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Storm Trojan floods e-mail boxes

Malicious software disguised as a report on the severe storms battering northern Europe

The new ‘SOA Practitioner’s Corner’

Alleged software pirate turns himself in to police

The BSA and the MPAA work together for the first time to go after a bootlegger

MySpace headed for murky legal ground

New round of lawsuits allege MySpace failed to protect minors from online sexual predators

Intel mum on plans for first China chip plant

Intel reportedly has won approval from Chinese government to build its first Asian chip plant

Jive in talks with Salesforce on Clearspace

IBM snags NASA deal

Belgian newspapers go after Yahoo

Yahoo is latest search site that Copiepresse has accused of copyright violations

Microsoft helps fight online child abuse in India

Microsoft to provide Indian law enforcement agencies with technologies, tools to combat cybercrime

Sony says ‘no’ to porn on Blu-ray Disc

Analysts say Blu-ray could lose format battle to HD DVD because Sony will not handle adult film titles

PlayStation 3 has worst week of sales since launch

Entire market for newly launched game consoles has poor showing

iPhone may pay Apple over 50 percent margins

iSuppli believes Apple will have to reduce iPhone prices to compete against other handset makers

Samsung heir apparent gets a promotion

Jay Y. Lee is promoted to new position of chief customer officer at the electronic gadgets maker

Microsoft, Google promote privacy rights

Tech companies and a coalition of NGOs agree to a code of conduct supporting freedom of expression

Open source license attribution problem

Update: IBM profits rise 11 percent

Big Blue's middleware group provides biggest revenue jump over last year as Q4 earnings top forecasts

Opti sues Apple

Company claims that Apple is using patented predictive snooping technology in Macs without permission

Microsoft makes multimedia app design play

Expression line touted at event

IT off to rocky start for 2007

IBM and Apple report strong profits for last quarter, but they are exceptions in an IT market that looks shaky thus far

California offers Dunn, former HP execs, plea deals

Felony charges could be dropped if defendants each plead guilty to a misdemeanor

Nuance goes SIP on voice dialer

The move to what is fast becoming the industry standard for IP telephony will lower costs, increase productivity, and allow for greater compatability with various vender platforms

Microsoft reissues Excel patch

The MS07-002 update fixes five Excel flaws, and is rated critical by Microsoft

Proposed DRM legislation criticized as too harsh

Consumer rights groups say the bill overreaches when it comes to the issues of downloading and copying music files

TJX looking for PCI auditor (about time!)

Guess who's looking for a new PCI compliance officer?

Google Checkout rated low in customer satisfaction

Technical problems and a lack of brand recognition prevent the online payment service from taking much of PayPal's turf

Surviving a bad IT reorg

Apple to reap 50% margin on iPhone

France Télécom targets Web 2.0

France Télécom rebrands research centers as Orange Labs and changes focus to Web 2.0 technologies

National Library of Medicine adds Vivisimo search

Company's Velocity software will power searching, indexing for the world's largest medical library

iPhone – gPhone – Embedded Grid?

NetBeans adds ties to devices, ALM

Sun-driven open source platform boosted by Ricoh, Intland

European registrars gain new tool to fight spam

New rule will stop the transfer of ownership of a domain name if it's suspected of abuse

Sony upgrades digital camera offerings

Sony upgrades several models to 7.2-megapixel image sensors

LG unwraps iPhone-like Prada cellphone

LG's latest model looks a lot like Apple's iPhone — but with a memory card slot and bigger price tag

Sun Rock processor project advances

Sun expects to have a processor with as many as 16 cores ready by the second half of 2008

Intel to invest in ClickandBuy

Intel's deal with Firstgate will help the payment service expand in Asia, Latin America

The Fat Client Diet

HP tops Dell as PC sales continue to slow

Global PC market in 2006 falls short of predictions

The wise work manager for context-based scoping

Improve thread performance with the Work Manager API

NetBeans adds ties to devices, ALM

Sun-driven open source platform boosted by Ricoh, Intland

Sprint sees ‘open’ model for WiMax

Company plans for its 4G technology to follow an Internet model rather than a cellular one

MS pushes premium versions of Vista, new purchasing options

For the first time, the Windows OS and MS Office can be purchased via online download

Microsoft trots out online ad tools from its labs

Company seeks to bolster its slumping Online Services Business by grabbing a bigger piece of the expanding online advertising market

E-tail sales growth to slow to single digits by 2010

Online sales growth is expected to slow over the next five years, but a predicted surge in offline purchases influenced by online research could offset that slowdown

Retailer TJX reports massive data breach

Credit, Debit data stolen. Extent of breach still unknown

Apple Q1 earnings top records, forecasts

Increase in sales of iPods and Macs credited for record earnings that topped analysts' expectations

VersionOne tunes agile ALM platform

Customization, security enhancement touted

Shrinking devices key to Intel WiMax vision

Intel's conception of all-over wireless Internet depends on smaller, more power-efficient devices as well as widespread WiMax adoption

U.S. financial transactions database delayed

Originally targeted to be operational by December 2007, the database, meant to track down and eliminate terrorism funding coming in and out the U.S., now appears unlikely to be running before 2010

Sun’s Green denies GPL report