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• Business will get more social in 2011, IDC says

  Businesses will increasingly turn to social networking tools in 2011, but there will be fewer social platforms for companies to choose from, according to predictions from IT research firm IDC.

• HP launches desktop, room-size videoconferencing

  Hewlett-Packard today announced videoconferencing for desktops, laptops and conference rooms to complement its high-end, studio-based Halo videoconferencing line.

• Polycom integrates videoconferencing with Lotus Sametime

  Polycom announced Wednesday that its room and desktop videoconferencing systems have been integrated with IBM Lotus Sametime to offer business customers a fuller range of unified communications tools.

• Older workers drive social networking in the office

  Think those young workers, fresh out of college, all shiny and idealistic are driving the use of social networking at your company?

• Twitter's new CEO expected to show them the money

  The switch in leadership at Twitter is signaling that the company is ready to turn what has been something of an online adventure into a real money-making business.

• BlackBerry for Business blog debuts

  Research in Motion launched a BlackBerry for Business blog Friday, bearing a post from its lead contributor simply named "Roger," who has been a RIM marketing employee since 2001.

• CIO of CSC deploys social collaboration platform

  CSC has shared insights into the deployment of its social networking platform, with CIO Ben Patey saying C3 is still engaging some 55,000 employees a year after its deployment.

• BurstPoint officially launches with video platform

  BurstPoint Networks officially launched operations today with a portfolio of enterprise-class video-streaming and videoconferencing products.

• Motricity launches mobile content delivery service

  Motricity on Monday announced mCore MobileCast, a service for wireless carriers and large companies that want to deliver content to smartphones based on user preferences.

• Facebook location service could kill Foursquare, ignite privacy issues

  If all the speculation pans out and later today Facebook unveils a location service for its site, it will excite some users, cause new privacy concerns and make for a really bad day for the folks at Foursquare Labs.

• Delta customers can book flights on Facebook

  Looking to book a ticket on Delta Airlines? Now you can just go to the airline's Facebook page.

• For Facebook, the first half billion were easy

  Facebook may have secured its place at the top of the world's list of social networking sites with yesterday's announcement that it passed the 500-million user mark. But industry watchers think that signing up the next 500 million Facebook users may be a lot harder.

• Facebook eyes major milestone: 500M users

  Facebook is hoping to hit a major milestone this week.

• Intel to focus on how computers will be used in the future

  Intel Corp. is creating a new research lab dedicated to helping scientists figure out how people will use computers in the future.