While the computer industry in the 1990s thrived as corporations re-engineered business processes to incorporate IT, this decade has seen technology truly become part of mainstream culture and commerce via the Internet and ever-cheaper and smaller computing devices. Yes, the Internet revolution began in the '90s, but it was not until this decade that 14-year-olds raced ahead of professionals in figuring out how to tap social networks with hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of contacts. Here, in not-quite chronological order, are the top technology stories of the decade, selected by the IDG News Service for their singular impact on the industry as well as their emblematic status as examples of the trends that shaped the course of IT.

Microsoft's Juku service in China did indeed steal code from Plurk, a popular Twitter rival in Asia, the software giant admitted on Tuesday.

Mobile operator TeliaSonera has launched the world's first commercial LTE (Long-Term Evolution) networks, in the central parts of Stockholm and Oslo, it said on Monday.

For US$34, a new cloud-based hacking service can crack a WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) network password in just 20 minutes, its creator says.

SAP's attempt to convince users that its Enterprise Support service provides enough value to justify a higher price tag may drag on well into 2010.

Users of Facebook and Yahoo will find more ways to link their actions on those sites next year, as Yahoo prepares what it calls a deep integration of Facebook with services like Yahoo Mail and Yahoo News.

Hewlett-Packard reported an 18 percent jump in profit for its fiscal fourth quarter, thanks to cost-cutting efforts and the strength of its services business.

HP services engineers have overwhelmingly voted to go on strike, in what has become a bitter spat over pay and benefits.

Google is bulking up its phone offerings with the acquisition of Gizmo5, a company that offers voice-over-IP software for mobile phones and computers.

Hewlett-Packard has agreed to buy 3Com for about US$2.7 billion, pushing forward the giant IT vendor's strategy for combining computing, storage, services and networking under one roof.

Infosys BPO, the business process outsourcing (BPO) subsidiary of Infosys Technologies, said on Thursday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding interests of McCamish Systems, a small BPO company in Atlanta, Georgia, focused on the insurance and financial services market.

T-Mobile USA has restored voice and data services to users after an eight-hour outage that affected nearly 1.7 million subscribers.

Oracle plans to launch its long-awaited Fusion Applications in 2010, and they will be deployable both on-premises and as SaaS (software as a service), CEO Larry Ellison said Wednesday during a keynote address at the OpenWorld conference in San Francisco.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will launch an inquiry into Google Voice, the Web-based voice service, after complaints that the tech giant is blocking some calls.

Contacts, calendar entries, photographs and other personal information of Sidekick users has almost certainly been lost for good following a service disruption at Sidekick provider Danger, the Microsoft subsidiary said on Saturday.

A HP bejelentette, hogy a Gartner iparági elemzőcég a „vezetők” (Leaders) kategóriában helyezte el a vállalatot a menedzselt nyomtatási szolgáltatások (Managed Print Services, MPS) piacáról készített Magic Quadrant jelentésében.

• Az ACS részvényesei részvényenként 63,11 dollárt kapnak készpénzben, illetve Xerox-részvényekben • Gyors növekedési lehetőség a Xerox számára az üzletifolyamat-szolgáltatások 150 milliárd dolláros piacán • 22 milliárd dolláros dokumentumtechnológiai és üzletifolyamat-szolgáltató vállalat születik

China Unicom plans to offer five versions of Apple's iPhone through an array of 2-year service plans when the operator puts the smartphones on sale next month.

A Gartner piackutató és -elemző cég 2009-es felmérése a Xerox Corporation nemzetközi dokumentumkezelési szolgáltatását (Managed Print Services) a Magic Quadrant vezető szegmensébe sorolta.

A Novell Business Service Manager 4.6 üzleti szolgáltatások felügyeletét szolgáló termék integrálható a Novell informatikai szolgáltatás- és virtualizációfelügyeleti megoldásaival, a PlateSpin termékcsaláddal A Novell elkötelezte magát az iparág legjobb üzleti szolgáltatások felügyeletét szolgáló megoldásainak kifejlesztése mellett, ezért a BSM megoldása a Novell újgenerációs adatközpont-stratégiájának fontos eleme