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Salesforce.com fund to invest $25 million in startups

Salesforce.com aims to encourage the development of new apps using its Force.com hosted development platform

EU begins antitrust investigation into Qualcomm

Qualcomm is being investigated for suspected exploitative practices in the market for chip sets for mobile phones

Adobe teams with Business Objects to fight Microsoft

Adobe, Business Objects announce partnership that will add BI capabilities to rich Internet applications

Microsoft’s services: More marketing than meat

Microsoft: We have services, too

Rebranding of enterprise services, new personal collaboration tool signal intention to compete in on-demand service market

Move over Google: Adobe joins Web office buzz zone with Buzzword buy

Adobe buys Virtual Ubiquity and its Web-based word processor Buzzword, and unveils the Share file-sharing service

The computer underground, E-Crime ’07, and Adobe Max 2007

InfoWorld's Web Producer, Kwansah Madani fills in for Gina this week to discuss the computer underground, E-Crime '07, Adobe Max 2007 and of course, whatever is on Cringely's mind.

EFF sues to uncover alleged telco lobbying

The EFF is pressing charges against telecoms it believes are lobbying for amnesty from lawsuits related to alleged illegal wiretapping

Gap contractor blamed for data breach

Two laptops containing personal data on job applicants at the clothing retailer have been stolen, which Gap blames on an unnamed contractor

Mobile AJAX pondered

iPhone’s Bluetooth bug under the hacker microscope

Apple's iPhone firmware update provided many fixes, but the Bluetooth vulnerability still remains worrisome

Opinion: Why Apple’s ‘new Newton’ will rule

Cupertino company is on the right track with the iPhone and the iPod Touch, and it can own the mini-PC category with a few tweaks

Power-line networking groups connect standards

Rivals HomePlug Powerline Alliance and Matsushita Electric Industrial come together to develop fast in-home networks over electrical wires

Internet tax moratorium stalls in the Senate

Bill, set to expire Nov. 1, is removed from schedule, sent back to legislators for 'further negotiation'

Rival asks FCC to sanction Verizon Wireless

Frontline Wireless is claiming that Verizon should be sanctioned and barred from the upcoming spectrum auction for allegedly illegally lobbying the FCC

Visual Studio 2008 performance cited

SCO gets reprieve from Nasdaq

The Unix vendor had anticipated being delisted by Nasdaq due to its bankruptcy, but it has managed to stay listed in the stock exchange pending an appeal

Maybe MS should call it ‘Dead Search’

Update: Huawei, investment fund to buy 3Com for $2B

Huawei plans to take a minority stake in networking company 3Com, with the lion's share to be held by Bain Capital

Far EasTone may promote WiMax handsets, but not Skype

Far EasTone's high-speed wireless network will support WiMax phones, but if it distributes a handset of its own it will not put Skype on it

VoIP provider Jajah gives subscribers toll-free Internet calling

Jajah is working to extend its VoIP services to people who may not be able to afford a PC or an Internet connection

Disney drops family mobile service

Disney had a hard time convincing its target audience to pay a premium for specialized services; will now looking into offering its features through a U.S. mobile operator

Google buys Zingku mobile social networking service

Acquiring mobile social networking startup Zingku is Google's latest move to provide more services through mobile phones

A password nightmare

Latest gadgets, innovation expected at Japan’s Ceatec

The prime attraction at the annual Ceatec consumer electronics show is likely to be a flat-panel TV from Sony based on OLED technology

Wipro to acquire Oki’s wireless chip design arm

Acquisition of OTCS will give Wipro expertise and IP in wireless communications, digital TV, ultra-wideband, and RFID

Internet link raises visibility of Myanmar protests

Video of protests, first-hand accounts in blogs have shed light on the crisis in Myanmar and could make a difference to the outcome

Microsoft gives OEMs five more months to install XP

Microsoft extends the time it will allow OEMs and retailers to sell PCs with Windows XP pre-installed as customers continue to balk on upgrading to Vista

Microsoft blogger accidentally leaks Office Mobile upgrade

Microsoft employee's blog links to an as-yet unreleased update that fixes an incompatibility issue that left Windows Mobile 6.0 users unable to read Office 2007 file formats

Patent threat to 802.11n may be overblown

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization's claims to technology in 802.11n, if true, still would not kill the wireless standard

New update breaks hacked iPhones

Users with hacked iPhones are finding them inoperable after installing the iPhone 1.1.1 update, which disables the hacked handhelds and wipes out third-party software

eBay: Phishing likely to blame for members’ data theft

eBay's security experts have determined that the 'fraudster' who posted personal data for 1,200 users acquired it through phishing and not hacking

Tech looks good to investors

Despite qualms about the overall economy, investors and analysts are pleased with the status of the IT market

Startups show their stuff at Demo

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Microsoft, others protest Google’s DoubleClick deal

Competitors contend merger would severely quash competition in online display advertising market

Apple does major bug-fix for iPhone

Company patches popular smartphone's browser, mail client, and most seriously, Bluetooth networking server, which could have allowed entry to hackers

Kerberos backers form consortium

The Kerberos authentication platform is being extended to work more efficiently across multiple organizations and within handheld devices and mobile apps

Palm aims new Centro smartphone at students, ‘CEOs of households’

The Centro is Palm's effort to expand the smartphone market by making a small, cheap, and simple smartphone that can appeal to a wider audience

Xohm WiMax pricing, service to be ‘around user needs’

Sprint Nextel will offer daily, monthly, or yearly subscriptions instead of contracts for users of successor to 3G service

The underbelly of SOA: vendor driven architecture

‘Radical rethinking’ of Internet routing under way

IRTF is looking for a new routing architecture that will support potentially billions of new users in developing countries

France drags its feet on online security

French banks, merchants are not putting in place antifraud technology to catch bad online transactions because of high deployment costs and the reluctance of customers to use it

Verizon reverses decision to block text messages

Verizon initially rejected a request from Naral Pro-Choice to send text messages to wireless customers who sign up for them, prompting an outcry from net neutrality advocates

Microsoft’s stealth updates stymie XP repairs

Microsoft's background update blocks patches and fixes from installing after XP is restored with the 'repair' option

HP offers data backup system for legal discovery

New HP platform helps companies archive all their e-mail, images, and other files to help when they are hit with a lawsuit or regulatory audit

Cisco agrees to buy call center vendor Latigent

Cisco plans to integrate Latigent's call center reporting tools with its unified customer contact center systems

Indian Hotmail users invited to express themselves

Microsoft unveils custom domain names that will allow Indian users of Windows Live Hotmail to choose personalized e-mail addresses

IBM surveillance software to scan Chicago streets

IBM's futuristic video surveillance software will help track Chicago streets looking for everything from bombs to traffic jams

Google picks ex-IBMer to lead expansion in Europe

Appointment of former 'distinguished engineer' at IBM Research underlines Google's commitment to step up its European growth

Nokia adding WiMax support to N-series Internet tablet

By adding WiMax support to its Internet tablets Nokia will enable users to surf the Web or make calls using Skype away from Wi-Fi hotspots