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AT&T jumps on board with Android

AT&T announced that it will sell phones based on Google's Android mobile OS after being assured that it could customize the devices with more than just Google apps

Google to cut DoubleClick jobs, sell Performics piece

The layoffs and business unit shuffling are significant but expected

Backhaul woes slow Sprint’s WiMax rollout

The rollout will narrowly miss its planned April launch due to problems setting up Internet links behind the WiMax part of the network

Intel unveils new low power Atom chip

The five newly-architected processors are aimed at embedded and mobile Internet devices and are designed for low power consumption and long battery life

SAP’s BI chief juggles independence, integration

In an interview, John Schwarz, the former CEO of Business Objects who now heads the new BI division at SAP, discusses the future of BI, competition from Microsoft, and more

Questionable search ads slip by Yahoo

A test using keywords in Yahoo's search engine produced multiple search ads that should have been rejected per Yahoo's own guidelines

Iona linking Microsoft, other environments

Connectivity extended from within Visual Studio to systems from Oracle, IBM, BEA, and others without custom adapters

Enterprises look at mobile Web monitoring service

AdaptiveMobile launched its Policy Control Framework monitoring service, which blocks mobile devices from accessing certain Web sites at the CTIA conference

Update: Group calls for environmental regulation of nanotech

Nantotechnology manufacturing, which involves particles that are known to cause diseases, is largely unregulated for environmental issues

Another Windows XP reprieve unlikely

Though Windows XP availability may be extended for low-cost laptops and next-gen handhelds, Microsoft is unlikely to extend general availability

Fear and loathing in bug reports

Feds: We will meet June IPv6 deadline

The U.S. government says it will meet the June 30 deadline to support IPv6, but it faces challenges in security, software apps, budget, and training

Pro baseball Web video woes continue

MLB.TV online broadcasting service suffers second day of technical difficulties, leaving paying subscribers fuming about missed games

Spring Java developers offer enterprise package

SpringSource boosts Java development with package that includes suite of tools for testing and running Spring apps

A newbie’s guide to Facebook

Learn the basics of joining Facebook and discover the opportunities and services available for businesses and for individuals

Microsoft demos Windows Mobile 6.1 at CTIA

Windows Mobile 6.1 features a new mobile Internet Explorer browser and Adobe Flash capabilities

IBM merges System i and System p server lines

IBM announces three new servers, aimed at smaller businesses, in its newly created Power Systems family

IT control freaks

Researchers: Computing innovations need to focus on the impact on humans

Microsoft Research releases a report that studies the effect of techonologies on society and humans

EMC dives into consumer storage — in China

Heavyweight in the corporate storage starts a broader push into consumer products in the fast-growing China market

Apotheker named co-CEO of SAP

Promotion to co-CEO positions Leo Apokether as Henning Kagermann's likely successor atop enterprise software giant SAP

Daily news beat April 2, 2008

Welcome back, Mr. Cringely!

Adobe, RealNetworks back Linux on MIDs

Intel's drive to put Linux on mobile Internet devices gains support as Adobe and RealNetworks will offer AIR and RealPlayer for handhelds that use the open source OS

Intel exec: Programming for multicore chips a challenge

Programmers will need to 'future-proof' their code to keep up-to-date in case additional cores are added to a computing system, says Intel exec at the Multicore Expo

Low-cost Everex laptop works with Sprint’s Xohm WiMax

Everex's upcoming CloudBook Max laptop connects to Sprint Nextel's wireless broadband network as well as to Wi-Fi 802.11b/g networks

Why the Vista hacker turned to eBay

Interview: Hacker Shane Macaulay says he never intended to harm users by auctioning a laptop with Vista attack code on it

Nehalem on track to go mobile in 2009

The first Nehalem chips will be designed for servers and high-end desktops, but Intel plans to release a mobile version next year

Why users should manage their own PCs

Memory makers hope Intel Centrino 2 spurs DDR3

Memory chipmakers Samsung, Micron, and Nanya all announce DDR3 DRAM chips to be used with Intel's first mobile DDR3 platform, expected out in June

ISO gives two months to appeal OOXML approval

The prospect of an appeal can't be ruled out, as a few countries are raising issues about the OOXML voting process

MIDs will run Windows XP and Vista, Intel says

Support for Windows XP on mobile Internet devices is noteworthy, because Microsoft had said it plans to stop selling most XP licenses on June 30

Intel discloses pricing for Centrino Atom

Centrino Atom prices are high enough to suggest that mobile Internet devices based on the chips will not be cheap

Microsoft’s ISO win may worsen its antitrust woes

Allegations of foul play in the OOXML voting process could draw the ire of European Commission antitrust investigators, who had previously addressed the issue

ITIL, automation provide recipe for datacenter management

Automation technology and best practices implementation will be key to confronting the new challenges faced by datacenter operators

Services, not software, chew up bulk of virtualization spend

Server-level virtualization is fast becoming a necessity, but companies should be prepared to spend three times as much on service as they do on software

Curl joins the Eclipse Foundation

Company to base its RIA development tools on Eclipse's open-source framework

Qualcomm plays up 3G with Gobi cards

Gobi, a dual-mode modem that supports EV-DO Revision A and HSPA, has already been adopted by the top five PC makers

OOXML approval only first step in road to adoption

The ISO has approved OOXML as an international standard, but now Microsoft must start implementing the format and encourage users to embrace it

Facebook meets .Net

Microsoft-style app development detailed for social networking site

Storage revolution shuffling IT jobs

Enterprises are creating data at an astounding rate, and the new technologies for dealing with that data are also creating new job types

Sprint shows off iPhone lookalike

At the CTIA trade show, Sprint introduced the Instinct, an iPhone-like device made by Samsung that sports faster data access than Apple's handheld

eBay yanks sale of laptop with Vista attack code

The listing for the hacked laptop from CanSecWest's PWN 2 OWN contest — complete with the Vista attack code used to hack it — was pulled after several hours

Open source a no-brainer for SaaS providers

Low cost and flexibility make open source a perfect fit for SaaS infrastructure, and analysts expect to see open-source dominance in the field within three years

Bait and switch, the IT way

Office 2007 winning converts, survey says

Adoption of SharePoint 2007, which Office 2007 integrates with, is pushing adoption of the productivity suite

Report: Microsoft won’t up its bid for Yahoo

Sources say Microsoft was just using the possibility of an increased bid to entice Yahoo to meet to discuss the offer

Five reasons to ditch the Mac and return to PCs

Five reasons why the CTO of nCircle bucked the trend and gave up on his Intel dual-core-based MacBook Pro

Microsoft updates Windows Mobile, IE Mobile

Updated IE Mobile browser will support Adobe Flash and Microsoft's Silverlight

IBM suspended from receiving new government contracts

Big Blue is the subject of a federal grand jury investigation over possible procurement violations between employees of the EPA and IBM