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CIOs bemoan lock-in and the 'false flexibility' of the cloud

(James Niccolai) — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:33:00 GMT

Despite the promise of portability from service providers, the reality of the cloud for big customers is a similar type of lock-in as they experience with on-premise apps vendors such as Oracle and SAP, two CIOs said Tuesday.

Facebook designing network fabric to meet massive performance needs

(James Niccolai) — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:17:00 GMT

With more than a billion monthly active users, it's easy to imagine that most of the data travelling over Facebook's networks is delivering photos, status updates and "likes" to its end users, but that's far from the case.

Twitter buys Spindle to thread in location discovery tools

(Zach Miners) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:56:00 GMT

Twitter has bought Spindle, a search technology company that informs users about what's happening with local businesses and organizations around them.

Report: Microsoft and Nokia talked acquisition

(Zach Miners) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:35:00 GMT

Microsoft and cellphone maker Nokia were in advanced talks about an acquisition of the Finnish company's device business, but the discussions have broken down, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

Intel joins Samsung, Qualcomm in wireless power consortium

(Agam Shah) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:21:00 GMT

Intel has joined the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP), a consortium founded by Qualcomm and Samsung, as the chip maker looks to bring wireless charging to tablets and laptops.

3D printer creates lithium-ion batteries the size of a grain of sand

lmearian@computerworld.com (Lucas Mearian) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:18:00 GMT

Researchers from Harvard and the University of Illinois have printed precisely interlaced stacks of tiny battery electrodes, each less than the width of a human hair.

Congress looks to kill NASA's plan to capture an asteroid

sgaudin@computerworld.com (Sharon Gaudin) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:59:00 GMT

House Republican leaders are shooting to get astronauts on the moon and Mars, but they're trying to nix the president's asteroid plans.

Update: Countries question Google on Glass privacy

sgaudin@computerworld.com (Sharon Gaudin) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:59:00 GMT

Privacy officials from six countries and the European Commission are pushing Google to answer questions about privacy issues surrounding its digital eyewear called Glass.

AT&T to offer NEC Terrain push-to-talk Android smartphone starting Friday

mhamblen@computerworld.com (Matt Hamblen) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:22:00 GMT

AT&T and NEC have teamed up to launch the NEC Terrain, a ruggedized Android push-to-talk smartphone that goes on sale Friday online for $99.99 and a two-year contract.

Good riddance Google Reader: Feedly throws switch on alternate RSS service

gkeizer@computerworld.com (Gregg Keizer) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:53:00 GMT

Feedly today switched on its own RSS API and service, divorcing itself from the soon-to-be-dead Google Reader.