News: Technology http://connet.us Connet zh Copyright 2010 IT Departments Losing Ground On Cloud Computing While most IT departments and organizations know that current cloud computing environments are not suitable for all types of company data, end users are moving forward with cloud services anyway - a new survey has found. 14 May 2010 03:30:00 GMT Intel's big strategy shift and AMD's opportunity At the Intel Investor Conference on Tuesday, Intel's Paul Otellini opened his remarks by saying this would be a different kind of talk than he normally gives at the annual meeting. Instead of talking about specific products, technologies, or business improvements, Otellini took a step back to survey the results of the major restructuring that Intel has been implementing since 2006. This change has turned Intel from a company that makes chips into a company that sells platforms, software, and services—the whole stack. 14 May 2010 03:30:00 GMT Facebook Unveils New Security Features Facebook took the wraps off Thursday on two new security features aimed at protecting users from phishers and other online scammers. 14 May 2010 03:30:00 GMT Google, Microsoft Trade More Blows Over Docs, Office 2010 The war of words between Microsoft and Google over Office 2010 and its entry into cloud-based applications heated up today as both companies again took shots at each other. 14 May 2010 03:30:00 GMT Will 4G Fix Wireless Voice Quality? Will new WiMax and LTE wireless technologies address the dropped calls, latency, and line noise that many users have come to associate with wireless calls? 14 May 2010 03:30:00 GMT Apple patent filing portends Google ad war Apple has filed a patent to enable info and apps to be automagically loaded onto your iPhone/Pod/Pad based on your location - but exactly how it would affect location-based ads remains fuzzy.… 14 May 2010 03:30:00 GMT