In blocking Windows Phone access to YouTube, Google delivers rough justice

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	In blocking Windows Phone access to YouTube, Google delivers rough justice Ted Samson's Tech Watch article yesterday about the latest public Microsoft/Google spat left me seeing red. In a nutshell, Microsoft's VP and deputy general counsel Dave Heiner, quoting an earlier EC complaint, says that Google should open up its YouTube API so Microsoft can use it in a Windows Phone YouTube app. But the simple fact is that Microsoft invented -- or at least perfected -- the "API as competitive bludgeon" approach. What we're seeing now is Microsoft's comeuppance for decades of fighting this same dirty little war. And it's not just historical. Microsoft continues to use API blocking as a blunt weapon to this very day. They deserve to be hoisted with their own petard. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM IBM WebSphere MQ: The Messaging Backbone IBM WebSphere MQ offers assured delivery of messages between applications and systems running on virtually every commercial IT platform. This IBM middleware is used as the fundamental messaging backbone for mission-critical environments... Read More In this Issue After a bad year, Java heads in the right direction Computer convergence will be highlighted at CES How-to: Spotlight hot skills on your résumé U.S. frowns on Eric Schmidt's North Korea trip Symantec links latest Microsoft zero-day with skilled hacker gang WHITE PAPER: IBM Drive Growth and Value with Proven BPM Solutions from IBM BPM aligns strategic imperatives with internal capabilities and utilizes technology in ways that maximize the productivity of people, processes and systems. Discover how midsize firms have seen success with BPM by starting small, thinking big and scaling fast. Read Now After a bad year, Java heads in the right direction Java's image may have taken a beating last year over security issues, but expect it to remain a critical platform for enterprise software development. This year, users can look forward to new versions of both enterprise and standard Java, which should serve to keep the platform current. Read More Computer convergence will be highlighted at CES After sparring for users' attention and wallets, PCs and mobile devices are starting to converge in size, style and how they are used. That convergence will start to play out at the International CES show in Las Vegas next week. There's a mashup of devices -- a blurring of the lines between laptops, tablets, smartphones and, even desktops. Tablets are getting smaller but also using separate keyboards. Phones are becoming more powerful. Laptops are becoming touch-enabled. And desktop-like machines are expected to arrive with touch capabilities, as well Read More How-to: Spotlight hot skills on your résumé One of the most daunting tasks in a job search is devising a résumé that's going to get you past that first cut. To do that, though, you have to know what the hiring manager really wants. Sure, that's easy when it comes to the required technical skills: Degree in computer science. Five years' experience. Java expertise. Check. Check. Check. But how do you recognize -- and then convey on your résumé -- the fact that you have, for example, team-building skills, the ability to work with minimal supervision, excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, and the ability to develop solutions using enterprise-level best practices? Read More U.S. frowns on Eric Schmidt's North Korea trip The U.S. Department of State has described the timing of a proposed visit by Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt and others to North Korea as not "particularly helpful" in view of the Asian country's recent launch of a long-range rocket. A South Korean government official confirmed on Thursday a news report that Schmidt was traveling to North Korea on a personal visit. Read More Symantec links latest Microsoft zero-day with skilled hacker gang Symantec is crediting a hacker group with an impressive track record as responsible for finding the latest as yet unpatched vulnerability in older versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. A gang Symantec calls the Elderwood group appears to have found the latest zero-day vulnerability in IE, which can allow a malicious website to automatically infect a person's computer. Read More
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