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• US government rescinds 'leave internet alone' policy

  Strickling speaking, the Naughties are dead

  The US government’s policy of leaving the Internet alone is over, according to Obama’s top official at the Department of Commerce. Instead, an “Internet Policy 3.0” approach will see policy discussions between government agencies, foreign governments, and key Internet constituencies, according to Assistant Secretary Larry …

  Networks 27 Feb 00:06

• Fedora 13 Alpha release delayed

  Tuesday ties makes for 7 day truancy

  Fedora Project developers said they will push back the first alpha release for Fedora 13 by one week. In a Thursday mailing list post by Jesse Keating, Red Hat release engineer for Fedora Core, said the first alpha will be delayed to "verify blocker bug fixes and validate new builds of software necessary to fix those bugs." …

  Operating Systems 27 Feb 00:09

• Intel and Yahoo! spawn open-source 'Tashi' cluster

  Big Data goes back to school

  Backed by Yahoo!, HP, and Intel, the computer science mavens at Carnegie Mellon University have added a new compute cluster to the worldwide Open Cirrus test bed, a collection of clusters designed to explorer the frontiers of interwebs-scale distributed computing. The test bed now spans ten clusters at locations across the …

  HPC 27 Feb 00:16

• Microsoft fluffs Feds with secure cloud

  Google beater

  Microsoft has beaten rival Google to deliver a version of its online applications tailored for US government users. This week, the company announced delivery of its Business Productivity Online Suite Federal, which updates the existing online suite with security, privacy, and compliance features. The suite includes Exchange …

  Software 27 Feb 07:02

• Acer H5360 3D ready projector

  Review Play 3D games and movies on your wall

  2010 is supposed to be the year that 3D breaks into mainstream home entertainment but most of the PR puff has been focused on expensive TV sets. Acer does a good job of making this currently tiny market a damned sight more interesting with its H5360, a sub-£600 '3D Ready' digital projector. 3D ready? Acer's H5360 The H5360 …

  Reg Hardware 27 Feb 09:02