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VoIP woes: Losing service without warning

VoIP is heralded as a new age of free-market competition in the telecom industry, but it is still not without significant drawbacks

Data warehouse appliance vendor Netezza plans IPO

The seven-year-old company hopes to raise $108 million for working capital, poerating expenses, and to pay off debt

Disney subcontractor caught selling customer data

An unspecified number of people were affected and sources indicate that CVV codes were not compromised

How to sway an employer to take a chance on you

Java vote draws Apache dissent

Congress to investigate Google-DoubleClick deal

Subcommittee chairman says the proposed acquisition has 'far-reaching privacy and competition issues'

Mobile sales drop hits Motorola earnings

Motorola restructures in response to being outflanked in the mobile device business by rivals including Apple

Sprint, Clearwire team up on WiMax network

Companies to jointly build the first nationwide WiMax network in the U.S., reaching 100 million customers by the end of 2008

Toshiba begins another recall of Sony batteries

Toshiba is recalling 5,100 Sony-made lithium-ion laptop batteries that could overheat and burn users

SAP bangs drum for A1S hosted apps

Phased rollout of SAP's suite of hosted business applications for the midmarket will begin in September

House panel approves patent reform

Changes raise the bar for patents while attempting to rationalize infringement litigation and damages

Xandros buys Linux e-mail vendor Scalix

Aquisition helps advance Xandros' strategy to become an end-to-end solutions provider

ProMOS bucks DRAM trend, raises spending forecast

Increased factory spending will benefit users, ensuring plentiful chip supplies and continued low prices

Wipro’s quarterly revenue, profits up

Indian outsourcer's total revenue was up 34 percent over last year

China hits 162 million Internet users

China's Internet has 'entered a new stage of rapid growth,' increasing nearly 32 percent in the past year

Epson plans Windows Rally wireless products

Microsoft technology makes it easier to install wireless networked devices

IBM shakes up sales organization to target SMBs

Sales reorganization coincides with introduction of new products designed to appeal to SMBs

Update: SAP profit climbs 8 percent on new license growth

SAP continues to add new customers even while rival Oracle grows its apps business through acquisitions

Intel: Desktop PC sales not slowing as predicted

Mobile growth and demand for notebooks have not caused sales of PCs to flatten, says Intel VP

Samsung preps cellphone for Net video producers

New Samsung cellphone lets users shoot, edit, and upload videos to Internet video sites without using a PC

Texas state Web site leaks sensitive information

State and local governments are struggling to remove personal information online so it cannot be misused by criminals

What gives Windows Mobile edge over iPhone

PC sales slow ahead of expected Intel price cut

Intel's battle for market share against rival AMD has been great for users looking for good deals in desktops

Lenovo retakes No. 3 spot from Acer in Q2 rankings

Acer is likely to overtake Lenovo as No. 3 for the entire year if its exceptionally fast growth continues

SOA’s 6 burning questions

From ROI to security, six burning questions to consider before choosing SOA

Emerging countries big contributors to IBM’s revenue

The emerging nations of China, Brazil, India, and Russia represented 5 percent of IBM's impressive Q2 revenue

Sources: Windows Vista SP1 beta due this week

Beta testers and others close to Microsoft believe that the first Vista service pack will hit beta this week with the full version to be released in November

Mozilla: Security remains on front burner

The latest version of Firefox fixes several serious vulnerabilities, and Mozilla points to its open-source model as key to being nimble in the security field

Eclipse Babel project eyed for language translations

PC shipments rise in Q2 for all vendors but Dell

Overall global shipment growth for the quarter was 12.5 percent despite Dell's 4.9 percent decrease

Mac worm hacker vanishes from blogosphere

After claiming to have written a worm that could attack Mac OS X systems, the blogger known as Infosecsellout has shut down his blog, citing fear of employer retribution

IBM’s Q2 strongest revenue growth in 6 years

Quarterly income rises 11.8 percent as CEO Sam Palmisano says the company is well on its way to achieving its goals for growth through 2010

Firefox update slams door on IE zero-day bug

We fixed our end, says Mozilla, but IE is still buggy

Pfizer waited six weeks to disclose data breach

Details unclear about why 17,000 Pfizer employees weren’t told about March breach until June

Ailing Motorola shuffles businesses

As its critical cell-phone business slows down, Motorola has reorganized into three groups: Mobile Devices, Home and Networks Mobility, and Enterprise Mobility Solutions

Is my SOA baked?

Wal-Mart to sell $300 PC with OpenOffice

As part of its back-to-school PC sales campaign, the retail giant is offering a low-cost PC that uses open-source software, is energy efficient, and is bloatware-free

Google extends newspaper print-ads service

More than 225 newspapers now available for print ads to any U.S.-based subscriber to AdWords program

Health experts: E-health records privacy rules needed

Patients don't have any way to keep their personal info from being shared with third parties, experts argue

Firefox update fixes problem with Internet Explorer

Mozilla patch addresses unusual and critical vulnerability linked to Microsoft browser, along with seven other issues in software

Oracle to buy ID theft detection company Bharosa

Acquisition will extend Oracle's Identity Management capabilities and beef up its growing identity management operation

Confessions of a former spammer

Retired spammer reveals his tricks of the trade and projects the spam business will only get worse

Green IT: a marketing ploy or new tech?

'We would do green because it makes business sense, not because it's green'

RIM: No plans for network operations center in Asia

Despite growing demand in Asia, RIM says centralized operations improves the efficiency of its network

Tokyo Edge: July’s coolest gadgets

Casio adds YouTube function to its newest digital still camera; Sony's PSP gets a mobile digital TV tuner

Rapid growth seen for India’s mobile market

Revenue from India's cellular services is expected to jump by more than 18 percent each year for the next five years

Devicescape takes on Wi-Fi guest access problem

Wi-Fi Buddies makes it easy to grant and rescind friends' access to secure home WLANs

Sanyo restarts chip plant after earthquake

Operations at Sanyo Electric's semiconductor plant automatically stopped when a powerful earthquake hit Japan

Microsoft photo technologies aim big

Redmond's research arm shows off technologies from innovative photo projects

Yahoo buys stake in Indian online ad company

Yahoo hopes Tyroo Media will help it capture more of India's fast-growing online ad market