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Equity firm buys First Data for $29B

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. scoops up the electronic payments provider

April Fools 2.0

Lycos jostles for position in Europe

New Jubii service pulls together e-mail, IM, SMS, VoiP and others

MySpace bug hunt off to a slow start

Hackers acknowledge that first flaw is 'a light one'

Microsoft offers new Vista enterprise licenses

New options focus on diskless computers, large datacenters

Update: EMI to offer music without DRM through iTunes

Company becomes first of the big music labels to drop DRM

Tibco adds AJAX test tool

Technology works with company's General Interface product

AMD issues M690 for embedded designs

Chipmaker also touts Socket S1 for connecting to motherboards

All eyes on London for Apple/EMI announcement

Rumors are swirling that music company may drop DRM

Analyst: Intel got China fab for bargain

Chipmaker takes older plant in a new location

With attacks increasing Windows patch coming early

More than 100 Web sites are serving malware to tap the bug

Welcome, citizen journalist

Early experiments in “crowdsourcing” shake up old media

Ad dollars drive online move

Research and experience indicate print delivers declining results for advertisers

Five technologies that changed the publishing business

The speed at which information travels is directly related to the technologies that are delivering it

The new metrics of online success

Web 2.0 technologies mean not all page views are created equal

InfoWorld folds print after 29 years

News flash, April 2, 2007: InfoWorld ceases printing weekly publication, will focus on events business and online coverage on InfoWorld.com

Magazines vs. the environment

Traditional print publishing takes a heavy toll on our little blue-green planet

Readers mixed on demise of print

Some readers prefer the portability of print, others welcome the accessibility of online information

AT&T wants Telecom Italia stake

Phone giant seeks one-third ownership of Italian company — will pay $3.5 billion for it

Acquisitions quadruple size of Brocade’s market

Company now ready to compete in a variety of markets, including SAN extension and routing capability, 10-gigabit Ethernet data center connectivity, and storage management services

Yawns, cheers for ‘unlimited’ webmail inbox storage

As webmail providers increase their inbox size limits, some users applaud the move, while others remain unimpressed

BEA cites Java, availability in app server upgrade

WebLogic Server 10 supports Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0 and is the first to support Java Enterprise Platform 5

New Minimo browser released to an uncertain future

Minimo version 0.2 has been released as a free download, but there is serious concern over how long the browser will last

Sprint rolls out faster EV-DO to more markets

Sprint's EV-DO Revision A upgrade offers upload speeds of 350K to 500Kbps, and downloads speeds of up to 1.4Mbps

Notes and musings from the CTIA wireless show

This year's show had much less flash and star power than those of previous years, but it featured some noteworthy technology, including a TV phone

Judge approves telecom merger conditions

After review a judge has approved the DOJ's conditions for both the SBC/AT&T merger and the Verizon/MCI merger

Tactics for boosting site traffic

Microsoft Deepfish beta runs dry

Demand for beta copies of Microsoft's Deepfish Web browser quickly outstripped supply, leaving hopeful mobile users fuming.

Get in line: The rush for H-1B visas is on

This year's allotted slots will likely be exhausted in record time

WS-I eyes secure Web services

iPhone Released June 11

New Hynix CEO takes over a remade company

Former government official to head South Korean memory chip maker

Yahoo given go-ahead to buy Taiwanese blog site

Purchase of popular Wretch.cc site gives Yahoo another leg up in Asia

EEye publishes fix for Windows zero-day vulnerability

Unofficial temporary patch fixes a bug in the way Windows processes Animated Cursor files

New virus comes disguised as IE 7 download

Virus is delivered when recipients click on a link in an authentic-looking e-mail rather than on an attachment

ICANN votes against ‘.xxx’ top-level domain again

Domain proposed as a way to isolate adult content on the Web is rejected by overseer of Internet's addressing system

Wi-Fi signal spans 60 miles

Red Hat CEO undaunted by Oracle, Microsoft

Interview: Matthew Szulik says Red Hat's sharp rise in Q4 results prove the company can withstand new competitive challenges

From Java EE security to Acegi

The right way to protect your Web applications

RIM adds APIs for new types of applications

New technology allows developers to create applications for BlackBerry phones

Red Hat says Yahoo relationship intact

Quarterly profits are down compared to last year thanks to competition from companies like Oracle, but Red Hat still claims a strong relationship with Yahoo

Author apologizes but fails to fix Panda worm

The worm's author claims to have written a fix, but Symantec says it doesn't undo file and registry changes made by the worm and is ineffective against variants

Vendors get a vote of confidence from Wall Street

Several key companies, including Nokia, Accenture, and Dell, have had their stock recommendations upgraded, indicating confidence in the IT sector

Dell to delay filings as investigation finds misconduct

The company will miss the extended deadline to file annual earnings reports due to unspecified 'misconduct' discovered by an audit team

Payment systems culprit in TJX heist

Security experts contend that criminals found a common weakness in retailers' defenses by targeting TJX's payment card systems

Formal BPEL standard set for approval

OASIS expected to give nod next week

SMBs send mixed messages on patent reform

Speaking before the House of Representatives' Small Business Comittee, SMB owners gave widely varying views on how best to undertake patent reform

Apple Boot Camp does Vista

U.S. man gets jailed for selling pirated software

An Indiana man is sentenced to 27 months for selling bootleg software on eBay

SOA: Acting globally