Friday, September 14, 2007

Salesforce launches Web dev platform ... Verizon sues FCC over open-access auction ... Gadget giveaway: Swiss Army USB

TOP STORY
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Salesforce launches Web dev platform for on-demand software
Salesforce.com Inc. on Friday announced a new rich Web platform for building on-demand business software that it hopes will lead to an "explosion" of applications, similar to that currently occurring with Facebook Inc.'s popular Web 2.0 site.


IN THE NEWS
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Verizon sues FCC over open-access auction
Verizon Wireless Inc. has encountered strong opposition for its request that an appeals court overturn U.S. Federal Communications Commission auction rules on a portion of wireless spectrum.

Nokia, others back mobile memory standard
Seven of the world's top mobile phone technology companies are backing the development of a new flash memory standard to be used in mobile phones, digital cameras and other consumer electronics devices.

Google calls for global online privacy standard
Search giant Google Inc. will propose on Friday that governments and technology companies create a transnational privacy policy to address growing concerns over how personal data is handled across the Internet.

SCO, Novell back in court Monday in Unix fight
The SCO Group Inc. will begin its latest legal battle Monday over what it continues to assert are its rights to Unix -- but this battle is one the company may have never imagined it would be fighting

Google pledges $30 million for private moon landing
Google Inc. will pay up to $30 million in prize money to anyone able to land a privately funded spacecraft on the moon, because "it's cool," the company said on its blog.

Insiders overtake viruses as biggest security worry
Company insiders have overtaken viruses as the most reported security incident, the annual report from the respected U.S. Computer Security Institute (CSI) has reported.


OPINION
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Combinatorical Enterprise Architecture
Sean McGrath, ITworld.com

I have been thinking a lot about enterprise architecture recently (an occupational hazard I must deal with on a daily basis). I got to thinking about how, over the years, I have noticed a distinct pattern underlying EAI projects that work out well. No, I don't mean SOA or Open APIs or protocol independence or any of those IT-shaped things. The pattern is at a different level. It goes like this...


GADGET GIVEAWAY
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It's Fall, and we have a new gadget giveaway ... just for the heck of it. We've brought back the ultimate geek tool, the Swiss Army knife equipped with USB flash drive, LED light, and ballpoint pen.

Enter now for a chance to win!

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