Google turns on solar panels, plans $10 million in grants

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News: Google turns on solar panels, plans $10 million in grants
News: HP FORUM: HP brings sanity to storage
News: US FTC warns of bogus e-mail containing spyware
News: Google localizes YouTube for Europe
News: Web app security consolidation continues as HP buys SPI
Related Reading: Hurd keeps the pressure on to improve HP
News: Clusty search optimizes sites for mobile
News: 'Italian job' Web attack hits 10,000 sites
News: Google launches public policy blog
Feature: Businesses experimenting with virtual worlds
ITWhirled: Want to be an IT hero? Take advice from some villains


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Google turns on solar panels, plans $10 million in grants
Google Inc. on Monday turned on the solar panels covering nearly all the roof space on its corporate campus and announced that its philanthropic arm plans to dole out over US$10 million in grants to support hybrid cars.


HP FORUM: HP brings sanity to storage
Hewlett-Packard Co. is developing new storage hardware that will make it easier for administrators to assign the right amount of storage to different departments in an organization.


US FTC warns of bogus e-mail containing spyware
A bogus e-mail message supposedly sent by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission contains spyware and targets corporate and banking executives as well as consumers, the FTC said Monday.


Google localizes YouTube for Europe
Google Inc. launched versions of its video sharing service YouTube in French and other languages on Tuesday. Localized versions now exist for Brazil, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, the U.K. and the U.S.


Web app security consolidation continues as HP buys SPI
Hewlett-Packard Co. has agreed to buy Web application security specialist SPI Dynamics Inc., just two weeks after IBM Corp. announced plans to buy SPI's rival Watchfire Corp.

Related Reading: Hurd keeps the pressure on to improve HP
Hewlett-Packard Co. may be on track to be a US$100 billion company this year, but CEO Mark Hurd said there's a total $1.1 trillion IT market for it to pursue.


Clusty search optimizes sites for mobile
A little-known search engine has optimized its offering for mobile devices, joining an increasingly crowded market of services targeting cell phone users.


'Italian job' Web attack hits 10,000 sites
Online criminals have launched a widespread Web attack that has turned tens of thousands of legitimate Web sites into weapons, security vendors said Monday.


Google launches public policy blog
Google Inc. has launched a blog focused on U.S. government legislation and regulation, one sign of the company's growing interest in Washington, D.C., affairs.


FEATURE

Businesses experimenting with virtual worlds
Although virtual environments are still at an early stage in development and adoption, many companies are already dabbling in one or more virtual worlds or closely observing them prior to getting their feet wet.


ITWHIRLED

Want to be an IT hero? Take advice from some villains
If you're looking to get ahead in the IT business, you've probably read the case studies and taken a look at your competitors. But if you really want an edge, you need to take a walk on the wild side. Many tech advances in Web commerce and Web user interface design that we take for granted today had their start in two business areas you might find seedy: the adult entertainment industry and the gambling industry. And then there's the tech savvy demonstrated by the mafia.