can "understand" what they are, and more powerful tools for professional and business users./ppa href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081117-google-updates-smartens-sketchup-3d-modeling-apps.html"Read More.../a/p
New enterprise-focused WAP promises 320Mbps throughput
pProxim means business with its new WAP which offers inexpensive, powerful enterprise access points that support 802.11n, and combine features that seem to be from the best of their competitors. /ppa href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081117-new-enterprise-focused-wap-promises-320mbps-throughput.html"Read More.../a/p
Windows Small/Essential Business Server final bits released
pThe 2008 versions of Windows Small Business Server and Windows Essential Business Server have gone gold this week. Trial versions are available for download./ppa href="http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2008/11/14/windows-smallessential-business-server-final-bits-released"Read More.../a/p
Bankrupt Circuit City doing circuits around the drain
pLast week's announcement that Circuit City would be closing over 150 stores sent its suppliers into a defensive posture, exacerbating an already difficult situation for the retailer. The result:the struggling retailer has now filed for bankruptcy protection./ppa href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081110-bankrupt-circuit-city-doing-circuits-around-the-drain.html"Read More.../a/p
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for November 2008: two bulletins
pMicrosoft will patch two vulnerabilities on Tuesday. One of the vulnerabilities are marked "Critical," and the other is "Important." Details on both are inside./ppa href="http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2008/11/07/microsoft-patch-tuesday-for-november-2008-two-bulletins"Read More.../a/p
ATT squeezes 18Mbps U-verse DSL out of last-mile copper
pATT has announced its attempt to keep up with its competitors' rollouts of fiber and fast cable connections. Its U-verse Max 18 package will allow download speeds of up to 18Mbps, but the company is still bumping up against the limits of copper wiring?not to mention its competitors' 50Mbps offerings./ppa href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081106-att-squeezes-18mbps-u-verse-dsl-out-of-last-mile-copper.html"Read More.../a/p
AMD puts 500 more employees out to pasture
pAMD adds another 500 to the ranks of the unemployed, following up May's layoffs with another round. Also, one AMD employee is fired and under federal indictment for allegedly stealing Intel secrets./ppa href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081106-amd-puts-500-more-employees-out-to-pasture.html"Read More.../a/p
With Google deal dead, Yang looks to what might have been
pWith the prospect of antitrust regulation having caused Google to back out of its ad deal with Yahoo, the latter company's CEO, Jerry Yang, suggests that Microsoft might not be such a bad partner after all. /ppa href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081106-with-google-deal-dead-yang-looks-to-what-might-have-been.html"Read More.../a/p
IBM looks to beat identity thieves with a USB ZTIC
pIBM has announced a new USB device that's aimed at making online banking transactions more secure. The new ZTIC ("stick") device allows a user to detect man-in-the-middle attacks by doing a little man-in-the-middle work of its own./ppa href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081105-ibm-looks-to-beat-identity-thieves-with-a-usb-ztic.html"Read More.../a/p
Rumors say Google, Yahoo agree to limit ad deal revenue
pThe latest round of rumors to emerge from the negotiations among Google, Yahoo, and the Department of Justice suggest that the two web companies are willing to limit the revenue flowing to Yahoo in order to win antitrust approval./ppa href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081104-rumors-say-google-yahoo-agree-to-limit-ad-deal-revenue.html"Read More.../a/p
EndNote reverse-engineering case looks headed to courtroom
pThomson Reuters, publisher of EndNote, is suing George Mason University over allegations that GMU reverse-engineered aspects of EndNote for their open source Zotero project./ppa href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081104-endnote-reverse-engineering-case-looks-headed-to-courtroom.html"Read More.../a/p
Dash Express woes highlight Silicon Valley challenges
pDash Express made huge waves with its innovative, Internet-connected GPS unit. But now the VC-backed company has fallen victim to the downturn-induced belt tightening that will affect more such startups in the coming months./ppa href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081103-dash-express-woes-highlight-silicon-valley-challenges.html"Read More.../a/p
Google tries brinksmanship with DOJ in fight over Yahoo deal
pGoogle may be getting worried that the Department of Justice will be distracted by the presidential transition, and not get around to approving its deal with Yahoo in a timely manner. No one from the company has actually said this, of course, but it's likely to be behind an uptick in rumors that the search giant is ready to walk away from talks./ppa href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081031-google-tries-brinksmanship-with-doj-in-fight-over-yahoo-deal.html"Read More.../a/p

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