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Tech heavyweights tackle datacenter power shortage

Green Grid to promote ways to curb power consumption

Google tweaks Chinese search engine with more features

Google tries to stem the tide of its shrinking market share in China

EC warns Germany on broadband competition

Move comes in reaction to Germany ignoring new telecom law

Corticon links business rules, apps

IBM expands SOA wares

Ericsson bids $1.4 billion for Norwegian TV company

Ericsson hopes to join the list of vendors vying to sell IPTV equipment to cable and telecom companies

Acer spin-off boosted by Sirius, XM tie-up news

WNC could grab new orders for its satellite-related gear if the merger is approved

Al Gore, green IT and datacenter power threat

Skype asks FCC to force open mobile networks

Letting any device connect to cellular networks would give consumers a wide range of choices

First HD DVR-R laptop hits Japan

Toshiba's Qosmio Q30 can show high-definition images from HD DVD movie discs

AOL extends offer for Swedish marketing company

TradeDoubler shareholders have until March 14 to tender their shares in favor of AOL's acquisition

Apple, Samsung, Sandisk sued over MP3

Texas MP3 Technologies claims the companies infringed its patent covering 'an MPEG portable sound reproducing system'

Sun shines on silver anniversary

Despite recent troubles, the company remains a technological force with independent streak

Sun at 25: Where are the founders now?

InfoWorld catches up with some key figures from the first 25 years of Sun Microsystems

Interview: Bechtolsheim hails open-source moves

Sun co-founder also expresses regrets that company was slow to embrace x86 chips

At 25, Sun struggles to reinvent itself

In a bid to shape its future, Sun Microsystems must look to its past

We don’t care. We don’t have to. We’re the iPhone company.

Browser vulnerabilities and attacks will continue to mount

Even as software makers add more sophisticated security features to their browsers and rush to patch documented flaws more quickly, experts maintain that holes in the programs will continue to allow for widespread malware attacks

Google aims Apps beyond Microsoft Office

News analysis: Google has more than Microsoft in its sights, with Apps poised to be a desktop Web platform for everything

Mozilla fixes Firefox bugs

Among the browser updates is a patch for a security vulnerability that could allow an attacker to manipulate cookie information

Microsoft ponders Ruby language

Company also plans Expression line expansion

Second Google Desktop attack reported

Vulnerability to a little-known Web-based attack could allow an attacker to have access to any data indexed by Google Desktop

How to scoop the brains out of a Windows PC and dump them in your Mac in one step

Microsoft will fight to keep Office Live name

California company Office Live claims the name of Microsoft's new service is trademark infringement

Veritas to pay $30M to settle SEC case

Veritas will pay fine without admitting allegations it engaged in fraudulent accounting practices

Study: Consumers not willing to pay $500 for iPhone

Survey shows users would switch their service to AT&T if Apple drops the mobile phone's price

New laws target data security problem

Retailer TJX's breach presents a chilling lesson on the dangers of shortchanging data security

Sandisk results spotlight Irish tax controversy

Reports from Google, Microsoft have also been scrutinized for revenue seemly disproportionate to the number of employees in Ireland

Qualcomm, Broadcom drop some patent claims

The companies' other patent cases remain unresolved, with at least four more jury trials scheduled this year

EU to study energy use by datacenters

EC may introduce a voluntary code of conduct on energy efficiency

SAP to offer hosted midmarket apps later this year

SAP says A1S will be an 'entirely new product' not be a hosted version of its All-in-One

Eurid invites comments on registrar code of conduct

Proposed code aims to refine procedures to ensure a high quality of service for users

Toshiba secures quantum key distribution

Researchers develop method to secure distribution of encryption keys across a network

AT&T fights to export software jobs

Primavera outsources agile product development to India

Symphony Services defies conventional wisdom that agile development is difficult to do offshore

Turbolinux ships first Wizpy handhelds

Flash-based multimedia player lets users access files in their own working environment on almost any PC

Samsung speeds up GDDR4 graphics memory

South Korean company will begin sampling its first 4Gbps GDDR4 memory chips this month

Oracle sows the seeds for SOA

Enriched suite yields a crop of enhancements

Gartner: x86 server sales growth slowed in Q4

Slowdown largely attributed to adoption of virtualization and companies waiting for quad-core processors

News Corp. buys Web ad company

Purchase of performance-based advertiser Strategic Data is an attempt to increase online revenue

Uptick in M&A activity a good sign for tech

2006 was a record-setting year for IT mergers and acquisitions, and 2007 continues the trend, signalling confidence in the IT market

Jury orders Microsoft to pay Lucent-Alcatel $1.5B fine

Verdict is delivered in the first trial of a group of patent-infringement lawsuits; five additional related suits are still pending

Review: Core 2 Duo MacBook (Black)

Avaya to add VoIP to Google Apps

Collaboration will focus on voice, presence

Dell users demand Linux on laptops

Most popular requests on Dell's Idea Storm blog are for alternatives to Microsoft Windows and Office

Social networks key to ’08 race

Presidential candidates must know how to tap into online social networking, blogs, and mashups in their election races

BT to splash out $27 million on new datacenter

BT aims to strengthen its hosting and management services with new London datacenter

Fujitsu Siemens targets SMBs with new recovery system

Automated backup recovery system offers lower-cost alternative to virtualization or clustering

Google Apps: Poised to be a contender

India plays growing role in Intel R&D

Half of the work on Intel's 'teraflop research chip' was done in India