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Report: Feds looking at Apple stock-option documents

Apple now among nearly 200 companies to disclose internal investigations, government probes

Samsung develops 1Gb chip for handhelds

Mobile DRAM chip 20 percent thinner than multi-stack package

Update: Earthquake disrupts Internet access in Asia

Magnitude 6.7 quake cripples undersea cables

Wiki founder to launch search engine

Wikipedia-like search engine under way

Founder Jimbo Wales said that current search engine technology is "broken"

YouTube generation needs more broadband, panel hears

The U.S. has fallen behind on home and wireless broadband speeds, one expert says

The future of enterprise search

Elpida begins mass production of 70nm DRAM

Company says chips for servers, cameras to become available in the first quarter of 2007

Level 3 acquires Savvis’ video networking arm

Company pays $135 million for CDN technology so it can host rich media such as Web 2.0 applications, video

Project aims to tag Tokyo neighborhood with RFID

Tags and transmitters to provide location-based information

MS Japan ties with 7-Eleven on Vista printing

Users can print photos via kiosks in convenience stores

BEA dealing with accounting issues

Congress in ’07: Privacy, patents on agenda

Many technology advocates expect Democrats will focus on backburner issues under Republicans

Microsoft strengthens developer collaboration tool

Features toad support, branching capabilities

Allison hire spurs Google-MS war?

Cisco seeks IP route to living room

Cisco's vision of all-in-one digital entertainment could take the form of a home media server integrated into a set-top box, an analyst said

Grid will help physicists’ global hunt for particles

Researchers have begun running experiments with the MidWest Tier 2 Center, one of five regional computing centers in the U.S.

Samba guru leaves Novell for Google over Microsoft deal

Google's plans for Samba are not known, and Allison would not comment

Microsoft acknowledges Vista vulnerability

Flaw could potentially let an attacker place a rootkit on a machine and scrub any trace of tampering

Profits overflow at BlackBerry maker RIM

Consumer-aimed device Pearl said to be behind strong revenue

Skype: Business squarely in our sights

Toshiba: We’ll beat Sony to living room with Cell

CEO won't say what types of products or applications Toshiba is eyeing for the chip

Anyone remember Rupert Tollefson?

Book excerpt: Using WSIF for integration

Extend BPEL with WSIF for enterprise application integration

Wall Street Beat: The year ahead

Worldwide IT spending will increase by 6.6 percent in 2007, according to IDC

Sony rootkit settlement with states reaches $5.75M

Two days after reaching settlements worth $1.5 million with Texas and California, Sony agreed on Thursday to pay another 40 states to end investigations

A holiday season for hackers?

With IT administrators harder to reach, and less likely to patch software or issue work-arounds during the holidays, is it the season for hacks?

Kill two Windows servers with one Xserve

The seven top mobile and wireless trends for ’07

The top wireless trends that will emerge in 2007 — cheap smartphones and WiMax — wouldn't be possible without the two biggest stories of 2006

Motorola to buy Tut for video delivery boost

Acquisition will help Motorola deliver video technology for IP and ATM

French blame technical differences over euro Google-killer Quaero split

French agency says consortium ran into problem with technology, now must reshape project

Samsung exec pleads guilty to DRAM price fixing

Young Hwan Park agreed to plead guilty to a violation of the U.S. Sherman Antitrust Act

Baking up some Vista FUD

Big batches of Vista FUD. Hot out of the oven.

IBM tames photons in optical chips

Move important because photonic chips have faced the criticism they could transmit data quickly, but could not store it

Japan’s top searches: burgers, babes, betting

Generic searches outrank specific ones

Worldbeat: Bo knew Chinese auctions; eBay didn’t

eBay's pact with Tom Online might just be the company's way to 'sell off old junk'

Seven, Visto battle follows RIM, NTP path

U.S. Disctrict Court upholds decision that Seven infringed on Visto's patents

Siemens sets network speed record

Company pushes 107 Gbps over single optical fiber

Google upgrades Blogger – for some

Search giant integrates blogging more closely with its other services

Yahoo China wins case against rival

Suit charges Qihoo.com with listing the Yahoo Toolbar as malware

Seagate buys backup services company

Company acquires EVault for $185 million to add to its managed services business

BT awards $1 billion contract to Indian company

Pune-based company to add 3,000-4,000 new staff during five-year agreement

Vodafone, Reliance vying for Indian operator

Bidding war over Hutchison Essar is growing

Samsung adds real-time traffic info to phone

Using TPEG format, new cell phone can receive updated travel information

Juniper to take $900M charge for options

Company chose grant dates for options after the fact to give employees the benefit of better stock price

Update: Internet Archive expands OCA book digitizing effort

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation gives grant that will also benefit the OCA initiative

Cobol lives on

Micro Focus CEO notes continued prominence of legacy programming language

FCC streamlines video franchising rules

Local governments cannot refuse to grant television franchises to new providers

HP will acquire Bitfone to boost iPAQ line

Hp seeks to provide a better way to manage the cost and security of mobile IT deployments for business users

Websense to buy PortAuthority

January 2007 acquisition will enhance Websense's portfolio of enterprise Web filtering software