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Recent podcasts: Microsoft will release four security patches next week, Japan may add a copyright fee to the iPod, Microsoft to increase its focus on mobile phones, MySpace launches a data portability initiative, and more Microsoft and Yahoo could end up back at the bargaining table, Sprint and Clearwire team up on mobile WiMax, AMD plans to release processors with 12 cores, a Firefox plugin has been infected with adware code, and more Sprint and Clearwire sign a $14.5 billion WiMax deal, Panasonic will offer in-flight Internet service, Google reinstates its open-source project, Microsoft revamps its Download Center using Silverlight, and more Yahoo faces a class-action lawsuit, NBC strikes a deal with Microsoft's Zune, Yahoo's stock takes a hit, Chipmakers team up on larger silicon wafers, and more Microsoft drops its pursuit of Yahoo, One Laptop Per Child Project appoints a new president, Dell stops shipment of two laptop models, a former U.S. military contractor pleads guilty to aggravated identity theft, and more Microsoft close to hostile bid for Yahoo, IBM launches online applications marketplace, EMC extends Mozy online backup service, Sun to cut 2,500 jobs, and more Adobe opens access to Flash, Microsoft's board meets over the Yahoo bid, Skype improves the voice quality of its VoIP software, HP is building intelligent memory, and more Tibco backs Microsoft's Silverlight, AOL and Yahoo make Voice over IP moves, LinkedIn expands its social-networking site, 3Com looks to China, and more Quanta warns of a laptop battery shortage, a Microsoft tool hunts down botnets, 100 laptop designs are on tap for AMD's Puma chip, Xerox showcases erasable paper, and more Yahoo does not accepts Microsoft's bid, China calls itself world's largest Internet market, spammers create bogus Google Blogger pages, and more Dell to keep XP alive via 'downgrade' licensing option, Apple will detail 3G iPhone on June 9, Sun buys chip startup Montalvo, and more CEO Steve Ballmer says Microsoft could walk away from Yahoo deal, Apple reports booming Mac sales, Google becomes latest to deliver mobile banner ads, and more Sun looks to complete open sourcing of Java, cyberattack on CNN gains steam, Dell previews small, eco-friendlier PC and more 6 of the lessons learned from our Green 15 award winners, OLPC loses third exec in as many months, Apple flaw hacked in contest was public for a year, and more Microsoft bungles anti-piracy tool update, Chinese anti-CNN hackers fail attempted attach, Motorola to invest in mobile virtualization company, and more Amazon tries to lure businesses to cloud computing services, Oracle plans to expand its lawsuit against SAP, AMD posts a net loss, and more EarthLink's municipal Wi-Fi efforts fall further as two cities resume control of the networks, Apple patches the Safari flaw exploited in a hacking contest, Google ships major upgrade to its Web Analytics server software, and more Testing confirms Office 2007 on Windows Vista as the most bloated software stack from Microsoft to date. Also, Sun to issue MySQL 5.1 once it fixes remaining bugs, Intel’s net income is down, and more Microsoft to unveil Live Mesh service next week, heavyweights join to create 4G rules, IBM boosts chip performance, reduces power demands, and more Google, salesforce.com team up on business apps, Sun to issue MySQL upgrade, Fujitsu shows prototype eco-friendly laptop with wood casing, and more Sun eyes energy-efficiency in servers and datacenters, European Parliament rejects criminalizing music sharers, details of Intel's Montevina are leaked, and more Yahoo and AOL in talks but News Corp. may join Microsoft's bid, court denies SAP's request to prevent Oracle from seeing trial documents, Symantec to buy AppStream, and more Microsoft releases Stirling beta and steps closer to competing on the same level as rivals such as McAfee and Symantec. Also, search engines gear up for fight with EC over personal data, EMC buys Iomega, and more IBM, others bring event-driven tools to SOA, AMD to layoff 10 percent of workforce, HP opts for Via chip in its ultraportable PC, and more Yahoo rebuffs Microsoft again, more 3G iPhone rumors fueled, Microsoft ordered to pay Alcatel-Lucent in legal case, and more Organizations harness server heat for ROI, Dell to hold layoffs, IT spending unaffected by economy, and more Microsoft to unveil next-gen security software next week, Intel updates Classmate PC, AT&T to use Microsoft surface computers, and more Intel says mobile Internet devices will run both Vista and XP, Microsoft to extend XP availability, eBay yanks hacked notebook, and more Something strange is brewing in the valley and it bears a striking resemblance to Steve Jobs. Also, Intel and STMicro create flash venture, IBM suspended from US gov't contracts, and more Adobe joins Linux Foundation, foreshadows AIR for Linux. Also, EC opens investigation of Nokia's plan to buy NavTech, Linux laptop is last one standing in hacking contest, and more SAP retires overlapping BI products, TorrentSpy shuts down, Charlie Miller wins hacking contest, Microsoft brand in sharp decline, and more Hacker Super Bowl pits Mac OS X vs. Linux, Vista. Also, AMD introduces Phenom, Microsoft to take on Google Apps with 'Albany' project, and more Motorola to split into two, NEC breaks two TPC-E records but won't be boasting about one, Google, MySpace