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Judge rules against online porn law

Department of Justice failed to show that COPA effectively protects children from sexual content online

Ruby luster readied for Java

Developers at Sun target May for 1.0 release of JRuby, the Jave implementation of the Ruby language

Yahoo creates new online search ad team

Headed by the newly-created VP of marketplace quality, the new Yahoo unit will focus on increasing search market share and related revenue

FCC to examine net neutrality

Government body to look into how broadband providers manage their traffic so it can stay informed about possible discriminatory practices

A new tech title: Chief sustainability officer

Update: Nokia ships N95 phone with GPS

Nokia's new feature-rich phone carries a $732 price tag

IT vendors submit management spec to W3C

SML specification is aimed at making it easier to manage services on a network

Java symposium extends to other technologies

ServerSide Java Symposium has added sessions focusing on SOA and AJAX

Gates to get Harvard degree

School Gates left to start Microsoft will bestow honorary degree

EU official: Microsoft’s behavior ‘unacceptable’

Commissioner bashes Microsoft for continuing to gain market share using tactics outlawed in 2004 antitrust ruling

HP to acquire Web software developer Tabblo

HP purchases technology that lets users arrange and print text, graphics, and photos from the Web

Microsoft, Fuji Xerox agree to cross-license patents

Deal is aimed at speeding up development of new document management systems

AJAX: SOA’s new mug

Startup applies P-to-P to calendar scheduling

Tungle aims to help make coordinating meetings easier

Hitachi to slash workforce, close HDD plant in Mexico

Company to shift production to China, the Philippines, Thailand in move to save $300M

Four former Livedoor executives sentenced

Former CFO sentenced to 20 months in jail for inflating Livedoor's earnings reports

No More Need for Mobile HDDs?

Microsoft names leaders for search-and-ad unit

Former VP of the Business Solutions group has been tapped to head up the new unit dedicated to increasing revenue from search-related ads

Motorola cuts Q1 estimate, shakes up management

The number-two cell phone maker's CFO retires as the company warns of quarterly losses of $.07-.09 per share

IBM hails Jazz collaboration platform

Jazz community portal is expected in June, and products built on Jazz should be offered in 2008

Microsoft to release VOIP server beta on Monday

Release includes Office Communications Server 2007, VoIP software, and Office Communicator 2007 and marks Microsoft's entry into enterprise telephony

SugarCRM update due in beta next month

Latest version of the open-source CRM software will be more extensible and offer greater interoperability with Windows Server OS and SQL Server

Sprint gives away GPS service with low-cost data plans

Navigation service also available at a per-use rate for other data-plan customers

Data leakage concerns run deep

IT administrators fear that sensitive data is most likely being stolen using USB drives and e-mail systems.

Intel Capital invests $40 million in DTV chipmaker

Intel's investment arm is providing the money to Legend Silicon, a company that specializes in making integrated circuits for digital broadcasting

Apple launches Apple TV set-top box

Convergence device allows users to wirelessly play content from PCs on TV sets and is based on the popular iTunes digital media library

IT vendors hand over SOA specs to Oasis

A group of 18 software vendors made good on a promise to hand over mature SOA specs to standards bodies, hoping simplify SOA development and integration

Google inks software deals in Africa

Google partnerships in Rwanda, Kenya carry its competition with Microsoft into developing countries

Broadcom: Ban phones with Qualcomm chips

Broadcom alleges processors infringe on company patents

Vista Aero’s dirty little secret

TJX stolen data used in Florida crime spree

Police arrest group accused of using credit card info stolen from TJX customers; losses total more than $8 million

Microsoft late with Zune firmware update

Users await fix for synching problems, skipping songs, but Microsoft has not set new delivery date

IBM wins contract to transform Indian mobile operator

Mobile services contract is expected to bring IBM between $600M and $800M over 10 years

BenQ creditors may go after BenQ Corp.

Creditors of bankrupt BenQ Mobile have filed claims amounting to more than $1.6 billion

Hynix, SanDisk announce patent pact, joint venture

Companies will jointly manufacture NAND flash memory and develop four-bit-per-cell flash memory

In Brief: Micron opens first chip plant in China

Dell launches low-cost PC in China

Dell is offering its new low-cost desktop with Windows XP instead of Vista

Doing the SaaS math

IDC: Acer could surpass Lenovo as No. 3 PC maker

Acer has expanded aggressively while Lenovo struggled to digest its acquisition of IBM's PC division

Liberty releases new client ID specifications

Specs aim to protect identity info transmitted by mobile devices during Web-based transactions

Intel CEO headed to Beijing for ‘major announcement’

Intel may next week announce a decision on a new China chip fabrication plant

Another Microsoft-Alcatel patent flap to be probed

Microsoft asks the ITC to exclude the disputed products from the U.S. market

Report: Google execs counter phone rumors

Java object queries using JXPath

Query complex Java object trees using the XPath expression language

Google expands pay-per-action ads test

New online ad model pays out when an ad leads to a specific action instead of whenever an ad is clicked

X86 still rules the server roost, but change is afoot

IDC trims 4.5 million units and $2.4 billion from its shipping and revenue projections for x86-powered servers, though it expects x86 to stay dominant for several years

PC vendors face slumping revenue in 2007

As notebook sales and emerging market opportunities pick up, slow desktop sales and mature markets are expected to cut into vendor revenue for the year

Hollywood and Silicon Valley — online allies?

Representatives from media and IT companies meet at the VON conference to discuss content disbursement among other online opportunities and pitfalls

Oracle CEO: Linux support program working

In his first update on the Linux support program's progress since he initially announced it in October, Larry Ellison claims it is off to 'a very strong start'

Oracle beats Q3 expectations

Net income is up 35 percent and revenue up 27 percent compared to last year's Q3