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DoCoMo unveils thinnest 3G phones

DoCoMo also introduces a new phone from Sony that carries its Bravia TV brand name

Siemens launches new IT outsourcing and services group

New SIS group will bundle all of Siemens worldwide IT services and software activities

AOL offers $900 million for TradeDoubler

AOL hopes to boost European online ads with purchase of Swedish provider of online sales services

U.S. Attorney investigating Apple stock options

State Attorney's Office is looking into backdating of options at Apple

India nearly doubles mobile phone use in 2006

India adds 74 million new mobile telephone subscribers

SAP launches new All-in-One version

SAP targets midsize companies with scaled-down version of mySAP ERP 2005

Open source built on Microsoft

IBM enhances entry-level storage products

IBM offers SMBs features previously only available on high-priced models sold to large enterprises

HP advances fight to keep Moore’s Law healthy

Researchers may prolong Moore's Law by making chips more powerful, less power-hungry

Google partner in China is accused of abetting piracy

Chinese P2P site accused of offering content that infringes copyrights of MPA member films

IBM takes community approach to SOA

Big Blue announces first two in a planned series of eight SOA centers

EMI, Baidu launch streaming music service in China

Deal between music, internet companies intended to combat digital piracy

Apple miffed over faux iPhone icons

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India’s Tata posts strong revenue, profit growth

Nation's largest outsourcer cites increases in clients, productivity, and offshoring to India as reasons for 47 percent profit increase

Liberty Alliance, Microsoft discuss identity protocols

Integration of WS- and Web Services Framework discussed

CES spotlights office technologies to come

Consumer show highlights an all-IP world

Apple has urge to converge

Mac is the prologue, the iPhone is the future

Motorola may face legal hassle over Motomusic name

Music purchasing/streaming website has claimed the Motomusic name since 1986

AMD’s Hester touts PC, graphics convergence

Company's chief discusses hardware advances driven by increasingly powerful software, the home media center, and more

Group nets $1 million in piracy settlements in December

Most companies able to lower penalties by cooperating with investigations

Report: SEC delving into Jobs options grant

Phony board meeting to approve options a focus

Experts: Vendors need to reach DRM consensus

DRM issue will get more complicated as digital downloads move beyond music to TV and films

Investigator pleads guilty in HP case

Bryan Wagner has agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors, who continue to investigate the scandal

A vote against Apple’s iPhone

Cisco VP lays out case against Apple

Hack this application!

Products like TiVo DVRs and the Xbox highlight the benefits of allowing hackers to tinker with technology

Search engine targets aging, impatient boomers

Age-relevant engine will have a user feedback system to better hone results over time

Insurance provider urges SOA flexibility

Move from vertical to horizontal approach to provide more bang for the buck

Movieland.com agrees to limit pop-ups

Company admits no guilt but will stop using barrages of pop-ups to solicit subscriptions

LinkedIn previews Q&A feature

LinkedIn joins Yahoo, Microsoft in helping tap the collective knowledge of their user base

Update: Investigator to plead guilty in HP case

Bryan Wagner expected to plead guilty Friday in 'pretexting' case

Canon buys Toshiba stake in SED

In move aimed at ending a patent lawsuit, Canon acquires stake in large-screen joint venture

Aviva absorbs staff from Indian outsourcer

UK insurance firm says movining the outsourcing staff onto its own payroll will reduce costs

Avaya to buy SIP software developer

Deal will help Avaya support operators, enterprises migrating to all-IP networks

AOL scraps Music Now in favor of Napster

Deal will make Napster the second largest digital music service

AT&T to replace Cingular brand Monday

New advertising campaign will replace the Cingular brand with AT&T's own brand

UK schools advised to hold off on Vista, Office 2007

British report says new features in Vista, Office 2007 not essential enough to warrant upgrade

SAP warns of Q4 sales slowdown

SAP software revenue growth is lower than expected but still close to 13.5 percent

HTC lauds Apple iPhone, but won’t mimic it

HTC has not been in discussions with Microsoft over a Zune mobile phone

AMD warns of significant dip in Q4 earnings

AMD says falling chip prices will cause income to be positive but 'substantially lower' than Q3

A reason to hold off on Vista

U.S. trails in technology exports to China

Europe, Japan were the leading exporters of technology to China in 2006

Reality might tarnish iPhone’s shine

Concerns are raised over the iPhone features' technical limitations and durability

Microsoft Compute Cluster OS now on SGI servers

SGI looks to expand high-performance computing beyond niche markets

Oracle now giving early notice of security updates

Company adopts CVSS, aims to simplify its reporting and patch release process

Microsoft previews next version of Dynamics CRM

Redmond widens partner access to 'Titan' CRM, which will boast multitenancy support

Eclipse joins industry groups

Apple ad suggests iPhone will have Arm inside

If adopted, Arm could be the third processor to use Mac OS

Doctor charged with illegal prescribing over Internet

Illinois man is the ninth doctor to be sentenced in an anti-illegal prescription operation