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Linux use doubles, and then some, on the desktop

New cellphones deliver speedier HSDPA downloads

Samsung, LG, and Pantech all unveil their first phones that are compatible with 7.2Mbps variants of HSDPA

EC accuses Rambus of DRAM ‘patent ambush’

Rambus has nine weeks to respond to the Commission's charges that it breached the EC Treaty's rules on abuse of a dominant market position

IBM may open source Jazz collaboration software

Source code management capability and other functional parts of Jazz are likely to stay commercial, while the lowest layers of the framework are open sourced

Spam fighters hit criminals’ weak spot

Anti-spam groups want to target sources instead of relying on filters to decrease stream of junk e-mail

Java Kernel plan proceeds

The kernel formerly known as Java Browser Edition to be released in early 2008

Cogent: Cable was attacked with saw and gun

Network blackout not caused by gunshot, as originally suspected

Sun is JAVA? Huh?

Google Street View: The Internet giant comes to you

Google is taking to the streets to snap shots of roads in nine major U.S. cities for feature to enhance its Google Maps service

Sun wants investors to recognize it as the Java company

Company will become Java on the Nasdaq, dumping its old ticker name of SUNW

U.S. government IT spending spikes this quarter

Study finds federal IT expenditures have shifted to fourth quarter, and companies must react quickly to orders as agencies meet deadlines for annual budgets

AT&T kills the 300-page iPhone bill

Wireless provider makes move to simplify paper bills and avoid more embarrassing stories of epic documentation

I, Programmer

Lotus unveils weapon in unified communications arsenal

The battle for supremacy in unified communications heats up as IBM reveals next version of Lotus Sametime

Survey: Desktop Linux use grows

Nokia extends lead in handsets as Motorola struggles

Nokia continues to dominate the market, but all cell phone vendors will have to take iPhone's popularity into account in the months to come

FTC stops e-mail marketing of weight-loss products

U.S. district judge orders company to stop sending spam marketing weight-loss and anti-aging products that allegedly did not work

Firefox ad-blocker extension causes angst

Web site owner equates blocking ads with stealing, redirects all Firefox users to protest site that lists grievances against Adblock Plus plug-in

Sony runs Walkman off sugar-based bio battery

Sony reports breakthrough with bio cell that produces electricity by breaking down sugar

India passes US to become Nokia’s No. 2 market for mobile phones

China remains Nokia's biggest cellphone market worldwide

London police arrest man for ‘stealing’ Wi-Fi

Man who used his laptop to access someone else's wireless Internet connection is arrested as part of a campaign against Wi-Fi thieves

Google Apps no match for Microsoft Office, report says

Research report warns that deploying Google Apps with its 'rudimentary' feature set as an Office replacement could be a career-limiting move

IBM sets up infrastructure services operation in India for SMBs

Big Blue's new operation will initially offer server consolidation, middleware services, and site and facilities services

Paying Skype users get a week’s free VoIP service

As a goodwill gesture, Skype customers' subscriptions will be extended even if they were unaffected by the two-day outage of the VoIP service

Intuit CEO to step down in December

Steve Bennett is credited with tripling revenue, but also presided over a database mishap that forced Intuit to refund $15 million in fees to customers

Monster shuts down rogue server after data breach

Rogue server was used to gather personal details of job seekers, who were then sent e-mails with links to malicious software

Questioning the ROI of SOA

YouTube fans rant, threaten to leave over new ads

Most YouTube users say they would rather find another video sharing Web site than be forced to watch the new InVideo overlay ads

Update: Seagate planning flash-based solid-state drives

As flash memory becomes cheaper, the advantages of lighter, more power-efficient and rugged SSDs make them ideal for mobile devices

WebAssist to assist CSS users

Tool makes Web development technology easier to use

Enterprise e-mail gets pumped

We may still call it e-mail five years from now, but it certainly won't look like anything we are using today

Sun wants investors to recognize it as the JAVA company

Nokia offers Windows Live services on handsets

Users of Nokia's S60 handsets in Europe and the Midle East will have direct access to the WIndows Live Web pages

IBM buys Web conferencing vendor WebDialogs

The Web conferencing service provider will become a part of IBM's Lotus division and Sametime product line, giving customers a SaaS conferencing option

Google exec touts universal search model

Saying that users are tired of being inundated by information, the company seeks to offer 'better, richer answers' to search queries

Oracle sees gold in unified communications

Company is so sold on the concept that nearly 75 percent of its facilities have migrated to VOIP

Update: AMD sales chief steps down

Company confirms that chief sales and marketing officer Henri Richard is leaving the company in September

Microsoft uses Silverlight for experimental search site

Microsoft's new site, called 'Tafiti,' combines Live Search with Silverlight to help users organize research that draws from several resources

FTC settles with ‘boiler room’ marketers

The Results Group has been banned from telemarketing and has been ordered to return customers' money for misrepresenting the nature of its business

Security SaaS maturing fast

Though security delivered as SaaS is still in its early stages, companies are finding that it maximizes efficiency in personnel and budget

Move over Google, Vmware’s chasing talent anew

Open-source Plone content management app gets major upgrade

Plone 3.0 CM software features automatic versioning, improvements in ease of use and security

Lots of questions as Europe readies for the iPhone

Apple may need to tweak some technical features for iPhone's European launch; higher speed Web surfing on mobile phones is an issue

Google’s Blogger hit by outage

Google's blog publishing and blog hosting services were knocked offline Wednesday for over an hour

France ready to break European patents obstacle

Move will make multinational European patent applications easier and also reinvigorate efforts to create a single Community Patent

Singapore Airlines puts a PC in every seat

Singapore Airlines' investments in cabin service are designed to help it stand out from the competition and attract more passengers

Update: YouTube to launch in-video advertising scheme

New YouTube overlay ads will show up on the bottom 20 percent of videos and will give people a choice whether to click and watch the ad

Tokyo power system creaks under summer heat

Japanese businesses and consumers are beginning to show keen interest in energy-saving products

Google Earth gets starry-eyed

Google's Sky add-on lets users explore space and see photos of the precise star formation overhead based on their locale

Sharp shows slender big-screen LCD TV prototype

Sharp's prototype wall-mounted TV is just 2 centimeters thick and gets its signal via a high-speed wireless link