and Yahoo from social networking non-profit, and more Xerox hops on the green IT bus with sustainability calculator, Sun works to let chips communicate via laser, Google asks U.S. FCC to set aside TV spectrum for white space devices, and more Oracle could support Silverlight if demand calls for it, Microsoft warns of new Word flaw, US FBI looks at China regarding a hack of Save Darfur Web site, and more Verizon wins U.S. FCC wireless spectrum auction, India votes down Microsoft's OOXML, OLPC director of security resigns, and more Early details of HTC's phone for Google's Android emerge, a 21-year old hacker could face prison, Google continues to increase share of U.S. search market, and more Adobe unveils rights management server for video, Vista SP1 becomes officially available, Google brings gadgets to spreadsheets, and more Cloud computing shifts toward integrated apps, Toshiba and Samsung rank atop Greenpeace list, Sybase enables Notes to be pushed to iPhone, and more Special edition: InfoWorld's Save XP campaign hits 100,000-signature milestone. Here's what it means to IT -- and what to expect next MS, Yahoo meet to discuss acquisition proposal, AOL to buy Bebo, Trend Micro struck by Web attack, and more IBM moves to secure mashups, Gates says H-1B cap drives away best IT talent, AMD ships Phenom, and more MS, Nortel detail new UC wares, Wal-Mart yanks Linux PC from shelves, MS issues patches for Office apps, and more Microsoft, Sun advance interoperability pact, Cisco to release security patches on a schedule, IBM commits $1 billion to unified communications, and more IBM, Hitachi to collaborate on chip research, Intel to defend itself in front of EC, Motorola mobile phone head steps down, and more Apple iPhone 2.0 software aimed at IT, enterprises may lift ban on iPhone, EC expected to approve Google-DoubleClick, OLPC searches for new CEO, and more Intel says 6-core chip coming in second half of '08, Microsoft issues raft of RIA tools, Apple hints at improving iPhone for business, and more New, bolder breed of outsourcing spreading across enterprise landscape, Google gives Gears to mobile developers, Asus shows Eee PC at Cebit, and more Intel, SAP team on ERP appliance, US DOJ reviews Microsoft's new interoperability principles, Intel says low NAND prices will have big impact, and more Microsoft to unveil two search products on Monday, Intel pushes to make ultraportables more mainstream, OOXML under inspection by standards bodies, and more Mozilla foretells of mobile browser, Spam King to get day in court, Google sheds light on healthcare services, and more Google re-christens JotSpot as Google site, Opera chooses Google as search engine for its browser, PayPal says not to use Apple's Safari, Oracle's BEA buy approved, and more Microsoft unveils Windows Server 2008 with high hopes for it -- and Vista. Also, EMC says it will roll out online storage services, MTI Micro shows fuel cell prototype, and more SOA spending increases while benefits, and future, remain murky, Microsoft to stop making HD-DVD drives for Xbox, Trend Micro buys Identum, and more Adobe unwraps AIR 1.0, startup touts technology to extend server memory, hacking group turn Google into scanner, and more Social networking becomes enterprise security hole as criminals play the long con, MS opens APIs and makes interoperability promises not everyone believes, EMC buys Pi, researchers extract files from encrypted drives, and more Malware writers act locally, Microsoft forges ahead with expanded enterprise search offerings, BlackBerry problems continue, Cisco details green plans, and more Microsoft knights Windows Server 2008 RTM as Service Pack 1, HP reports solid results, Yahoo protects employees from Microsoft, and more ActiveX attacks continue, Toshiba discontinues its HD DVD products. Toshiba and SanDisk team up on NAND flash memory, Unisys lays out a services-led plan for datacenters, and more Critical bugs found in Linux kernel, MS shakes up execs to prep for Yahoo deal, U.S. judge sends Oracle-SAP suit to mediation, and more Handset, telecom equipment makers push for greener products and operations. Yahoo may band with News Corp. to fend off Microsoft, U.S. lawmakers introduce new net neutrality bill, and more Microsoft issues massive set of security patches, EU raids Intel's Munich offices, U.S. Senate defeats telecom spying amendment, and more Several vendors leave LiPS for LiMO, which could bring mobile Linux devices sooner. Yahoo rejects Microsoft's bid, Microsoft revises Windows Anytime Upgrade for Vista, and more First Google Android phone to be demoed, Yahoo steps up talks with Google, Microsoft ends its Vista online upgrade program, OpenID gains support, an anti-virus vendor's Web site is hacked, and more Anti-malware vendors say SaaS is wave of the future, Yahoo CEO and board still reviewing Microsoft offer, Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 leaked to Web, and more Dell makes enterprise support program more customizable, MS offers less expensive subscriptions to SMBs, U.S. FCC approves AT&T purchase of wireless spectrum, and more Save XP campaign hits 75,000-signature milestone, StopBadware slams Real Networks for installing adware without notifying customers, Oracle launches Data Integration Suite, and more Intel to detail Tukwila, Silverthorne, Google hints that it might fight Microsoft bid for Yahoo, Swedish authorities arrest 7 in