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Google adds Postini e-mail services to Apps Premier suite

Google boosts its Apps Premier hosted apps suite with e-mail security, compliance, and recovery services at no extra charge

Microsoft unveils new Zune players and community

Microsoft restocks and redesigns its Zune Marketplace online store to include more than 1 million MP3 files that are not protected by DRM

IBM addressing beginner, advanced SOA needs

Products are tweaked for service environments and Web 2.0 with added middleware for business processes and easier integration of legacy apps

Adobe eyes real-time collaboration with new services

Pacifica and CoCoMo, both of which Adobe demonstrated at the Adobe MAX 2007 conference, allow for the inclusion of services like VoIP in RIAs

Apple kicks off Leopard month with Boot Camp warning

As Apple gears up to release its OS X 10.5, nicknamed 'Leopard,' it is reminding Boot Camp users that the utility will expire when Leopard is shipped

Analyst warns that Web 2.0 threatens corporate security

IDC's Christian Christiansen frets about the convergence of people's corporate and private lives and the security risks it raises as Web 2.0 gains traction in enterprises

Security researchers look beyond Vista

At the BlueHat meeting, many third-party security personnel came away impressed with Microsoft's adoption of their own security measures and techniques

Oracle highlights Enterprise 2.0 efforts

Company cites its WebCenter platform as ideal foundation for bringing Web 2.0-style collaboration to businesses and organizations

Thin provisioning, fat savings

WLAN patent threat may be resolved

CSIRO, the organization that claimed it owned some of the technology used in the 802.11n standard, has finally responded to the IEEE

Adobe’s Thermo gives designers a visual tool

Thermo will help designers build RIAs and better work with back-end developers by allowing them to create interactive pictures of apps without having to write code

SAP offers NetWeaver subscription for developers

NetWeaver, which originally was available only to companies that bought SAP software, can now be licensed by anybody who joins the SAP developer network

Who is killing SOA? Well, just about everyone

Apple HTML source reveals ‘iPhone Extreme’

Yahoo sharpens precision of search terms

Yahoo's new Search Assist feature senses when people are trying to find the right keywords and offers suggestions

Giving up on Vista? Here’s how to downgrade to XP

Microsoft has given XP a reprieve, but few PCs come with anything but Vista; here's how to turn back the clock and downgrade to the earlier OS

Toshiba’s Gigabeat media player powered by fuel cell

Toshiba unveils a prototype media player that runs up to 10 hours on a direct methanol fuel cell instead of a battery

Microsoft buys Jellyfish.com comparative shopping site

Microsoft sees its acquisition of Web site Jellyfish.com as a way to augment its e-commerce and search offerings

BEA tries on new Tuxedo

Mainframe-rehosting, SOA environments eyed for the 24-year-old transaction processing software

Sharp integrates scanner into LCD panel

Sharp's prototype 3.5-inch screen integrates an optical scanner that can scan objects such as business cards placed on its surface and recognize fingers or other objects

Protecting users against social engineering tactics

Qualcomm licenses AMD graphics technology

Qualcomm will use AMD's 3D graphics core technology in its wireless chip sets for mobile gaming devices

Sony and Qimonda join for DRAM design venture

Newly formed Qreatic Design venture will focus on high-performance, low-power, embedded DRAM chips

Global chip sales remain hot in August

August marks the third month in a row that global chip sales have been higher than norms, indicating holiday sales of electronic devices are expected to be strong

Samsung takes wraps off its iPhone rival Serenata

Samsung's 4GB Serenata handset has a number of music features similar to the iPhone, and also provides 3G support

Sony, Hitachi, Sharp, JVC unveil thin TVs

At Ceatec, skinny televisions are all the rage, as major manufacturers debut LCD sets that measure mere millimeters in thickness

Santa Rosa MacBook Pro review: The green and gold standard in high-end Intel notebooks

iPhone users now fear security patches, say analysts

Last week's iPhone security update disabled modified or hacked iPhones, leaving consumers wary of accepting any future updates

PCI experts say deadline is just the beginning

The Payment Card Industry Security Standard compliance deadline has passed, but few large firms have completed compliance work

SCO’s McBride: We’re not dead yet

Darl McBride, CEO and president of beleagured Unix vendor The SCO Group, claims that reports of the company's demise are greatly exaggerated

Nokia Siemens outsources some R&D to IBM

Nokia Siemens Networks will send as many as 235 employees in Germany to IBM, though the employees will still do R&D work for the telecom carrier as well

Toshiba bundles laptops with high-definition options

New Satellite and Qosmio laptops, with prices starting at $1,150, offer expanded entertainment options with inclusion of HD-DVD drives

Palm’s slide continues despite smartphone gains

Climbing smartphone sales can't head off Palm's net loss of $840,000 in most recent quarter

Hackers post tips for reversing iPhone upgrade

Users of hacked iPhones can roll back Apple's firmware upgrades and reactivate phone's iPod and Wi-Fi capabilities, but not necessarily make calls

Adobe releases AIR developer updates

Runtime program takes flight with newly released updates and extensions that link AIR to Adobe's Dreamweaver and Flash

Common AJAX platform seen for devices, desktops

Industry dignitaries gather to ponder the future of AJAX and concur that a single platform based on open-source browser projects is the likely outcome

Skype CEO steps down

Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom is stepping down as CEO to become non-executive chairman of the board of directors

FTC settles with alleged spyware operation

ERG Ventures hid Media Motor spyware in its free software that was downloaded to more than 15 million computers, and the FTC has levied a $330,000 fine

Web 2.0 brings set of security concerns

Internet blackout in Myanmar stalls citizen reporting

Myanmar's government has cut off all Internet access in the country, but people around the world continue to discuss the issue online

Survey: Consumers only think they’re cybersafe

Survey finds consumers have a false sense of security when it comes to the levels of anti-virus, antispyware, and anti-spam protection on their PCs

Microsoft lends a tech hand to U.K. startups

Microsoft's Startup Accelerator Program will help startups use software technology such as Silverlight and Live Services

eBay’s San Dimas desktop app enters public beta tests

The San Dimas desktop app is designed to let buyers interact both offline and online with eBay's U.S. marketplace

Nokia buys mapping service for $8.1 billion

Acquisition of Navteq will enable Nokia to add navigation capabilities to more of its mobile devices

Contested U.K. encryption disclosure law takes effect

New British legislation compels individuals and businesses to decrypt data wanted by law enforcement authorities for investigations

Web footage of slain reporter prompts outrage

Video footage of a Japanese journalist shot and killed during anti-government protests in Myanmar is posted on YouTube

Hynix joins PRAM development fray

Hynix signs a licensing agreement with Ovonyx to develop products out of phase-change memory technology

Adobe releases Media Player beta

Adobe announces partnerships with content developers that it hopes will drive demand for Media Player, now scheduled to ship before July 2008

Zen and the art of IT budgeting

Sony unveils the world’s first OLED television

Sony pushes the limits of thin-screen displays with an 11-inch OLED screen that is just 3 millimeters thick