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EnterpriseDB bolsters European presence

Open-source database company opens London office to grow its business worldwide

Wii news channel debuts early

New service feeds news headlines to Nintendo's recently launched Wii console

Wall Street Beat: Strong results reassure IT

Strong quarterly results from Sun, EMC, AT&T offset bad news from AMD and Symantec

AMD chalks up another win in China

China's TCL Computer will begin using AMD chips in its desktops, notebooks

Bush wants H-1B visa cap hike

President's speech calls for an increase in the federal limits on H-1B visas

Open software group attacks educational software patent

USPTO will review Blackboard's e-learning patent after challenge by SFLC

News Corp. subpeonas YouTube over pirated shows

YouTube removes videos of '24' and 'The Simpsons' posted without Fox's permission

Cellphone Linux group launched

Motorola, NEC, Samsung team with NTT, Vodafone on platform for mobile phones

HP launches thin-client PCs

HP pitches power-efficient, low-maintenance alternatives to desktops

Kind of (Big) Blue

Oracle sneaks out E-Business Suite 12

New version of Oracle's suite of business apps is now available for download

Microsoft to push new anti-phishing technology

New certification process is designed to make it harder for phishers to spoof Web sites

Tokyo department store begins RFID cosmetics trial

Store seeks to determine which items customers choose more often

Book excerpt: Your way to Groovy

All the power of the Java platform can be harnessed with Groovy

IBM advancing global-based software development

SOA seen as key driver in the push toward global cooperative development

HP aims downmarket to pitch virtualization

Company seeks work with channel partners to apply virtualization to the largely untapped small-to-medium business market

Palm finally delivers real push e-mail

Microsoft Direct Push will become part of VersaMail

Microsoft’s net income falls by 28 percent in Q2

Most of the decrease can be attributed to the deferral of income to the next quarter and to a lull in Windows purchases as consumers preapare for the release of Vista

Half of pirated Vista is malware

Alleged "cracked" versions of Vista appearing on peer-to-peer networks often turn out to be Trojan horses

Webroot: Vista’s Defender stops only 16% of spyware

Microsoft challenges the study, saying it is confident in Windows Defender

Nintendo sales and profits surge on Wii, DS Lite

The company's strong showing with both hardware and software pushed sales up 73 percent and doubled operating profit over last year

German army recruits SAP

As part of an ongoing effort to modernize its IT, the German Federal Armed Forces will license SAP software

Judge orders countersuit against HP to be refiled

Distric Court wants claim to be under the seal of the court so that its contents are not made public, issues restraining order against discussing allegations with the media

Call for open SOA method

Tech firms swarm on data protection problem

Increase in breaches and vulnerabilities drive demand for new solutions

Siemens Q1 sales rise but profits dip due to fine

Quarterly revenue on the up and up, but an E.U. fine and a bribery scandal hurt overall revenue as well as planned future operations

Update: Wireless boosts AT&T’s quarterly earnings

Substantial increase in new wireless subscribers helpts boost AT&T profits by 17 percent

Update: IBM to hand off printing division to Ricoh

Joint venture based on IBM's printint unit will gradually become a fully owned Ricoh subsidiary

What’s Next for this Friend of Grid?

Siemens buys software company UGS for $3.5B

Purchase of the product lifecycle management vendor marks change in direction for Siemens

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Nokia stays on top with strong sales, profits

Nokia's profits were up even as mobile phone prices and North American sales slip

Cisco discloses three router security problems

Cisco publishes workarounds for IOS vulnerabilities that could lead to DoS attacks

Ricoh close to acquiring IBM’s digital printer business

Ricoh's deal to acquire IBM's digital-business printer operations is reportedly worth $700 million

Watching Vista blow up

Google has big plans for Groups service

Interview: Groups' engineering manager discusses how the forum is a great vehicle for collaboration and generating content

Chinese president calls for better Internet regulation

President Hu Jintao advocates for a 'healthy online culture' through better regulation

Pope decries video game violence

Pope Benedict XVI speaks out in favor of stricter controls on violent video games

TSMC 4Q earnings drop, sees weak Q1

Chip maker reports worst quarterly net profit in a year and a half as global chip glut worsens

TSMC: Vista adoption will not boost PC sales

TSMC predicts PC sales growth in 2007 will be similar to last year despite the hype of Vista's launch

China aims to “purify the Internet”

Partners and retailers rally apps, support for Vista

The first group of Vista programs and apps, including financial apps, security software, and customer management tools, will be ready to go for the OS's January 30 release date

Symantec storage revenue down; job cuts ahead

Slow growth and sluggish sales blamed for failure to reach quarterly expectations; layoffs loom as company seeks to trim $200 million in expenses

Novell sets Linux build service

Expert: U.S. military needs wikis, video-sharing

As information sharing both among the military and between the military and external groups becomes more crucial, tools like wikis and networking sites could prove very useful

Mobile shopping app comes to BlackBerry

Free download addresses the largely neglected consumer aspect of the BlackBerry and may open the door for other consumer apps in the future

AMD pins hopes on quad-core Barcelona chip

Company hopes its server chip, expected to be launched in mid-2007, will bring increased profits, but some analysts fret that such technology is outrunning its usefulness

Norway toughens iTunes stance

Nation threatens legal action if Apple does not change its DRM policy, unlink iTunes and the iPod

Google improves discussion group service

The groups have been redesigned and upgraded, though some wonder if the Web forum has been passed by Web 2.0 features like blogs and social networking sites

Yahoo readies new ad model for early release

The debut of the search-based ad model called Panama had been delayed, but now Yahoo is set to start rolling it out to selected advertisers in February