In its annual security review, Cisco reports that overall spam volumes declined, and Java outpaced Adobe's PDF as a favorite target of cyberattackers.

• Security Expert Warns of Widget Malware
• Phishing Scam Preys On McDonald's Customers
• New Worm Takes Twitter Users For a Ride
• Microsoft Offers Up Security Tools at Black Hat

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Tech heavyweights expand partnership with the release of four business-oriented infrastructure appliances that seek to improve an array of processes, including BI and data warehousing.

• Are Apple's New Tamper-Free Screws Bad News?
• Tablets, Smartphones to Eclipse PCs: Deloitte
• AMD Tops Analysts' Forecast Amid CEO Cloud
• Apple Forges Ahead With Steve Jobs Sidelined

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Samsung's new Galaxy S 4G device will be the fastest smartphone operating on T-Mobile's fast-growing 4G wireless network.

• The Top iPhone & iPad Downloads of All Time
• Nokia, Palm Users Looking to Bolt: Survey
• IDC: iPad Rides Tablet Wave in 3Q
• RIM Sees BlackBerry Storm 3 On Horizon

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Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt, websites as video games and more.

• CEO Shakeup at Google, Q4 Earnings Soar
• Critics Pan DoJ, FCC Approval of Comcast-NBC
• Apple's Big Quarter Softens Jobs' Leave
• Midsized IT Shops Will Spend More 2011 IT

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Randall Stephenson, CEO of longtime net neutrality opponent AT&T;, says that while no regulation would have been preferable, the agency's new rules at least provided some certainty.

• Verizon Files Lawsuit Against FCC Net Neutrality Rules
• Rep. Blackburn Talks Tough on Reining in FCC
• Reid to Renew Senate Cybersecurity Push
• Say What? Top Five IT Quotes of the Week

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Pano System 4.0 update adds support for the Xen hypervisor and enhanced USB device support, among other new features.

• The End of IPv4? Week in Preview Podcast Jan. 24, 2011
• OpenStack's 'Bexar' Adds IPv6 to Cloud Platform
• Internet Society Plans World IPv6 Day in June
• Meraki Touting Routers in the Cloud

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Web metrics firm comScore reports that online retailers posted record sales this year, offering cautious hope that the ecommerce sector is well on the road to recovery.

• Watch Out Groupon, Here Comes Google
• Holiday Season Ends With a Bang for E-tailers
• Online Retailers Enjoying Brisk Holiday Season
• Online Holiday Spending up 12 Percent

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With major releases of the Java, Ruby, PHP, Perl and Python languages, along with associated tools, there was no shortage of activity in the open source world in 2010.

• Mozilla Skywriter Project Moves to Ajax
• Eclipse Debuts New Orion Web Development Tool
• Does Cloud Computing Stimulate IT Hiring?
• Microsoft Planning New Free Web Dev Tools

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While maintaining the option to keep their groups private, LinkedIn's new Open Groups gives group moderators the choice of opening up to the wider Web.

• Internet Driving Groups, Community: Pew
• Joomla's Open Source CMS Has Enterprise Appeal
• Samsung Aims to Steer Web, TV Convergence
• Salesforce Gets More Social With Dimdim Buy

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With an emphasis on mobile, Microsoft gives its Bing search engine an upgrade to include integrations with popular social features on smartphones and PCs.

• Microsoft Aims to Keep Google's ITA Buy Grounded
• EU Slaps Google With Antitrust Probe
• Google Equips Instant Search With Previews
• Microsoft, Yahoo Complete Paid-Search Transition

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