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EnterpriseDB pulls away from Sun’s orbit, embraces IBM

IBM has claimed a small but symbolically important stake in EnterpriseDB and its PostgreSQL as Sun shifts its attention to the competing MySQL

Dumbing down smart- phones

Daily news beat for March 25, 2008

Update: FaceTime security product scans Skype’s encrypted IM

Greynet Enterprise Manager can detect harmful URLs

Xerox hops on green IT bus

Which desktop Linux is best of all?

ODF editor: ODF loses if OOXML does

Patrick Durusau extols features, urges wide usage of Microsoft's document format

Samsung launches haptic cell phone

Device features large touch-screen display, full browser

Apple’s Safari browser likened to malware

Mozilla CEO calls Apple's Software Update on Windows 'wrong'

Update: Xerox tool calculates environmental impact of printers

Software suggests ways to reduce energy and paper consumption

Sprinklers matter in the server room

Yahoo offers free supercomputing to Hadoop developers

Company hopes to get more developers creating applications that can scale around Hadoop

Airspan blames customer for poor WiMax performance

Equipment maker strikes back at Buzz Broadband CEO's allegations that WiMax is still hype

How to succeed in the IT boys’ club

Q&A: Lenovo takes the high-end road

PC maker's chairman on why the company is pushing high-end models and has yet to issue a low-end PC outside China

Dell picks Tata’s Infiniti to retail PCs in India

Deal marks Dell's first time offering its hardware in India

Freescale seeks new major mobile customer by end 2008

Company exec says 'we have to help Motorola' get over this hump

NEC breaks two TPC-E records with Itanium server

Speedy machine comes at high cost

Update: Criminals target CA’s BrightStor in new attack

CA is offering no indication of when bug might be patched

TSMC to start making 40-nanometer chips by Q2

New processor size seen as crucial to meeting user demand for smaller devices

Windows XP SP3 due next month, says report

RTM pegged for second half of April by TechARP.com

Sun aims lasers to boost computer performance

Sun has received a contract from DARPA to work on technology that would allow chips to communicate by laser instead of electricity, thereby boosting performance

FAQ: How to dump Vista SP1

Here's what to do if you, like many users, upgraded to SP1 and still aren't happy or are experiencing problems and want to revert to your old version

Plastic SCM 2.0 set for parallel development projects

Platform backs Mono implementation of .Microsoft's Net Framework, can be integrated with the MySQL or Microsoft SQL Server databases

Unified threat management, demystified

Considering unified threat management appliances that combine many security jobs? Here's some advice from CIOs who've tried these all-in-wonders on for size

Google’s Performics problem

Once a key partner to SEM and SEO providers, Google is now a rival with acquisition of DoubleClick and its bundled service, Performics

3Com OKs merger with eye on breakup fee

3Com shareholders approved a proposed buyout that had been terminated last week due to feared government intervention

Marathon extends fault tolerance to VMs

Marathon's everRun VM extends beyond the server level to provide high-level fault tolerance for virtual machines using Citrix XenServer Enterprise

Google suggests safe harbor for wireless mics

Proposal asks FCC to set aside TV channels 36 to 38 to avoid spectrum interference, but company's ultimate goal is to clear the way for approval of white-space devices

Align IT with business through instrumentation

Daily news beat for March 24, 2008

The Planet to offer IPv6 hosting services

The Web hosting vendor will become the largest to offer IPv6 commercial transit services when they are rolled out later this year

Microsoft provides free support for Vista SP1 installs

Microsoft is giving free support via e-mail, online chat, and telephone to users who experience problems installing Vista Service Pack 1

Product review: Sun’s Honeycomb

CollabNet offers on-demand project management

CollabNet OnDemand service is intended for smaller development teams

First look at Ubuntu 8.04 beta

The current open source climate

VMware focuses on improving virtual infrastructure

Virtualization with better tolerance will become more attractive if companies are pinched by a recession and trying to do more with less, says VMware CEO

Been audited lately? Blame the IRS’ data warehouse

The IRS has become markedly better at spotting potential tax fraud and more aggressive in pursuing it

Intelligence community to start using virtual worlds

IBM integrates a virtual worlds platform into Lotus Sametime that will be used by U.S. intelligence agencies to communicate on topics such as terrorism

March’s coolest gadgets

Asus updates the low-cost Eee PC, Samsung continues to push USB monitors and unveils its 'Soul' Ultra handset, MTI delivers a prototype DMFC

FBI looks at Chinese role in Darfur site hack

Save Darfur Coalition called in FBI after discovering someone had gained unauthorized access to its e-mail and Web server

Test Center Review: WSO2 Mashup server takes first steps

Fujitsu plans speedy 320GB laptop drive

Fujitsu's new MHZ2 BJ series of high-performance HDDs offers more storage space than current models

Sony yanks bloatware removal fee from laptops

Sony makes the Fresh Start software optimization feature available for free after its $50 fee created an uproar from users

Microsoft warns of new Word attack

Unpatched flaw lies in the Jet Database Engine that is used by a number of products including Microsoft Access

Defending security in a weak economy

IT project managers may be facing budget cuts in the coming months, but with the right arguments, they can minimize the financial damage

Top 10: Passport snoops, Verizon bids, Clarke dies

A look back at the biggest stories of the week, including Verizon's big wireless spectrum win, Adobe backtracking on iPhone Flash, and what future tech will mean for IT jobs

Oracle app dev framework could back Silverlight

Accommodations possible if market demand is there for Microsoft presentation technology

Voters prefer e-voting, but tech has limits

A recent survey found that voters generally prefer voting machines to paper ballots, but the machines have error rates that can be unacceptably high