attempted cyberheist of bank, and more Microsoft bids to acquire Yahoo for $44.6 billion, Motorola might spin off handset business, Terry Semel steps down from board, and more Redirecting of surfers to malicious sites is on the rise, according to new study. Also, Egypt's Orascom wins license to sell 3G cell service in N. Korea, U.S. Congress extends telecom spying provisions, and more MS to remain under U.S. court supervision two more years, Judge rules. Also, Intel to detail Silverthorne next week, eBay will change marketplace to make shopping easier and safer, and more SpringSource buys Covalent, aims to offer alternative to complex J2EE, U.S. President Bush calls on Congress to extend telecom spying, AMD introduces high-end graphics card, and more Cisco unwraps Nexus, a platform that brings IT closer to a virtualized datacenter. Also, Hackers hit Church of Scientology Web site, Microsoft issues Vista SP1 refresh, and more Readers explain pros and cons of keeping XP beyond June 30, U.S. FCC reports $2.8 billion in provisional winning bids during spectrum auction, AMD sheds light on Fusion, and more U.S. FCC spectrum auction begins amid questions about its future, Via Technologies details the Isaiah processor it hopes will help it become a mainstream chip vendor, Microsoft says SP1 for Vista is almost ready, and more W3C issues draft HTML 5 spec, eBay CEO to step down, RIM touts BlackBerry enhancements, and more MS ratchets up virtualization efforts with acquisitions, new licensing terms. IBM develops Lotus Foundation, US VC investments continue to rise, and more MS foretells automatic IE7 update, AMD reports Q4 loss, attack code crashes Windows PCs, Skype flaw lets criminals in, and more AMD's Opteron out greens Intel's Xeon, Sun scoops up MySQL, Estonian Web site suffers DDoS attack during Russian rioting trial, and more Oracle buys BEA while Sun swallows MySQL, Apple unveils its thinnest notebook yet and movie rentals, MS partners to bring ads to grocery carts, and more Apple's Macworld gets underway today, EC opens two new antitrust investigations into Microsoft, stolen laptop could cost authorities $1 million, Google updates offerings for iPhone, and more Special Edition: InfoWorld kicks off its SaveXP campaign. IT, thus far, has been underwhelmed by Windows Vista, citing a lack of benefits to upgrading. So join the fight to keep XP alive beyond Microsoft's stated June 30 timeframe for ceasing shrinkwrap and OEM sales. HP pledges more power-efficient PCs, NY starts antitrust investigation of Intel, MS veteran Jeff Raikes to retire, Oracle will issue security patches next week, and more Networks Solutions stands firm on practice of automatically generating domain names that have been searched for, EU drops antitrust probe into Apple, former OLPC CTO looks to create $75 laptop, and more Yahoo appears close to supporting OpenID, Judge takes action against Qualcomm for hiding documents in Broadcomm case, US IRS security weaknesses put taxpayer info at risk, and more Microsoft bids to buy Fast Search and Transfer, WiMax steps into CES spotlight, Intel upgrades Classmate PC, and more AMD, Intel boost graphics, performance and battery life with new chips, CA's site gets hacked, class-action suit accuses Apple of unfair business practices, and more Researchers say a Wi-Fi virus outbreak is possible, Intel resigns from the One Laptop Per Child Project, Apple appears to be working on an ultramobile PC, Hitachi develops a 500GB hard drive for laptops, and more Asus unveils a terabyte laptop, the U.S. government extends its review of the acquisition of 3Com, IBM buys an Israeli storage startup, the latest version of RealPlayer contains a critical flaw, and more Sears downloads spyware, U.S. bans spare lithium batteries from checked bags, federal judge orders a stop to Qualcomm chip sales, the CTO for One Laptop Per Child quits, and more FCC approves the Google-DoubleClick deal, Red Hat's longtime CEO steps down, Microsoft gives Samba developers access to Windows secrets, Sharp and Toshiba discuss a flat-panel display alliance, and more Apache and Sun are out of sync as Harmony project moves forward, MS foreshadows IE 8, MIT students pedal-power supercomputer, and more AT&T, Verizon and Chevron want to join Google in wireless spectrum bidding, MPAA wins case against TorrentSpy, Google working to plug hole in Toolbar, and more Apple issues more security fixes, this time for Tiger, Leopard and Safari, an Intel-backed group will receive a license for WiMax in Japan, Symantec draws closer to Norton 360 beta, and more Sun announces support for OpenOffice, Apple patches QuickTime, Intel unveils solid-state storage drives for ultramobiles, and more CIOs should budget conservatively for '08. Also, AMD details 'Swift' 3-in-1 chip, Microsoft issues Hyper-V beta, and more Adobe gives data access code to open source, French court rules Amazon cannot deliver books free there, lobbying groups call on FTC chairman to recuse herself from DoubleClick review, and more Sun drops dev tools in favor NetBeans; new version ships Wednesday. Also, SAP exploit on Wabisabilabi not getting bids yet, Nokia keeps pursuing near-field communications, and more New DNS attacks could be glimpse into phishing 2.0, Toshiba to make solid-state drives, Mobile Linux specification released, and more Borland aims to bring BI to the application lifecycle, Dell Web site reveals that tablet PC is