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Company looks to sell or license targeted ad patents

Concurrent Computers acquired the patents when it bought Everstream Holdings in 2005 and now wants to sell them this year, though it may opt to keep and license them

IBM lays off 1,500, mostly in services

They layoffs come as part of the overhaul of the services unit, and IBM says about 20 percent of those laid off will find other jobs in the company

Users may have to take Nortel-Avaya call

The rumored buyout of Avaya by Nortel would make good business sense, customers could get the short end of the deal if it happens

Update: Palm unveils Foleo PC as smartphone companion

The Foleo is a Linux-based ultramobile that syncs with a smartphone, allowing users to view documents on the smartphone on a larger screen

Private equity firm bids $7.3B for IT reseller CDW

The tech reseller is the most recent of several IT companies to go private as it agrees to a buyout by MDP that is expected to be finalized by the end of the third quarter

Google improves AJAX apps toolkit

Speed, stability enhancements cited

Attackers get chatty on VoIP

The hacker attacks happening via Skype will become more severe and sophisticated as businesses start adopting VoIP technologies, analysts say

F-Secure hit with anti-virus vulnerabilities

Company has patched flaws that could have allowed attackers to crash or run unauthorized software on system

Private equity and Novell: Perfect together?

Indian vendors reply to U.S. senators’ H1-B inquiry

NASSCOM responds on behalf of India's largest outsources, saying that new restrictions on H1-B visas would cause all sorts of trade problems

Google digs in against malware

GreenBorder acquisition is evidence that Google wants to make browsing safe, analyst says

MySpace’s parent to buy Photobucket

Fox Interactive Media is also acquiring Flektor to boost the photo and video sharing and editing capabilities of FIM's Web site network

Samsung embeds 4GB storage for 3G phones

Samsung's mobile phone chip set could eliminate the need for external memory card slots

Adobe adds mark-up features to Acrobat 3D

Adobe updates CAD software to further integrate Acrobat into the flow of 3D design information around the enterprise

Update: SAP appoints its first CTO

Part of Vishal Sikka's job in the newly created position will overlap with ex-president Shai Agassi's former duties

Cellphones to warn of earthquakes in Japan

Japan's carriers aim to automatically funnel alerts from a new government advance warning system to cellphones

Google goes for a new look on Korean site

Changes to Google's South Korean site represent a departure from company's traditional look and clean design

Fujitsu debuts ‘big-screen TV’ cellphone

Fujitsu's new clamshell phone packs a 3.1-inch widescreen display that also makes Web site browsing easier

Schmidt: Internet is a powerful force for democracy

Google CEO preaches the value of greater information access

Symantec mobile security client delayed

Norton Mobile Security for Smartphones will not be launched until as late as December

When it’s ok not to share salary history

Details emerge on Toshiba’s AMD-based laptops

Computers based on AMD's Turion 64 X2 dual-core chip and M690 chip set will be available in the third quarter

Microsoft unveils tabletop ‘Milan’ computer

Milan uses wireless autosync and touchscreen technology to let users interact with files and apps using a flat, tabletop screen

ConnectBeam: Social bookmarks behind the firewall

Taking collaboration to the next level by tapping into your employees' knowledge

Adobe’s ColdFusion warms to .Net

ColdFusion 8's .Net support bridges the gap between Java and Microsoft; the Internet apps platform also gets PDF capabilities

Longhorn “Reloaded” irks Microsoft

Qualcomm infringed Broadcom patents, jury says

A federal jury has found Qualcomm guilty of patent infringement and has awarded Broadcom $19.6 million in damages

Palm to launch new mobile device

The company says founder Jeff Hawkins will unveil a new device at the All Things Digital trade show, though it won't elaborate as to what the device will be

Apple fixes serious QuickTime bug

The security update to QuickTime 7.1.6 patches two critical issues, including the one that was used to win a hacking contest at April's CanSecWest conference

GoDaddy picks up domains of struggling competitor

RegisterFly has been stripped of its domain registrar accreditation by ICANN, leaving GoDaddy to take over more than 850,000 of the service's domains

VeriSign replaces CEO Sclavos

Board member Roper to take over as president and CEO, while former Williams-Sonoma CEO Mueller named as chairman

Google improves Maps with street views, miniapps

The new Street View feature puts Google Maps users at the road level, offering a pedestrian's view rather than an aerial view

Cisco finishes $3.2B WebEx acquisition

Cisco's tender offer has been finalized as the company seeks to enter the online collaboration services market with the acquisition

NEC workers faked orders, took kickbacks

During an audit, tax investigators discovered that a small group of employees created fraudulent orders and took kickbacks; NEC has taken 'strict disciplinary action'

Microsoft offers 3D maps for New York, other cities

The latest enhancement to the Windows Live Search service provides photorealistic views of cities and interactive data like Yellow Pages listings and driving directions

5 things HP must do to impact SOA market

Google buys into security, acquires GreenBorder

The search giant has acquired GreenBorder in order to get the security software company's engineers and to help secure its own hosted apps

BMC adds more analytics with ProactiveNet buy

BMC buys privately held company to flesh out the analytics portion of its business service management software

OKI tests pedestrian safety feature in mobile phones

OKI test is part of an initiative aimed at using advanced communication systems to lower the number of pedestrian deaths

Update: FTC investigating Google-DoubleClick deal

Concerns over privacy issues and potential for anti-competitive practices have fueled the investigation, sources say

Garmin opens GPS data to Web site developers

Move makes it easier for Web developers to write apps that use information about where consumers are located

Nokia to ship phones based on China’s 3G standard

China appears close to issuing the long-awaited 3G licenses

Toshiba laptops to sport AMD processors

Beatnik speeds mobile music downloads

New system fits music in one-tenth the bandwidth, allowing for faster downloads on lower-end mobile phones

NHK pushes optical disc speed limit

Blu-ray Disc-based system can spin at 15,000 rpm, making it possible to record broadcast-quality HDTV

A tipping point for outsourcing

Quanta stock leaps on iPhone order reports

Quanta will start making iPhones in September on an initial order for 5 million handsets, Taiwan newspapers report

Report: Avaya being pursued by private equity

Telecom vendor is being targeted by private equity firm Silver Lake and rival networking company Nortel Networks, WSJ says

Wage inflation sinks offshoring for one startup

Riya.com's decision to pull up stakes in India shows that for aspiring startups, offshoring isn't all its cracked up to be

Report: Microsoft to sell 1M Zunes by June

Microsoft hit the one million mark faster than Apple did with the iPod, though the Zune still has a long way to go to catch up to Apple's device