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AT&T says no-contract iPhones coming next week

AT&T will start selling iPhones without the mandatory contract next week, but they will only be available to existing AT&T customers, and the cost could be prohibitively high

Microsoft Exchange service providers merge

Azaleos and M3Technology have merged in a private stock transaction and will operate under the Azaleos name

Microsoft cites developer, security boosts in IE8

Company's Mix09 conference keynote stresses CSS support, malware protection

Developer accidentally triggers iPhone tethering in 3.0 beta

Steven Troughton-Smith stumbled upon the iPhone 3.0's tethering feature, which wasn't intended to be operational until this summer, but he can't replicate his work

Judge denies judgment request in Microsoft Vista Capable suit

Judge Marsha Pechman has refused plaintiff Dianne Kelley's request to rule on the case, instead sending it along to trial

Expert: Hackers penetrating control systems

Expert tells U.S. Senate he's found evidence of 125-plus system breaches involving nuclear power plants, hydroelectric plants, and more in past decade

Microsoft opens Azure to PHP developers

Microsoft's vision is to open up its cloud platform to even more languages

NetSuite opens developer network, app marketplace

NetSuite plans to directly recruit companies to build applications that support the company's goal of entering new verticals and going upmarket

Researcher cracks Mac in 10 seconds

Security researcher Charlie Miller won CanSecWest's PWN2OWN hacking contest for the second straight year, improving his time and winning a $5,000 cash prize

IBM/Sun deal won’t be about the software, experts say

While some analysts agree that open source projects and corporate software will not seal an IBM union with Sun, they feel there are nuggets of value in the Sun portfolio

Browsers get hacked before phones at security show

In the first day of the CanSecWest hacking contest IE, Safari, and Firefox were all hacked, but nobody took a crack at the five mobile devices up for grabs

Oracle 11g R2, Middleware 11g coming soon

Oracle 11g R2 will feature enhancements to the RAC technology, making it easier to use and bringing 'grid computing for the masses'

Google returns Chrome to beta, touts speed boost

Chrome beta includes several new features, and boasts a significant speed increase over the current stable version of the browser

Oracle license sales fell in Q3

Oracle blames foreign currency valuations for the drop in new license revenues

Microsoft releases IE8, stresses security

Microsoft touts IE8 as more secure against malware than rival browsers Firefox and Chrome

IBM/Sun merge low impact for developers, says SpringSource CEO

Developers and open source are key to Java today, not IBM and Sun

Microsoft blames Azure outage on OS upgrade

Users were unable to perform management tasks from Azure's Web portal during a 24-hour span over the weekend

Microsoft cites design updates as economic booster

At Mix09 conference, company also touts offline capabilities for Silverlight 3

What IBM/Sun talks could mean for cloud computing

Both Sun and IBM have ambitious cloud plans that might benefit from the proposed merger

An IBM-Sun tie-up offers few advantages in storage arena

IBM and Sun have a lot of product overlap in the storage market, but IBM could stills tand to benefit from Sun's intellectual property

If IBM and Sun merge, watch out Oracle and SAP

Along with Sun, IBM would get Java — and that could spell trouble for companies that rely heavily on it

Workday SaaS apps to gain iPhone client

Managers on the go will soon be able to tap Workday's human resources and financial apps from their iPhone; BlackBerry support is planned for later this year

Update: IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems

IBM may pay as much as $6.5 billion in cash for Sun, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday

IBM and Sun: What took them so long?

Nobody is in a better position than IBM to come to the rescue and to keep Sun's technology relevant

MySpace enhances data portability system

New features for members and application developers extends the ways in which data can be used outside MySpace's service

FTC urged to investigate security of Google services

Online privacy group wants Google to stop offering online services that collect data until the presence of adequate privacy safeguards is verified

Acer to launch first non-Windows smartphone this year

Acer is also working on four smartphones to release later this year that use Microsoft's new Windows Mobile 6.5

Vivek Kundra reinstated as federal CIO

White House determined that Kundra has no connection to an alleged bribery scheme in the D.C. IT department where he previously was CTO

Java crowd has mixed views on potential Sun-IBM deal

IBM + Sun: How a merger would impact IT

Clouds, servers, open source, Java, and competition with HP would all be affected by potential acquisition

If IBM and Sun merge – Watch out Oracle and SAP!

IBM ownership of Java could drive SAP and Oracle to new standards

What IBM-Sun talks could mean for cloud, virtualization

Would Sun's just-announced cloud platform have a future with IBM?

Sun challenges Amazon for cloud dominance

Cloud computing heats up as Sun Cloud Compute and Sun Cloud Storage offer new alternatives to Amazon Web Services

iPhone 3.0: A brand-new iPhone in a free update

Apple richly rewards iPhone user and developer loyalty with a generous helping of new operating features and programming hooks

Google boosts speed in Chrome browser

Beta release adds multiple features, including autofill and autoscroll

New iPhone capabilities appeal to enterprises

The iPhone's new abilities like push and cut and paste are attractive to enterprise users, but background processing and device management tools still haven't appeared

Savvis tests Cisco’s new UCS and virtualization server

The datacenter services company is pitting Cisco's new offering against conventional virtualization providers

Novell: No Suse Linux for ARM-based netbooks

While ARM-based netbooks could represent an opportunity for Linux to make more desktop inroads, Novell is not yet interested in putting its Suse Linux on the platform

Apple struts iPhone 3.0, touts 100 new features

Both developers and users will find plenty to like about the iPhone 3.0 OS and SDK; betas are available today, and full releases are expected this summer

Datacenter dustup favors Cisco

More than just introducing a new product, Cisco is introducing a new way of thinking about datacenter arhcitecture

Wrap-up from Town Hall: iPhone 3.0 developer beta available today

The new operating system will be generally available this summer, and free to all iPhone users

More from Town Hall: iPhone gets cut and paste!

Smooth copy and paste of both text blocks and photos works across all iPhone applications

Live from Town Hall: Apple’s iPhone 3.0 is here

The new operating system for iPhone and iPod touch brings peer networking, push notification, and access to external accessories

Nokia plans another 1,700 layoffs worldwide

Nokia announces more layoffs as demand for its smartphones continues to fall

Browser add-on locks out targeted advertising

TACO browser extension enables users to opt out of 27 advertising networks that are tracking users' search queries and Web surfing habits

Windows Azure goes down for early adopters

Microsoft's cloud-computing network crashes for almost 24 hours over the weekend

Cisco Unified Computing shakes up how IT buys hardware

UCS may help Cisco gain a foothold in server and storage purchasing decisions

Mainsoft links Microsoft SharePoint, IBM Jazz

Mainsoft's integration package facilitates collaboration on application development

SpringSource offers Java tool suite

Eclipse and OSGi are leveraged in the SpringSource Tool Suite for building Spring-powered Java apps

HTC to launch ‘at least’ three Google phones this year

HTC's CEO confirms reports about more upcoming smartphones based on Google Android