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Two charged with espionage sought funding in China

Two California men indicted for conspiring to steal high-tech trade secrets and develop them with capital they sought from a government project aimed at boosting tech research in China

PC to Mac, no goin’ back

Gmail zero-day flaw allows attackers to steal messages

Google has not said when it will patch the Gmail CSRF bug, which enables hackers to forward any past — and future — e-mail messages to the attacker's own in-box

Microsoft plays Live Search to its base of current users

Microsoft for now is not even trying to lure users away from rival Google, but it would like to entice users of its MSN portal to more frequently use Live Search

Panasonic plans new Toughbook laptops

Panasonic is refreshing its Toughbook rugged laptop PC line and gearing up for a big growth in international sales for the machines aimed at corporate users

New tools help hack into iPhone

HD Moore, one of the developers of the Metasploit hacking software, is supporting the iPhone within the Metasploit framework and providing tools to run 'shellcode' prompts

Questions remain about eBay members’ info theft

Tuesday's posting of eBay users' personal information raises larger questions of the scope of the theft, how it was carried out, and what else has been done with the data

Tech giants chart research goals

At the EmTech Conference, IT giants like Cisco, HP, and Intel talked about their R&D projects, which focus on efficiency, parallelism, and mobile communications

Java for iPhone urged by Sun official

Sun exec deems Apple's snubbing a 'mistake'

Five ways that software vendors can boost security

Marc Maiffret of eEye Digital Security offers his top tips on what the software industry can do to reduce security risks

Update: Vonage gets partial remand in Verizon case

Judge rules that infringement claim must be retried for third patent and vacates $58 million in damages and 5.5 percent royalty imposed in original judgment

DEMOfall asks startup company to leave show

Microsoft will replace scratched Halo 3 discs

Company creates Xbox Disc Replacement Program for users who need to swap out damaged discs

FCC members call for national broadband policy

Advocates say government must help small U.S. businesses, which are often handicapped by broadband's high costs and lack of availability

IBM: Symphony downloaded 100,000 times in first week

IBM has tripled the number of download servers for its Symphony suite of free productivity apps, which compete with Microsoft Office and promote the ODF format

Dell to go ‘carbon neutral’ by late 2008

Dell outlines ways in which company will balance its carbon emissions, including expanding its reforesting program and producing energy-efficient items

No, not another Microsoft killer

U.S. faces competitive disadvantage from lack of women in IT

In both academic and business settings, women in high-tech fields lag far behind their male counterparts in numbers and clout

More on being blacklisted in an industry

15 things Apple should fix in iPhone 2.0

Constructive criticism on how Apple can improve the iPhone, ranging from 3G and GPS services to a flash camera and video capture

IBM begins another wave of SOA releases

IBM unveils WebSphere Business Services Fabric to help companies in health care, insurance, banking, and telecommunications automate processes using SOA

‘Ghost servers’ can haunt your bottom line

Idle or forgotten pieces of equipment are dead when it comes to improving the bottom line, but very much alive when it comes to eating up IT budgets

Microsoft open source efforts noted

Tensions, crackdowns precede China’s big meeting

China's upcoming Communist Party Congress will set the nation's agenda for the next five years, including what role technology will play

Cisco to roll out branch office networking gear

Cisco adds security and application-performance features to its branch offerings and rolls out an Integrated Services Router and managed switch for outlying offices

MontaVista releases new Linux-based mobile phone OS

MontaVista's Mobilinux 5.0 includes improved security, better power management, support for various types of connectivity, and faster startup times

Fraud police buckling under mountains of data

Law enforcement agencies don't have the resources to investigate the up to 300,000 suspicious activity reports filed each month by financial institutions in the U.S.

Enough with ‘community’ already

SWsoft sees future in multiplatform management

Parallels Server will allow disparate OSes to run on the same server; SWsoft is also working on management tools that will control other vendors' virtualization products

Oracle-SAP court fight gets Feb. 2009 trial date

Oracle's lawsuit against rival SAP for illegally downloading customer support materials will move to trial almost two years after the suit was initially filed

Java for iPhone urged by Sun official

Apple's stance called a mistake

Researchers say AIM vulnerable to worm attack

A flaw in the way AIM handles HTML messages could be exploited with malicious code to take over a victim's computer or create a far-reaching instant-messaging worm

Enabling technologies have their day, too, at Demo

‘Fraudster’ posts confidential eBay member data on forum

The names and contact information — as well as credit card information that is largely incorrect — were posted on a eBay security forum Tuesday

Security experts pitch ‘culture of data’

A holistic approach to security starting with a full review of data architecture does the best job of balancing protection with users' access needs

Red Hat profit, revenue continue to rise in strong Q2

Global expansion and increased demand for Enterprise Linux help push Red Hat to 28 percent revenue growth over the same quarter last year

Update: Vonage loses Sprint-Nextel patent suit, plans appeal

A federal court has ruled that Vonage willfully infringed on Sprint-Nextel's VoIP patents and must pay $69.5 million in damages

EDS settles SEC accounting inquiry

Texas-based IT service provider coughs up hefty penalty for financial irregularities but neither admits nor denies wrongdoing

Laszlo Webtop links Web 2.0 and VoIP

Tool upgraded for enterprises, developers, and service providers assembling Web desktops

Cisco, China’s Haier in home networking deal

Agreement would enable companies to collaborate on projects, share best practices — and expand their reach in foreign markets

After criticism, Sun changes Java updates

After being criticized for putting users at risk by staggering security updates, Sun has decided to give advance notice of Java SE updates and release them all at once

Motorola WiMax chip aims at new device market

Sprint's risky strategy of letting device makers create their own WiMax hardware instead of using carrier-subsidized phones lets manufacturers look directly to consumers

GPL lawsuit may be settled out of court

The Software Freedom Law Center's first-of-its-kind lawsuit against Monsoon Multimedia for GPL violations could reach a settlement before going to trial

Apple and open source?

DEMO startups say it’s all about community — Ugh!

EU divided over telecom regulation

EC's ambitious new ideas for ensuring fair competition in the telecom market are being met with resistence

Frontline, AT&T appeal FCC spectrum auction rules

Frontline argues that FCC auction of the 700MHz band will shut out small bidders; AT&T protests rules requiring bidders to reach a service agreement with public safety officials

DEMOfall launches with video innovators

iPhone hacks void warranty, Apple says

Apple hints that this week's firmware update will cripple unauthorized modifications to the iPhone

Critical vulnerability found in Ask.com toolbar for IE

Buffer overflow flaw in the Ask.com toolbar for IE could allow an attacker to take control of a person's computer