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AMD cuts prices again, Intel expected to follow suit

AMD may be trying to clear out chips ahead of the launch of Barcelona

Sun update system exposes users

Sun Microsystems puts Java users at risk by staggering the release of its Java security patches, says security vendor eEye.

Health care record needs cited at an IBM conference

User interface issues, restrictions, and ways to make efficient use of databases instead of paper records get discussed at IBM workshop

BSA offers $1 million reward for turning in software pirates

Companies out of software license compliance may want to settle out of court

Enterprise Java update proposed

U.S. seeks 7 years in prison for Qwest’s CEO

Prosecutors are asking for a heavier sentence due to 'brazen lies to investors and the size of his ill-gotten gains'

Intel Capital to buy $218.5 million share of VMware

The chipmaker's investment arm will buy a stake in the virtualization firm, bringing the two companies closer together

New IT managers: Defend core values

Microsoft customers sour on Software Assurance

According to a Forrester Research report, it's cheaper for many companies to simply buy the software licenses they need rather than subscribing to Software Assurance

Update: Google to buy Postini for $625 million

Acquisition of messaging security company is aimed at increasing the appeal of Google's hosted apps among big businesses

Samsung, Ericsson agree to cross-license mobile patents

Agreement ends recent lawsuits between the companies and covers 2G and 3G mobile telephony standards

Google trails in Asian markets

Yahoo and Microsoft scored ahead of Google in popularity in the 10 Asian countries surveyed

Can Beijing get its 3G act together for 2008 Olympics?

The main obstacle to 3G's rollout in China continues to be its home-grown TD-SCDMA standard

Taiwan companies team up on Microsoft smartphones

E-ten and Arima join the growing pool of companies developing mobile phones around Windows Mobile OS

Indian businesses want action on H-1B visas

Indian alumni group is hoping to get a separate vote on legislation that went down with the immigration reform bill

Google Earth captures China’s new ballistic-missile sub

Discovery of the submarine image is likely to cause consternation within China's military

Dell will sell Linux on PCs outside of U.S.

Dell also plans to offer the Ubuntu Linux distribution to small business customers

Apps key piece in secure ecosystem

Microsoft to study Japan’s digital lifestyle

Microsoft is looking more closely at how Japanese consumers use their digital gadgets to gain insight that it might use overseas

Clinton urges Indian businesses to invest in U.S.

Presidential candidate says offshoring eliminates good-paying jobs in the U.S. and threatens the middle class

Average zero-day bug has 348-day lifespan, exec says

Those zero-day bugs with the longest lifespan remain undetected for nearly three years

Spectrum of ideas aired for 700MHz auction

Highly coveted wireless spectrum is the subject of intense interest among several conflicting organizations

Microsoft takes a big step to near-shoring in Canada

Opening of Software Development Centre could lead the charge for industry

Microsoft hosting software partners dismiss threat

Conference attendees seek reassurances that Microsoft won't steal partners' efforts now that its hosted app business is revving up

TurboLinux to help translate Open XML for Asia

TurboLinux has joined the Microsoft-funded effort to build an Open XML-ODF translator.

Borland, VMware team on testing for virtualization

New products from each company can be integrated to streamline processes by using virtualization to imitate multiple hardware configurations

Update: Yahoo sites hit by availability problems

Starting at around 5:50am Eastern time, many Yahoo sites experienced availability problems; at its worst, the issue meant 4 out of 10 users couldn't access pages

OpenLogic expands its open-source library

AJAX technologies featured in platform expansion of OpenLogic Enterprise 4.6

Fraudsters use charities to test credit cards

As businesses get better at denying stolen credit cards, thieves are starting to use donations to charity as a means of testing card validity

Hackers go Robin Hood?

IBM zeroes in on Project Zero for Web 2.0 apps

But effort draws criticism for not being open source

Insurer may jump in to cover iPhones

With both AT&T and Apple not yet offering coverage for smartphone, third-party insurance company looking to fill the gap

GE CEO: India won’t grow at the expense of U.S.

CEO Jeffrey Immelt claims that India's strong economic growth should allow it to enter the global market without draining other countries

Staff retention not rocket science

Will Oracle Database 11g rope in customers?

It doesn't get much hype, but infrastructure software is the fastest-growing software category, and with its new 11g offering, Oracle hopes to tap into that growth

Court dismisses lawsuit against U.S. wiretapping

Update: Lawsuit against the NSA for a wiretapping program is dismissed because the plaintiffs haven't been hurt by the agency's actions

iPhone unbrick (activate w/o AT&T service) hack works; single-step tool for Mac

AMD invests in ailing chip company Transmeta

Energy-efficient chip company gets $7.5 million cash infusion; CEO David Ditzel resigns from board of directors

The benefits of combining SaaS with virtualization

BlackBerry OKed for sale in China

China market, with more than 400 million mobile device subscribers, is an attractive one for RIM

iPhone, new iPods to spur flash prices

Users may see fewer bargains on older digital music players or bundled flash memory cards

Security company launches eBay for bugs

Startup offers marketplace where details on unpatched software flaws can be bought and sold

Attention turns to second-gen iPhone

Next version of iPhone will take advantage of faster 3G wireless network speeds

Linux official, Microsoft give thumbs-down to GPLv3

‘We're not going to bother,' says one Linux gatekeeper; Microsoft issues make-no-mistake statement of no support

Solar Web hosting company powers Live Earth sites

Affordable Internet Services Online, which powers its servers with 100 percent solar power, has been chosen to host the Web site for the upcoming Live Earth concerts

Google loses Gmail trademark case in Germany

A German court has ruled that Google cannot call its Web-based email 'Gmail' in Germany due to a pre-existing trademark on the name

Apache, Eclipse plan Asia conference

M&A lifts IT as Nasdaq soars

Stoked by $347 billion in merger and acquisition activity so far this year, the Nasdaq has hit a six-and-a-half-year high

Google expands its Code Search site

Coverage, ranking, and access boosted on the site that helps developers find source code on the Web

U.K. company says it’s close to unlocking iPhones

U.K.-based Uniquephones has been working around the clock to figure out a way to unlock iPhones so they can be used with carriers other than AT&T