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• Is It Y2K All Over Again in 2010? A decade after the Y2K crisis, date changes still pose technology problems, making some security software upgrades difficult and locking millions of bank ATM users out of their accounts.
• DOE Announces Grants for IT Energy Efficiency The U.S. Department of Energy awards $47 million in IT energy efficiency grants.
• Heartland Breach Shows Why Compliance Is Not Enough It's been nearly a year since Heartland Payment Systems disclosed what turned out to be the largest breach involving payment card data.
• 25 Million Strains of Malware Identified in 2009 More than 25 million new strains of malware were created last year, says PandaLabs.
• LightSpeaker Combines Wireless Audio and LED Light Klipsch has developed a device that combines a wireless speaker and LED light that installs into most standard light sockets.
• Intel's Otellini to Unveil 'digital Convergence' Device Intel CEO and President Paul Otellini will unveil a device that likely links computers with televisions over a wireless network during his keynote.
• CES 2010: Recession? What Recession? About 65 optimistic electronics vendors showed off a variety of new devices during a pre-2010 International CES show event held in Las Vegas.
• Make Your New PC Hassle-Free, Part 4: Create a Drive Image The time may come when you need to restore your PC. Instead of going all the way back to square one, use an "image" of your system as it exists right now.
• Lenovo Unveils Hybrid Tablet Laptop With 'Two Brains' At CES, Lenovo announced its IdeaPad U1, a consumer Windows laptop with a touchscreen that can be detached and used as a separate Linux tablet computer.
• Why IE Will Lose Market Share in 2010 Microsoft's Internet Explorer has lost nearly a third of its market share over the past five years, and analysts say it will be tough for Microsoft to stop that trend.
• How (and Why) to Partition Your Hard Drive Use Windows' built-in Disk Management tool to make your backups easier, to set up an emergency recovery partition, or even to install another operating system.
• Mobile Internet Slow in Taking off in India Mobile Internet has been slow in taking off in India.
• Google's Nexus One: First Impressions A Google phone was supposed to be revolutionary. And, while the Nexus One is a good phone -- a really, really good phone -- it's not revolutionary.
• Why a Microsoft Tablet PC is Better for Business Rumors are at a fever pitch regarding both the Microsoft and Apple tablet PC's. Both devices look slick based on speculation, but Microsoft is in a unique position to make the tablet into a valuable business tool.
• Go Underwater With a Point-and-shoot Journalist Danny Allen's Canon G9 has gone underwater, into the snow, and held it's own against dust storms at Burning Man. To keep it safe from the elements...