http://www.itworld.com/internet 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