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Wall Street Beat: Acer masters the Art of War

The impact of the Gateway acquisition could take years to ripple through the PC market

Fujitsu files to block Nanya DRAM from Japan

Court upheld Fujitsu's claims that Nanya DRAM chips infringed upon patents

Sun: Coders key to Solaris’ rise

Special report: Sun will court developers to make Solaris as ubiquitous as its Java programming language

Microsoft postpones Longhorn release date

Windows Server 2008, initially slated for release by the end of the year, is now being pushed back to early 2008 due to 'quality issues'

States, U.S. clash over Microsoft antitrust ruling

The Department of Justice and some of the states participating in the initial case feel the implemented rules have worked, but several other states disagree

Dell profit up 46 percent due to cheaper components

The company is wary about comparing the results to those of past quarters as it still has to restate earnings dating back to fiscal 2003 due to recently discovered falsified data

FCC proposes 911 fines for mobile carriers

The agency has proposed a total of $2.8 million in fines for Sprint-Nextel, Alltel, and U.S. Cellular for failing to have 95 percent of their networks capable of using E911

Poll: JavaFX Script not exciting many

Lockheed Martin begins to deploy IPv6

The U.S. government has mandated that all contractors upgrade their networks to IPv6 by 2008, and Lockheed-Martin is providing an example of how to do so

IBM bolsters blade family with Cell upgrade

The BladeCenter QS21 features the Cell processor, more memory, and faster throughput and is intended for time-critical and intense workloads

DOJ: Microsoft antitrust settlement has benefited consumers

The DOJ points out that since the 2002 antitrust settlement with Microsoft, competition among Web browsers and Web services has flourished

Microsoft settles with Eolas

The patent dispute, which began in 1999 when Eolas charged Microsoft with using patented technology in Internet Explorer, has been settled out of court

Acer, China Huala Group join Blu-ray Disc camp

At the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, the Blu-ray Disc Association touted an increase in hardware partners as evidence that Blu-ray acceptance is growing

What to know about AMD’s SSE5 instruction set

Update: Yahoo reorganizes … again

This time, sales head is out, company is creating new global sales structure

FTC seeks more data on Intel flash spinoff

Government agency looking at antitrust issues as part of regulatory review

Samsung launches video MP3 player, Blu-ray/HD DVD player

Company touts its first duo HD disc player

Tata to aid India’s telecoms expansion

Nine-year contract involves building data networks and support systems in north and west India

A magic compiler? No, not just yet

LG unveils iPhone-like 3G handset

The LG-KS20 brings features the iPhone does not have

Microsoft buys enterprise chat firm Parlano

Parlano's group chat product enables ongoing discussions via IM

AMD proposes faster x86 instructions

Future chips will understand expanded instruction set

HTC shows 3G Touch smartphone

iPhone rival runs Windows Mobile 6, features gesture-based touch screen navigation

Mtron unveils faster flash-based disk drives

Speed jumps translate to performance increase

Toshiba’s Gigabeat music player packs Wi-Fi

Credit-card sized device supports 802.11b/g for downloads

Vietnam’s IT prowess rises with $5 billion factory plan

World's largest electronics manufacturer follows Intel's path into Vietnam

Microsoft adds to framework to simplify development

ADO.Net Entity Framework and tools to eliminate impedance mismatch are implemented to help developers build business apps

Microsoft closes third party Windows update app

The maker of AutoPatcher, which helps users collect and package Windows patches, was served with a cease-and-desist order from Microsoft

Symantec unveils 2008 consumer security software

Norton AntiVirus and Norton Internet Security have both been given enhancements, including Browser Defender, which provides 'zero-day protection in the browser'

Monster outlines anti-fraud measures

A week after hackers made off with the personal information of more than a million Monster.com users, the site has stepped up its antifraud efforts

U.S. agencies: More application testing needed

The Department of Agriculture and the IRS plan to use application testing throughout the development cycle in order to avoid having to make costly fixes post-deployment

Update: Current EarthLink deal with SF looks dead

Following layoffs and a restructuring plan, EarthLink has confirmed that it will not invest any more capital into municipal Wi-Fi efforts

Red Hat adds to system monitoring service

Company also going on open source strategy tour

Microsoft blames human error for WGA glitch

Last week's bug, which caused owners of legitimate software to be deemed pirates, was caused by new software accidentally being loaded onto WGA servers

The darker side of Monster.com

Update: Vista SP1 due in Q1 2008, beta in September

Microsoft says the service pack, the first one for Windows Vista, 'is not a delivery vehicle for new features' and strictly fixes bugs and enhances performance

DT confirms iPhone talks

Apple may announce one or more iPhone partners at the IFA consumer electronics event in Germany

Indian outsourcers focus on reuse

Infosys and HCL, among others, are trying to break the mold of adding staff to increase revenue

The last mobile frontier

Nokia shows mobile users the door

Company details new brand for social networking services, mapping, music, gaming

Update: SAP pushes for settlement talks with Oracle

Oracle opposes the move, saying what it uncovered thus far may be just the tip of the iceberg

iPhone unlocking video hits Web

Uniquephones founder unsure whether he will distribute software that lets iPhone work with carriers other than AT&T

Acer head vows to step down if Gateway deal fails

Amid growing criticism, CEO J.T. Wang says he'll resign if merger does not succeed

EarthLink layoffs signal change in muni Wi-Fi

EarthLink's recent decision to lay off 900 workers shows that it is scaling back its municipal Wi-Fi plans, but it is not abandoning them altogether

Latest Vista SP1 build leaks out

Newest update to Microsoft OS, intended for use by invite-only list of testers, can be downloaded from BitTorrent networks ahead of official release

Apple sells more than one in six laptops in U.S.

With refreshed MacBook lines driving demand, Apple moves up to third-place tie with Gateway on list of notebook sales leaders

Google CFO heads for retirement

George Reyes, Google's CFO for the past five and a half years, will step down at the end of this year

Google in, Yahoo out for CNN.com text ads

Google will replace Yahoo in providing pay-per-click text ads on the heavily-visited CNN.com site

Open source court ruling impacts debated

Licensors could be deprived of ability to stop violations, but the case may not set a solid precedent

Ex-ECMA chief expects Open XML approval by March

Despite controversy around Microsoft's proposed document format, retired head of international group predicts that members will vote for the standard