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Gartner sued by ZL re. Magic Quadrant; huge damages claim

ZL Technologies, an archiving vendor, is suing Gartner Group for $1.7 billion. It seems that ZL didn't like its position in Gartner's famous Magic Quadrant. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers mostly ridicule both parties -- and poke fun at anyone who bases IT purchasing decisions on a Magic Quadrant. Not to mention more from Pomplamoose...
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Recovery.gov relaunch puts stimulus spending on the map

Version 2.0 of the accountability Web site leverages a geographic information system so users can track stimulus spending on a map and drill down to find out the details.

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AT&T calls FCC to complain about Google Voice

If you thought the Google Voice drama couldn't get any more complex, you were wrong.  Today AT&T, the nation's second largest wireless carrier, filed a claim with the FCC complaining that Google Voice doesn't connect calls to certain rural areas of the US.

AT&T noted that press reports have suggested that Google "is systematically blocking telephone calls from consumers that use Google Voice to call telephone numbers in certain rural areas."

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Got GIS? A niche technology goes mainstream

No longer a niche technology, geographic information systems are becoming a key tool for business decision making -- and an increasingly visible pillar in some IT shops.

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GIS offers visual tour of where your stimulus funds are going

GIS tools are providing visual representations of where federal stimulus dollars are going. With need-based overlays the public can see whether those dollars are going where they're needed most.

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KDE 4.3 is here

The latest KDE 4.3 is now ready for you, but are you ready for it?

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Las Vegas Sun online head: 'We now geocode every story on our site'

Adding just a smidgen of structure to your information on the Web brings so much reader value. That's why there's so much interest these days in the intersection of journalism and technology.

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Track Twitter, YouTube comments via RightNow

The new Cloud Monitor service from RightNow lets you keep tabs about what people are saying about a brand on social network sites.

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Wolfram|Alpha: thin line between love|hate

Wolfram logoIn IT Blogwatch, Wolfram|Alpha, the "computational knowledge engine," finally shows its face to the world. Richi Jennings reviews reactions to the first public outings of the not-a-search-engine that's never heard of Dolla. Not to mention some really hot cameras...

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Jaspersoft's developer community goes social

Open source business intelligence software vendor Jaspersoft rolled out a new set of social features this week on JasperForge, its community project development Web site. The newly-added options give developers additional ways to network, exchange ideas, and create projects more quickly. Companies that rely on community involvement should take note because the current trend of using social tools to enhance collaboration won't be going away anytime soon.

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Wolfram|Alpha: searching mixed reviews

Wolfram logoIn Monday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches Stephen Wolfram launch his computational knowledge engine, Wolfram|Alpha. So is it Google-killer or Cuil-emulator? Or something else? Not to mention YooouuuTuuube...

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SaaS verdict on print: Dead, getting deader

Coremetrics offers analytical tools for online marketers. One of the insights some are seeing is that online marketing works better for in-store sales than even online sales. So why should companies continue to promote in-store business in print?

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AMD suffers loss

In today's podcast: AMD suffers loss; Yahoo profit declines; and Second Life offers 'adult' world.

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Shhh, IBM forms big new business intelligence consulting arm

IBM unleashes 4k consultants in the Business Intelligence market

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Forrester Research *gasp* recommends the iPhone for enterprise

I've been saying it for years, but now the big analyst firms are finally coming around. The iPhone is great for enterprise.

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