ready to ship, ex-Microsoft employee charged with fraud, and more Facebook isn't budging on Beacon's broad user tracking, Acer will take over from Lenovo as sponsor of the Olympic Games, Dell closes its hardware design unit in India, Western Digital disallows multimedia file sharing on its 1TB NAS drive, and more. Microsoft posts preview of Volta Web app tool for tier-splitting, Facebook lets users opt of Beacon, AMD delays quad-core Opteron due to bug, and more Salesforce.com launches data-sharing service, Verizon hedges on Android, Motorola CTO leaves for Cisco, and more Windows flaw steers IE to malicious Web sites, Facebook admits Beacon is more intrusive than previously let on, Sun announces a release date for Ops Center, EBay and Yahoo Japan link auction sites, and more. Business Objects teams with SPSS to bolster analytics on the desktop, Motorola CEO Ed Zander to step down, Facebook modifies controversial service, and more Google asks for help in eradicating malware sites, AMD CEO says it might build manufacturing plant in China, New Zealand police raid home of botmaster blamed for 1 million infections, second Nokia cell phone battery bursts into flames, and more SANS says security flaws rampant in client-side applications, ruling that says Microsoft and AutoDesk must pay Michigan company millions for patent infringement is upheld, Google launches beta location service that doesn't require GPS, and more Verdict on Vista SP1: Enterprises should wait for Windows 7, stick with XP SP3. Also, Verizon plan to open network to outside devices and apps may foreshadow intent for wireless spectrum, Google could unveil Gdrive storage service, and more SaaS takes new, model-altering twist, MS works with gov't in Siberia to boost IT there, Unix server shipments fall while revenues rise, and more Security software looks more and more like a liability all its own. Also, court permits Broadcom to pursue injunction against Qualcomm, Taiwan develops ultramobile PC with Wimax support, and more Mozilla sends Firefox 3.0 into beta, says it will patch long-standing bug. Also, Philips named in worldwide CRT cartel, researchers present mixed predictions for online shopping this year, and more Sun boosts interoperability of OpenSolaris and Windows, SAP says TomorrowNow CEO resigns, Cleveland man pleads guilty to swatting, and more AMD unleashes Spider platform, Google could be facing showdown with Sun, EarthLink hints it might sell municipal Wi-Fi unit, and more Oracle sours on BEA acquisition, MS delays WinHEC, Abu Dhabi firm takes $622 million stake in AMD, and more Dell plans reference architecture to help customers go green, IBM unveils Blue Cloud virtual resources, Oracle CEO foretells of next Fusion with salesforce functionality, and more IBM boasts 88 percent of Symphony downloads done by Microsoft customers, Microsoft plans major upgrade to Windows Live OneCare, VeriSign to focus on core businesses, divest others, and more HP CEO says we're on cusp of another consolidation wave, Apple in talks to offer iPhone in China, Adobe CEO to step down, and more Intel unveils Penryn and hardware vendors back chip with new machines, IBM buys Cognos, Microsoft announces Longhorn pricing, and more Seventeen people are charged in an ID-theft bust, TSMC reports record chip sales, the Nigerian government favors Linux over Windows, MySpace pages are being hacked, and more. Red Hat releases Linux on demand via Amazon EC2, AMD introduces HPC chips with parallelism, MS CEO Ballmer says Google's Android is just words on paper and more Microsoft ushers Windows Live out of beta testing, lawmaker charges Yahoo with aiding in arrest of Chinese journalist, Microsoft fires CIO, Salesforce.com falls prey to phishing scam, and more Microsoft unwraps a pair of enterprise search products, Google touts new Android open development platform, Red Hat joins Sun's OpenJDK, and more Google preps mobile phone platform, Nigeria swaps out Linux on PCs and puts in Windows, cheap Linux notebooks could threaten OLPC, and more IBM launches an energy-efficiency credit program, Google defends the ranking of its search results, Everex will ship Linux laptops priced at under $300, MySpace will participate in Google's Open Social project, and more. Cisco sheds lights on its plans for China and India. Also, Acer files counterclaims against HP, Google shares break $700, and more A Halloween tale to scare Apple: researchers say it has to catch up to Microsoft, security-wise. Also, Intel issues Montvale, Google mobile platform coming in '08, and more Apple's Leopard OS hacked to run on Windows PCs, attack code targeting Kodak bug in Windows released, Yahoo adds social networking features to IM upgrade, and more BEA's largest stock owner demands shareholder vote on Oracle acquisition offer, MS builds custom interface for new T-Mobile Shadow phone, Alibaba preps for IPO, and more Startups vie for mobile search position, Oracle calls BEA's counteroffer impossibly high, NEC shows off fastest supercomputer, and more Oracle swallows Interlace Systems, Microsoft takes stake in Facebook, OLPC toys with cows as power source, and more Microsoft lays out Dynamics roadmap, upgrades support, Oracle sets deadline for BEA to accept acquisition offer, MySQL charts course through 2009, and more Microsoft plays new note with F# functional programming language, EC says that Microsoft complying with antitrust ruling will have