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IBM Shifts Focus To Cloud Computing with New Services (NewsFactor)
October 7, 2008NewsFactor - IBM is getting in the cloud. After a string of announcements over the past few weeks from Citrix, Red Hat, VMware, Cisco and Hewlett-Packard, Big Blue is launching an initiative to extend its traditional software delivery model toward a mix of on-premise and cloud-computing applications with new software, services and technical resources for clients and independent software vendors (ISVs).
Judge orders RealNetworks to pull copying software (AP)
October 7, 2008AP - RealNetworks Inc. said Monday it had temporarily stopped distributing its DVD copying software, RealDVD, at a federal judge's request in a copyright case brought by Hollywood studios.
Facebook co-founder leaves for new venture (AFP)
October 7, 2008
AFP - The college roommate who helped Mark Zuckerberg start Facebook is leaving the fast-growing social networking website in a matter of weeks to create a new Internet technology firm.
Game news: A new Nintendo portable (AP)
October 7, 2008AP - Real news from the virtual world:
Guidelines Expand FBI's Surveillance Powers
October 7, 2008Justice Department officials released new guidelines yesterday that empower FBI agents to use intrusive techniques to gather intelligence within the United States, alarming civil liberties groups and Democratic lawmakers who worry that they invite privacy violations and other abuses.
Commander in Afghanistan Wants More Troops
October 7, 2008The new top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said yesterday that more American troops are urgently required to combat a worsening insurgency, but he stated emphatically that no Iraq-style "surge" of forces will end the conflict there.
U.S. Envoy to Travel to N. Korea for Nuclear Talks
October 7, 2008A top U.S. envoy is planning to travel to North Korea shortly in a last-ditch effort to salvage a faltering accord to end Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs, sources said Saturday.
Turkish Warplanes Target Kurdish Rebel Sites in N. Iraq
October 7, 2008 CAIRO, Sept. 26 -- Turkish warplanes crossed the border into northern Iraqi airspace to bomb 16 Kurdish rebel sites, a spokesman for Turkey's military said Friday. There were no reports of any deaths in the air attacks, which occurred late Thursday night.
Guantanamo Prosecutor Quits, Says Evidence Was Withheld
October 7, 2008GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, Sept. 25 -- A military prosecutor involved in war crimes cases here has quit his position, citing ethical concerns about his office's failure to turn over exculpatory material to attorneys for an Afghan detainee scheduled to go to trial in December.
Hurricanes Shift Debate On Embargo Against Cuba
October 7, 2008LOS PALACIOS, Cuba -- A pair of devastating storms have prompted new calls for the United States to end its long isolation of Cuba, including from hard-line exile groups that are pushing for the Bush administration to loosen restrictions they had long favored.
