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Yahoo plans to cut staff

Struggling Yahoo reportedly will let go hundreds of staffers in an effort to improve profitability and compete against Google, Facebook, and MySpace

Taiwanese DRAM makers cut capital spending

DRAM makers are scaling back their capital spending plans in a bid to shore up the market after a sharp decline in DRAM prices

Polymer Vision readies rollout of rollable e-reader

The Readius e-reader, with a flexible screen that weighs little more than a cell phone, will launch in the middle of this year

Indian IT services to reach $11B by 2010, says Gartner

Growing demand for new technologies and applications is driving outsourcing in India

HTC sold 2 million of its iPhone-rival handset last year

Strong sales of the Touch handset helped HTC's revenue grow nearly 12 percent last year

Memory makers expect rise in DDR3 demand in second half

Inotera has started pilot production of 1Gb DDR3 DRAM and plans to have the chips in mass production by Q3 to meet growing demand

How to avoid IT job stagnation

Update: eBay CEO Whitman preparing to retire

CEO Meg Whitman is reportedly planning to step down after 10 years as the leader of eBay; the company is expecting revenue for 2007 to jump to $7.6 billion

Microsoft steps up assault on virtualization

Microsoft plans virtualization push, starting with the acquisition of startup Calista Technologies

Domino, Lotus road map revealed

In February, IBM will ship the next version of Lotus Notes and Domino, which will feature an array of updates

IBM aims Lotus Foundations at SMBs

IBM will bundle Lotus Domino, file management, directory services, firewall, backup, and productivity tools in the initial offering of Lotus Foundations

Intel ships first dual-core Celeron processor

The 1.6GHz Celeron Dual-Core E1200 low-end desktop processor underscores how prevalent dual-core chips have become

Dell launches PowerEdge blade servers

Dell expands its presence in blade server market dominated by rivals IBM and Hewlett-Packard

Zend targets enterprise PHP with app server, IDE

PHP tools vendor Zend increases its app server's  monitoring capabilities and enhances its Eclipse-based IDE

Apple growth will draw malware attacks

Mac OS X is safer today — but not necessarily more secure for the long term — than Windows

Sun SPOT technology set for open source

Sun is set to open-source everything related to SPOT, from hardware to software, but a user questions Sun's commitment to the technology

Customers trust MicroStrategy’s independent status

Acquisition activity has been heavy in the BI market, but MicroStrategy has remained independent, which its customers think gives it an advantage

Data portability: a lofty but challenging goal

As 'network fatigue' sets in, data portability becomes an ever more attractive idea, but there are numerous obstacles preventing it from becoming a reality

Wall Street Beat: Earnings fail to spark confidence

Despite positive earnings statements and big acquisitions, IT investors are still worried about the prospect of a recession

HP launches FOSS tracking project

The FOSSology Project is intended to help track and monitor the use of free open-source software in IT environments

230 retailers affected by data breach after tape lost

GE Money, which manages in-store credit-card programs for U.S. retailers, says tape contained information on 650,000 retail customers

IBM acquisition targets Microsoft in SMB market

Net Integration Technologies, which offers business management tools, will become part of IBM's Lotus division when deal closes

California broadband report may be model for other states

Report is first survey in the United States to provide household-level information about broadband service availability

Microsoft allows developers to examine .Net source code

The .Net Reference Source Project is meant to help developers build better software, but they first must upgrade to Visual Studio 2008

FBI warns of rise in phone-based ‘vishing’ attacks

VoIP and call-center technology have enabled scammers to take phishing tactics to mobile phones, a trick the FBI is calling 'vishing'

Defending SOA in tight- budget times

African marine cable construction under way

TEAMS undersea fiber optic project will link east Africa to the Middle East and the rest of the world

Sprint Nextel to lay off 4,000, close 125 retail outlets

Net loss of more than 100,000 customers in Q4 leads Sprint Nextel to take cost-cutting measures

Outsourcer Wipro’s profit growth down on higher wages

Indian outsourcer Wipro reported a 32 percent increase in revenue, but profits were hit by higher salaries and reduced margins after its acquisition of Infocrossing

China’s Internet population tops 200 million

At its current growth rate, China will surpass the U.S. to become the world's top Internet market in the next few months — with only about 16 percent of its population online

The first IT superhero: WANman

Startup hopes to lower cell phone costs within the enterprise

Strata8 offers enterprises cellular service inside of corporate offices at a flat rate of $25 per user per month

Mozilla browser interface to get ‘humanized’

UI developers from startup Humanized join Mozilla and will use technology from the Enso project to add more human interaction to the Firefox browser and other products

Time Warner to try tiered broadband pricing

Time Warner will try selling four tiers of broadband service based on how much bandwidth consumers use, a move that could turn broadband pricing on its head in the U.S.

Skype flaw turns videos into weapons

Programming error in Skype's communications software gives cybercriminals a new way to sneak malicious software onto users' PCs

InfoWorld Test Center Preview: Time Capsule wireless remote Time Machine backup

Update: AMD reports fifth straight quarterly loss

The net loss of $1.7 billion for the quarter is primarily attributed to costs related to AMD's acquisition of ATI

MacBook Air, a detailed preview

Yahoo’s one-armed OpenID embrace

Update: 30,000 ask Microsoft to save Windows XP

InfoWorld's petition drive draws large response from IT pros and individuals

IBM reports strong software, services results for Q4

Even in the event of an economic downturn, IBM sees itself as being in a good position due to its global reach and in-hand capital

Attack code released for critical Windows flaw

The code crashes windows machines, but it does not allow an attacker to run malware on the victim's computer

Researchers turn camera phone into mouse

Burgeoning technology could enable camera phones that scroll public displays to get information on products, or purchase items such as movie tickets

Google: NASA should collaborate with public

Google chairman and CEO cites Google Earth as an example of what can come about when NASA works with agencies outside the government

Former Disney executive joins Microsoft as CIO

Tony Scott, who filled the same role at Disney, is the most recent high-level hire by Microsoft, which has seen several recent executive departures

‘Mac people’ more open, liberal than PC users

A study by Mindset Media confirms the long-held stereotype that Mac users tend to be more liberal and creative than other PC users

Brocade’s Reyes gets 21 months in backdating case

Former Brocade CEO Gregory Reyes has been sentenced to 21 months in prison and a $15 million fine for his role in fraudulently backdating company stock

Sears sells latest sub-$200 Linux desktop PC

Linspire teams up with Mirus to offer a fully equipped Linux desktop PC for $185

Microsoft warns businesses of impending autoupdate to IE7

Microsoft posts guidelines on how to ward off the automatic update if admins want to keep the IE6 browser on their companies' machines

Windows 7 goes RTM!