profound impact on software industry, 50 percent of convicted ID thieves avoid jail time, and more U.S. DOJ not seeking extension to antitrust ruling against Microsoft, WiMax gets international certification, Mozilla issues critical security patch, and more Microsoft working to streamline the core of Windows 7, group calls on social networking sites to filter content, Symantec warns of attack code that affects Real Player, and more Nokia unveils new Linux-based tablet, Washington State teen faces prison term for hacking 911 system, Apple confirms iPhone SDK is on the way, and more Open Source Initiative approves a pair of Microsoft licenses, U.S. Congress asks Yahoo to explain false statements, Intel shines up Diamondville chip, and more Microsoft unwraps OCS 2007, HP settles stock options back dating suit against Mercury Interactive, BSA calls on Congress to pass legislation, fund cybercrime, and more Symantec moves to acquire Vontu, Hitachi claims it will cram 4TB into hard drive by 2009, Mac OS and Linux might face Web-access related security flaws and more Microsoft adds event planning to its Windows Live services, Acer completes its purchase of Gateway, the reported murder of a Russian spammer proves to be a hoax, a systems glitch hits hundreds of Tokyo stations, and more. Microsoft agrees to fix Window's URI flaw, Mozilla to develop a mobile browser, the ITC investigates patent infringement in hard-disk drives, a California state Web site is taken offline, and more. Oracle acquires LogicalApps, two hard drive pioneers win Nobel prize, UWB certifies first chipsets, Google grabs Jaiku, and more Gateway buys Packard Bell, woman sued by RIAA plans appeal, McAfee acquires Safeboot, and more SAP scoops up Business Objects, iPod Nano catches fire in man's pocket, Microsoft to spin off Bungie Studios, and more Microsoft, Sun and Apple all patch security flaws, NTT DoCoMo engineers tinker with use of electronic paper for phones, and more MS gears up for OCS launch, Feds pull domain name plug on California, hacked Department of Homeland Security server sends spam, and more As Web 2.0 technologies catch on, malware attacks grow in sophistication -- and many enterprises are not prepared. Also, MS unveils three new Zune media players, Google injects Postini security services into Google Apps, and more BEA dons a new Tuxedo with which it aims to take on mainframes, SAP releases new components for NetWeaver, Microsoft buys Jellyfish.com, and more Microsoft, Adobe heat up office productivity arena, Nokia nabs Navteq for its mapping service, EC begins an antitrust investigation of Qualcomm, and more Google buys Zingku for its mobile social networking wares, update renders unlocked iPhones unusable, rivals argue against Google-DoubleClick, and more Dell pledges carbon neutrality by the end of 2008, IBM's Symphony downloaded 100,000 times during its first week, Nokia plans to add WiMax to its Internet tablets, and more Sun changes Java updates process, flaw in AOL IM lets hackers ignite worm, Oracle and SAP get trial date, and more AJAXWorld gets underway with moves from OpenAjax Alliance, Microsoft, NexaWeb. Also, Microsoft discusses taking stake in Facebook, and issues RC0 of Windows Server 2008, and more Demo kicks off with startups vying for VC eyes, OLPC offers 'buy one, give one' program, tech execs top Forbes richest list, and more Security outsourcing is on the rise, SFLC files suit to enforce an open source license, Intel details open source project to bolster power efficiency, and more Sprint unveils Wimax plans for the enterprise, hardware vendors back Intel's Montevina, SAP details Business ByDesign, and more SCO shows doubt about its own survival, Intel says it will reap efficiency and performance from 32 nanometer process, iPhone to go on sale in Europe, and more IBM, Google ratchet up the pressure on Microsoft Office, AMD adds triple-core desktop chip to its fleet, Yahoo buys Zimbra, and more Microsoft loses bid to appeal European antitrust ruling, SCO files bankruptcy, OLPC raises price, and more A clause in Google Docs and Spreadsheets user agreements causes controversy, Microsoft sends out secret updates, Yahoo accidentally blows the lid off its new social networking service, hackers release a free unlock for the iPhone, and more MS details changes Vista SP1 will bring to desktop search and indexing, U.S. court of appeals grants stay on import ban of handsets with Qualcomm chips, EMC could face sexual harassment suit, and more Microsoft and Novell unveil joint development lab, MS wins patent for DRM, details of Palm’s new smartphone seep out, and more Adobe and BEA partner to inject rich Internet apps with SOA, Web 2.0. Also, patent overhaul legislation faces opposition as it heads toward U.S. Senate, Intel upgrades revenue forecast, and more Cisco builds out its NAC lineup, AMD to ship Barcelona Monday, Michael Dell points toward forecasting woes as cause of notebook delays, and more IBM launches a free syndicated content service, U.S. judge strikes down part of the Patriot Act, Apple will issue iPhone buyers a $100 credit, Microsoft to release five sets of security patches, and more Microsoft weaves Windows Live services into the Windows OS, Apple drops iPhone price, touts new iPod Touch, former AMD sales head joins Freesscale, and more Palm kills Foleo in the eleventh hour, Intel unveils new quad-core Xeon, Yahoo buys Blue Lithium, and