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Verizon to deploy ultra long-haul network in Europe

Verizon is set to roll out an ultra long-haul network to connect hubs across Europe with speeds up to 40Gbps in order to support growing broadband demands

Apple patches 41 bugs in monster day of fixes

Apple patches vulnerabilities in Mac OS X, rolls out update for Tiger, quashes bugs in the Windows version of Safari, but no sign of Leopard update

Berners-Lee warns of ‘walled gardens’ for mobile Internet

Mobile Internet needs to be free of central control, universal, and embodied in open standards, Berners-Lee says

Microsoft Foundation Classes update planned

IBM to turn datacenters into ‘computing cloud’

IBM's Blue Cloud initiative will offer products to simplify tasks like ensuring security, data privacy, and reliability, and getting high rates of system utilization at datacenters

GSM group backs LTE for mobile broadband

GSM operators are unified in their support for LTE as it competes against the UMB and WiMax mobile broadband standards

Magic formula for IT budgeting

Microsoft’s Office Accounting 2008 speaks Spanish

Microsoft's entry-level accounting program for small businesses now can handle accounts in Spanish and English and integrates with more online banking services

eBay to host ‘Red Team’ security conference

eBay's invitation-only security event will be open to attendees from other companies to help foster collaboration in developing ways to solve common security problems

Dell will help corporations go green

Dell to release Greenprint reference architecture to help corporations gauge how green they are today and create plans to go more green in the future

Eclipse gets seat on Java board

Essential security skills for Java developers

Effort to devise a list of essential security skills for Java programmers is underway.

Web’s inventor tackles mobile

Tim Berners-Lee told the crowd at the Mobile Internet World conference that in order to succeed on the handheld device, the Web must remain true to its open origins and eschew proprietary derivatives.

Ellison touts Fusion Applications

At OpenWorld, the Oracle CEO showed off the company's next-generation Fusion Applications and touted the success of Unbreakable Linux

Disappearing Gmail messages baffle users

A steady stream of Gmail users are reporting that their inboxes are being erased, and they find Google's expanations thus far to be lacking

With Web 2.0, a new breed of malware evolves

Web 2.0 technologies like RSS feeds, mashups, and search could be setting the stage for the next generation of hacker tools and malware

Vista in danger of being bypassed by businesses

With many companies waiting for Vista SP1 and the next version of Windows due to be released in late 2009, Microsoft faces having businesses skip Vista completely

Vista, Linux to be on more desktops

House passes bill to streamline VoIP 911 service

911 Modernization and Public Safety Act requires large telcos to open up 911 networks to VoIP providers

Apple could build Penryn into Xserve

Analysts believe Apple could start integrating Intel's Penryn chips into its products starting from the top — the Xserve server — and then working down its product line

Oops, Gates gets it wrong

Even Microsoft's co-founder and best-known public face can't always keep straight his changing role at the company during this time of transition

Mobile Web leaders push for open standards

Industry leaders see proprietary devices, closed-off networks, and specialized apps as hindrances to the growth of the mobile Web

Qualcomm buys mobile banking company

Qualcomm has agreed to buy Firethorn Holdings, moving the hardware manufacturer into the realms of software and services

Microsoft upgrades Customer Care Framework

CCF 2008 features automated workflow and a hosted app toolkit for incorporating third-party applications

Update: Sun joins virtualization fray with xVM

At the OpenWorld conference, Sun unveiled its xVM virtualization line, including the xVM Server, which is a hypervisor, and xVM Ops Center, a management console

Dutch court dismisses Nokia’s case against Qualcomm

Nokia's complaint about Qualcomm's patent licensing and enforcement policies has been dismissed by a Dutch judge, delivering another setback to Nokia

5 things to avoid with SOA

Oracle execs discuss Web 2.0 plans, Fusion’s timeframe

Oracle confirms that its Fusion enterprise app is 'on track' for next year

Haley Systems acquired by Australia-based RuleBurst Limited

Update: House passes broadband statistics bill

Legislation would require the FCC to provide more detailed measurements of broadband availability in the U.S.

VeriSign to divest several lines of business

VeriSign plans to refocus its business on managing DNS infrastructure and selling SSL security certificates for Web sites

Microsoft goes mod with campus expansion

Microsoft hopes the massive expansion to its Seattle-area campus, with building designs that reflect their businesses, will pay off in productivity gains

Leopard mauls competition, takes half Japan retail market

Apple's Leopard accounted for over half of all retail sales of packaged OS software in Japan in October, despite being on sale for only the last six days of the month

AT&T mobile banking goes nationwide

AT&T mobile service lets Wachovia and SunTrust customers check account balances, transfer funds, and pay bills using their phones

Yahoo launches Chinese Go 2.0 for mobile phones

Yahoo reveals nine new partnerships in Asia for its oneSearch mobile phone software

China Unicom also open to iPhone talks

CEO says China Unicom would consider talking to Apple about a tie-up, giving Apple a second option for bringing its iPhone device to the world's most populous market

Nokia unveils successor to the N95 phone

Nokia's new N82 high-end mobile phone has a 5-megapixel camera and built-in GPS navigation system but is less bulky than the N95

The tech who almost shot Saddam

Researcher: Half million database servers have no firewall

Survey finds that more databases are exposed to hackers than ever before, putting corporate data at risk, and many of these unprotected databases are also unpatched

Update: Microsoft’s OneCare 2.0 due next week

Major update to Windows Live OneCare security suite has new tools for backing up, monitoring, and managing home networks

Apple’s iPhones lead to iTypos

Study finds that Apple iPhone users make more mistakes when texting compared to users of phones with hard keys

Nortel readies SOA and communications push

Web services and alliance with IBM are key to plan to integrate communications services into business apps

Sun to herald virtualization plan at Oracle show

The strategy to be described at the OpenWorld conference enables multiple OSes and apps to run on same computer

IBM: Most Symphony users are Microsoft customers

IBM's Symphony apps suite, which is positioned as a competitor to Microsoft Office, is in its second beta, and IBM says 88 percent of its users are MIcrosoft customers

IBM adds to Watchfire tools

The IBM Rational AppScan 7.7 testing platform is the first iteration of Watchfire's flagship app on the Rational platform since IBM acquired Watchfire earlier this year

Ex-FBI, CIA employee pleads guilty to computer crime

Using fake papers, woman gained U.S. citizenship, secured government job, and used position to check information held on family members connected to Hizballah

Judge to White House: Back up e-mail

District court rules on watchdog group's suit, filed after U.S. executive branch deleted millions of e-mails from its servers without explanation

Eclipse gets seat on Java board

Open-source tools organization will serve alongside Sun, which has been an Eclipse holdout

Consumer groups oppose telecom deregulation

In letter to FCC, groups say Qwest and Verizon's request to close off their networks would hike up prices for consumers

Oracle exec reassures PeopleSoft customers

Putting bitter merger battle behind them, Oracle promises support and upgrades for PeopleSoft and other product lines it acquired