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JRuby upgrade called biggest release ever
11 January 2011, 8:00 am

JRuby 1.6, the latest version of the Ruby language variant for the Java Virtual Machine, is due in a release candidate stage Tuesday and is being called the biggest release of the platform ever.

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FAQ: What you need to know about the Verizon iPhone 4
11 January 2011, 11:28 am

After years of rumors, there finally really is a version of the iPhone that runs on Verizon Wireless's network. Verizon announced today that the iPhone 4 will be available begining Feb. 10. In most respects, it's the same iPhone 4 that AT&T has sold since last summer. But there are some differences in the phone as well as in the Verizon network and capabilities.

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Could Intel-Nvidia deal finally do in AMD?
11 January 2011, 2:04 pm

Last November, ARM co-founder Hermann Hauser predicted that Intel was doomed.

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Google kills H.264 video support in Chrome
11 January 2011, 6:33 pm

Your move, Apple: Google announced that it is changing Chrome's support of HTML5's video tag to be, in Google's view,  more friendly towards open development. The H.264 codec is being removed in favor of the Theora and VP8 video codecs, as well as any higher-quality open source codecs. The resources that were used on H.264 will instead be used in supporting these open source technologies.

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Verizon executive says CDMA iPad coming
11 January 2011, 6:37 pm

The iPhone's not the only thing going Verizon, apparently. In an interview with Bloomberg, Verizon CFO Francis Shammo said that a CDMA-compatible iPad would also make its way to the carrier.

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The best hardware and software of the year
12 January 2011, 5:00 am

Each year, the editors and reviewers of the InfoWorld Test Center gather to look over the list of products that earned the highest marks in stand-alone reviews or came in first in multiproduct shoot-outs. We then determine which ones were particularly praiseworthy and present the very best with Technology of the Year awards. These awards inherently reflect the changes in technology that have occurred during the past year and serve to highlight emerging trends.

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IBM doubles down on business analytics
12 January 2011, 5:00 am

Billions of dollars, millions of man-hours, and thousands of projects at IBM are all focused on the same thing: turning scads of enterprise data into useful information.

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Windows Phone 7 leaves a Microsoft fan in angst
12 January 2011, 5:00 am

The good people over at Samsung sent me a wonderful pair of gifts (well, loans) recently: a Samsung Galaxy Tab, which I will be writing more about next week, and a Samsung Focus with Windows Phone 7 on it. I was thrilled to have some new toys to play with and immediately started working with the smartphone.

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Myths of the workplace: Job security and company loyalty
12 January 2011, 5:00 am

I've seen a fair share of tech pros get burned by companies or bad bosses or other bureaucratic nonsense. And I've experienced firsthand that one cannot assume that job security and company loyalty exist.

I had landed a new, great job that I was excited about. I was one of the first employees of a medical information company. We began with one customer. I was in charge of the network and two servers, and I went to customer sites when they had problems.

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Build a strong relationship with your boss, with or without their help
12 January 2011, 5:00 am

Dear Bob ...

I report to a very bright, hard-working manager. The challenge, as I've told him, is that depending on the day and his mood, my experience of him ranges from human to machinelike.

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With Muglia gone, who will succeed Ballmer?
12 January 2011, 10:24 am

Speculation has run rife about Bob Muglia's departure as president of Microsoft's Server and Tools Business.

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Wozniak: Voice recognition is computing's next frontier
12 January 2011, 1:12 pm

Look for more robust voice recognition to take hold in the realm of personal computing, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said in a brief interview this week that also touched on tablet computing, Oracle's acquisition strategy, and enterprise memory technology.

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Apple releases iOS 4.3 beta for developers
12 January 2011, 4:56 pm

Hot on the heels of Verizon's long-awaited iPhone announcement, Apple on Wednesday released a new beta of iOS to developers. One of the major features included in this iOS 4.3 beta is third-party access to AirPlay, the much-touted media streaming feature that arrived in iOS 4.2. The iOS 4

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Android's on-screen keyboard alternatives
13 January 2011, 5:00 am

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The PC era is not over -- yet
13 January 2011, 5:00 am

No more PCs! We'll do it all with smartphones and tablets! That's what even InfoWorld's pundits seem to be saying lately. Not so fast -- I have my cranky pants on this morning and the rush to declare a "paradigm" (I hate that word) shift to a post-PC world ruled by mobile devices and cloud services has me chewing my moustache.

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