Operating Systems
Inside the Chrome OS security model
Ryan Nariane: Google plans to use a combination of system hardening, process isolation, verified boot, secure auto-update and encryption to thwart malicious hackers from planting malware on its new Google Chrome OS.
IT Management
The coming collision between home broadband and the smart grid
Heather Clancy: One trend I believe will pick up steam in 2010 is technologies and alliances that bring the current home broadband infrastructure and the emerging smart grid infrastructure closer together.
Enterprise Software
Salesforce brings Chatter to Dreamforce
Sam Diaz: Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has just taken the stage at San Francisco's Moscone Center to kick off the Dreamforce conference and is expected to introduce Salesforce Chatter, a new tool that brings collaboration and social together.
Product Review Blogs
Top-rated reviews of the week
Gallery: Here are a few of Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including the Amazon Kindle, HTC Droid Eris and Canon PowerShot S90.
Companies
Apple nukes Psystar
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Judge William Alsup dealt what seems to be a fatal blow for Psystar by granting Apple's motion for summary judgment while denying Psystar's counterclaims.
Communications
Verizon to AT&T: The truth hurts
Sam Diaz: Verizon Wireless responded today to a lawsuit filed by AT&T earlier this month that accused Verizon's "There's a map for that" marketing campaign of misleading consumers about AT&T's 3G coverage in the United States.
Security
Thousands of web sites redirected
Dancho Danchev: Security researchers have detected a massive blackhat SEO campaign consisting of over 200,000 compromised web sites, all redirecting to fake security software.
General News
Scam season: $100 billion up for grabs
Larry Dignan: As retailers enter the key holiday shopping season they're about to get pummeled by identification fraud losses. The bottom line for 2009 should be about $100 billion - but toss in lost and stolen inventory and losses swell to $191 billion.
Enterprise Hardware
Cray's Jaguar tops IBM's Roadrunner for fastest supercomputer
The Cray XT5 supercomputer known as "Jaguar" has finally clawed its way to the title of fastest computer in the world.
Web Technology
Google providing free airport WiFi this holiday season
Matthew Miller: To help people enjoy this holiday season Google, Boingo Wireless, Advanced Wireless Group, Airport Marketing Income and others are providing free WiFi across 47 airports in the United States.
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