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Microsoft drops price to partners for Dynamics CRM 4.0

Partners will pay 40 percent less for subscription licenses for the latest version of Microsoft's on-demand CRM software

ID thieves have a 50-50 chance of going to prison

Study of closed Secret Service case files shows about half of identity theft convictions result in prison sentences of three years or less

Microsoft, Turbolinux to push single sign-on

Microsoft and Turbolinux pledge to work on a system that will allow log-on to Windows-based and Turbolinux-based machines with one set of credentials

Microsoft unveils remote mobile management software

Microsoft announces beefed-up remote Windows Mobile management capabilities that allow administrators to remotely secure and manage mobile phones

AT&T unveils mobile Napster as questions abound

AT&T geared up for the upcoming CTIA trade show by announcing a partnership with Napster, though the business model is still being worked out

Citrix closes deal for XenSource, launches VM solutions

Company claims it is the first to offer app delivery from end to end

IBM offers Jazz grants and product to universities

Research proceeds for the application lifecycle management platform, which IBM says will be free to academic institutions

Microsoft adds Web-based Office to university suite

Office Live Workspace, a program for uploading and sharing documents online, is being aimed at users at academic instituitions

After theft, tech support call lands man in jail

After a thief stole a printer for making driver's licenses, his call to the manufacturer's tech support line requesting driver software lead to his arrest

Microsoft signs deal to work on international development

Microsoft is joining with the U.S. Agency for International Development to fight AIDS and other international problems

Update: Apple Q4 profits boosted by iPhone and Mac sales

The company beat analyst expectations by $0.17 per share as Mac shipments jumped 34 percent from last year

HP acquires Middle East systems integrator

Acquisition of Atos Origin Middle East will boost Hewlett-Packard's services presence in the region's public sector and oil and gas segments

Appliance added to content-management suite

Workshare's Protect Netework appliance monitors outbound channels to make sure no content is transmitted without authorization

Secrets to building better software

Microsoft moves on F# functional language

Product of research project to be integrated with Visual Studio

‘Profound’ effect seen from Microsoft’s EU compliance

Microsoft's decision to cooperate with the EU ruling means open-source developers will be given access to the interoperability protocols inside Windows

Intel: Patent reform still needed

Intel's general counsel calls on Congress to pass patent reform and fix the problem of people who buy up patents for the purpose of litigating them

Taiwan inks WiMax pacts with Alcatel, Sprint, others

Taiwanese government adds companies to its growing list of WiMax wireless broadband technology partners

HP, Taiwan company show off WiMax hospital station

HP, Global Mobile demo a mobile hospital station that can be used to gather info and transmit records to a central database over a WiMax wireless broadband network

Microsoft won’t appeal European antitrust ruling

Microsoft's decision to accept the antitrust ruling will dispel any lingering uncertainty facing software and hardware developers over how to plan future product development

U.S. is opposed to extending Microsoft sanctions

Status hearing is scheduled for Nov. 6 that will likely address extending the restrictions placed on Microsoft by the 2002 antitrust ruling

IBM, MediaTek to develop wireless broadband technology

MediaTek will use IBM Labs' mmWave radio technology in chip sets as a faster wireless networking alternative to Wi-Fi

Reporter’s notebook: Google guys do hate evil

Web 2.0 panel confirms: Google's founders really stress over evil; meanwhile, Internet archrivals Google and Microsoft share the love while discussing online maps

When mistaken pricing becomes false advertising

Microsoft in compliance with 2004 ruling, EU says

Microsoft agrees to give open source software developers access to interoperability information, as required in the 2004 antitrust ruling

With attack code circulating, RealPlayer fix coming

RealNetworks has created a patch for a critical vulnerability in RealPlayer 10.5 and RealPlayer 11

Storm Worm now just a squall

Security researcher estimates 15 million PCs have been infected by the Storm Trojan, but the majority have been cleaned up and are no longer part of the Storm network

Semantic Web takes the stage

AT&T sues Vonage for patent infringement

AT&T claims that Vonage is willfully using patented technology allowing VoIP calls to be made with standard telephone equipment

Experts say security standards for power grid not enough

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation's guidelines for safeguarding the U.S.'s power infrastructure fail to cover many important assets

How to connect to remote X11 hosts from a Mac

Comcast exec comments on BitTorrent controversy

The impatient person’s introduction to ZFS

Experts say issue of click fraud not improving

Industry watchers at Click Forensics say that companies running major online ad networks haven't lived up to their promises to better police against fraudulent traffic

CBS, Comcast officials stress embrace of Internet

Executives of these companies as well as Joost and Current all cite business efforts linking the two forms of media

Think tank: More broadband regulation may be needed

Information Technology and Innovation Foundation president says higher speeds and lower prices for broadband won't develop without government help

AT&T unsure about bidding in 700MHz auction

Company CEO indicates that FCC's open-access rules for the valuable spectrum could hinder the development of a profitable business model

Firefox tries again for URI fix, adds Leopard support

Mozilla is issuing a third patch for a URI fllaw in its Firefox browser, claiming it does not know if the URI flaw can still be exploited but would rather not take any chances

WiMax counts as 3G, ITU says

The WiMax mobile data standard has officially been certified as 3G technology, putting it on the same footing as standards like WCDMA and CDMA-2000

More U.S. states urge extension of Microsoft antitrust settlement

New York, Maryland, Louisiana, and Florida, which had previously claimed that the antitrust ruling had served its purpose, are now backing an extension of the judgment

Microsoft: We didn’t change Automatic Updates

Some Windows Vista users claim that their software mysteriously started allowing unauthorized patch installs, but Microsoft says there is no such glitch

Don’t beg for that job, even if you want it

Risk-taking blogs: Living on the edge

10 of the riskier blogs in the blogosphere that are not afraid to stir up controversy

SAP looks to Microsoft, Adobe for friendlier ERP UI

SAP forges two new partnerships around Microsoft's Duet and Adobe's AIR to provide customers with better user interface options for its ERP

Microsoft shaves down kernel for Windows 7

Microsoft is readying MinWin, a slimmed-down rewrite of the Windows core code that will be part of Windows 7, its next OS

Poster child for sustainable business technology

Wipro posts revenue, profit growth

Indian outsourcer Wipro reported revenue was up by 35 percent over last year

China not redirecting search-engine traffic to Baidu

Internet users in China are able to access Google and other search engines despite claims on a U.S. blog that traffic was being redirected to Chinese search engine Baidu

Taiwan to sign WiMax pact with Intel, NEC, others

Initiative is part of Taiwan's plan to become one of the largest producers of WiMax equipment in the world

Acer could block Lenovo’s growth in global PC market

Packard Bell acquisition was a defensive move for Acer to ensure that Lenovo doesn't get a toehold in the European market