Euro consumer group questions Google-Doubleclick deal

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News: Euro consumer group questions Google-Doubleclick deal
News: China will be top destination for off-shoring, says IDC
News: Court holds Belgian ISP responsible for file-sharing
News: Toshiba files suit against German DVD maker
News: Denmark to test Open XML, ODF next year
Feature: WORLDBEAT: In India, bands and elephants at work
Feature: UK National Archives seeks to unlock file formats
Feature: Wireless drives vending machines to the high end
Feature: Public-sector CIOs debate: One vendor or many?
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Euro consumer group questions Google-Doubleclick deal
A European consumer group has complained that Google Inc.'s proposed acquisition of online ad broker DoubleClick Inc. could hurt privacy rights due to the massive amount of data the companies would hold.


China will be top destination for off-shoring, says IDC
Chinese cities are expected to unseat Bangalore, Mumbai, and Delhi in India, and Manila in the Philippines, as the most popular offshore delivery centers by 2011, according to IDC.


Court holds Belgian ISP responsible for file-sharing
A court has ruled that the Belgian ISP Scarlet Extended SA is responsible for blocking illegal file-sharing on its network, setting a precedent that could affect other ISPs in Europe, according to a recording industry group.


Toshiba files suit against German DVD maker
Toshiba Corp. has filed a lawsuit against German DVD replicator EDD Bizz GmbH over the alleged infringement of DVD patents.

Denmark to test Open XML, ODF next year
Denmark's government agencies will be required to handle two competing document format standards, the Open Document Format (ODF) and Microsoft Corp.'s Open XML, during a one-year test period that will begin next year.

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WORLDBEAT: In India, bands and elephants at work
New recruits to Aditi Technologies Pvt. Ltd., a vendor of product development services in Bangalore, were on their first day of work given a traditional Indian welcome fit for a Maharajah, to the beating of drums, the blowing of traditional trumpets, and even an elephant saluting them.

UK National Archives seeks to unlock file formats
The U.K. has embarked on a plan to make terabytes of government data locked up in mostly Microsoft Corp. proprietary file formats viewable to the public in their original form.

Wireless drives vending machines to the high end
Vending machines are not just about soda and candy and chips anymore.


Public-sector CIOs debate: One vendor or many?
Keenly aware of staff and budget constraints, government IT departments wrestle with their mix of applications. Is it best to take as much enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) functionality as you can from one software vendor, or opt for a best-of-breed approach? This question came to prominence again recently when in May mid-market vendor Infor Global Solutions announced it will pay US$92 million to acquire Hansen Information Technologies, a public-sector applications provider.


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