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Privacy, contact updates added to Google+
After promising earlier this week that changes to Google+ were coming, Google is making good on that vow with a privacy update and a new contacts tool. Read More

Silver Peak releases software-only WAN optimization
Silver Peak Systems released a software-only edition of its WAN optimization product that will allow users and vendors to deploy it on a variety of hardware and hypervisors, from virtualized blade servers to storage area networks. Read More

Can RIM turn around with 7 new BlackBerry smartphones?
RIM has plans to release a flock of new BlackBerry smartphones in the coming months, with more powerful chips, better displays, and its latest firmware. Can they turn around the company's fortunes? Read More

QuickPoll: Is Windows Microsoft's biggest strength or a weakness going forward?
Microsoft's Steve Ballmer stressed this week that Windows is "the backbone product of Microsoft" now and into the future: "Windows PCs, Windows Phones, Windows slates..." What do you think? Is Windows Microsoft's biggest strength or a weakness going forward? Read More

Google Chromebook lacks luster -- and purpose
Google thinks you should do all of your computing on the Web. To prove its point, the company has been working to replace traditional desktop software with Web-based alternatives, such as Gmail and Google Docs. When Internet Explorer and Firefox struggled to handle those complex applications, Google launched its own browser called Chrome, igniting a features war that has improved JavaScript performance and Web standards support in every major browser. Read More

Richi Jennings: Is there still a market for Exchange alternatives?
Not so very long ago, there was a lot of talk in the market about Exchange alternatives -- software products that worked in a similar way to Microsoft Exchange. I was reminded of this by some news that crossed my desk yesterday. Is this still an interesting market, or is the battle long lost? Let's see, in The Long View... INSIDER (registration required) Read More

Cisco will be leaner, faster, more attentive, Chambers pledges
Cisco CEO John Chambers briefly addressed the company's challenges, restructuring and imminent layoffs during his keynote address at this week's Cisco Live customer conference. Read More

French 3 strikes law: 470K warnings, no file-sharing lawsuits yet
France's High Authority for the Distribution of Works and the Protection of Rights on the Internet has prosecuted no one for illegal file sharing in the nine months since it began operating under a so-called "three strikes" copyright enforcement law. Read More

Cisco CTO: We needed better accountability
Padmasree Warrior, Cisco's CTO and senior vice president of engineering, discussed the network gear company's reorganization of Cisco's engineering groups, Catalyst vs. Nexus, the so-called Cisco "tax" (its prices vs. the competition), network virtualization, Cisco's toe dipping into the brave new world of open source and the future careers of the Cisco CCIE faithful. Read More

Update: India wants to intercept Skype, Google communications
The controversy over India's demand that it be allowed to monitor online and mobile communications resurfaced again on Wednesday, with an Indian minister telling reporters that the government had asked Skype, Google, and several other companies to give it access. Read More

WikiLeaks Assange awaits court ruling on extradition
Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange finished their arguments on Wednesday in London's High Court as to why the WikiLeaks founder should not be extradited to Sweden to face questioning on potential charges of molestation and rape. Read More

DeWalt resigns as president of Intel's McAfee subsidiary
Intel appointed new leaders to run the McAfee subsidiary as David DeWalt resigned as the unit's president. Read More

OpenText buys BPM vendor Global 360 for $260M
Content management vendor OpenText is moving further into BPM business process management software, scooping up Global 360 for $260 million. Read More

JR Raphael: Hey Apple: Where's the Google Plus iPhone app already?
The Google Plus iPhone app has been ready for weeks -- so why is Apple taking so long to approve it? Read More

Jonny Evans: Apple, The Daily and News of the World
As the News International phone hacking scandal story begins to break in the US, Apple may begin distancing itself from its place under the shadow of the joint launch of iPad-only publication, The Daily. Read More

Robert L. Mitchell: Netflix's price spike not so perilous -- yet
Despite the increase, Netflix is still cheap. But this could be the start down a slippery slope for the company. Read More

COMPUTERWORLD'S TOP GREEN-IT ORGANIZATIONS

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SHARK TANK OF THE DAY

Yeah, what took so long?

Support pilot fish is on his own for the morning, but the first request to arrive looks simple enough: "I need access to the color printer, please provide immediately."