more ISO votes against MS Office Open XML as a standard, HP recycles PCs in China, Bank of India hit by hackers, and more Part 2 in our series on IT paranoia, Dell reports strong profits, Microsoft delays Longhorn, IBM upgrades blade servers, and more The first in a two-part series on IT paranoia. Also, Microsoft gives shipping dates for Vista SP1, says it will buy Parlano, LG unveils its second iPhone-like handset, and more Acer CEO bets his job on Gateway deal, video showing software hack for unlocking iPhone hits the Web, U.S. Senator claims Sun overcharged government agencies, and more It's Linux vs. Windows in the green OS battle, Chinese premiere says hackers breaking into German PCs is a grave concern, Intel updates vPro, and more Acer buys Gateway and blocks Lenovo bid for Packard Bell, iPhone unlocking software delayed after threats, Palm denies reports that Foleo will ship late, and more Startups look to hit spammers' weak spots, EU accuses Rambus of violating competition law, IBM might open source Jazz, and more IBM gets second shot at knocking out Microsoft Outlook, AMD's sales chief resigns, Microsoft partners with Nokia, and more Majority of mobile workers ignore security threats, Apple's notebook business breaks 17 percent market share, Microsoft foreshadows unified communications service, and more Vendors show off IP telephony advancements at VoiceCon, Skype shares more details about outage, Google offers video service customers a refund, and more SOA not living up to its promise, analyst firm says. Skype claims outage is over, Google unveils click-fraud resource center, and more IBM extends support for Solaris on System x and BladeCenter servers, Skype's outage appears to be over but work remains, Dell will restate earnings after internal audit found manipulations, and more Citrix buys XenSource, NSA spying program argued in court, MS and Xandros expand licensing pact, and more MS issues super bundle of security patches, VMware shares soar at IPO, Nokia offers to replace 46 million batteries, and more Google guns for MS Office buyers with free StarOffice, VMware sets IPO share price, Oracle says it will detail pricing for Database 11g, and more Novell wins rights to Unix, SCO says fight not over yet. Also, XenSource updates virtualization software, and more RSA buys Tablus for data leakage protection software, MySQL makes it harder to use enterprise version of database for free, report suggests ISPs take larger role in security, and more U.S. National Science Board approves world's most powerful supercomputer. Perfect 10 sues Microsoft over copyright, Cisco blames outage on accident, and more IBM teams up with Novell to take on Microsoft and Red Hat, jury finds former Brocade CEO guilty in backdating charges, SAP lays PLM roadmap, and more Linux kernel maintainer glimpses ahead, says OS won't fork or support GPL v3. Also, Judge reverses decision against MS in Alcatel-Lucent case, Lenovo to pre-load Linux on ThinkPads, and more IBM packs appliance-style data integration into Information Server Blade, NY Times outs 'Fake Steve Jobs', Websense develops HoneyJax to snare Web 2.0 attackers, and more Linux goes mainstream, Google shows cell phone prototype, Mass. accepts Open XML, CA sues Rocket Software, and more U.S. NSA leader says data-sharing among gov't agencies maturing rapidly, researchers seek EU backing for security threat warning project, Google fails to deliver in AP deal, and more U.S. FCC spectrum decision called 'mixed bag' by advocacy groups, IBM consolidates thousands of servers into 30 mainframes, NY officials call on Apple to improve iPhone battery policies, and more Mozilla patches Firefox for second time this month, EC imposes deadline for reduced roaming charges, Symantec prototypes Dark Vision, and more Adobe ties ColdFusion 8 to AIR, EC accuses Intel of abusing chip market dominance, Cisco takes stake in VMware, and more Intel is accused of breaking European antitrust rules, AMD will combine CPUs and graphics processors into one unit, Lenovo ramps up its production by opening two new plants, researchers are set to reveal details of a critical flaw in the iPhone, and more SugarCRM adopts GNU GPLv3, ConnectU's founders sue Facebook, Apple reports record-high Mac sales, a hacker posts details of a Firefox flaw, and more Intel claims an optics breakthrough that could enable chips with speeds of 40Gbps, raids in China close down a huge piracy syndicate, an explosion causes power outages in San Francisco, forensics software is vulnerable to hacking, and more Intel unleashes more price cuts, HP makes two acquisitions, the IEEE votes on faster Ethernet, OLPC approves laptops for mass production, and more Microsoft pressures Google on privacy, Google will compete in an upcoming wireless spectrum auction, the ban on Qualcomm chips stands, and more 5 tips for cooling your datacenter, U.S. SEC fines Google's chief legal officer, Ask.com to enable anonymous searches, Microsoft says Vista sales drove quarterly profit, and more Microsoft close to issuing beta of Vista SP1, PC vendors except Dell report rising sales, IBM chief calls second quarter best in 6 years, and more Sun foretells services-based strategy, U.S. gov't computers attacked, Oracle integrates Google Maps, and more 90 percent of companies not in compliance with data-handling regulations, Intel ships dual-core notebook chips, Italy clamps down on phishing, and