A combined offering from Cisco and Citrix offers turn-key desktop virtualization capability.

Citrix Systems – Desktop virtualization – Cisco Systems – VMware – Data Communications

Mark Hurd has been appointed co-president of Oracle.

Mark Hurd – Oracle – Oracle Corporation – Larry Ellison – Hewlett-Packard

Cloud computing has two distinctly different meanings. The first is simple: The use of any commercial service delivered over the Internet in real time, from Amazon’s EC2 to software as a service offered by the likes of Salesforce or Google.

The popular classified ad site swaps “censored” sign into spot previously occupied by the controversial section.

Classified advertising – Craigslist – United States – Business – Business and Economy

Google agrees to pay $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over privacy problems with Google Buzz.

Google – Google Buzz – Class action – Searching – Search Engines

The enterprise disk storage market is continuing to bounce back from the depths of the recession, IDC says.

International Data Corporation – Hardware – Storage – Information technology – Hewlett-Packard

Add a baseband chip to an Atom processor and what do you get? An integrated piece of silicon that will make mobile devices a lot more powerful — and place Intel as a leading supplier of components for technology’s fastest-growing market.

Samsung has finally revealed the Galaxy Tab, which will start shipping in October.

Samsung Group – Android – Galaxy Tab – Verizon – Samsung Galaxy Tab

Hooked on FarmVille? This handy seasonal guide to the wildly popular Facebook game gives you the facts you need to step up your game.

FarmVille – Facebook – Games – Zynga – Online Communities

Autodesk is bringing its AutoCAD architecture, design, and engineering software back to the Mac OS after an 18-year absence, the company announced this evening. But the company plans to do more than offer a Mac OS X version of AutoCAD: It says it will …