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• Cisco boosted profit, sales in Q2 while cutting costs

  Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:36:00 GMT2012-02-09T00:36:00Z
  Cisco Systems posted year-over-year gains in revenue and profit for its fiscal second quarter on Wednesday, reporting net sales up 10.8 percent to US$11.5 billion, and said it met a key cost-cutting goal one quarter early.

• EPIC sues FTC over Google privacy plan

  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:28:00 GMT2012-02-08T22:28:00Z
  The Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission to force the agency to take action against Google over planned changes in collecting personal data.

• Yahoo in another shakeup as chairman and directors depart

  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:21:00 GMT2012-02-08T22:21:00Z
  The shakeup at Yahoo continues as the company's chairman and three directors stepped down Tuesday. The new board could be gearing up to sell the Internet company, or the new CEO may be looking for a board that will support him.

• Obama's H-1B answer in forum may haunt him

  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:51:00 GMT2012-02-08T21:51:00Z
  Until President Barack Obama responded to a question about H-1B visas during an online forum last week, the administration had said little about the controversial program.

• US falls behind in social-media race, expert says

  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:46:00 GMT2012-02-08T21:46:00Z
  The U.S. government is losing a race in cyberspace -- a social-networking race for the hearts and minds of Internet users, a computer security expert said Wednesday.

• Google to pay users to track their movements online

  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:41:00 GMT2012-02-08T21:41:00Z
  Amid widespread concern about its new privacy policies, Google is now facing criticism over an offer to give users Amazon gift certificates if they open their Web movements to the company in a program called Screenwise.

• Phoenix Suns deploy Galaxy Tab 10.1 for use on and off the court

  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:40:00 GMT2012-02-08T21:40:00Z
  The Phoenix Suns have deployed more than 100 Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets over Verizon Wireless' 4G LTE network for use by the team's business personnel, players and managers in the current basketball season.

• Salesforce.com shakes up Standard support plan features

  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:37:00 GMT2012-02-08T21:37:00Z
  Salesforce.com has made a series of changes to its support services that include the removal of certain features from the Standard tier, but which the company says overall will provide a better experience for customers.

• Google ships Chrome 17, touts more malware alerts and page preloads

  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:05:00 GMT2012-02-08T21:05:00Z
  Google patched 20 vulnerabilities in the desktop edition of Chrome and added new anti-malware download warnings to version 17.

• Google may be working on computerized eyeglasses

  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:34:00 GMT2012-02-08T20:34:00Z
  A report Tuesday, from the website 9to5Google, said Google is close to coming out with eyeglasses, or goggles, equipped with processing power, storage and Android phone functionality.

Computerworld QuickStudy News

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• Flash memory

  Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:00:00 GMT2010-06-07T10:00:00Z
  Here's the technology behind USB sticks and solid-state drives -- with an explanation of why it's called "flash."

• QuickStudy: Drupal

  Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:00:00 GMT2010-02-22T11:00:00Z
  Drupal is an open-source Web content management system written in PHP. It serves as the back-end system for many different types of Web sites, ranging from personal blogs to corporate collaboration applications and government sites.

• QuickStudy: Why your cell phone won't connect

  Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:00:00 GMT2010-01-18T11:00:00Z
  Cell phones have limited range and rely heavily on the cellular network to make a connection. If you leave your carrier's covered area, you won't be able to connect -- unless you have access to an alternate communications method.

• QuickStudy: Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL)

  Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT2009-10-05T10:00:00Z
  The SEC has mandated the use of XBRL for financial reporting. Heres how it works.

• QuickStudy: Mesh networks

  Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:01:00 GMT2009-08-10T04:01:00Z
  A mesh network is a LAN (usually wireless) where each node is connected to many others, configured to allow connections to be rerouted around broken or blocked paths, with the signal hopping from node to node until it reaches its destination.

• Emulation or virtualization?

  Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:01:00 GMT2009-06-22T04:01:00Z
  Don't be confused. Virtualization and emulation aren't the same thing. Here we sort out the differences.

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