• Google App Engine: Getting Data Out Ain't Simple. Yet.

  
  Data checks in... but it won't check out! No, not really; data management is just more of a pain than you might expect. To use Google App Engine today, you need to use a Python API to export from its proprietary data store. But soon, Google says, the situation will get a lot easier.

• 10 Open Source Companies to Watch

  
  Products range from databases to data integration.
• Should IT Form a Union?
• Facebook Tests Icon to Identify Predators, Porn
• More Power Yet More Green
• Do VMware SDK License Limits Go Too Far?
• CNBC Gets LinkedIn
• Cheaters: Inside IT Certification Fraud
• How to Be a Top Project Manager
• Google Chrome vs. Internet Explorer 8

Tech Industry News

• 10 Open Source Companies to Watch Products range from databases to data integration.
• What's at Stake for Apple at Tuesday's IPod Event There was an interesting undercurrent to the reader chatter surrounding Apple's announcement of a special, presumably...
• Should IT Form a Union? Life for IT workers has never been harsher. Maybe IT should organize and fight back against bosses who demand the impossible and turn to outsourcing as if it were the new scab labor. Then again, maybe not.
• More Power Yet More Green Power over Ethernet -- nice now, better soon.
• Facebook Tests Icon to Identify Predators, Porn Deal stems from May agreement between Facebook, 49 states to better protect children.

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  Goodbye From Bill Gates Bill Gates delivers his last scheduled speech as a full-time Microsoft employee.

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• Must See! Microsoft's Photosynth Makes Photos a 3D Experience Newly live Web site provides users with 20GB of free storage, making it easy to create and share amazing 3D walkthroughs of your favorite places.