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In the curious case of PayPal blocking and reversing payments to and from India, facts have been remarkably thin on the ground. The eBay subsidiary just says it's "really sorry," but just doesn't give any insight into what's going on. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers crowdsource the explanation: read on...
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In today's podcast: Cisco says future bright, resumes hiring; Symbian goes open source ahead of schedule; and Intel planning to release six-core processors.

President Barack Obama's administration is cutting NASA's moon mission funding. His budget plan for reducing the deficit kills the Constellation, Ares, and Orion programs, but opens the door to private enterprise. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder what it all means. Not to mention Facebook (you're doing it wrong)...

Google's awarding prizes of $500 to $1337 for security bugs in Chrome and Chromium. So fire up that download, elite vulnerability hunters. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers look after the pennies. Not to mention GHP is back in town ...
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Missing software engineers have joined iGDP economy

A charismatic leader stands up and addresses the expectant faithful in the San Francisco Bay Area. No, not Steve Jobs' Apple iPad announcement, but Larry Ellison's unveiling of the Oracle/Sun strategy. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers discover what it means for Solaris, Java, SPARC, etc... Not to mention iPad: Steve Jobs's downfall?...
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An ex-Microsoft employee appears to have leaked the release date for Windows 8 -- as well as Windows Server 2012 and Office 15. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers shun the iPad hype and imagine the free beta download within a year. Not to mention an Impressive backwards basketball shot...
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So goodbye then, Scott McNealy. Your company, Sun Microsystems, broke the mold and made more than $200B over 28 years. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers pay tribute to a departing leader. Not to mention a Haiti charity infographic...
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Paul Chambers, a Brit twit, is ruing the day he posted a joke bomb threat to his Twitter followers. He was summarily arrested as an alleged terrorist, suspended from his job, and banned from Doncaster's Robin Hood Airport. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers steal from the poor to give to the rich. Not to mention teleporting goats...

Even in bad times, IT shops want Linux experts.

Yesterday's post was so popular, I'm doing some more. [I thought it was just there's not much IT news around? -Ed.] In IT Blogwatch, we look back over some of the forgotten Computerworld blog posts of 2009.
By Richi Jennings. December 31, 2009, which isn't a blue moon, nor the last day of the decade. [Pedant -Ed.]

'Twas the night before Christmas, and all over the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a USB mouse. Sounds like an ideal opportunity to look back over the biggest stories in of 2009. In IT Blogwatch, we review January to June. Not to mention pizza!..

This IT shop currently has zero budget for training -- which, it turns out, has pluses and minuses.

In today's podcast: Adobe cuts 9 percent of workforce; Logitech to acquire HD video company; and Clearwire claims 173,000 WiMax subscribers.