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Qualcomm aims at Intel with SnapDragon chips

Qualcomm hopes to challenge Intel in market for ultramobile PCs and mobile devices with the ultra-low power consumption of its chips

Taiwanese tech mogul donates $454 million to fight cancer

Chairman of Hon Hai Precision Industry pledges money to Taiwan's most prestigious university to build a new cancer ward

NEC debuts Valuestar water-cooled multimedia PC

New quiet PC is designed to fit into the living room and take the place of a TV

Gateway to sell professional unit to MPC

MPC acquires for $90 million Gateway's unit targeting education, medium-size businesses, and government users

Bind 8 DNS server retired by serious security flaw

Users are advised to upgrade to Bind 9.4 as a vulnerability in Bind 8 could misdirect users to fraudulent sites even if users typed in the correct URL

The cost of a good resume

Intel releases quad-core Tigerton processor

Intel sets the stage for a showdown with AMD's upcoming Barcelona, releasing a Xeon chip for high-end servers with multiple processors

Exhibitors show off little, large and 3D displays

Products at IFA span the gamut from cell phone memory sticks to a 3D display that does not require glasses

Yahoo buys ad firm BlueLithium for $300 million

Purchase of online ad firm will help Yahoo extend its reach as it continues to challenge rivals Google and Microsoft

Microsoft releases Silverlight 1.0 video technology

Company also working with Novell on Linux variant of Web apps software

Star student Cisco set to meet analysts

As it heads into an annual analyst meeting, Cisco's financial outlook is quite rosy, and the company has even upped its forecast for quarterly revenue growth

Palm nixes the Foleo

On the eve of the expected ship date for the Foleo, Palm has decided to kill the smartphone companion in order to 'focus on a single product platform'

FBI: Enterprises need counterintelligence

The FBI is asking more companies to join its Counterintelligence Domain Program so that together, they can proactively fight against hacks and data theft

Microsoft games exec hints at iPhone rival

The CFO of Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices division says that a Windows Mobile-based rival to the iPhone is not 'unreasonable' but declined to offer any specifics

Report: No iPhone unlock for you

The company iPhonesSIMFree, which claims to have developed a hack to unlock the iPhone, says it will not sell its hack directly to consumers but rather to resellers

NBC says shows will stay in iTunes

As the NBC-Apple spat continues, NBC confirms that its shows will remain available on iTunes at least through the end of the current season

Groups raise concerns about 700MHz auction

Frontline Wireless says FCC's reserve price for section of wireless spectrum is too high, and Coalition for 4G in America calls for stricter rules on re-auction

BEA offers per-instance pricing for virtualization

The decision moves away from standard per-CPU model and may herald a change in how virtualization software is priced

Consumer groups back patent bill

The Patent Reform Act, which revises the system for awarding patents and for filing patent lawsuits, is supported by large tech vendors and consumer advocacy groups

New Apple iPods coming tomorrow?

Woz, Jobs gain Lego fame

Web services policy spec advances

DOD: E-mail attack caused no damage

Pinpointing origin of attacks is difficult, department says

Flag Telecom awards $1.5 billion contract to Fujitsu

Four new cable systems to nearly double length of Flag's network

Sony Ericsson president Miles Flint resigns

Company names Hideki Komiyama as replacement

7 security surprises

ISO votes to reject Microsoft’s OOXML as standard

Second vote slated for early next year

Oracle to buy network intelligence company Netsure

Database company says it will add Netsure's products to its communications applications suite

Expert finds ‘stupid’ holes in Oracle 11g

Architectural problems, one researcher says, let attackers 'bypass and avoid' Oracle's newest security tools

Indian bank site restored after malware attack

Bank not yet clear about the identity of the hackers

Mobile phones take back seat at revamped BenQ

Company turns focus toward other products

Free gift offers dupe users into giving personal data

Domain name hosting the data could be tied to well-known hacker groups

India and Taiwan sign semiconductor development pact

Associations agree to help each other seek out business opportunities

HP recycles PCs for Chinese consumers, small businesses

Company plans to expand program to more cities and include additional drop-off points

DRAM finally finds a home in mobile phones

Taking over from SRAM has been a tough battle for DRAM, but its all a very different story than it was 10 years ago

Why a Hon Hai, Quanta merger likely won’t happen

Quanta president's departure sparks more rumors that the PC maker and notebook vendor might unite

iTunes pricing spat with NBC seen as hurting Apple

Apple has announced it will not sell NBC's shows for the upcoming season due to NBC's request for higher wholesale prices, but the move hurts Apple more than NBC

Google News to host wire service stories

In an attempt to approve its relationship with news services, Google has struck an agreement with several news wires to host their content on Google News

Tibco adds to AJAX tool

Tibco updates General Interface 3.5, available as open source or an enterprise-license agreement with services, with performance and tooling enhancements

Microsoft purchasing RIM a nice rumor but unlikely

Though rumors about Microsoft buying the BlackBerry manufacturer do make sense on paper, the acquisition is unlikely due to RIM's high price tag

Facebook attracts developers — and controversy

Third-party developers must balance social-networking giant's generous money-making opportunities with communications and administrative pitfalls

Less is more for Ruby on Rails, inventor says

David Heinemeier Hansson is updating his Web application framework as much by removing some features and making them optional plug-ins as by adding new features

Rails creator on Java and other ‘junk’

In an interview, Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson discusses future developments and goals for his framework

HD DVD vendors drop prices

In an effort to top Blu-ray as the format of choice to replace DVDs, HD DVD makers are cutting prices on their hardware to gain more adopters

IBM stores data on an atom

As researchers look for ways to replace silicon in order to shrink chips, IBM has been able to perform functions like switching and data storage on atoms and molecules

Web 2.0 firms try to tie mashups into SOAs

Nexaweb and Kapow Technologies are partnering up to help companies create Web 2.0 apps that tie into their SOA and help automate business processes

CIO who’s not compatible with central office

OLPC parts shortage manageable, says maker

Production schedule, during peak season for notebook demand, also appears problematic

The fuss about OSS community roles

French YouTube rival lands $34 million funding

Dailymotion also looking to strike futher deals with rights owners