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Startup encourages phone applications

Ribbit offers API to enable developers to unify various methods of communication

Software tracks BlackBerry messages

Gwava's software makes sense of BlackBerry Enterprise Server logs, CEO says

Intel to offer solid-state storage for UMPCs

Tiny SSD chip weighs 0.6 gram, holds up to 4GB

Google revs up security play

Search giant lays plans to extend Postini security service into a multifaceted filtering system built to lock down business data and help manage compliance requirements

JetBrains adds Ruby, Groovy to Java IDE

Plug-ins available for dynamic languages

Time Machine Server, or local external drive?

Unix admin tried to axe power grid

Lonnie Denison pleaded guilty to charges that he shut down the datacenter responsible for managing the state of California's energy grid

Dell reinventing itself, but support issues linger

This year saw Michael Dell retake the reins of his namesake company and extend its presence into retail stores, but support issues still haunt some customers

Hack this school network, win a router

Grade-changing scheme alerts school district to risk of information breaches, inspires overhaul of schools' security systems

FTC chairman won’t recuse herself in Google deal

Despite complaints about a potential conflict of interest, FTC chair Deborah Majoras will not step down from hearings on the proposed Google-DoubleClick deal

Sun will offer back-line support for OpenOffice

Support for the increasingly popular open-source suite will be offered to distributing companies, not end-users

Good tech stocks for a bad economy

SaaSWizard offers app dev for SaaS

Apps can be quickly assembled without programming, company says

Malware flood driving new AV

Symantec researchers say number of malicious applications is rapidly outpacing the volume of legitimate programs, forcing some to rethink AV, defense tactics

Opera seeks tougher remedy in Microsoft case

Company wants EC to force Microsoft to preload multiple browsers, not just IE, into Windows

Google develops Wikipedia rival

Google espouses that bylined entries will 'help users make better use of Web content'

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Gateway’s Coleman to step down in January

Head of Acer's Pan-American unit to take charge

After attacks, Apple fixes QuickTime bug

Hackers have thus far targeted Windows systems, experts say Mac OS X users also at risk

Cisco’s WiMax focus is in developing world

Acquisition of Navani Networks will, for the first time, make Cisco a provider of wireless radios to carriers

Bugs at the core delay AMD’s next-gen chips

Confirming what many in the chip world have suspected, AMD execs fessed up that bugs in its new quad-core Barcelona server and Phenom desktop chips will delay these key next-generation technologies for at least three months

Top 10 stories of 2007: Age of realignment

2007 was a big year for IT, and we look back at the biggest stories, from the iPhone to Windows Vista to the growth of consolidation in the software market

Forrester: 2008 to be a slow year for IT spending

In its new report, Forrester Research has revised its earlier predictions downward in fear of an oncoming recession

Office 2007 SP1 auto-installs confuse Vista, XP users

Microsoft said it would not deliver Office SP1 via Windows Automatic Updates for several months, but some users have had the pack automatically installed

Atheros to acquire GPS chip maker u-Nav

Atheros will add u-Nav's single-chip GPS technology to its lineup of Wi-FI and Bluetooth chips

Wall Street Beat: AT&T, Cisco shine as clouds loom

While turmoil in the overall economy sent the Nasdaq into a decline, analysts were impressed by presentations by AT&T and Cisco

Groups say FTC, law firm hiding DoubleClick conflict

Privacy groups file second complaint with FTC, claiming Jones Day changed Web pages to 'conceal the nature, scope, and duration of the relationship' with DoubleClick

Spring Integration boosts service-based apps

The Java technology makes things easier for developers by easing the enterprise integration of apps

AMD gives up on 2007, aims Barcelona, profitability for 2008

AMD has decided to wait until 2008 to release its Barcelona quad-core chip as well as its Puma platform as it predicts no return too profitability until next year

Lawmakers raise questions about copyright enforcement bill

The PRO-IP Act, which would significantly raise penalties for copyright infringement, is being hotly debated in Congress

AMD fuses GPU, core logic, CPU on new ‘Swift’ chip

The Swift chip combines the functions of three other chips and utilizes 45-nanometer production, allowing for smaller and mor eefficient laptops and PCs

‘FoolTube’: Jackass to launch user video site

Microsoft releases beta of Hyper-V virtualization technology

Hyper-V, formerly code-named Viridian, is Microsoft's virtualization hypervisor for Windows Server 2008

Are you, IT pro, underpaid?

No download needed: OpenOffice beta as a Web app

Only the first 15,000 to sign up can participate

Facebook to license its platform for other social sites

Initiative runs in parallel with Google's OpenSocial project

3 reasons to miss CompUSA

AMD to face tough questions at analyst meeting

Quad-core chip delays, goodwill charge for ATI, darken chipmaker's financial outlook

Update: Opera files EU antitrust suit against Microsoft

Opera is asking the EU to force Microsoft to unbundle IE from Windows

Group asks FTC chairwoman to step down from DoubleClick review

Lobbying organizations call on Deborah Platt Majoras to recuse herself, citing ties with DoubleClick's lawyers

MS eScience group offers database advice to scientists

Microsoft helps climate scientists create database with 800 million data points

BEA linking ERP, ESB

Adobe open-sourcing data access technology

Remoting, messaging, and Action Message Format protocol being opened up

eEye founder calls it quits

Marc Maiffret has left the company to start his next venture, developing next-gen mobile phone software for the corporate world

Update: International Trade Commission rules in Nokia’s favor

The bitter battle between Nokia and Qualcomm was tipped in Nokia's favor by the decision, which also rendered one of Qualcomm's patents invalid

IBM mashup maker uses Ruby on Rails

Iomega to buy China-gov’t owned storage maker

In a deal that will nearly quadruple the size of the company, Iomega is set to buy ExcelStor Great Wall Technology and Shenzhen ExcelStor Technology

IBM ships update to Tivoli Identity Manager software

As part of first major update in nearly three years, IBM speeds up deployment for users of ID management app

Centric CRM changes name, releases 5.0 version

Centric CRM has changed its name to Concursive Corp. and released version 5.0 of its software, now called ConcourseSuite, in both hosted and on-premesis form