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ITunes runs afoul of cross-border rules in Europe

Inability to buy music from stores in other member states lies at the heart of the EC's complaint

Don’t use WEP, say German security researchers

Researchers have discovered a faster way to crack the Wi-Fi security protocol

Security vendor eEye drops CEO

Sana Security also announces a new CEO

And the GPL debate rages on

Intel looks to bury AMD’s ‘elegant’ Barcelona chip

Intel is banking on superior speed to market, pragmatic chip design to beat AMD's upcoming quad-core processor

Sun gives UltraSparc a power boost

Sun's new, faster UltraSparc IV+ processors are now available in its Sun Fire line of servers

Apple confirms iPhone launch for June

Debate lingers over federal data-handling laws

As Congress mulls national standards for consumer data protection, business leaders and privacy advocates contest potential risks, benefits of the bills

Intel launches a pair of new quad-core chips

Two latest offerings for embedded apps come from the Cloverton family of chips and are targeted at telecom infrastructure, network storage systems, and medical imaging uses

Cisco eyes future Linksys strategy

The company looks to make it easier for sellers to sell both the Cisco and Linksys brands as it mulls future possibilities for the SMB-targeted Linksys

Microsoft adds Expression tools to MSDN

Company also addresses challenges to the FoxPro discontinuance

Licensing deal with Marvell a first for Sun’s new unit

Sun's new Microelectronics unit will license its multithreaded networking technology to the semiconductor firm to help maximize the benefits of virtualization

IBM targets India with Autonomic Computing Center

As India IT grows, IBM markets self-managing systems

H-1B bill would give U.S. workers first shot at tech jobs

Legislation proposed in the Senate would also boost the Labor Department's enforcement powers on the visa program

FCC says no to mobile calls on airplanes

Agency cites "insufficient" data on cell phone use, could return to issue if "appropriate" technical findings become available

Microsoft issues emergency Windows patch

The patch fixes a flaw in the processing of .ani animated cursor files that hackers have been exploiting heavily since last week

Cisco targets SMBs with unified communications

As SMBs adopt unified communications packages at a faster rate than big businesses Cisco turns its focus from large enterprises to smaller businesses

Microsoft issues emergency Windows patch

The patch fixes a flaw in the processing of .ani animated cursor files that hackers have been exploiting heavily since last week

Class action suit: Microsoft used deceptive marketing

Suit claims that Microsoft's 'Vista Capable' ad campaign dishonestly implied that certain PCs would be able to run Vista features that they actually could not handle

E.U. launches patent strategy, calls for compromise

Attaining, attacking, and defending patents in E.U. countries is an expensive and often-confusing proposition, so the E.U. has put forth a simplifying compromise

Collision of AI, natural language search

Web services security bolstered

IBM donates translation software to US military

Big Blue says software will be used in medical settings with aid groups

CodeGear gets new CEO

Update: Web services security document published

WS-I technology backed by Microsoft, IBM, Oracle

Google, EchoStar enter TV ad deal

Pact will automate buying and selling ads on the Dish network

Qualcomm files more suits against Nokia

Company asks courts to force Nokia to stop selling affected phones

Sonopia: any group can provide cell service

BI and its bad reputation

British UFO hacker loses extradition appeal

Gary McKinnon could face up to 60 years in prison

Blogger posts Vista SP1 fixes

Ethan Allen says service pack will include device drivers and compatability technology some had hoped would be in original OS

Update: EC sues Apple, others over pricing

Distribution agreements between Apple and record companies called restrictive practices

Microsoft sues over resold school software

Companies posed as academic resellers

CSC announces $1.2B in US government contracts

Company inks 62 deals, incluing 28 with civil agencies

LG, Panasonic end patent suits against Taiwan companies

Vendors settle disputes separately

Readers respond: top laptop priorities

XenSource expands its virtualization capabilities

Latest update to the company's open-source software for server virtualization includes support for Windows 2000 and symmetric multilayer processing

Jobs unlikely to push for lift of video DRM

Apple's CEO cites the differences in the music and video businesses as why he supports removing DRM from music but not movies

FCC strengthens rules against pretexting

New regulation prohibits telephone, VoIP, and mobile providers from disclosing customer records over the phone without a password

ITIF: Expand the R&D tax cut and make it permanent

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation is lobbying Congress to double the R&D tax credit and make it permanent to encourage innovation

Spansion passes Intel in cell-phone flash market

Sales for 2006 were up 35 percent over 2005, though flash memory producers are finding it harder to make profits as chip prices fall

JavaScript botnet code leaked to Internet

The code, which uses JavaScript to turn any Web browser into a hacker's tool, was created as a demonstration of how JavaScript can be used to dodge security measures

StorNext 3.0 expands enterprise storage tools

The latest update offers LAN-based access to storage as well as deduplication, joining a wider trend of expanded options for enterprise storage management

Google April 1 gotcha: Gmail Paper

February chip revenue declines as prices fall

Revenue, down 6.5 percent from January, is actually up 4.2 percent from a year ago, but falling prices undercut gains

Wearable SOA

Check: Mac OS X on Apple TV

Xerox to buy Global Imaging Systems

With acquisition, company hopes to better reach SMBs

Infor buys Workbrain for $227M

Company says it will use acquired technology to build out its HCM lineup

TI links up with Indian institution for research

Indian Institute of Science to work on projects assigned by TI, including DSP, mobile and wireless