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Fujitsu is rolling out a new server designed specially for cloud computing providers. The Primergy CX1000, based on Intel’s Xeon 5600 series processors , is designed to be power-efficient and save space, said Richard McCormack, senior vice president of Fujitsu America’s server and solutions business.

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Fujitsu aims new Xeon-based server at cloud computing providers

Potentially toughening the competitive landscape for its own Silverlight rich Internet application platform , Microsoft will expand support for the HTML5 specification in its Internet Explorer 9 browser, under a plan revealed Tuesday.

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Microsoft embraces HTML5 specification in IE9

The latest version of OpenOffice fixes several vulnerabilities that could cause a computer to become compromised by a remote attacker. OpenOffice.org has issued version 3.2, which adds a lengthy list of new features and improves the suite’s overall performance while also fixing six vulnerabilities .

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OpenOffice 3.2 fixes vulnerabilities, adds features

PARC (Palo Alto Research Center), previously known as Xerox PARC, has been responsible for some of the greatest innovations in computing, including the graphical user interface and laser printing. PARC was spun out of Xerox in 2001 as an independent subsidiary and now is working on projects like content-centric networking. To find out the latest developments at PARC, InfoWorld Editor at Large Paul Krill talked to PARC CEO Mark Bernstein late last week during the Microsoft Global High-Tech Summit 2010 event in Santa Clara, Calif.

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PARC works on content-centric networking

A loose consortium of security experts from more than 30 organizations today called on enterprises to exert more pressure on their software vendors to ensure that they use secure code development practices.

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Hold vendors liable for buggy software, security experts say

Startup ViVu has released a software plug-in for Skype that allows the popular Internet calling service to be used for multipoint videoconferencing. Skype can already be used to make voice calls between more than two parties, but the lack of multipoint video has been seen by some as its biggest shortcoming.

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Skype video goes multipoint with ViVu plug-in

The long-awaited depletion of the Internet’s primary address space came one step closer to reality today with the announcement that fewer than 10 percent of IPv4 addresses remain unallocated.

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Internet addresses expected to run out next year

The Apache Software Foundation on Tuesday is making Apache Pivot, a platform for building rich Internet applications in Java, an Apache Top-Level Project and also is releasing version 1.4 of the technology, the organization said Tuesday.

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Apache hones Java RIA effort

You know those HP Envy 13 and Envy 15 notebooks we were so excited about last year? The ones that look suspiciously like a Macbook Pro, have great hardware and design, have few flaws aside from a very big price sticker?

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HP drops prices, boosts specs of Envy 13 and 15 notebooks