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• NASA wants to run space missions, not data centers

  The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is backing open source cloud computing with a long-term goal in mind: to get out of the data center business.

• Five reasons why legislation to limit outsourcing fails

  Congress headed home this week to focus on mid-term election campaigns, and offshore outsourcing is certain to be a topic of interest to many voters.

• Wall Street not bullish on cloud

  Wall street firms have been slow to take full advantage of the potential financial and resource savings available through cloud computing because they have security and regulatory concerns, say IT executives.

• Facebook CEO unveils foundation, $100M donation

  Following a day of frenzied reports about an upcoming $100 million donation to a struggling school system, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Friday the creation of a new foundation called Startup: Education.
  

• E-voting machine woes stop some voters in New York

  Problems with electronic voting machines at several polling locations across New York state were reported today as voters attempted to cast ballots in the state's primary election.

• Texas county scrambles to replace e-voting machines destroyed in fire

  Officials in Harris County, Texas are scrambling to find replacement e-voting machines for this year's gubernatorial elections after a massive fire last week destroyed all 10,000 machines originally scheduled for use in the polls.

• IT pros ape Apple manager charged with bribery

  Most IT professionals share one thing with the Apple manager accused of accepting millions in bribes and kickbacks, a firm that develops secure file transfer software said today.

• IBM, Aetna roll out cloud-based clinical decision support system

  IBM and health-insurance giant Aetna Inc. Thursday introduced a cloud-computing offering that analyzes patient data stored in electronic medical records (EMRs) and administrative data systems and sends updates on treatment progress, drug interactions and best practices to physicians.

• State CIOs focus on updating IT for national healthcare

  State government CIOs are focusing on upgrading IT systems to support some 24 million people expected to be using state health insurance exchanges by 2019 as part of the national health care legislation passed by Congress late last year.

• Fake femme fatale shows social network risks

  Hundreds of people in the information security, military and intelligence fields recently found themselves with egg on their faces after sharing personal information with a fictitious Navy cyberthreat analyst named "Robin Sage," whose profile on prominent social networking sites was created by a security researcher to illustrate the risks of social networking.

• Texas, IBM spar over IT contract

  The state of Texas may be preparing to terminate a contract signed with IBM four years ago to consolidate the state government's IT operations because of missed goals and excessive employee attrition.

• Google, China look for way to coexist

  The Beijing government's decision to renew Google's license to do business in China could be a big step in a long process of negotiations between Google and China to find a way to coexist.

• EC exec says Google antitrust probe continues

  Europe's top antitrust official said Wednesday that his office is continuing to investigate antitrust concerns about Google Inc.

• NASA extends shuttle mission schedule into 2011

  As expected, <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9174229/NASA_Space_shuttles_may_stay_on_until_2011">NASA has pushed back</a> the dates of its last two space shuttle flights, which will delay the fleet's retirement date until early next year.

• In its battle with China, Google takes a step back

  Google may not be throwing in the towel in its battle with the Chinese government, but it certainly took a step back this week.