Cloud computing help for small businesses offered

Yahoo sets date for shutting down 360 social network

Yahoo will close its Yahoo 360 social-networking site in July, something it originally planned to do in early 2008 and later delayed to last year’s second half.

Obama’s cybersecurity initiative wins praise

U.S. President Barack Obama’s announcement Friday of a new cybersecurity push by the U.S. government won widespread praise from the technology industry, with many people saying his attention to the issue is a major step toward better securing the nation’s computer networks.

Microsoft Silverlight 3 launch event set

Aerohive upgrade streamlines WLAN security

Aerohive’s new code lets its distributed access points assign unique pre-shared keys to WLAN clients for which WPA is not possible or not feasible.

20 years after Tiananmen, China containing dissent online

The Internet has brought new hope to reformists in China since the country crushed pro-democracy protests in the capital 20 years ago. But as dissidents have gone high-tech, the government in turn has worked to restrict free speech on the Internet, stifling threats to its rule that could grow online.

FBI e-mail clobbered after virus

A virus has reportedly disrupted Web-based e-mail services at the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

VMware denies banning competitors from VMworld

VMware reassures industry that VMworld will remain vendor-neutral, after triggering some concerns with changes to the conference’s sponsor and exhibitor agreement.

Obama’s cybersecurity chief to be a ‘coordinator’ not ‘czar’

In a speech at the White House today, President Obama put forward his vision for protecting the nation’s critical IT infrastructure from attack, and announced the new office of Cyber Security Coordinator.

AirMagnet retools WLAN applications for wireless VoIP traffic

AirMagnet has issued new versions of two wireless LAN applications, and linked them together for optimizing enterprise WLANs for VoIP traffic.

Racism, hate, militancy sites proliferating via social networking

Rascism, hate, and militancy sites have tripled in number over the past year on the Web and within corners of social-networking sites like Facebook, YouTube, Google and Yahoo, according to one vendor tracking them.

Why invest in open source management apps now?

Vendors are addressing scalability, security and support concerns that have deterred some IT teams from adopting open source management applications, Forrester Research says.

Obama announces new cybersecurity direction

U.S. President Barack Obama will appoint a government-wide cybersecurity coordinator and elevate cybersecurity concerns to a top management priority for the U.S. government, he announced Friday.

Movies coming soon to a mobile phone near you

Offering movies is the latest thing some vendors are trying to lure users as the battle for mobile phone buyers becomes more challenging.

Bye-bye Kindle, e-reader screens coming for netbooks

Netbook makers will soon play a larger role in the e-reader market if start-up Pixel Qi has anything to say about it.