Scot Andy Murray takes to the big stage of the Australian Open final Sunday as he faces Serbian Novak Djokovic without the shadows of tennis giants Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer looming over the proceedings. With his third crack at a Grand Slam final, the number five Scot is totally concerned with taking his chances [...]
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Murray, Djokovic finally grab the Grand Slam spotlight
January 29th, 2011 |
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Paltrow slams celebrity couples who flaunt relationship in the spotlight
November 17th, 2010 |
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Gwyneth Paltrow has slammed celebrity couples for unnecessarily showing off their relationship in the limelight, which she says doesn’t ”make sense”. The Iron Man star is married to Coldplay rocker Chris Martin, but they are rarely seen out in public together and never attend showbiz events as a couple. Paltrow, who was previously engaged to [...]
Social Network Surveillance by Feds in Spotlight
October 15th, 2010 |
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A Freedom of Information Act request by privacy watchdogs revealed the Department of Homeland Security surveilled social networks during President Obama’s inauguration as well as an effort to use social networks to investigate citizenship petitions. – The subject of federal surveillance of social networks has come up again, this time prompted by new government documents unearthed by privacy watchdogs.
The documents, which were revealed due to a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request filed by the
EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) with the…
Mike Nichols to Be in the Spotlight
June 13th, 2010 |
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In a room that was full of famous actors, i.e. Jack Nicholson, Julia Roberts, Harrison ford and Helen Mirren, there was a person who shined brighter compared to all the screen stars.
Actually, it was Mike Nichols, a famed director, who was in the spotlight. In Fact, he has become the winner of the 38th American [...]
JBoss Server Security in Spotlight at Conference
June 2nd, 2010 |
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A security researcher from Trustwave says administrators often underestimate the security risks facing JBoss servers. Armed with a new tool, he will speak at the upcoming AthCon conference about how these servers can be compromised and what your enterprise can do about it. – A researcher from Trustwave will highlight JBoss server security
at the inaugural AthCon security
conference this week.
In a presentation, Trustwave security consultant Christian Papathanasiou
will unveil a new tool for compromising JBoss servers and discuss best
practices for protecting JB…
Top 15 Technologies in Spotlight at Microsoft MIX 2010
March 19th, 2010 |
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At this year’s edition of its annual conference for Web designers and developers known as MIX, Microsoft offered up a slew of new technologies, starting with a new preview of the next version of its browser the Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview. In addition, Microsoft delivered new tools for Windows Phone 7 Series application development, as well as new design tools and open-source technology for developers. This slide show illustrates some of the top technology made available at the MIX 2010, also known as MIX10.
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Data Center World 2010 Puts Spotlight on IT Efficiency
March 11th, 2010 |
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More than 800 enterprise IT managers, C-level executives, facilities managers and vendor representatives were out in force this week at AFCOM’s Data Center World 2010 in Nashville, Tenn. Mostly those decision-making IT veterans were there for two reasons: to find out how to run their systems more effectively with an eye toward saving power and money. To that end, there were dozens of study sessions ranging from the all-encompassing The Data Center Energy Crisis to the very specialized, such as The Three-Source Static Switch: Taking Redundancy to the Next Level. For the record, 30-year-old AFCOM is the world’s oldest data center professional and educational association; its members own and operate 4,500 of the world’s most powerful data centers. Here are some photo highlights of the five-day conference.
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Google Maps, YouTube Put Spotlight on Chile Earthquake Relief
March 1st, 2010 |
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After an 8.8 magnitude earthquake hammered Chile Feb. 27, Google tailored its Web services to help users access information related to the disaster. Google’s Maps team is making Chile map data available to relief and aid organizations through the Google Map Maker tool. Also, the Person Finder tool is available to help people locate missing family and friends. Google’s YouTube video site also offered video clips Chilean citizens uploaded regarding the crisis.
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RSA Conference to Spotlight Threats, Security Strategies
February 28th, 2010 |
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RSA Conference 2010 is kicking off March 1 in San Francisco, bringing with it a focus on the latest threats as well as security strategies spanning application development, social networks and the cloud.
– From data protection to
cloud computing to application development, this years
RSA Conference is
keeping an eye toward practical strategies for dealing with todays
cyber-threats.
The conference, which will
run from March 1 to March 5 at the Moscone
Center in San Francisco, has expanded t…
Apple iPhone App Security in Spotlight at Black Hat
January 28th, 2010 |
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At the upcoming Black Hat DC security conference, software engineer Nicolas Seriot will focus on security and privacy issues involving third-party applications developed for the Apple iPhone.
– A software engineer is highlighting the challenges facing mobile
application stores in an upcoming presentation at Black Hat DC.
