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VMware tries to expand throughout the datacenter

New VMware products help customers build a "virtual datacenter operating system" and extend virtualization to storage and network equipment

McAfee, Symantec ready VM security products

At VMworld, McAfee unveils customizable security suite designed to run within virtual machines; Symantec provides first peek at its Security Virtual Machine

Berners-Lee starts foundation aimed at Web’s future

Tim Berners-Lee to launch the World Wide Web Federation, which aims to advance freedom of speech and Internet use, Web standards and interoperability, and Web access to all parts of the world

MS defends IE ‘phone home’ feature, clarifies privacy policy

Company says it collects only a limited amount of information, yet it keeps it twice as long as Google does

Yahoo hosts developers at Open Hack 2008

Event encourages users to build apps, aka "hacks," around company's technology

IEEE readies launch of gigabit Wi-Fi project

Group will explore changes to the 802.11 WLAN standard to support gigabit capacity in high-frequency 60GHz and under-6GHz

Court overturns Virginia spam law, conviction

Virginia court says law is an overly broad prohibition on anonymous free speech

ITU plan to stop DoS attacks could end Net anonymity too

Telecoms experts to discuss ways to identify the source of packets sent across IP networks — but Center for Democracy and Technology raises concerns

Court overturns Virginia spam law, conviction

Virginia Supreme Court rules the 2003 Virginia spam law is an overly broad prohibition on free speech protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

Dell unwraps products designed for virtualization

Ahead of Monday announcement of support for Microsoft's Hyper-V software, Dell introduces two blade servers, new partnerships, and more

Apple posts iPhone 2.1 update; no word yet on 3G fixes

Users happy with update but resolution of 3G reception issues not yet accomplished

Cloud computing may draw government action

As cloud computing becomes increasingly popular, policy makers will debate issues such as the privacy and security of data in the cloud, tech experts say

Yahoo Open Strategy inches forward

Yahoo unveils a few more pieces of its YOS project, but it remains to be seen whether the struggling company can put it all in place quickly enough to remain relevant

MySQL creator Widenius still negotiating with Sun

Reports had circulated that Michael 'Monty' Widenius, the creator of the MySQL database, was leaving Sun Microsystems

Are affordable SSDs on the way?

Celebrating the IC’s 50th anniversary

The information technology industry just wouldn't be what it is without the integrated circuit, or chip, industry

Adobe aims to stave off Silverlight with video encoder

Adobe Flash Media Encoding Server, due later this year, converts videos to Flash format

Are open phones more vulnerable?

Panel at CTIA show warns that as mobile phones gain the ability to load new software they become a target for hackers and malware

Affordable SSDs in the offing?

New flash memory controller technology from Silicon Motion promises cheaper, more affordable SSDs

BlackBerry-free with iPhone 3G: Read this first

<p> Integrating iPhone 3G into an existing messaging, sync and Web-based service back end is one thing. Yanking a BlackBerry off a lifelong user's hip and replacing it with an iPhone 3G is something else. Want to watch? </p>

Gas prices, iPhone influence enterprise mobile decisions

Rising gas prices lead employees to want to work remotely, and increasingly, their mobile device of choice is the iPhone

Stolen iPhone 3G comes back with a great story attached

Oracle planning major customer outreach effort

Customer-feedback effort titled "Oracle Listens" will allow users to post questions and comments to Oracle execs during run-up to OpenWorld conference

Analyst: Demand for SAP skills keeps rising

During the six months ended July 1, noncertified SAP skills showed up to 30 percent increases in pay, according to report

RIM steps up consumer push

Following launch of company's first flip phone, RIM introduces MySpace and TiVo apps, as well as music service, for BlackBerry users

Tech trade groups talk merger

Information Technology Association of America and American Electronics Association set goal of creating tech trade group "unrivaled in size and clout"

NetSuite claims advances in support, services

NetSuite hopes that SuiteSuccess, a combination of support and services, will show that the company has mastered implementing ERP for the midmarket

Microsoft-Novell partnership yields virtualization bundle

Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Server has been configured and optimized to run as a guest operating system on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

Can your business run completely online?

Many Google Apps have become mission critical for small businesses

Will carriers kill the iPhone?

IBM testing voice-based Web

IBM's Spoken Web project makes information accessible on mobile phones to users who may not be able to read or write or who do not have access to the Internet

LogMeIn helps IT solve mobile phone problems

LogMeIn's management software shows a simulated phone to help IT administrators better understand the problems mobile phone users are trying to describe

Googlebot blamed for United stock crash

Google provided link to six-year-old bankruptcy story and made it appear current to Google News users, after which UAL's stock dropped steeply in price

The benefits of an open source SOA

Open source is as stable, secure, and well supported as proprietary solutions while also providing simplicity, openness, and affordability

Social networking hype 2.0

TechCrunch 50: Startups parody themselves unintentionally with dubious pitches

San Francisco hunts for mystery device on city network

The SF rogue admin Terry Childs installed a 'terminal server,' which appears to be a router, on the city's network, but investigators haven't been able to find or log into it

Study: Social networks not on many enterprises’ radar

Top barriers to adoption include security, fear of unproven technologies, and potential drain on worker productivity, according to study

Experts predict mobile operating system consolidation

Even if Google, Symbian, and LiMo Foundation open source platforms merge, it will join other mobile OSes, including Microsoft's and Apple's software

EMC, IBM, MS team on content-management interoperability

The new Content Management Interoperability Services specification would allow content management systems from different vendors to interact with one another

Microsoft: ‘Page up’ patent goes beyond the obvious

Patent allows people using page-up and page-down keys to go to the same place on the next page as they were on the last page, no matter what the zoom level

Microsoft joins OMG

Company pushes software modeling initiatives and plans to assist with the evolution of standards

Sun releases source code for xVM hypervisor

Commercial version of Sun's open source server-virtualization software will be made available next month.

Jobs: iPhone 2.1 update due Friday fixes ‘lots of bugs’

CEO Steve Jobs promised Apple's latest iPhone update will fix the dropped call problem that's plagued users since July

TechCrunch50 highlights mobile, text input tools

Startups detail their newfangled products and concepts at conference

Symantec emphasizes speed with latest Norton releases

Symantec says its latest security software installs in less than a minute and uses just 7MB of memory, where competing products use up to 10 times as much

AMD answers Nehalem

Serena offers mashups on demand

Users can deploy mashups faster without having to install software or manage infrastructure; the company also is boosting agile programming

Nokia expands Exchange e-mail support

Nokia challenges the BlackBerry by making it easier for enterprise workers to get their Exchange e-mail on its devices

Lawsuit claims Nvidia hid serious flaw in graphics chips

Lawsuit charges that Nvidia execs concealed for at least eight months a flaw that caused some of the company's graphics chips to fail at unusually high rates