more BEA hops in Web 2.0 fray, U.S. law enforcement investigating Broadcom CEO, Intel joins One Laptop Per Child program, and more Sun aims to mimic Linux distribution model with Project Indiana, Greek spying case uncovers first switch rootkit, Washington State lets overcharging case against Cingular move ahead, and more IBM pledges IP for standards, Motorola expects loss on mobile devices, Nokia taps Skype for tablet, Oracle unveils 11g, and more MS foretells next product wave, software-plus-services, former CEO of ATI resigns from AMD, U.S. SEC charges two Texans with botnet scam, and more BSA offers $1 million reward for turning in pirates, AMD cuts prices, tech vendors work to enable U.S. gov't to share data among agencies, and more Borland aligns with VMware for virtualization testing tools, credit card thieves donate to charity, AMD invests in Transmeta, and more Linux official, MS give thumbs down to GPL v3, talking Trojan taunts victims, startup launches auction site for software bugs, and more Google wants to influence changes that Microsoft plans to make in Vista's desktop search; the EC is asked to investigate the Google-DoubleClick deal; Chinese cities are forecast to become the top offshoring destination, and more IT salaries are on the rise but staffs are on the decline; SAP admits to "inappropriate downloading" in Oracle case; Google acquires Grand Central; YouTube comes to LG cellphones; and more iPhone users riddled by activation delays; hackers race to unlock the phone. Also, AMD says Barcelona will ship in August, BenQ chairman loses CEO title, and more iPhone to become available tonight, experts caution against supporting them in the enterprise, and we calculate absolute minimum it will cost. Also, DHS plots closed-door cybersecurity meeting, RIM announces record growth, and more IT vendors disagree about patent reform. Also, Sun says it will give clustering software to open source, Intel plans to layoff 800 workers, and more FSF: GPL v3 coming Friday. Also, MS security response center among worst jobs, New Yorkers line up for iPhone already, and more Retail point-of-sale systems more prone to data theft than shopping online, Sun readies AMD-based supercomputer, Google may drop German Gmail, and more Microsoft kills Longhorn Reloaded, Symantec compensates Chinese customers, eBay back with Google, and more Vista has more unpatched holes that XP in first 6 months, U.S. DoD takes systems offline after attack, ITC upholds Qualcomm ban and more U.S. DHS under pressure for cybersecurity practices, Apple ranks low on another environmental advocacy list, Linden CTO says DRM drags economies down, and more Microsoft to change Vista search, Nokia realigns phone units, Google details datacenter-to-be in Iowa, and more Apple's iPhone gets pair of upgrades, Novell issues first service pack for Suse Linux Enterprise, HP buys SPI Dynamics, and more Adobe's AIR brings expectations, reservations. Also, Dell delays SEC filings...again. Microsoft hopes for pact with Red Hat, and more Opera aims to replace Flash within its mobile browser, Apple patches Safari, Palm has layoffs, iPhone competitors arise, and more Apple's iPhone disappoints developers, Google cancels party protesting eBay, Sun CEO Schwartz invites Torvalds to dinner, MS inks patent pact with Linspire, and more IT giants get green with power-efficiency initiative, Google details plans to make user data anonymous, MS clarifies virtualization licensing, and more Apple opens iPhone to developers, demos Leopard. Also, IBM bids to buy Telelogic, AOL spammer pleads guilty, and more Google claims Windows Vista is antitrust violation, group ranks Google last in privacy efforts, MIT tests wireless power delivery, and more Intel's rumored graphics chip is a no-show at Computex, the U.S. bars the import of some Qualcomm chips, Microsoft will release four critical Windows fixes on Tuesday, and more Sun's CEO spills a secret about Apple's Leopard OS, the schoolteacher who faced jail time after spyware exposed her students to pornography gets a reprieve, India's largest outsourcer plans to hire 5,000 staff in Mexico, and more Microsoft, Liberty Alliance get closer to cooperating on identity management, Sun unveils its first Intel-based blades, IBM buys Watchfire and more Microsoft christens next SQL Server, Visual Studio with 2008 moniker, Google and Salesforce tout joint product, Avaya agrees to private equity buyout, and more EMC buys Verid, Apple to launch iPhone on June 29, Oracle ups the ante in lawsuit against SAP, and more Hacker shows hole in Google Desktop, Dell cuts 10 percent of workforce, Microsoft adds copyright titles to book search, and more Palm unwraps Linux-based ultramobile PC as smartphone companion, Google buys Panoramio, releases Gears for offline access to Web apps, Motorola cuts 4,000 workers, and more Adobe bridges Java and .Net worlds. Also, Google adds street views to Google Maps, Palm plans to unwrap new device today, and more BEA jumps into event-driven architecture fray, U.S. FTC investigates Google-DoubleClick, Toshiba says it will use AMD chips, and more Philadelphia steps closer to citywide municipal Wi-Fi, Wal-Mart to sell Dell PCs, Mozilla boosts 'Places' in Firefox 3.0 alpha, MS grants Zune team iPod amnesty, and more Novell bands with the EFF to push patent reform, Dell begins offering PCs pre-loaded with Linux, HP settles with the U.S. SEC, and more