In his presentation Feb. 3, software engineer Nicolas Seriot will focus on applications
for the Apple iPhone, and how Apple’s guarantees of privacy and applications
ca…
Digg, Google Wave Seize Spotlight at Web 2.0 Expo
November 19th, 2009 |
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NEW YORK The Web 2.0 Expo was not quite the news frenzy that its San Francisco-based brother Web 2.0 Summit was in 2009. But the show’s creator, high-tech publishing guru Tim O’Reilly, provided some zing Nov. 17 by arguing that arms races between Google and Apple as well as Facebook and Twitter threaten to stifle the Internet as we know it. O’Reilly also said Microsoft would emerge as a major player in the open Web ecosystem. Digg founder Kevin Rose and Digg CEO Jay Adelson discussed the past, present and future of Digg, while Hunch Chief Product Officer Caterina Fake and Microsoft researcher Danah Boyd held forth on the social Web. Lifehacker founder Gina Trapani discussed some Google Wave use cases.
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Alcatel-Lucent, Toyota Drive LTE Connected Car into Concept Spotlight
November 5th, 2009 |
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Toyota, Alcatel-Lucent and other companies banded together to create the LTE Connected Car, a concept vehicle that went on display in New York on Nov. 3. The vehicle combines an LTE broadband radio link with in-car Wi-Fi to bring the power of cloud computing to driver and passengers, giving them access to online content such as music, YouTube and games through four individual touch screens.
It’s not all about multimedia, however. The concept car also supplies the driver with real-time GPS updates and information on nearby points of interest. The vehicle also offers continuous status updates about the car, using sensors to feed data to the driver about tire pressure and other maintenance issues. Although the concept car’s creators were reluctant to name specific automotive companies, apparently they are in talks to extend some of the technology seen here to real-life vehicles at some point in the future.
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Suit Puts Spotlight on Dell-Intel Relationship
November 5th, 2009 |
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A lawsuit filed by New York prosecutors alleges that Intel, worried about the competitive threat posed by rival AMD, focused incentives and threats on Dell, which prosecutors say received about $6 billion in payments from Intel between 2002 and 2007. The money was used to keep Dell from launching products based on AMD’s processors, according to the lawsuit. Intel officials say the payments were legitimate rebates paid to a large customer.
– Faced with a growing threat from a new microprocessor design by rival
Advanced Micro Devices, Intel used its size and deep pockets to pressure
systems makers into a difficult choice of meeting customer demand or taking
Intel’s money, according to the lawsuit filed against the chip maker by federa…
France Telecom in Public Spotlight over 25 Employee Suicides
October 19th, 2009 |
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With the latest in a spate of suicides of France Telecom workers, the union calls for protests and for the CEO to resign. The company has been trying to improve its productivity and employee performance, but has met much resistance by workers over the years. Pressures have mounted, and have even included one man’s stabbing of himself during a company meeting.
– Former state-run telecommunications company France Telecom is under a lot of pressure from the union over employee suicides.
Over the last 18 months, 25 employees have taken their lives for what the union dubs quot;workplace stress quot; and pressure.
The latest suicide occurred last Thursd…
Emmanuel in the spotlight
September 19th, 2009 |
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If the English Premier League has lacked one thing in the 18 years since its inception, it is a meaningful local derby – a match that pits two rival teams from the same city against each other in a bid to settle, not just old scores, but title races. Liverpool and Everton have a heated history,
UK denies putting Libya first in IRA victims row
September 7th, 2009 |
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The UK’s relations with Libya are back in the spotlight with Gordon Brown denying he shied away from pressing Tripoli to compensate families of IRA victims. The British Prime Minister now insists he will back compensation claims.
Virtualization Security in Spotlight During VMworld
September 1st, 2009 |
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With VMworld in full swing, virtualization security is at the tip of some people’s tongues. Based on a new paper from RSA and some user surveys, IT pros are advised to keep security high on their list of concerns when it comes to virtualized environments.
– In some ways, the virtualization security market may be in a good news, bad
news situation.
The good news: More tools are appearing that focus on securing virtual
environments. The bad news: Many may not be making their way into the IT
infrastructure. A survey by Nemertes Research found that onl…
Spotlight on Afghan vote fraud squad
September 1st, 2009 |
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The credibility of Afghanistan’s elections could depend on a small team working day and night inside two heavily guarded peach villas in a wealthy Kabul suburb. Afghanistan’s independent Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) has the arduous job of investigating more than 2,500 claims that
Artistic helmets to grab World Cup spotlight
August 27th, 2009 |
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The most eye-catching sight in the stands at next year’s soccer World Cup will be thousands of jiving fans wearing elaborate headgear invented by a former cleaner in his township shack. While the incessant blare of “vuvuzela” trumpets stirred controversy during the Confederations Cup in June –
Spotlight on ETA after huge arms find in France
August 21st, 2009 |
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Large amounts of hidden weapons and explosives believed to belong to ETA have been unearthed in southern France. Since Wednesday, three separate arms caches have been discovered. Collectively, they are the biggest such find on French soil since 2002.