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SAP has designs on India for Business ByDesign

SAP plans to roll out the Business ByDesign hosted midmarket ERP service in new countries each quarter

Tech pay gap between men and women grew last year

Men last year were making about 12 percent more than women in technology jobs

EnterpriseWizard releases customizable CRM

EnterpriseWizard 2.0 CRM app provides templates and drag-and-drop-style customization of tables and fields through a browser-based interface

New attack proves critical Windows bug ‘highly exploitable’

Security researchers report a working exploit for the TCP/IP flaw that Microsoft had claimed was 'unlikely' to be used by attackers

Update: SAP profit drops 6 percent in fourth quarter

SAP, whose earnings were dragged down by the cost of launching the Business ByDesign ERP suite, also announced the resignation of Business Objects founder Bernard Liautaud

China’s SMIC reports another loss

China's largest chipmaker has been stung by lower DRAM prices, but still plans to expand and will continue its switch to production of more logic chips

ICANN considers proposal to stop ‘domain tasting’

By keeping annual fee it charges registries, even if domain is forfeited, ICANN aims to discourage domain tasting and make it easier for people to reserve the domain they want

Windows 7 wiggles onto YouTube

Stanford center turns to Sun Blackbox for extra capacity

When it wanted to increase its computing capacity, the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center ordered Sun's datacenter in a box

MySpace to launch developer platform next week

The MySpace Developer Platform makes it possible for developers to build their business directly on the social-networking site

Microsoft to stay under court’s eye for two more years

Microsoft's delay in producing document information on communication protocols, as required in the antitrust settlement, leads judge to extend the court's supervision

HP gives new life to used printer cartridges

Hewlett-Packard introduces a new process that manufactures new printer cartridges from recycled cartridges

More Taiwanese chipmakers slash spending

DRAM glut and uncertainty about the global economy lead Powerchip, ProMOS, and UMC to halve their spending plans

Update: Yahoo’s Q4 sales up, profit down

Yahoo's revenue for the quarter fell short of analysts' expectations; the company will lay off about 1,000 employees in mid-February

Java EE 6 profiles bright for Spring

Java EE 6 Web Profile could expand options for Spring-based Java development

Spring, Java platform combos eyed

Upcoming enterprise version of Java anticipated by Spring Framework founder

Sprint said to be back in talks with Clearwire

After a plan for a joint WiMax venture fell apart last year, the two companies are allegedly back in talks to team up on a wireless project

IBM adds Linux apps support to Unix servers

The 'Lx86' capability allows x86-based Linux applications to run on IBM's System p and Power-based Unix systems without modification

Juniper switch adds security cred

Juniper's new EX series of high-speed switches is aimed directly at enterprises rather than telecom providers, making enterprise-oriented security features a must

Microsoft widens availability of Visual Studio 2008

The development tool set includes version 3.5 of the .NET framework in order to take advantage of new subsystems in Windows Vista

OpenLogic: HP hogged FOSS limelight

Hewlett-Packard's announcement of open source FOSSology and FOSSBazaar projects unfairly downplays participation of other companies, OpenLogic CEO says

Craigslist founder talks about open source, banner ads

Speaking at the WebGuild Web 2.0 Conference, Craig Newmark discussed the technological aspects of his famed site and downplayed its effect on newspapers

Facebook, MySpace join NY AG in pushing e-safety bill

The Electronic Security and Targeting of Online Predators Act targets Internet predators using social-networking sites to stalk victims

Google fixes Gmail IMAP problem on Windows Mobile

An error that had caused Windows Mobile users to receive blank Gmail messages has been fixed

Trend Micro stresses ‘tested’ patent in trade case

Trend Micro claims that competing anti-virus firm Barracuda Networks is using its 'known and time-tested' patent for gateway anti-virus scanning

Intel’s green spree

Sun researches Lively Kernel effort

Update: eBay lowers fees and tightens seller standards

eBay unveils changes to its online marketplace aimed at making the shopping experience simpler and safer

EarthLink founder steps down as Helio CEO

Sky Dayton's departure as CEO of Helio appears to be part of the plan to reduce EarthLink's position in the mobile company

MSI adding green features to laptops

Micro-Star International plans to add Turbo-battery mode to a laptop PC later this year in a bid to increase battery life

SaaS gains EDI foothold

India’s BPO industry could reach $50 billion by 2012

India's business process outsourcing industry will need greater investments in education and infrastructure by the government, according to a new Nasscom report

Apple readies MacBook Air add-ons

Apple is already taking orders for a slim external optical drive and an Ethernet adapter designed for the ultra-thin MacBook Air laptop

MSI: LEDs, Blu-ray Disc, eco big in laptops this year

Screen sizes will increase, but users probably won't see widespread use in notebooks for WiMax and SSDs this year, according to an MSI exec

Bush calls on Congress to extend telecom spying provisions

President Bush asks Congress to broaden protection for telecommunications carriers that helped the government monitor phone calls and e-mail

SpringSource buys Covalent in open-source deal

Spring, Apache project support united under same roof

Intel likely to reveal details of Silverthorne next week

Rumored characteristics of Silverthorne are setting the stage for an unexpectedly close contest between Intel and Via's upcoming low-power Isaiah processors

SpringSource acquires Covalent

Merger deepens support for Spring-plus-Tomcat Java enterprise platform

Microsoft sets dynamic analysis project

Google gears up for offline Apps

Microsoft partner first with hosted Communications Server

Intermedia will be offering the Microsoft Office Communications Server as a hosted service

Demo presenters bet on predictive capabilities

A pair of startups are hitting Demo 2008 with prognostication as part of the high tech tool set

Intel’s green buy helps image as well as environment

With its commitment to buy 1.3 billion kilowatt hours per year of renewable energy certificates, Intel will become the largest coporate buyer of green energy in the U.S.

AMD releases dual-processor graphics card

ATI Radeon 3870 X2 graphics card combines two chips from its predecessor on one board for increased performance and power efficiency

Job hunt 2.0: Get paid to be interviewed

Microsoft offers code portal for developers

LiquidPlanner adds probability to project planning

Startup LiquidPlanner's hosted project management software, which went into public beta on Monday, is taking on Microsoft Project by better dealing with project uncertainty

Startup sets full mobile browser free

Skyfire's free mobile browser is meant to support everything a PC browser can, including Flash, QuickTime, JavaScript, and AJAX

Mandiant releases Intelligent Response discovery tools

Mandiant's new set of electronic evidence discovery tools perform post-breach analysis tests to accelerate the response process

Update: Court bars company from online sale of phone records

Accuserve, which does business as Abika.com, has been ordered to stop selling phone records without permission and to turn over nearly $200,000 in profits