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Father of Fortran programming language dies

John Backus led the development Fortran, which was the first mainstream programming language and is still heavily influential today

U.S. Patent Office leverages telecommuting

Government agency has taken several steps to promote telework and has seen the rewards in employee retention and satisfaction

Coding advice offered

Google phone just a step toward Net-advertising dominance

ACS founder offers to buy the company for $6B

Darwin Deason, who founded the IT servies provider in 1988, wants to take the company private and is offering a $6 billion buyout

Yahoo’s mobile search now available to all

Company takes aim at Google as it offers its mobile oneSearch, previously only available as part of Yahoo Go for Mobile, to all Web-enabled mobile phones

Oracle, Sun fixing J2SE bug in E-Business Suite

The flaw can affect how the E-Business Suite runs on Windows Vista and is delaying certification of E-Business Suite 11i and 12 for the OS

Take a chance to get IT job you want

Global malady: Virus writers worldwide team up

Recently, malware and botnet pushers have been increasing cooperation across the world, including partnerships between the West and China, to boost their effectiveness

Novell embraces interoperability with Microsoft

Novell’s user conference is the setting for details of the Microsoft-Novell technology pact, interoperability demonstrations

Analysis: Salesforce AppSpace signals major shift in SaaS

Moving from data-centric to process-centric service will keep traditional on-premise vendors up at night

Virtual worlds ‘worth $1B’? Oh no!

Microsoft joins OpenAJAX group

Organization seeks interoperability

RIM chief: Wireless security must be top priority

Wireless mobile security is multifaceted and complicated, Lazaridis stresses in keynote

EU proposal stiffens sanctions for copyright violations

Companies and their employees could face prison time if their networks or online services carry illegally copied material

Toshiba, Hynix sign flash licensing pact

Agreement puts an end to several lawsuits and could help restore calm to market

Microsoft charts Orcas for ALM

Secure64 builds DNS appliance with Itanium server

Minimalist OS turns Itanium 2 server into a secure DNS appliance that can handle 100,000 queries per second

In Brief: Fujitsu lowers 2006 forecast to a loss of $2.35B

Inotera plans $6B in new chip plant spending

Investment should help ensure a steady supply of cheap memory chips

Dell opens Chinese blog, lauds Taiwan

Dell makes bid to communicate more directly with customers in China

Mobile search company launches ad network

Medio aims to wrest a piece of the mobile ad market from giants such as Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft

IT spending growth to slow in ’07

BenQ chairman offers to resign over phone troubles

Board of directors refuses K.Y. Lee's resignation, demanding he remain and turn the company around

Dynamics users: Microsoft is listening more

Microsoft has introduced new avenues for user feedback about its Dynamics business apps

IBM, Cisco release crisis response service

New managed service aims to help government agencies and large businesses recover from disasters

Carriers predict boom in managed security services

Telecommunications companies claim they are ready begin helping enterprises offload many security tasks, with carrier executives claiming that the new business opportunities can translate into sizeable profits.

GlassFish app server to swim in the enterprise

Sun bolsters open source platform

Using Dell’s Rugged Laptop, Week Two

AIM plug-in IDs users’ locations

New app uses Skyhook technology to more precisely identify the locations of AIM users, opening the door for improved local search opportunities

FTC stays part of Rambus case

Federal agency amends part of its initial ruling, now allowing the company to collect royalties for past uses of its memory chips

Microsoft offers small-business promotions

Companies that verify they are running genuine copies of Windows qualify for trial versions of other Microsoft products

MySpace enters the U.S. presidential race

Opening its door wide to a huge audience, MySpace's Impact features pages for 2008 candidates

Why would Google make a phone?

Amid all the buzz surrounding news that Google will launch a phone, no one is asking why it would enter such as cutthroat business

Debian Linux founder joins Sun Microsystems

Where to turn if you're committed to building a top-notch open source operating system but are frustrated with the logistics of pure community-driven development? In Debian founder Ian Murdock's case, the answer is to join Sun Microsystems.

IT spending growth forecast to slow in 2007

Spending is expected to slow to 4-6 percent, versus 8 percent last year, though SMBs are projected to have higher growth rates

Something not quite right about server pricing

Microsoft dials in to SMBs with new speech-recognition phone system

Upcoming phone, software package is aimed as an alternative to PBX and is for use with VoIP or traditional phones

HP tops Dell in Q4 notebook sales

Acer also ratchets up its lead over Toshiba

Fujitsu offers flash-based notebooks

Falling prices, rising capacity make flash a more attractive option for ultra-portable notebooks

Salesforce.com readies its take on MySpace

AppSpace hosted portal will be part of the Spring 07 release of Salesforce's hosted CRM software

Microsoft, researchers take aim at ‘search spammers’

Microsoft teams with U. of California researchers to uncover roots of nuisance Web pages

Hackers promise month of MySpace bugs

Two hackers aim to expose security vulnerabilities in popular social networking site

Rally adds Ruby to agile platform

Hosted service is upgraded

Thomson vies for place in digital living room

Multimedia gadgets for the home are on display at CeBIT show

Google buys game advertising, statistics software

Adscape Media and Trendalyzer acquisitions broaden Google's advertising and statistics visualization expertise

Hackers selling IDs for $14, Symantec says

Report warns of 'underground economy servers' used by crime organizations for identity scams

Bidding those passwords adieu

Collax puts Web face on application management

Collax interface helps small businesses manage their applications

Raidon offers small RAID module for the masses

Taiwan company's small RAID module fits into a 3.5-inch drive bay