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Update: Gates chairs his last annual meeting as chairman

In his last shareholder meeting as full-time chairman, Bill Gates talked about coming innovations as well as future growth opportunities for Microsoft

Update: Yahoo settles Chinese dissident lawsuit

Jailed Chinese dissidents who had sued Yahoo for disclosing their information to the Chinese government, have settled with the company

Microsoft fixes URI problem in Windows

Microsoft released only two patches this month, but one fixes the critical URI flaw, and the other addresses an important Windows DNS server bug

Pharmacy software vendors embrace e-prescribing

Study conducted by Walgreens and operator of an electronic network shows doctors' use of e-prescribing services leads to increase in filled prescriptions

EU opens Google-DoubleClick investigation

Citing the deal's potential impact on the online advertising market, the European Union is looking into the planned acquisition

Vendors fail to communicate, customers pay

Monta Vista launches Linux Carrier Edition 5.0

The carrier-grade real-time OS claims a latency of only 50 microseconds

Sun to buy ERM vendor Vaau

The deal, expected to close during Sun's fiscal 2008 Q3, will add Vaau's identity compliance software to Sun's list of offerings

Brand hijackers ready for the holidays

Phishers and other online scammers are already gearing up for the 2007 holiday season by launching a variety of new methods for parting shoppers with their money and personal data.

November’s coolest gadgets

Car navigation and entertainment systems, WiMax terminals and aroma advertising fill this month's bill

Samsung shows off WiMax PDA, PC

Four new devices offer glimpse of what overseas customers may have in the near future

Word plug-in makes it easier to turn text into audio

Format helps convert text to braille or audio and present information from complex documents

Microsoft beefing up app virtualization program

Microsoft's Application Virtualization scales to more users, has enhanced security and more language support, and comes bundled with other software management tools

Asian carriers to offer flat-rate data roaming

Asian cellular carriers hope offering flat-rate data roaming will increase the use of cellular data services by business people travelling in Asia

China Mobile in talks with Apple to sell iPhone

China Mobile's CEO says he is not keen on the type of iPhone revenue-sharing model that Apple has insisted on elsewhere in the world

Microsoft, GSMA promote 3G laptops

Microsoft, GSMA announce contest challenging companies to design laptops that automatically connect to the Internet wirelessly over mobile phone networks

Top 100 IT projects of 2007

Microsoft spinoff opens mobile beta

ZenZui changes its name to Zumobi and plans to release an open beta of a new mobile browsing user interface in mid-December

Microsoft readies ‘Stirling’ security console

New console will give customers a single tool for managing all of Microsoft's Forefront enterprise security products

Cisco helps speed up Oracle 11g

Cisco announces RDS protocol for switches using InfiniBand high-speed datacenter technology that speeds Oracle databases over larger server clusters

A little more detail on MacBook Pro recovery

Apple fixes security bug with iPhone update

The iPhone 1.1.2 firmware update fixes a known flaw in how the handheld renders TIFF images, but it also makes it hard to use unauthorized software like Jailbreak

HP CEO: Further industry consolidation likely

At OpenWorld 2007, Hewlett-Packard's Mark Hurd said he believes that the tech industry is on the cusp of a wave of consolidation

MacBook Pro gremlin vanquished, lessons learned

Analysis: Long odds for Google’s ambitious Android

New broadband data: The U.S. is still behind

According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the U.S. has less broadband penetration and slower speeds than many other countries

Oracle’s Phillips: We’re integrated, but open

At the OpenWorld 2007 conference, Oracle President Charles Phillips showed off new virtualization technology and stressed Oracle's dedication to open standards

Update: Chizen out at month’s end as Adobe CEO

President and COO Shantanu Narayen will assume CEO duties while Chizen serves remainder of term on the board and continues as a strategic advisor

Cognos buy a defensive move for IBM

In face of recent spate of major BI-related acquisitions, IBM defends its ground by securing one partner with which it can leverage its data-management strategies

Microsoft to offer Vista updates

Microsoft to buy mobile music company Musiwave

Acquisition seen by some as preemptive strike against iPhone and iTunes' potential threat to Windows Mobile sales

Carrier security outsourcing making connections

Large telecom carriers such as AT&T and Verizon are able to take over customers' IT security operations — and enterprises are happy to embrace the notion

Seagate ships virus-laden hard drives

Maxtor Basics Personal Storage 3200 hard drives shipped with virus that searches for passwords to online games, then sends them to a server, admits Seagate

Linux distros pass the buck

Sprint hints at cutback on ambitious nationwide WiMax rollout

As the joint WiMax deal with Clearwire falls through, Sprint says it will rethink plans, likely killing off plans of nationwide WiMax deployment

Google releases Android SDK

Google is encouraging developers to create apps for its Android mobile platform, even going so far as to offer $10 million in awards for 'innovative and compelling' apps

Microsoft not happy with AV software performance

Microsoft is still experiencing AV growing pains, but exec claims its OneCare and Forefront security products have bettered their malware detection rates

MySpace malware problems began days before Alicia Keys hack

Musicians are unhappy that MySpace has been slow to restore their profiles after the social networking site was compromised by malware

TD-SCDMA makes Beijing Olympic Games roster

TD-SCDMA had been a question mark for next summer's Olympic Games, but China now says 3G telecommunications will be up and running in eight cities by the end of this year

An OS just for grids

Indian news site dispensing malware

Online news site of one of India's largest news and entertainment groups exposed visitors to malware

Update: IBM agrees to buy Cognos for $5B

IBM's acquisition of Cognos will be a blow to rival HP, which offers a business intelligence and data warehousing platform built using products from Cognos

Hacker pleads guilty to creating botnets

Hacker who infected hundreds of thousands of computers with malware in order to steal money from PayPal accounts could spend 60 years in prison and face a $1.75 million fine

University sues Google over distributed search patent

Northeastern University and startup company Jarg accuse Google of infringing on their patented distributed database technology in its online search service

Dell revamps PowerEdge line of servers

Dell's new PowerEdge servers use the Penryn chip and are designed to consume less power, include system management tools to better manage IT tasks

Hardware vendors quickly adopting Penryn

Desktops and notebooks with Penryn processors will come in 2008, when Intel releases more 45-nanometer Penryn chips

Microsoft reveals Server 2008 pricing, Hyper-V brand

Microsoft vows no more delays for Windows Server 2008, billing its highly anticipated February debut as 'the most important enterprise launch in company history'

Intel launches power-efficient Penryn processors

Intel's new Penryn chips deliver better graphics and application performance as well as virtualization capabilities

Open source Java could result in port to iPhone

As the first anniversary of open-source Java approaches and Apple prepares to release an SDK for the iPhone, Sun thinks it may have a way to put Java on the popular handheld

Need mobile spyware? Look on eBay

The online auction site is selling cheap software for snooping on other people's mobile devices, a trend that worries security experts