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Microsoft’s attempts to ensure better application compatibility for Windows 7 at launch appear to have worked Read the rest here: No application compatibility woes for Windows 7 — yet  Read More →

Five technologies, including the trendy cloud computing and old workhorse open-source software, will see huge adoption increases in the U.S. government over the next five years, largely driven by efforts to contain costs, according to an analyst firm. Go here to read the rest:  Five technologies to see huge growth in US gov’t,... 

Pacific WebWorks has had a very profitable year despite a raft of complaints from its customers, a class action suit filed against it in Illinois and now a civil suit from Google filed on Monday. More here: Company sued by Google had a profitable year  Read More →

The IP telephony market grew 10 percent in the third quarter, thanks to service providers investing in such infrastructure projects as VOIP for businesses, according to a report from DellOro Group. At the same time, the market for high-speed server connectivity also grew in the quarter, due in large part to the blade server... 

An over-the-air software update to the Droid smartphone started yesterday, but it wasn’t clear whether the 14 enhancements address a voice echo problem that hundreds of users complained about in online forums. Read more here:  Verizon updates Droid software; Users hope it fixes echo problem  Read More →

Parliamentary reporter, Computing, Tuesday 8 December 2009 at 17:14:00 Professor Deian Hopkin presents damning report that could see senior SLC managers fired Prolonged delays to student loans this autumn were blamed on “technical, management and services failure” in a review of the Student Loans Company (SLC)... 

Mobile phone operator Orange plans to open Life Is Better On, its take on mobile social networking, on Wednesday. Go here to see the original: Orange says life is better on its mobile social network  Read More →

Just when you thought the CrunchPad was dead (or that Michael Arrington might actually shut up for five minutes) along comes news of its revival, only this time it’s got a new name and a new daddy.  Read More →