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Are security pros worrying about the right stuff?

Worms are scary, but experts say personnel issues should get more attention

The dos and don’ts of data breaches

How security professionals can lessen the impact

Vista use grows as Mac OS X stays flat

Windows Vista has had steadily increasing Web usage share since its January release and should overtake a leveled-out OS X in August

Important news about Windows ‘7’: 32-bit to live on

Businesses cheer latest news from Microsoft, but PC vendors and software makers are less than enthusiastic

Intel brings datacenter advances to server networks

By this fall, new Intel chips will let networks take on multiple queues, virtualization capability, packet prioritization, and new storage networking features

Organized crime infiltrates financial IT

IT workers handling and protecting sensitive information are being trained and recruited by organized criminals to steal it, report finds 

OLPC sends laptops to production, delays release

XO laptop, created for children in developing nations, enters final manufacturing phase before October debut

HP looks to stay thin with Neoware purchase

HP's $241 million acquisition of thin-client vendor Neoware is overshadowed by its purchase the same day of Opsware for $1.6 billion

Update: HP to acquire Opsware for $1.6 billion

HP makes the third-largest acquisition in its history; also announces purchase of virtualization software vendor Neoware

Google finds R&D opportunities, pitfalls abroad

Interview: Director of Google's international engineering operations discusses the company's growing network of R&D centers

‘Huge’ hole found in Fox News server

A security hole in Fox News' Web site that revealed file directories and sensitive content appears to have been fixed

Belgian ISP appeals content-filtering mandate

Case tests a recent EU ruling that held ISPs responsible for content transmitted on their networks

Intel signs up vendors for Classmate PC in India

HCL Infosystems, Wipro, and Zenith Computers will start shipping Intel PCs to Indian schools next month

Sub photo could help sink Google in China

After controversy over Google Earth photo, Google may have troubles if it attempts to expand in China via investment or acquisition

Backstabbed in the background check?

VMware benchmark tool raises fairness questions

VMware offers free tool to evaluate datacenters virtualization and seeks to assure competitors that the standards will be fair

Security team claims successful iPhone hack

Experts say an attacker could gain access to the iPhone through a wireless access point or Web site controlled by the attacker

Microsoft, Ask.com pressure Google on privacy

Microsoft joins Ask in offering a way for users to search anonymously and calling for a common set of privacy practices

Piecing together IBM’s security puzzle

Despite having some of the best security talent, products, and services around, IBM has no plans to become a full-on security vendor

VDI in the OR

It’s full steam ahead for Huntsville Hospital’s VDI implementation

Acer files patent counterclaim against HP

Acer alleges HP has infringed its antenna and DVD-ROM head technology patents

New US WiMax partners aim to match 700MHz

Sprint Nextel and Clearwire combination will offer seamless roaming experience across territories that eventually will cover 300 million U.S. residents

Court pushes back Qualcomm request for stay of ban

A federal appeals court denied Qualcomm's stay request, saying, it cannot provide a stay until after the 60-day presidential review period is over

Microsoft shedding light on Windows 7

Open XML recovers from setback to ISO approval

In the runup to the ISO vote on whether to approve Open XML, the executive committee of INCITS approved the Open XML draft 'with comments'

Google accused of hosting ‘pirated’ movies

Google Video is hosting copyrighted videos, including recently released full-length movies, which could place it in violation of the DMCA

Google invests in home cell-station vendor

The search giant participated in a $25 million round of venture funding for Ubiquisys, which makes femtocells — small cellular base stations for homes and offices

Google to FCC: Accept our rules and we’ll bid

Google says it will participate in the upcoming spectrum auction with a minimum bid of $4.6 billion — but only if certain open-usage guidelines are put in place

Ready, steady… Sprint! Creating open-source ECM

Open-source Plone communities are using 'sprints' — highly focused development and testing meetings lasting several days — to great effect

Sun adds compiler to JavaFX platform

Graphical application development platform advances

Can’t EA and SOA just get along?

Schmidt: Google will do better in China

Baidu continues to dominate, but Google's tenacity will bring 'significant victories' in China over the next few years, CEO says

Google testing new homepage design in Taiwan, Hong Kong

New homepage design in Taiwan and Hong Kong that takes advantage of faster broadband speeds

Dell offers free laptops with broadband subscription

Dell signs deal with British mobile retailer aimed at consumers who have never owned a computer or bought broadband service

Mayer: Translation, universal search in Google’s future

Google VP says one day users will be able to search all the Web pages in every language to return the best results

IBM’s India lab develops disaster management tool

Resiliency Maturity Index tells organizations where to best spend money to improve their ability to cope with disasters

Five ways to cool your datacenter

Firefox developers sell Parakey startup to Facebook

Social networking site Facebook makes its first acquisition: a tiny startup that had been developing a Web-based OS

Ask.com to let users scrub search records

New AskEraser feature on Ask.com's portal will let users perform anonymous searches

Google’s chief legal officer slapped with SEC fines

David C. Drummond and other execs fined $2.3 million for accounting issues arising when he was CFO at software maker SmartForce

Google cookie expiration plans called “worthless”

Auto-renew feature makes cookie life virtually endless, say critics

Much ado over click-fraud statistics

Click Forensics has determined that the average click-fraud rate for Web ads was 15.8 percent for the quarter, but the companies serving those ads dispute the numbers

AMD reports third straight quarterly loss

Despite winning back some processor market share, AMD suffered a drop in second-quarter income, leaving the company with a net loss of $600 million

Outlook good for IT earnings

As bellwether tech companies report their quarterly revenues, 2007 looks like it could be one of the brightest years for IT in the post-dot-com-bust era

Microsoft Q4 profit up slightly despite Xbox charge

Despite paying more than $1 billion to fix faulty Xbox 360 consoles, Microsoft turned a profit and improved over the year-ago quarter

Update: Google Q2 earnings continue to climb

The search giant's revenue is up 58 percent from the same quarter last year

IEEE 802.20 changes rules to prevent steamrolling

The working group for the standard has changed voting rules from each individual getting a vote to each entity represented getting a vote

Verizon-Broadcom deal allows continued imports

The two companies have reached an agreement that would allow Verizon to keep importing phones that are the subject of ongoing patent litigation

Microsoft teams up with JiWire to deliver Wi-Fi ads

In an effort to open up more revenue streams in the online advertising market, Microsoft is joining with JiWire to deliver location-based ads to municipal Wi-Fi users

AT&T softens position on open access spectrum

Company's new interpretation of what the FCC auction rules would allow riles some, pleases others