Ciena plunged deeper into the red after buying Nortel's metro Ethernet business, reporting revenue of $390M and a net loss of $110M for the quarter to July 31



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Salesforce.com is expanding the value of its Chatter social productivity platform by providing apps for iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry, and Android to enable Chatter access on the go.



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Aims for fairness across the pond

The controversial extradition treaty between the US and the UK is to be reviewed by the government.…

The iPod Touch is gaining the most applause for its additions, the Nano is receiving mixed reviews and the Shuffle, well, it's the new version of the old version of the Shuffle.



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US live online streaming video sees 600% growth rapidtvnews.com
MediaFLO gets useful: data-casting next step says Qualcomm slashgear.com
1.5 Billion Mobile Broadband Subscribers Predicted By 2015 informationweek.com
Police in File-Sharing Raids Across Europe, WikiLeaks Host Targeted torrentfreak.com
Music Industry Rejoicing For Google vs. Apple Music War getconnectedmedia.com
Can Google Be a TV Star? multichannel.com
EU Parliament Rejects ACTA: Will It Matter? techdirt.com
USDA rescinds broadband stimulus award to Texas firm charged with securities violations fiercebroadbandwireless.com
Bing, Yahoo combine for 25% of market in first week seattlepi.com
Google Changes Coming Tomorrow: AJAX Results, 30 Results Per Page, Streaming Results & More? seroundtable.com
Safari and Firefox updates plug critical holes theregister.co.uk
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For several years AT&T and Microsoft have hinted at the ability to use an Xbox 360 as your IPTV set top, but the offering never seems to materialize. That may be changing soon, according to a tipster writing to Engadget, who notes that Xbox 360 support references have popped up in AT&T's U-Verse support database. According to the tipster, 360 IPTV functionality is being tested internally with friends and family of AT&T employees, and is "likely only a couple of months away at this point." Last month Canadian telco Telus announced 360 support for their IPTV service, though it required a personal tech visit, and that users already own an HD-DVR.
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The venerable Kensington Expert Mouse is arguably one of the best trackball input devices for desktop computing. Among trackball enthusiasts, it practically has a cult following. Its successor, the Kensington Slimblade, was launched in 2008, but initially failed to meet the expectations of the Expert Mouse audience because it launched with extremely limited software and very poor driver support.

When the recent death of my well-used Expert Mouse compelled me to revisit the Slimblade, I discovered that the product's software deficiencies have been corrected. It's finally an acceptable replacement for the classic Expert Mouse. After spending a few weeks with the Slimblade and testing it with tasks ranging from software development to Starcraft 2, I decided to assemble some notes for the benefit of other trackball enthusiasts.

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Boffins still sceptical of alien/Elvis involvement

In blockbusting news, a NASA spacecraft has discovered a bridge wide enough to carry a two-lane road on the far side of the Moon.…

Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday announced a low-cost, entry-level server for small businesses that bundles advanced features in a small package.



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Overcharging claims settled

Cisco Systems and distie Westcon Group North America, owned by South African firm Datatec, are to pay $48m to end an investigation by the US Department of Justice into overcharging.…

Denies blaming CIA for 'smear'

Julian Assange has requested a new lawyer to represent him during a rape investigation in Sweden because his previous brief, Leif Silbersky, was not engaged enough with the case.…

In separate announcements in the past week, AMD has released more details of its manufacturing plans, and announced a new processor aimed at the mainstream notebooks as well as desktops.

Early 2011

EMC will introduce a new mid-range storage product in early 2011.…

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Drive-by download guard

Tuesday marked a busy day for alternative browser security updates with patches from both Apple and Mozilla.…

Herbal belch-squelch method also offers milky bonus

A bovo-boffin in Pennsylvania says he has saved life on planet Earth from being gradually stifled into extinction by burgeoning clouds of cattle-belch methane. The solution is apparently to feed cows oregano.…

Genuinely ingenious new book The Sounds of Star Wars amplifies the concept of interactive show and tell to ear-blasting new heights. In this exclusive video about the making of the book, legendary sound designer Ben Burtt and others involved in the sci-fi saga tell how they came up with such memorable noises.