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Aruba countersues Symbol over Wi-Fi patent fight

Aruba suit argues that Symbol and Wireless Valley withheld information they were required to give to patent examiners, making their Wi-Fi patents invalid

Symantec: Attackers exploiting new RealPlayer flaw

Symantec uncovers attack code that affects the RealPlayer 11 beta and RealPlayer 10.5 on Windows and enables attackers to download and install whatever software they want

Microsoft: Google gets undue credit for ad conversions

Microsoft is developing 'conversion attribution' technology that it says will track users' viewing trail and give advertisers a more balanced view of the value of their online ads

New study to comb Secret Service ID theft case-files

Utica College's Center for Identity Management and Information Protection is doing the first-ever analysis of U.S. Secret Service case information on identity theft

Cisco reveals entertainment OS

Facebook site grows businesses

Companies cite the benefits of the popular social networking platform and even use it to bolster their own businesses

Google, Intel, Nokia boost sector hopes

Bellwether companies have posted solid quarterly results, confirming investor confidence that has fueled a rebound in tech sector share prices

Update: AMD reports fourth straight quarter net loss

Quarterly revenue is up 18 percent and AMD shipped a record number of processors, but it posted a net loss in part due to costs related to the acquisition of ATI

Analysis: Tata wins high ratings and $1.2 billion from Nielsen

Ten-year agreement will help Nielsen consolidate services, while raising Tata's profile among consulting services companies

Viacom exec not satisfied with Google plan

Lawsuit lingers over alleged content infringement on YouTube as Viacom CEO Phillipe Dauman says Google's YouTube content database is not enough

IT security and management on collision course

As security companies push into systems management, and vendors in the management space push back, convergence of the two is ongoing and largely unavoidable

Update: Google continues to boom in third quarter

Search giant posts 60 percent increase in business over same time last year, beats analysts' predictions

Web, media companies issue copyright use principles

Microsoft, MySpace, CBS, and Dailymotion among the group calling on sites with user-generated content to employ filtering technology and remove infringing content

Microsoft releases beta of mashup tool

Microsoft announced its Popfly mashup-builder at the Web 2.0 Summit as CEO Steve Ballmer elaborated on the company's plans for Web apps

Nokia profit leaps on higher phone sales

Nokia's net profit for the third quarter jumped up 85 percent as the company offset falling handset prices by shipping more units

What Oracle/BEA could mean to SOA

Adobe adapting to hosted SW model

In an interview at the Web 2.0 Summit, Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen discusses Adobe's role in Web 2.0, its hosted software strategy, and the importance of rich Internet apps

Broadcom damages against Qualcomm may be cut

Qualcomm had initially been ordered to pay double the requested amount in damages to Broadcom, but that doubling has tentatively been overturned

Stronger euro slows SAP’s revenue growth

SAP's Q3 revenue is up 9 percent over last year; results would have been stronger, but results were held back by a euro that has risen 13 percent against the dollar

Senator criticizes Sun, U.S. contracting agency

Sen. Chuck Grassley alleges that top GSA managers interfered in contract negotiations with Sun, but both organizations dispute claims

Spammers’ new MP3 trick may be short-lived

Spam messages containing MP3s are starting to show up, but thanks to their size and file type, they'll likely be caught by filters

YouTube blocked in China; Flickr, Blogspot restored

China's judgment on which Web sites it finds objectionable and will block is ever-shifting

Facebook wants to make members’ data portable

CEO declines to specify a timeframe for when Facebook will make it possible for members to move their social network profiles to other online services if they want

HP makes document printing secure

HP's Secure Print Advantage program ensures printed documents get to the right people and protects against malware

MySpace will open platform to external developers

MySpace follows Facebook's lead in opening up its platform and making it easy to incorporate outside developers' applications into its social network

Google VP talks up health initiative

Google Health is designed to let users create a health profile for themselves that includes information about medications and conditions

States keep antitrust pressure on Microsoft

U.S. states request a five-year extension of the antitrust judgment, contending Microsoft could 'tilt the playing field' to favor its Silverlight multimedia technology

Indian outsourcer Tata wins $1.2 billion Nielsen contract

Tata will take responsibility for some of Nielsen’s IT and operational processes and will also deliver certain finance and human resource business processes

Sun reworking Java plug-in technology in Java SE 6

Sun is pursuing the consumer, enterprise markets by extending Java and rich experiences to various devices

BEA, Oracle maintain their silence on takeover offer

At least publicly, the two companies have been in a holding pattern about Oracle's unsolicited proposal to buy BEA

VoIP: The lie that is Voice over IP

YouTube opens Chinese language Web site

Video-sharing service's second Chinese language site has been localized for residents of Taiwan

Sony, Toshiba to form Cell processor joint venture

With partnership, both companies reach for their long-stated goal of embedding the Cell chip in consumer electronics products

Sun reworks Java plug-in technology in Java SE 6

Latest update is about fixing the consumer experience

Couple swarmed by SWAT team after 911 ‘hack’

Using his computer, teenager calls emergency dispatch service, convinces authorities to send fully armed SWAT team to innocent couple's home

Users: Integration key to real world DLP

In order to get the most out of DLP tools, they need to be tightly linked with other security systems

From Steve Jobs: Third-party iPhone SDK in early ’08

CA opens product development center in India

Hyderabad home to CA's largest product development center outside the United States

HP tops Dell as world’s largest PC supplier

Hewlett-Packard expanded its slim lead over Dell in worldwide PC shipments and narrowed Dell's lead in U.S. market share

Cafe Latte attack steals data from Wi-Fi PCs

Security researcher uncovers technique that exploits holes in WEP encryption to log onto supposedly secure wireless networks

Developers get remote access to Apple iPhone

Mobile Complete's DeviceAnywhere, a hosted platform for building and testing apps, adds support for popular device

Senators: Customers need more mobile phone info

Several lawmakers have called for a mobile-phone subscriber bill of rights that would require mobile phone carriers to give customers more complete contract info

Nokia releases new version of Linux tablet

Nokia's N810 is open to third-party developers, comes with a full keyboard, and is Wi-Fi-enabled

The Cold War takes tech turn, moves online

Jobs: Apple to release iPhone SDK by February

It will take Apple until February to create a secure, open platform so developers can write apps that access the iPhone's most advanced features without being prone to security threats

Linux desktop survey under way

Net honchos to discuss Web opportunities at Web 2.0 Summit

Web 2.0 Summit attendees see opportunities in the adaptation of online services to mobile devices as well as new business models for the online video space

Phishers move beyond eBay, PayPal

Number of messages pretending to be from eBay or PayPal dropped from 85 percent of all phishing e-mails a year ago to 21 percent in September

Microsoft, Siemens, IBM, and Intel lead tech R&D spenders

Microsoft is getting more serious about investing in R&D, according to an annual study of the world's largest corporate R&D spenders

Ohio brings in experts to review troubled e-voting systems

Review by a testing lab and experts from three universities is aimed at finding and fixing potential problems with Ohio's e-voting hardware, software, and processes