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Google readying new YouTube API

Google is building a new YouTube API — part of its plan to knit YouTube and its videos into the fabric of the Web

Germany adds digital fingerprints to passports

German passports will feature several biometric security measures aimed at fighting organized crime and international terrorism

Flash guys show certified ReadyBoost drives

Memory makers demo USB drives certified to work with Vista's ReadyBoot and ReadyBoost to improve boot-up and start-up speeds

Microsoft names Linux interop director

Parallels for Mac now plays 3-D graphics

VMware is introducing a product that enables users to run Windows on a Mac

EVGA rejects warranty for confidential reasons

Ex-Alcatel exec pleads guilty to bribery

Christian Sapsizian faces up to 10 years in prison and $580,000 in fines for using bribes to secure a telephone contract in Costa Rica

Chip sets to survive integration with CPU

Functions have evolved over time, but the chip set is not going to go away, Intel VP says

Baidu denies plans for European expansion

China's largest search engine will remain largely focused on China, Japan

Ultramobiles are pricey, power hungry, AMD says

AMD is exploring the prospects for ultramobiles but wants to be sure they make sense for users, says AMD's CTO

Intel’s rumored graphics chip a no-show

Observers say Intel must come up with a new high-end graphics chip to rival to AMD, but they see no signs of such a move at Computex

‘Talking paper’ seeks cheap printing to be viable

Swedish researchers are studying ways to print loudspeakers and keyboards on paper

Update: U.S. agency bars some Qualcomm imports

The International Trade Commission has banned the importing of future models of Qualcomm phones that use certain, disputed chips

Info access for the rest of us

Wireless charging: Here at last

The same technology that wirelessly charges your electric razor or toothbrush could soon charge your smartphone, or even your laptop

Bill Gates delivers a call to arms on global inequities

During his graduation address to Harvard, the Microsoft chairman encouraged the graduating class to get involved in solving the problems of inequality in the world

Microsoft buys data management vendor

The purchase of Stratature, a 16-person data management outfit, will provide software for Microsoft to enhance its business software and SQL Server database

Four critical Windows fixes coming next week

In total, six sets of security patches will also include updates for Visio and Windows Vista

Vodafone says no to change in Verizon stake

Board cites Verizon's continued growth as reason not to spin off or sell shares, despite shareholder group's urging

Symantec tests revamp of corporate anti-virus client

Public beta of Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0, which includes firewall, zero-day protection, and network access control features, to begin next week

IT buyouts and acquisitions going strong

The IT sector has seen a lot of acquisition activity of late thanks to strong financials and eager VCs

New York becomes latest state to ponder ODF

A propsed bill would study using open standards for government documents, though even if passed, it is no guarantee that the state will adopt ODF

Dell denies plan to exit LCD TV business

The company acknowledges that it is making changes to its TV line, but it denies reports that it is discontinuing its LCD sets

Vista SP1 verified

While Microsoft has offered few details about its first planned update package for the Vista OS, it has begun openly referring to the release on its Web site, reinforcing its future arrival.

Microsoft, LG forge Linux amnesty deal

The deal is a 'customer covenant' that allows LG to use patented Microsoft technology in its products, though the companies haven't divulged which patents are being used

It takes a wired village

Technology companies are reaching out to the 4 billion people not yet connected to the Internet

Europe launches portal for IT security standards

ITU's new portal provides a one-stop source for European standards information

Study: China’s IT services will soon top the UK

Report finds China is also a cheaper location than India, as software development costs in India are rising 15 to 20 percent

Indian outsourcers hit by rupee appreciation

The rise of the rupee against the dollar is affecting the margins of Indian outsourcers already struggling with rising staff salaries

Asustek, MSI laptops double as HD players

Users can hook up the new laptops and their HD DVD or Blu-ray Disc players to the family HD TV

EU gives final OK on law to cut roaming costs

Law will slash the cost of using a mobile phone abroad by around 70 percent

Solid-state disks coming on strong

Flash memory-based solid-state disks look poised to quickly replace hard-disk drives in laptops

Why we’re producing fewer technologists

India’s Tata to hire 5,000 staff in Mexico

Tata will set up a global delivery center in Guadalajara to be closer to U.S. customers

HP, IBM fight to 2nd place tie in storage

EMC continues to lead the market in storage sales for the first three months of 2007

Intel shows more advanced ultraportable

Intel exec displays at Computex a prototype device based on the Menlow ultramobile chip set that won't ship until next year

AMD keeps Barcelona specs under wraps

Companies at Computex showing servers based on the upcoming quad-core chip are not revealing details about what's inside

Microsoft fixes Windows Mobile synch problem

Upgrade solves problem that made it difficult for users of the most recent Windows Mobile devices to synch with PCs running Vista

Experts: Botnets add fault tolerance

Networks of zombie computers sport fault-tolerant architectures to withstand takedown attempts

Sun CEO spills Apple Leopard secret

Apple's HFS+ file system to be replaced by Sun's open source ZFS, Sun chief Jonathan Schwartz reveals ahead of WWDC

Microsoft, LG Electronics forge Linux deal

Mozilla disputes Firefox flaws

Security chief disagrees with researcher's classifications but admits two bugs, when combined, can render systems vulnerable to attack

eBay called tops in Web 2.0 developer efforts

Google to discontinue PeakStream products

No more commercial sales for multicore technology

Senators fine-tuning patent bill

Heated debate continues as industries face off on proposed reforms to patent law

Security derails USB drives for soldiers

The DoD said that it won't allow soldiers to plug-in the encrypted TroopSkoot USB drives being offered to some servicemen by a well-intentioned vendor, as such technologies could circumvent existing military security policies.

Teacher in spyware case granted new trial

Judge sets aside guilty verdict in case of substitute teacher whose students were exposed to pornography on classroom computer

New Ads tell teens to think first, post later

HP, VMware each launch new virtualization options

HP is enhancing its Virtual Server Environment software for virtual server management, while VMware is expanding its Servife Provider Program to include virtualization

Oracle to launch 11g database on July 11

The upcoming major release from the company includes improvements in availability, scalability, and performance as well as new compression technology