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Stories, articles and blog entries I've written, in reverse chronological order:

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February 2010:

VMware to acquire software, personnel from parent EMC: (Business Week), 2010-02-26.
Microsoft Pitches Multiuser OS for Education Market: (PC World), 2010-02-25.
Citrix buys Paglo to boost asset managemen: (Computerworld), 2010-02-24.
U.S. to review Toyota electronics: (Computerworld), 2010-02-24.
FSF to Google: Free the On2 video codec: Free Software Foundation urges Google to open source the video codec acquired with On2 (LinuxWorld), 2010-02-22.
Unix: Decoding binary files with Octal Dump: (Blog Entry), 2010-02-22.
Google fights for orphaned books: (Computerworld), 2010-02-19.
Lego creating multiplayer online game: (IT World), 2010-02-17.

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Unix: Indexing files with inode: (Blog Entry), 2010-02-16.
Microsoft adds new procedures to Windows 7 activation: Microsoft wants users to recertify Windows 7 (InfoWorld), 2010-02-12.
Oracle calls for JavaOne papers: (InfoWorld), 2010-02-11.
IBM explores cheaper solar cells: IBM's new material mixture could cut costs of building solar arrays (Network World), 2010-02-10.
HP app preserves SharePoint for the ages: HP releases a new version of its Trim records management software (Network World), 2010-02-09.
SAP hits reset button with CEO change: The ERP company hopes to develop entirely new lines of software and focus on making customers happy again (InfoWorld), 2010-02-08.
IBM details world's fastest graphene transistor: The researchers' discoveries and work could lead to commercial-scale production of the chips (Network World), 2010-02-05.
IETF turns introspective with new wiki: A new IETF wiki documents the successes and failures in developing protocol standards (Network World), 2010-02-04. (Slashdot)
NY hospital cuts power bill with thin-client virtualization : (Network World), 2010-02-03.
Citrix sees smartphone as thin client: Your next desktop thin-client device could be your smartphone (Network World), 2010-02-01.
The Gap: BI better in enterprise-wide deployment: (Computerworld), 2010-02-01.
Citrix's Vision for the Virtualized Enterprise: (CIO), 2010-03.

January 2010:

Windows: Troubleshooting a non-working Hosts file: What do you do when your Windows XP computer isn't recognizing the Hosts file? (Blog entry), 2010-01-31.
Microsoft revenue boosted by Windows 7: (Computerworld), 2010-01-28.
Oracle Brings Solaris, Sparc Into Virtualization Portfolio: (PC World), 2010-01-27.
Sandia tests supercomputer virtualization: (Network World), 2010-01-25.
VMware revenue lifted by maintenance fees: (Computerworld), 2010-01-25.
Java's future uncertain under Oracle's grip: (Infoworld), 2010-01-21.
FileTek archives e-mail for Laserfiche: (Network World Asia), 2010-01-21.
Heartland moves to encrypted payment system: (Computerworld), 2010-01-20.
IT firms promote interactive digital signs at retail show: (ITworld), 2010-01-14.
Survey: Social Media Not Useful for BI Yet: (PC World), 2010-01-12.
IBM: Consumers demand more interactivity: An online survey by the company found that consumers want to engage more closely with retailers (Network World), 2010-01-11.
SAP plays up sustainability angle of green IT: (ComputerWorld), 2010-01-11.
W3C posts draft standard for local database storage: The Indexed Database API will allow Web apps to store structured data in browsers (InfoWorld), 2010-01-08.
Microsoft, Accenture to launch retail service package: Style Star service aims to make new media marketing easier for retailers (NetworkWorld), 2010-01-08.
OpenStreetMap Attracts 200,000 Volunteers: (PC World), 2010-01-08.
New version of Groovy cozies up to Java, SQL: (InfoWorld), 2010-01-05.
Creating a Smarter Web: Profile of UMBC computer science professor Tim Finin (UMBC Magazine), 2010-01.

December 2009:

Subscriptions boost Red Hat revenue: (ComputerWorld), 2009-12-23.
Firefox 3.5 edges ahead in browser race: (Network World), 2009-12-21.
Latest Firefox beta supports HTML 5, CSS specs: (InfoWorld), 2009-12-18.
MySQL developers release 5.5 beta: (LinuxWorld), 2009-12-18.
Canonical CEO steps aside: (LinuxWorld), 2009-12-17.
Dell Launches Dedicated Services Organization: (PCWorld), 2009-12-16.
Citrix debuts Microsoft Hyper-V-based disaster recovery app: (InfoWorld), 2009-12-15.
Multiple consumer electronics companies hit with GPL lawsuit: (ComputerWorld), 2009-12-14.
Cloud computing disarms State Department's worries over fast system deployment: (GCN), 2009-12-11.
GSA adds up cloud savings: (GCN), 2009-12-11.
HP Patches OpenView Vulnerabilities: (NetworkWorld), 2009-12-10.
Red Hat Open Sources Virtual Desktop Application Protocol: (TechWorld), 2009-12-09.
Top 10 Books of 2009 (Contributor): (Baltimore City Paper), 2009-12-09.
JSON Data Interchange Format Gets Standards Blessing: (InfoWorld), 2009-12-09.
Functional dependencies: How databases relate: (Blog entry), 2009-12-08.

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