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Consumer data protection faces legal, tech hurdles

Experts agree that much work needs to be done by lawmakers and technology providers to foster an online environment in which consumer data is better defended from cyber-crime and misuse

Google Presentation just another ‘Docs’ feature

Rajen Sheth, product manager for Google Enterprise Applications, talks about the company's plans for its new Powerpoint-like presentation software program.

Green not an easily measured trait

Microsoft eyes datacenters in a box

Redmond says that with datacenter growth defying Moore's Law, it is responding with design alternatives

Yahoo exec: We must improve social net standing

Not the first time a company official acknowledges dissatisfaction with Yahoo 360

Web 2.0 tools inspire data-sharing software

Business Objects CEO says tools like wikis and mashups will give employees more control over data in ECM systems

Britain spearheads European e-crime reporting portal

Security experts seek to make it easier for victims of cybercrime to file complaints

Google delivers AJAX API

New Google API makes it easier to access feeds by writing 'a few lines' of JavaScript code

BlackBerry service restored, slow response irks users

Disgruntled users have yet to hear an explanation from RIM about why the interruption happened

Microsoft: DNS patch to come by May 8… maybe

Redmond is weighing whether to issue an emergency patch now that online criminals are using the flaw in attacks

Oracle sets out content management road map

Oracle will update five CM apps and offer an ECM suite integrating three of those products

Intel has big plans for little devices

Intel unveils its Ultra Mobile platform and outlines plans for increased Linux support

Microsoft opens digital divide conference in Beijing

Technology by itself is not enough to bridge the digital divide, says former WTO chief

Carlyle scraps $5.5B offer for Taiwanese chip maker

ASE rejects Carlyle's buyout offer after the companies could not agree on a higher price

HTC ultramobile PC to have Intel inside

HTC's decision signals sign of renewed vigor for Intel in ultramobiles over rival Via Technologies

SaaS is hitting its stride

Research shows 26 percent of companies use at least one SaaS application in their business

Why IT and business are inseparable

Intel’s Centrino package to get WiMax next year

By putting WiMax in large numbers of notebooks, Intel aims to spur adoption of the wireless broadband technology

Update: BlackBerry suffers widespread outage

Problem sending and receiving e-mail from BlackBerry devices appears to be limited to North America

Virginia Tech students hit social sites after shooting

Spread of misinformation raises questions about the role of social networking sites in a crisis

Oracle updates leave critical Windows flaw

Patch for database's most serious flaw will not become available until April 30

Exec explains Apple-Cisco iPhone interoperability

Google CEO says company isn’t after Powerpoint

Google CEO Eric Schmidt claims that Google's new presentation software isn't intended to compete against Microsoft Powerpoint. Call it chutzpah 2.0.

Microsoft denies it will sell fuel cells

The Microsoft-branded cells made by Medis Technologies are only meant to be given away at events and are not going to be brought to market

IBM’s U.S. enterprise business hits a slowdown

Business growth in the Americas was far slower than in other regions, coming in at only 1 percent

Intel profit rises despite flat chip sales

Cost-cutting layoffs and a tax boon help the company's profits rise 19 percent over last year's first quarter

MS isn’t charging into charger biz

Red Hat founder’s Lulu promotes self-publishing

The venture allows writers, musicians, and filmmakers to self-publish their works and sell them without going through the traditional channels or giving up copyright

Yahoo, PayPal partner for e-transactions

The partnership, which will boost Yahoo's search ad business as well as PayPal's Express Checkout, is seen as a joint defense against Google's Checkout

Yahoo profit falls in first quarter

Company falls short of analysts' expectations, but it hopes that recent deals will improve its financial picture for the next quarter

Verizon to offer CaaS, computing as a service, later this year

SaaS spurs new ideas: Savvis to offer "temporary computing" service

Corporate data slips out via Google calendar

The search function of the Web-based app can be used to find sensitive business data that has not been properly made private

Large enterprises still serving up spam

Despite lots of security measures, major corporations are still having internal IP addresses hijacked by spammers

Software, services drive IBM to ‘solid’ Q1 results

Pushed primarily by strong software sales and grwoth in its services business, the company meets analysts expectations for the quarter

Telecom veteran questions Verizon VoIP patents

Analyst Daniel Berninger claims that the disputed technology was an open standard developed in 1996, though Verizon didn't apply for patents until 1997

At AIIM show, printers see profits in color copies

As job costs decrease, printers look to digital document handling software to help them stay afloat

Google Apps to take on PowerPoint

Presentation app joins Google's Docs & Spreadsheets, but CEO Eric Schmidt maintains Google is not trying to compete with Microsoft Office

IT gender gap to widen?

Protesters sue to stop use of French e-voting machines

Voters are concerns about the nature of e-voting and it is being introduced to France

It’s time for alternatives to Microsoft Office

Avoid Microsoft's way of trying to preserve lock-in without the proprietary file formats

AOL programs back new business model

Company moving forward with online advertising approach

Firefox browser makes headway in Europe

Survey shows the browser battles aren't over yet

In Brief: AT&T ends talks for stake in Telecom Italia

EMC posts record Q1 revenue

VMware virtual infrastructure products and RSA security software boost EMC results

CEO: Amazon Services losing money, but hopeful

CEO Jeff Bezos talks up the future of Amazon's newest business in Web 2.0 keynote address

Intel playing only to top IDF crowd this year

Chip maker will only host three IDF events this year in attempt to rein in costs

JotSpot chief: Google is a nerd paradise

JotSpot co-founder Joe Kraus discusses his decision to sell the business to Google

Digital Home: It’s the experience, not the device

Exec says Intel's Digital Home Group is seeking to deliver a unified experience to home media consumers

Sun, Fujitsu and Hitachi freshen server lines

Sun and Fujitsu jointly introduce a range of six new servers while Hitachi offers new blade servers

Intel plans powerful x86 chip with many cores

Programmable processor is compatible with the x86 and capable of performing 1 trillion floating-point operations per second