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Talent war and H-1B make smokescreen

iPhone: Finger-lickin’ good?

State charges dropped in HP spy case

Judge deems conduct a 'betrayal of trust' rather than criminal activity and dismisses remaining charges after defendants fulfilled community service agreement

LSI to shed 900 jobs, sell consumer products group

Changes at LSI are part of a three-phase corporate reorganization

EU clears Swift to continue giving banking data to US

Swift promises to sign 'safe harbor agreement,' ending the transatlantic dispute over data protection

Taiwan chip makers win approval for China investments

Rapid decision comes amid rumors that a group of private equity firms may be building a global titan to compete with Taiwan's ASE

Maporama picks Microsoft’s Virtual Earth over Google

French location-based services company partners with Microsoft

US, EU close to signing passenger data accord

Long-running dispute over the handling of personal data has left airlines in legal limbo

NASSCOM responds to latest visa fraud allegations

Outsourcing association admits there may be instances of U.S. visa abuse by Indian companies

Policy experts split on spyware laws

CDT and FTC disagree whether a trio of anti-spyware bills before Congress will result in more prosecutions

RealPlayer, Helix Player vulnerable to attack

Critical flaw could allow attackers to gain control of a user's PC using a buffer overflow vulnerability

Microsoft pushes OBAs to take Office to next level

Microsoft hopes partners and customers will enhance Office 2007 and transform it from a productivity suite to a collaboration tool

Accessory makers gear up for iPhone launch

Accessories and products certified by Apple to work with the iPhone will carry the 'Works with iPhone' logo on their packaging

Microsoft moves against California, Florida pirates

Microsoft files lawsuits against 23 companies for allegedly distributing counterfeit software

Google Desktop finally out for Linux

Google Desktop for Linux does not feature the Sidebar and Gadget features present in the Windows version

DOJ warns U.S. citizens of phishing attack

Messages claiming to be from the DOJ and referring to a fraudulent IRS case are a hoax and should be deleted immediately

Cringe: MS ‘clueless clones struggling to look hip’

FTC is neutral on net neutrality

Telecommunications operators interpret as a victory the FTC's recommendation for lawmakers to proceed with caution

AMD gets ready for Barcelona launch

Interview: VP Kevin Knox discusses preparations for the launch of AMD's first quad-core server chip

Fed weighs future of contactless payments

Payments industry defends security of technology at recent meeting and claims that waiters, not wireless, are the biggest security threat

Gartner urges IT to embrace devices but resist iPhone

In separate analysis reports, Gartner has said that enterprises should not support the iPhone but should embrace consumer technology

Zend PHP framework set for Web development

The 1.0 version of technology will suit mainstream developers, analyst says

10 mistakes to avoid in software development

Red Hat profit rises on 42 percent revenue hike

The release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and new classes of the JBoss software are credited with creating the boost in revenue

Wells Fargo, Visa test pay-by-phone in United States

With first phase finished, second phase of mobile payment trials will involve real customers; third phase scheduled for end of the year

Intel to lay off 800 workers in Colorado

Marvell Semiconductor, which had bought Intel's XScale division, will order parts from a different vendor as acquisitions transition eases

Tech vendors disagree on patent reform

The patent reform bills in the House and Senate are supported by large IT companies, but smaller vendors think the proposed changes go too far

Gonzales: DOJ committed to fighting cybercrime

The attorney general cited recent arrests of a major spammer and a software pirate/bootlegger as evidence of the DOJ's commitment to fighting cybercrime

Google partners with Ingram

The search giant has turned to Ingram for help in selling and distributing its Search Appliance and Google Mini search devices to enterprises

Ruby on Rails IDEs, part 2

Microsoft to test education PC in India

Launch of the IQ PC and an education channel are part of Microsoft's Unlimited Potential program to increase the reach of education

BEA ready to lock down Workshop 10.1 code

BEA's Java development tool, set for release next month, combines Workshop for WebLogic with Workshop Studio

Students pitch software ideas to Gates

Forty students gather for Microsoft's annual Imagine Cup worldwide software design competition

T-Mobile to launch nationwide converged Wi-Fi, cell service

Service lets users of a special mobile phone make calls over Wi-Fi from their homes and T-Mobile hotspots

WSDL 2.0 approved

Samsung crams digital TV into a single chip

Chips should make possible smaller portable media players and cellphones that can pick up local broadcasts around the world

HP pretexting case may wrap up Thursday

Hearing scheduled for September may have been moved up because the defendants met the judge's requirements for dismissal

IBM plans Q4 release for DB2 Viper upgrade

Major upgrade to DB2 9 database to feature new workload management tools and security features, and better handling of XML data

iPhone spawns gray market

Cottage industry of 'line-waiters' and advance sales is springing up prior to the iPhone's Friday launch

Toshiba details its first AMD laptops in 7 years

Toshiba's new built-to-order Satellite A215 laptops will be based on AMD's Turion 64 X2 dual-core processors

Sun to donate Cluster code to OpenSolaris community

Solaris Cluster source code will be made available under Sun's own CDDL open-source license, not GPL

Asustek smartphone hits market ahead of iPhone

Asustek's handset has a 2.6-inch LCD touch-sensitive screen and also a keypad, unlike the iPhone

Worst error in e-discovery strategies

Windows Server 2008 makes hosting debut at Microsoft.com

A small but increasing number of Web sites are already running Microsoft's forthcoming OS

Microsoft launches Windows Live file sharing beta

New Windows Live services embrace Microsoft's 'software plus services' vision

IBM, HP share bragging rights on supercomputer list

HP passes IBM in the number of supercomputers in operation and has the largest market share; IBM's Blue Gene/L tops list

AT&T positions new 8525 Pocket PC, promo price $299, as key iPhone alternative

Update: TI embraces ultra low-power Bluetooth

TI will develop chips for low-power devices based on a new short-range wireless specification

Eclipse Europa release train arrives

Open-source effort will simultaneously unveil technologies from 21 projects via the multinational Europa release train

GPLv3 upgrade set for Friday

New GPL provides 'patent insurance' in response to Microsoft-Novell pact