American cities fight for Google’s attention

Mar 10

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American cities fight for Google’s attention
By Tim Conneally | Published March 9, 2010, 6:13 PM

One month ago, Google put the word out that it was looking to build and test its own fiber-to-the-home networks in a couple of cities. The speeds would be up to 1 Gbps and the reach would initially be about 50,000 homes.

Immediately, hundreds of cities began making pitches to attract Google’s attention, some earnest, some outlandish.

Topeka, Kansas unofficially renamed itself “Google” for the month and garnered a considerable amount of attention; Sarasota, Florida quickly followed suit and re-named its City Island “Google Island”.

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RF jammers and other electronic warfare technology to create $28.4 billion market over next decade

Mar 10

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RF jammers and other electronic warfare technology to create $28.4 billion market over next decade
Posted by John Keller

NEWTOWN, Conn., 9 March 2010. RF jammers and other electronic warfare (EW) technology will create a $28.4 billion market over the next decade, as purveyors of electronic countermeasures (ECM), radar warning receivers (RWRs), electronic support measures (ESM), and other EW systems produce about 45,000 systems, predict market analysts at Forecast International in Newtown, Conn..

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North Korea’s “secret cyber-weapon”: brand new Red Star OS

Mar 10

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North Korea’s “secret cyber-weapon”: brand new Red Star OS
Published 01 March, 2010, 16:11
Edited 09 March, 2010, 07:17

Not only does North Korea have “its own Internet” – a national information network independent from the US-based Internet regulator – it also has an operating system, developed under by order of Kim Jong-il.

Russian student Mikhail, who studies in the Kim Il-sung University and writes a blog has recently purchased the Red Star Operating System (OS) and tested it. Courtesy of Mikhail, RT gives you an opportunity to take glimpse at IT life of world’s most closed country.

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Google announces business app store for Google Apps

Mar 10

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Google announces business app store for Google Apps
by Tom Krazit
March 9, 2010 6:15 PM PST

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–Google is bringing the app store concept to business cloud computing, giving software developers a storefront for Google Apps customers.

The Google Apps Marketplace will allow Google Apps users to purchase third-party applications to run atop the Google Apps suite, said Vic Gundotra, vice president of engineering for Google. Developers will have to pay a one-time $100 fee to list their applications in the store, and Google will get a 20 percent cut of all applications sold through the store, he said.

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