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Friday December 31, 2010

EDITOR'S NOTE

Good morning,

Skype has flagged plans to introduce automatic client software updates to prevent further outages. A post-mortem of last week's outage found that a small undiscovered bug in an older version of the Skype client sparked the chain of events that took out much of Skype's distributed infrastructure.

Also today, some sound advice from Forrester Research on software licensing traps, a review of the soon-to-be-released Google Nexus S courtesy of our peers at PC Pro and some photos of Acer's very clever Iconia dual-screen laptop.

Happy New Year!

-- Brett Winterford

FEATURED COMMENT

"Oh Joy, more patent trolling. Now I'm sure Interval Licensing must have done some R&D at some stage, but surely they shouldn't be patenting concepts, because that is what it sounds like. I doubt there is anything covering the technical execution of these concepts. This is what is so wrong about the legal system and patent law. Just patent any concept you can think of in the broadest ..."

deonast commenting on Microsoft co-founder relaunches tech patent suit

TODAY ON ITNEWS

Strategy
Forrester warns buyers on software licensing traps

By Brett Winterford | December 31, 2010

Four traps to avoid.

Networking
Skype mulls automatic software updates

By Brett Winterford | December 30, 2010

Skype CIO delivers outage post-mortem.

Networking
Interview: Inside the Leighton Group's cloud factory

By Brett Winterford | December 30, 2010

Infoplex to launch cloud computing portal in February.

Telco/ISP
Vodafail protest leader calls for calm

By Brett Winterford | December 30, 2010

Softens approach after meeting Vodafone CEO Nigel Dews.

Security
RIM says India tool only for consumer services access

By Staff Writer | December 31, 2010

Claims corporate data cannot be intercepted.

Hardware
Sony sues to block LG from shipping phones to U.S.

By Liana B. Baker | December 30, 2010

Allegations of patent infringement.

Hardware
Photos: Inside Acer's Iconia dual screen laptop

December 30, 2010

A few weeks ago Acer unveiled its dual touchscreen Iconia. The folks at PC Authority got their hands on one of only five handmade engineering samples in existence. And having spent some quality time with this innovative computing device, it really has to be seen to be believed.

Hardware
Review: Google Nexus S

By Jonathan Bray | December 31, 2010

Read the verdict on the Google Nexus S - the first Android 2.3 smartphone.

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