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US may file complaint over EU’s new high-tech tariffs

EU's imposition of new duties on high-tech imports such as flat-screen monitors and digital set-top boxes could lead to higher prices

European PC buyers should win from falling US dollar

Despite falling dollar, U.S. consumers won't feel much of a pinch because PC component prices probably won't rise

Fragmentation threatens mobile Linux momentum

Mobile Linux's popularity continues to grow, but infighting, a lack of interoperability, and bureaucratic foot-dragging may hold back increased adoption

Lawsuit charges open source license violation

The Software Freedom Law Center has filed suit on behalf of BusyBox charging Monsoon Multimedia with violating BusyBox's open source license

Hacker bears bad news about PDF

Petko Petkov, who discovered the recently patched QuickTime flaw, claims to have found a similar vulnerability in Adobe's PDF

Sun AJAX technology readied

Intel sees meal ticket in virtual worlds

The 3-D Web creates a much richer online experience and pushes chip and server innovation — and it has myriad possibilities to be explored in business settings

Lawsuit filed over alleged GPL misuse

M&A, profits stir IT investors

Concerns about the overall U.S. economy are affecting the stock market, but the IT sector remains healthy

Adobe readies second AIR beta

Google targets verticals with new ad support

Google's new ad effort is intended to help certain specific vertical industries highlight as many of their assets as possible to drive both online and offline sales

Security outsourcing on the rise

As companies get more comfortable with outsiders managing security, the amount of security services being outsourced is growing steadily

VMware bugs highlight virtualization security risks

VMware's noted strength in consolidating virtual machines is also its biggest vulnerability, offering a single point of failure that attackers can target

Update: Oracle posts robust numbers for quarter

New software licensing drives revenue, resulting in the highest gains for any quarter over the last decade

Senators push for Internet tax ban

John McCain, John Sununu, and Trent Lott want to make permanent a temporary measure banning taxes on Internet access that is due to expire November 1

Xobni: Web 2.0 lipstick for MS e-mail pig?

Intel project aims to boost power efficiency in Linux

Intel is spearheading the open-source project LessWatts.org, which seeks to increase the efficiency of the Linux OS and related applications

Intel’s 3D user interface gets an application

The Miramar 3D interface, which Intel had developed in the late 1990s, will be used in the Qwaq Forums collaboration tool

Forking desktop Linux revisited

Inventors protest patent reform bill

The Patent Reform Act, which has already passed the House and is awaiting a Senate vote, would 'kill the value of patents,' argue inventors

Forrester points out missing pieces in SAP’s A1S hosted ERP

SAP's Business ByDesign on-demand suite lacks simplicity, ease of use, says Forrester analyst

Is the US at risk from cyberwarfare?

Cyberattack on Estonia offers cautionary tale of how vulnerable countries are to cyberwarfare as they become more networked and more wired

Gartner: PC shipments on track for growth this year

Lower prices and the improved performance of laptops will fuel 12.3 percent growth in PC sales this year, market researcher says

UK prepares to let 3G services run on 2G spectrum

Change in EU rules to let mobile phone operators run 3G services on frequencies reserved for 2G services could mean better coverage, lower costs

Palm warns of profit drop

Palm continues to struggle with its shift away from the PDA market and into smartphones

Toshiba develops multimedia chip using Cell technology

Toshiba's high-performance SpursEngine chip works alongside a microprocessor to process video streams and images, and tackle other multimedia chores

Convincing the CFO and COO

PayPal claims gains against phishers

PayPal is using partnerships with ISPs and security technologies such as electronic signatures to eliminate phishing attempts before they reach users' in-boxes

AT&T: Network perimeter security should be virtual

AT&T says companies will save time and money by ceding the process of fighting threats such as botnets, spam, and DoS attacks to ISPs

DRAM prices plunge to new lows, expected to keep falling

DRAM price declines mean PC vendors will likely add more memory to computers and chipmakers are more likely to move forward on new technology

Sprint sees enterprise IT role in WiMax

Sprint considers its mobile wireless standard, branded as Xohm, to be similar to Wi-Fi but more secure and to have easy roaming onto a larger carrier network

With bankruptcy, SCO now facing Nasdaq delisting

Having filed for Chpater 11 bankruptcy protection, The SCO Group could be taken off the Nasdaq stock exchange as early as next week

RFID heading to cell phones

Researchers explore ways in which standard wireless devices could become RFID readers and provide easy access to wide range of data

Apple, Danish board disagree over iBook flaw

A flaw in iBook G4s prevents the laptop from starting up, and while Apple has refunded a Danish customer's money, it says that the flaw is not a manufacturing defect

IBM expands Microsoft collaboration war to office market

As IBM ramps up its efforts against Microsoft Office with Lotus Notes 8 and the Symphony suite, it hopes to convince businesses to use purely IBM software

Intel shows AIR, Ubuntu running on ultramobile PC

At the IDF, Intel is expected to show ultramobiles using its forthcoming Menlow chip platform running Adobe's runtime environment and Ubuntu Linux

Why open source will triumph over SaaS

Intel adds WiMax, 3G support to Linux device plans

WiMax, 3G, and Wi-Fi support are being added to ultramobile PCs as Intel hopes to push Linux-based ultraportables further into the mainstream

Report: VA’s IT security still needs work

Since the May 2006 data breach, the Department of Veterans Affairs has failed to complete 20 out of 22 security recommendations

Laptop vendors to offer Centrino with WiMax next year

HP, Dell, and Apple are not among the laptop vendors expected to announce support for an upcoming version of Intel's Centrino platform

Intel will release updated Centrino in January

Intel's Santa Rosa Refresh will update its Centrino laptop package with a new processor and better graphics

Cisco fleshes out Microsoft cooperation

In addition to voicemail and Web conferencing, Cisco is aiming to include presence information in its unified communications partnership with Microsoft

Intel details Moorestown platform for ultramobile PCs

The Moorsestown system-on-a-chip design is smaller and more efficient than predecessors, including the forthcoming Menlow chips

Update: SAP christens its hosted ERP suite Business ByDesign

SAP CEO Henning Kagermann gives pricing, release plans for the company's new hosted applications suite, formerly codenamed A1S

Microsoft’s secret desktop plan?

Security gurus look for better ways to classify malware

Trend Micro security veterans propose building a framework to categorize Web threats that takes into account their new focus on economic crime

EC backs $4.7 billion in funding to salvage Galileo GPS project

President Bush takes steps to eliminate uncertainty in GPS performance, which had been a main justification for the EU pursuing its alternative Galileo system

SAP charts new waters with hosted ERP

SAP gets a head start over Microsoft and other rivals in the nascent hosted ERP market with the launch of its new A1S hosted business apps suite

Nokia expands enterprise, security offerings

Interview: VP of Nokia's Enterprise Solutions division discusses the company's plans for E Series phones and Intellisync Mobile Suite

Is HP reining in PC orders for Q3 and Q4?

Hewlett-Packard has cut orders to supply chain partners mainly in desktop PCs but also to a lesser degree in laptops