HP joins ranks of tech vendors investing in environmental causes, Linux users invite Microsoft to sue, Business Objects goes on-demand, and more A dozen telephony vendors back Microsoft's OCS 2007 spec, Symantec explains buggy update, recording industry goes after allofMP3.com, and more Google, Salesforce.com in partnership talks, Dell shows prototype Tablet PC, Siemens names new CEO, and more Dell unveils Project Hybrid for enterprise customers, U.S. FCC approves Apple iPhone, Microsoft pushes for patent reform, and more Google goes after 'universal' search model. Also, NY AG sues Dell for fraud, false advertising, Fujitsu shows off e-paper screens, and more A Mozilla service lets users store online content on a remote server and access that information via cellphones, Motorola unveils the Razr2, Bill Gates announces Longhorn will be known officially as Windows Server 2008, Oracle pays $495 million to buy Agile Software, and more. Backlash begins in response to Microsoft patent claims over open source. Also, former Oracle exec fined for using insider information, Sun licenses multithreading technology to ARM, and more Microsoft demands royalties on Linux, other open source wares. Also, AMD details Phenom chip, notebook sales dip, and more Microsoft cuts virtualization features, Ballmer downplays rumors of Yahoo acquisition, U.K. gov't ID card plan soars in cost, and more Virtualization to top IT agenda until 2010, Gartner says. Also, Intel unveils Santa Rosa chips, hacker nabs U of Missouri students' personal info, Microsoft addresses data explosion, and more Sun details 'superpackaging' for Java SE 7. Also, SAP scoops up OutlookSoft, Microsoft ships May patches to fix 19 bugs, and more Sun unveils a Java-based line that covers development from desktop to mobile devices, Ubuntu plans a mobile version of its Linux OS, DRAM prices continue to drop, BlackBerrys get a tighter link to office phones, and more. Dell joins Microsoft and Novell in their Linux collaboration, YouTube is sharing ad revenue with its most popular content providers, Microsoft has initiated talks to acquire Yahoo, Steve Jobs is the highest-paid exec in the U.S., and more. Acer forecasts huge sales gains in laptops and desktops, an appeals court rejects Vonage's retrial request, Mozilla tests an e-Bay add-on for Firefox, Microsoft disputes plaintiffs' lawyer fees, and more. Outsourcing your datacenter leads to greener pastures. Plus, Google rechristens personal home page, Apple plants plans to grow more eco-friendly, Nokia tests faster data speeds, and more U.S. Supreme Court ruling on patents could give Vonage new life, Clearwire WiMax card gets approval, IBM axes 1,300 workers, and more Microsoft gives Silverlight an open source twist, users weigh in on tool's clash with Flash. Also, Google hits back at Viacom, panelists: software becoming a service industry, and more Oracle introduces first ECM product since Stellent acquisition, Acer ratchets up its defense against HP patent suit, Wikipedia tuned for cell phones, and more Sun tells of open source AJAX alternative, OLPC ups price to $175, WebSense bids to acquire SufrControl, and more Microsoft issues first public beta of Longhorn, along with several new features. Also, Acer recalls laptop batteries in U.S., BenQ to change name, and more Open source consolidation rolls on with moves by Red Hat and CollabNet. Also, Chinese court rules against Yahoo, U.S. SEC charges former Apple exec, and more Intel unveils its chip vision. Also, U.S. gov't creating ID theft law enforcement center, London launches Wi-Fi, and more RIM brings apps to non-BlackBerry devices, HP smacks Acer with second lawsuit, Intuit to refund users, hacker breaks into Mac and more RIM comes clean about the BlackBerry outage, AMD posts a loss for the second straight quarter, Bill Gates unveils a $3 software suite, the Justice Department joins the whistleblower lawsuits against HP, Sun, and Accenture, and more. BI 2.0 wraps wikis, mashups and open source. Also, RIM restores BlackBerry service, HP boosts PC lead over Dell, MS joins with Lenovo, and more Verizon talks up CaaS while Savvis and Symantec make SaaS waves, Oracle leaves Windows hole unplugged, Intel to inject Centrino with WiMax, and more Oracle details Project X for integration. Plus, Intel says multi-core chips to be compatible with x86 instruction set, Adobe CEO questions Microsoft's commitment to Silverlight, and more Microsoft unveils Flash killer Silverlight. Also, Adobe to demo new media player, Intel details PRAM to replace DRAM, and more Agencies score low on cybersecurity tests, Qualcomm rejects Nokia's payments, Microsoft hunts for source of Vista SP1 leak, and more IT complexity is only getting worse, experts say. Plus, China cracks down on spam, Microsoft refutes reports of Office holes, IBM stacks and drills through chips, and more McAfee: cybercrime will keep on paying. Palm plans OS for Linux, Oracle to issue 37 patches, program aping iPhone still online, and more Salesforce.com buys Koral, enters content management fray. Also, U.S. official files copyright, trade complaint against China, Google apologizes for using Sohu software, and more BEA forges SOA governance pact with AmberPoint, Google comes clean on similarities to Chinese search engine, Intel issues fastest quad-core chips to date, and more Hackers turn attention toward hardware. Also, Qualcomm threatens Nokia, Microsoft |
