http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/41/all xx http://www.itworld.com/internet/85621/global-warming-research-exposed-after-hack An anonymous hacker has posted private e-mails, files and other documents belonging to a noted climate researcher, sparking an international debate between skeptics of global warming and those who see it as an urgent problem. http://www.itworld.com/internet/85621/global-warming-research-exposed-after-hack#comments Internet Legal Security News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:10:04 -0500 ITworld staff 85621 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/85600/microsoft-launches-beta-tests-free-office-2010-streaming-delivery Microsoft has launched new betas for its free Office suite and for the "streaming" technology it will use to deliver some paid versions of Office 2010 next year. http://www.itworld.com/software/85600/microsoft-launches-beta-tests-free-office-2010-streaming-delivery#comments Internet Operating systems Software Windows News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:40:04 -0500 ITworld staff 85600 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/85587/googles-chrome-os-hits-bittorrent Chrome OS, the operating system that Google released to open source yesterday, has been compiled and posted for download on several file-sharing sites, Internet searches showed. http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/85587/googles-chrome-os-hits-bittorrent#comments Development Internet Operating systems Software News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:10:15 -0500 ITworld staff 85587 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/85561/salesforce-chatter-collaboration-tool-or-social-network If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and walks like a duck, it probably is a duck. That is, unless you're Salesforce.com, and you're talking about its new Chatter application. While observers have looked at features like profiles, status updates, Twitter and Facebook integration as proof that Chatter is an enterprise-grade social network, the company and its executives are taking pains to call it something else -- a "social platform," or, as carefully noted by Salesforce CEO and co-founder Marc Benioff, a collaboration tool: http://www.itworld.com/software/85561/salesforce-chatter-collaboration-tool-or-social-network#comments Internet Software Opinion Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:40:21 -0500 ITworld staff 85561 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/85508/alibaba-site-own-search-engine-may-outshine-yahoo-china The launch of a new search engine for a booming online retail site run by Alibaba Group, the owner of Yahoo China, is just one more sign that Taobao.com is taking over roles formerly filled at the group by Yahoo. http://www.itworld.com/internet/85508/alibaba-site-own-search-engine-may-outshine-yahoo-china#comments Internet News Yahoo Alibaba search engine Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:55:22 -0500 ITworld staff 85508 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/85550/google-adds-captions-youtube-search In a step to make YouTube videos more accessible to deaf people as well as to anyone else searching for videos online, Google has launched an automatic video captioning service. http://www.itworld.com/internet/85550/google-adds-captions-youtube-search#comments Internet News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:40:05 -0500 ITworld staff 85550 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/open-source/85546/five-reasons-google-chrome-os-will-succeed Google's Chrome OS doesn't signal the apocalypse for Apple and Microsoft, but that doesn't mean the operating system won't succeed when it arrives next year. Just like the Chrome Web browser, Google's carving out a small slice of the market for people who want the company's buzzwords of speed, security and simplicity. Over time, the legion of Chrome OS fans will grow, and Google will look at its operating system as a success, not a failure, as my colleague Tony Bradley argues. http://www.itworld.com/open-source/85546/five-reasons-google-chrome-os-will-succeed#comments Internet Open Source Operating systems SaaS Software Opinion Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:40:04 -0500 ITworld staff 85546 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/operating-systems/85545/five-reasons-google-chrome-os-will-flop Yesterday Google hosted a press event at its Mountain View campus to reveal a first glimpse at the Chrome OS. The excitement around the operating system has led to rampant rumors and speculation, but I question whether the Chrome OS is really worth any of this hype. http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/85545/five-reasons-google-chrome-os-will-flop#comments Internet Open Source Operating systems SaaS Software News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:40:03 -0500 ITworld staff 85545 at http://www.itworld.com