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PayPal CTO: Security, mobility to spur growth

Early bets on open source, encryption are paying dividends as Internet becomes a global payments platform

FTC to court: Shut digital music ‘scheme’

Agency accuses BurnLounge of deceptive earning claims, failure to disclose that most investors lose money

Helping retailers wipe ID data issue

Defending point-of-sale tools could reduce breaches, data theft expert says

iPhone users will need iTunes account

Apple says customers have to subscribe to music service and AT&T before they can activate the device

Intel: No special pricing for China

Chipmaker says reports of pricing change sprung from a misunderstood announcement

Bringing outsourcing back home to the U.S.

EMC strikes first partnership with Indian outsourcer

Storage giant aligns with Wipro for its services

With Windows port, a bug-hunting Safari for Apple

Although Safari 3.0 is beta code, researcher says Apple's team should have tested it more carefully as 18 bugs have already been found

Microsoft wins patent case with Timeline

Timeline had charged Microsoft with being in breach of a licensing contract and therefore infringing on patent rights, but the U.S. District Court disagreed

Internet TV to get Silverlight

Maven Networks will use Microsoft's alternative to Flash in its Internet TV hosting service

Experts: Offshoring-displaced workers need more benefits

U.S. government offers 'disgracefully little help' for workers who are displaced, one economist testified to a House committee Tuesday.

Microsoft clarifies virtualization licensing – for now

Microsoft has clearly outlined how to license Windows Server 2003 R2 for specific third-party virtualization technology

Complete Leopard review, related links (was: MacBook Pro Battery Fried)

Tech companies set goals for energy efficiency

Climate Savers has defined a series of standards for power supply efficiency in servers and PCs that it suggests members adopt between now and July 2010

Yahoo stockholders vote against anticensorship proposal

Yahoo had recommended shareholders vote against the proposal, which would have required Yahoo to not hosting individuals' data in countries where political dissent is a crime

SSL bug fixed in latest Microsoft security patches

Four of 15 updates are rated critical and administrators should patch them as soon as possible, Microsoft says

Nokia becomes latest Kyte.tv investor

Finnish giant invests in move to help users of its mobile phones consume, create and share media

The riddle of the iPhone

Google adjusts privacy policy — slightly

In response to criticism from the European Union and Privacy International, Google will anonymize data after 18 months instead of its previous target of 18-24 months

HP, IBM add to blade PC market

Hewlett-Packard's newest BladeSystems aim to reduce management costs, improve security

Microsoft advances cited in report

Standards to help users keep virtual clothes on

Issues to consider include mechanics of teleporting between worlds, says IBM VP Bob Sutor

Senators seek delay in patent bill

Group of Republicans requests more hearings before Patent Reform Act moves forward

Nokia’s Wibree joins Bluetooth

Ultra low-power technology to connect button-cell battery power devices to users

Google bends privacy policy to EU concerns

Search giant says it will revise policy, and investigate ways to redesign cookies, reduce duration they're stored on PCs

VMware Windows-on-a-Mac product close to launch

Company prices its software the same as rival Parallels, begins taking pre-orders

JasperSoft BI suite speaks more languages

Company moving closer to final piece of its ETL suite, CEO says

When hackers get busted

AOL spammer pleads guilty

Adam Vitale faces 11-year prison sentence in what one exec refers to as a hollow legal victory

Indian CIOs have to offshore work, too

Gartner: Shortage of local IT skilled workers has Indian companies eyeing Hong Kong, Singapore and even the U.S.

Via has working samples of Mobile ITX board

CEO promises 'even smaller form factors' in another year or two

Taiwan vets WiMax applications amid protest

Country is just one of several places to kick off WiMax licensing process

Sun tailors Solaris package to multicore development

The updated Solaris Express Developer Edition features open source-based OS distribution and support for Java development

Steve’s ideal iPhone app won’t run on an iPhone

Burden of proof on Google in Vista antitrust claim

Google is claiming that Microsoft's Windows Search function violates the terms of its antitrust settlement, but analysts and users aren't buying the argument

Safari for Windows: Released and hacked in a day

Hours after the beta of the Safari browser for Windows was released, researcher Aviv Raff posted that he had found a bug — and that it only took him three minutes to do so

Linux veteran to lead Microsoft-Novell interop lab

Tom Hanrahan has been named director of Linux interoperability to ensure that Novell's Suse Linux works as well as possible with Windows

WWDC Keynote wrap-up

JRuby 1.0 available

Apple’s iPhone open to software developers

Steve Jobs also reveals OS X 10.5 will include 300 new features, Safari 3.0 will be available for Windows Vista and XP

Software AG CTO looks ahead

New updates to the company's mainframe software offerings are int he works, as is better integration with acquired webMethods technology

Survey: Undergrads gaga for Google

A nationwide survey finds that Google ranks as the No. 1 most desireable place to work among all undergrads

IBM eyes embedded systems

IPHONE DEVELOPER DETAILS

Patent fracas blurs focus for Nokia, Qualcomm

The companies have been locked in patent litigation for nearly two years, spending a lot of resources combating each other instead of growing their businesses

Leopard 10; Time Machine, SAFARI FOR WINDOWS

Leopard 9; iChat theater, Photo Booth effects

Stupid 64-bit laptop tricks

Leopard 6: Dashboard, Webclip, new Apple movies widget

Leopard feature 6: Spaces