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Warnings sounded over net neutrality in Asia

Asian regulators risk undermining the economic incentive for Asian carriers to build and maintain faster networks

Google localizes YouTube for Europe

Google launches versions of its video sharing service in French and other languages

Negotiating for a better IT salary

HP brings sanity to storage

New disk storage arrays will make it easier for administrators to assign and adjust storage to various departments or functions

Google turns on solar panels

Google's philanthropic arm plans to dole out over $10 million in grants to support hybrid cars

Hurd keeps the pressure on to improve HP

Hurd pledges that HP will continue to cut costs and increase its capital spending by a factor of four to invest in innovation

Java Fun and Games: Explore the geometry of nature

Journey into the realm of fractals

Linux going green

Novell offers Linux service pack

Quad-core processors, Active Directory improvements featured; virtual machine drivers also readied

Clusty search optimizes sites for mobile

The little-known search operator has customized its software for mobile devices, joining many big players in the ever-growing mobile search market

‘Italian job’ Web attack hits more than 10,000 sites

The attack, which is primarily hitting Italian sites, has turned the pages into malware distributors

iPhone to have better battery life, upgraded surface

Talk time jumps from five to eight hours; optical glass used to resist scratching

Update: Semel gives up Yahoo CEO title to Yang

After six years as the company's top executive, Terry Semel is stepping down amidst recent criticism about Yahoo's slow growth in ad revenue

Linux inner circle disregards Microsoft’s patent play

Attendees of Linux Foundation Summit skeptical of Microsoft's threats to sue over alleged patent infringements

U.S. FTC warns of bogus e-mail containing spyware

Agency advises deleting personalized message aimed at both businesses and consumers

Analysts skeptical of AMD outsourcing plan

As AMD looks into more ways to cut costs, analysts further downgrade company stock

Former Enron Broadband CEO sentenced

Kenneth Rice is sentenced to 27 months in prison and is fined $15 million for his role in the Enron securities fraud scandal

HP acquisitions update service management apps

New services also help IT managers speed change-approval processes, automate software distribution, and adopt ITIL best practices

Talent management swims downstream

Workstream launches SaaS suite for midmarket

Microsoft, Google and friends in the DOJ

Businesses experimenting with virtual worlds

Companies that were late in adopting the Internet are trying to avoid duplicating that mistake by rapidly embracing Web 2.0 technologies like virtual worlds

PatchLink buying SecureWave

Security industry consolidation continues, with vulnerability management specialist PatchLink acquiring endpoint and applications control software maker SecureWave in an all stock deal.

Google launches public policy blog

Google steps up efforts to focus on the U.S. government and advocate public policy strategies

Microsoft: Google may not be the answer for poor nations

Microsoft exec says the key to building a prosperous economy is to create an environment that supports innovation

ClearCube blade PCs work at long distance

ClearCube hopes its new thin client PC's long-distance capabilities will separate it from rivals HP and IBM

Barclays exits Indian BPO joint venture

U.K. bank plans to continue to get some of its work done in India

Europe still awaits Apple response to antitrust charges

Apple's deadline for replying to antitrust charges that it restricted online sales of music in Europe has already been extended

RAIGE against the RAID machine

Microsoft updates, renames IPTV platform

Renamed Mediaroom software adds picture-in-picture capability and music and photo sharing within a digital video recording

English Wikipedia unblocked in China

Wikipedia's simplified Chinese-language site remains blocked

Adobe AIR fulfills hopes for cross-platform developers

AIR applications, which can run online or offline, may pull some market share from existing single-platform applications

Talend applies SaaS to data integration

Open source data integration vendor launches Talend On Demand

YouTube quietly launches Mobile site

Microsoft takes stake in Chinese electronics maker

Project will link TVs and consumer entertainment devices with the Internet

HP FORUM – Virtual computing can be a real hassle

Upcoming Hewlett-Packard virtualization forum in Las Vegas is expected to draw 7,000 attendees

Microsoft drops Digital Image Suite

Online crime group logs millionth complaint

Specific complaint is undisclosed but auction fraud and online financial scams still the biggest problems

Safari for Windows: All about the money?

Revenue sharing deals among search providers could be Apple's real motivation behind offering its browser to Windows users

Developer expectations run high for Google Gears

iPhone can take a lesson from Opera’s fat browser plan

Analysis: Developers wouldn't find iPhone so limiting if Safari incorporated plug-in functionality

Red Hat Linux gets top government security rating

Software deemed safe enough for use by U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. National Security Agency, and other government groups

Microsoft interoperability team: Bring on Red Hat

Software giant says interoperability concerns fuel effort to strike pact with Red Hat, which continues to resist offers for partnership

eBay attempts to welcome back store owners

Company promises to increase merchant store visibility, while keeping selling fees at same level

Homeland Security to detail IT attacks

Hearing will reveal findings of agency's internal investigation into risk of system attacks and other online threats

Why we need another Internet

Dell says internal audit is nearly complete

But company to delay filing audited earnings report for fourth consecutive quarter

Google may launch YouTube for Europe

With an international press conference scheduled in Paris next week, signs point to announcement of local versions of video-sharing site

Raketu to add mobility to Web-based VoIP

New version of the Raketu application will let users make VoIP calls, send text messages, and chat from cell phone

Creative Technology plans to delist from Nasdaq

Company cites administrative overhead and burdensome reporting rules for its decision to delist

Samsung opens world’s biggest chip plant in Texas

Samsung's new $3.5 billion factory in Austin will produce NAND flash memory