http://www.itworld.com/business xx http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/85605/chrome-shines-gore-opines-staffs-decline Google's Chrome OS captured a lot of headlines and hype this week after the company invited the media in to have a look-see, setting off a whole lot of opinions about whether it will be any good. Microsoft, predictably, doesn't think so. Otherwise, Al Gore offered his opinion on the role supercomputers can play to quell climate change, and for the first time we can recollect there were not one, but two, cat-related IT stories that caught our attention. http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/85605/chrome-shines-gore-opines-staffs-decline#comments Business Government Green IT Legal Mobile & wireless Operating systems Personal tech Security Software Windows Opinion Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:40:14 -0500 ITworld staff 85605 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/85599/two-approaches-nfc-battle-french-hearts-and-mobiles Two competing approaches to equipping mobile phones with contactless communications capabilities vied for supporters at the Cartes exhibition in Paris this week. Either approach could turn phones into self-service electronic tour guides, travel tickets or secure payment terminals. http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/85599/two-approaches-nfc-battle-french-hearts-and-mobiles#comments Business Development Mobile & wireless Networking Personal tech Security Software News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:40:04 -0500 ITworld staff 85599 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/85554/fcc-internet-program-deaf-cheated-out-millions In court the Federal Communications Commission has charged 26 people with defrauding the agency of “tens of millions of dollars” from its program that lets people with hearing disabilities to communicate with hearing individuals through the use of interpreters and Web cameras. http://www.itworld.com/business/85554/fcc-internet-program-deaf-cheated-out-millions#comments Business Internet Security Software News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:40:07 -0500 ITworld staff 85554 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/85547/happiness-facebook-cuts-canadian-womans-health-care Facebook can be a dangerous beast. As social media evolves -- and the freedom of the Internet diminishes our self-censorship -- many have run into situations where Facebook has landed them in trouble and sometimes canned from a gig. It has been established that some companies scrutinize employee and potential employee Facebook pages to ensure what it's getting isn't tarnished by bad behavior such as playing hooky or being loose-tongued about one's feelings about work. The latest example is a little trickier: a Canadian woman saw her health benefits stripped away after the insurance company saw "happy" pictures of her on Facebook. http://www.itworld.com/internet/85547/happiness-facebook-cuts-canadian-womans-health-care#comments Business Internet Opinion Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:40:04 -0500 ITworld staff 85547 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/85538/nokia-cuts-research-staff-330-people Mobile phone giant Nokia on Friday said it will cut up to 330 people from its research and development staff. http://www.itworld.com/business/85538/nokia-cuts-research-staff-330-people#comments Business News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:40:05 -0500 ITworld staff 85538 at http://www.itworld.com