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Spam-free blog search goes public

Swedish startup Twingly opens up beta testing of its blog search engine, which delivers spam-free search results

Web standards vs. natural monopolies

USB 3.0 host controller spec will be free, Intel says

Intel hits back at rumors it wanted to keep the latest USB technology for itself

G8 nations talk ID crime at annual summit

Ministers from the Group of Eight nations hear that some estimates put the cost of ID crime in the U.S. at $50 billion last year and at $100 billion in Europe

Experts: Spyware legislation needs more work

Senate bill aimed at limiting spyware seemingly allows broadband providers and computer software and hardware vendors to scan users' computers without authorization

Intel was slow to embrace low-power chips, exec says

The initial concept behind Intel's new Atom low-power chips for mobile devices was not received enthusiastically by senior staff, says Intel's CTO

Obama campaign hopes for better Web security

Barack Obama's presidential campaign is looking for a network security expert to help lock down their Web site after it was hacked

U.S. Congressmen accuse China of hacking their computers

Congressmen's hacked computers contained possibly compromising information on Chinese dissidents

IDC raises global PC shipment forecast

Strong demand from emerging markets and for portable computers leads IDC to predict worldwide PC shipments will grow 15.2 percent this year

HP to ship laptops based on Puma

Hewlett-Packard will launch eight laptop models based on AMD's recently unveiled Puma chip platform

New features for IT pros coming in next IE8 beta

The second beta version of IE8, expected in August, will have new capabilities for IT staff, including an easier way to deploy the browser with Vista

Vista woes could hurt Microsoft’s revenue, analysts say

Sanford C. Bernstein analysts say that Vista's negative image is affecting its adoption by businesses, thereby hurting Microsoft's bottom line

Google CEO prefers an independent Yahoo

Schmidt pans Microsoft acquisition effort as bad for the marketplace

Top OEMs to sell Windows XP PCs down to the wire

HP, Acer, and Lenovo all plan to sell systems with Windows XP right up to Microsoft's June 30 deadline; only Dell will stop selling XP systems before the deadline

NetPro upgrades management tools

At TechEd, the company announced upgrades to AccessManager, ChangeAuditor, and LogADmin

Microsoft helps launch financial alert service

Working with Microsoft, Zignals' new service lets users set parameters about stock performance, then receive text messages or e-mail when conditions are met

FTC: Yes, you can still spam

Most data breaches discovered too late, study says

A recent study found that 75 percent of network breaches lead to compromised data in a few days, but they are not discovered until well after the fact

Study: SOA deployments on rise

Among 300 clients polled at IBM's recent SOA conference, 42 percent said SOA is their organization's top spending priority

Survey: Even with $4 gas, telework not an option

Only 39 percent of survey respondents said they were able to telework at least part time, even though 92 percent believed their jobs could be done from home

Daily news beat for June 11, 2008

Analyst: iPhone 3G ‘not a significant player’

MobileMe, not the iPhone 3G, was the biggest surprise of the WWDC event, analyst says

A deep dive into Apple’s mobile empire

Nortel picks LTE over WiMax

Nortel's WiMax products will be discontinued; existing customers will be transitioned to WiMax base stations from Alvarion

New version of OpenOffice.org fixes critical bug

OpenOffice.org fixes a memory problem in its open source office suite that could allow hackers to execute arbitrary commands on the system

Tech problems force Yahoo to roll back Mail features

Unresolved problems force Yahoo to remove anti-spam and SSL features from its Webmail service because they interfered with users' ability to retrieve POP e-mail

Red Hat settles patent suits with Firestar, DataTern

Red Hat says settlement secures protections for its customers and the larger open source community

Hacker pleads guilty to attacking anti-phishing group

California man launched a Valentine's Day attack that nearly knocked the Castlecops anti-phishing Web site offline

Product review: Windows Search 4.0

Safari ‘carpet bomb’ attack code released

Safari attack code can be used to run unauthorized software on a victim's machine and could be used by criminals in Web-based computer attacks

Microsoft hires anti-phishing crusader

Man behind the CastleCops.com anti-phishing Web site signs on to help Microsoft's phishing and spam investigations

Intel waiting for a hit product to get MID market rolling

Sluggish pace of the mobile Internet devices market stands in sharp contrast to the abundance of low-cost laptops and desktops being built on Intel's Atom

Microsoft testing prototype of Facebook-like social network

Microsoft's TownSquare internal social network provides employees with feeds and updates about their colleagues

WWDC 2008 and iPhone: A deep dive into Apple’s mobile empire

Microsoft site leak hints at 2009 release for Office 14

A podcasting kit for Office SharePoint Server, the portal product in the Office family, referenced 'Office SharePoint 2009'

Oracle previews on-demand ‘social’ CRM module

The Oracle Sales Prospector helps salespeople find the best leads by analyzing the buying history of companies as well as user-supplied data

Groups raise concerns about Google/Yahoo pact

Several advocacy groups are concerned that a partnership between Google and Yahoo could create a near-monopoly in the search and search advertising markets

Microsoft ALM process templates site set up

CodePlex effort intended to boost company's Team Foundation Server product

New Mac OS X Server backs iPhone clients

The Snow Leopard Server will allow tools like wikis and blogs to be designed for viewing on the iPhone and will support the ZFS file system

How to save in the mid-market with virtualization

The CTO for Kane County, Illinois was tasked with updating the county's datacenter while on a tight budget; here's how he made it happen

Symantec merges storage management with Xen virtualization

Symantec's Veritas Virtual Infrastructure lets administrators manage both server and storage virtualization through one Web-based console

The failed promise of tech services

IBM breaks petaflop barrier

Big Blue's RoadRunner supercomputer is capable of more than 1 quadrillion sustained floating-point operations per second; next up is an exascale system

HP launches broad array of redesigned notebooks, displays

New HP laptops, desktops, and displays focus on key trends such as touch-screen technology

DOJ requires Verizon to divest for merger

Verizon will have to sell off Unicel's mobile phone infrastructure in six geographic areas in order to complete its $2.7 billion acquisition of the company

Daily news beat for June 10, 2008

Plaintiffs seek annulment of Yahoo severance plan

Shareholders suing Yahoo want the judge to invalidate a 'poison pill' employee severance plan before the company's annual shareholders meeting on Aug. 1

Sun Solaris going on Fujitsu’s Intel servers

Some Fujitsu Primergy systems to get Sun's Unix platform

NetApp soups up its filers

NetApp claims its updated midrange FAS3000 network storage family serves files 40 percent faster

Opera adds anti-malware to nearly final browser

Vversion 9.5 of the Opera browser adds anti-malware and drive-by download defenses to its anti-phishing tools