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Symantec launches $15M piracy suit

More than $15 million in damages is sought from a network of U.S. and Canadian businesses selling counterfeit versions of company's products

Congress wants HP’s Hurd to explain stock sale

CEO must explain by December 21 why he sold stock just before spy scandal broke

Cisco focuses on end-user experience

Copmany's development approach is changing as the consumer and enterprise worker experience becomes more important

Russian expert: Terrorists may try cyberattacks

Russia's energy grid is one possible target highlighted by a university-based security expert

AMD seeks efficiency in making 45-nanometer chips

HP offers free upgrades to Vista

Some of the company's Pavilion, Presario and Digital Entertainment Center PCs are eligible

BI vendor fills up with holiday spirit

Qlik Tech tackles consumer apps, beginning with The Wine Press

Update: Google interested in South Korean office suite

Google is reportedly in talks with ThinkFree, maker of the Office Online suite of Java applets

Mobiles offer more than voice in developing markets

Phones are the primary devices for users to access the Internet in developing countries

EU abandons plans to overhaul copyright levies

Intense lobbying from France leads European Commission to shelve its reform plans

GPS devices on the move

Honing gadgets, LP to MP3 converters, Bluetooth headphones make the list of gift ideas

Microsoft offers software for building robots

Robotics Studio makes it easier to write robot apps and use them on different types of hardware

Expert warns on wireless security in Asia

Fast growth in wireless Internet use leaves users vulnerable to data theft over unsecured networks

Intel moves Spring IDF to Beijing, drops US conference

Intel will still hold a Fall IDF conference in San Francisco next year

IBM, Yahoo launch free enterprise search tool

Free, entry-level IBM OmniFind Yahoo Edition search app aims to challenge the Google Mini

BEA sees Java virtualization approach as differentiator

WebLogic Server Virtual Edition due in first quarter 2007

Ease AJAX development with the Google Web Toolkit

Use the GWT to create a simple AJAX application

Microsoft pilots VS hotfix program

‘Rock Phish’ blamed for surge in phishing

Whether a group or person, it's the Keyser Söze of phishing, say experts

Cisco focuses on video, innovation teams

Developing countries and emerging technologies are the company's focus going forward

Google revamps struggling Finance site

Competitive changes to site will hopefully boost site's popularity

EBay Express disappoints merchants

Fixed-price marketplace an "irrelevant, mostly deserted sales channel," acccording to merchants

Microsoft fixes IE, Windows Media Player flaws

Seven security patches fix seven bugs — but none for the two Word flaws exploited during the past week

HP predicts steady revenue growth through 2008

CFO projects revenue between US$100.9 billion and $102.8 billion for that time period

Intel speeds up introduction of quad-core chip

Company says the early release of Xeon 5335 processor will supply the demand from server manufacturers

Congress fails to pass net neutrality bill

Advocates will continue to press Congress to pass a law protecting open access on the Internet

U.S. Education Secretary urges reforms for math, science

Barriers limit new approaches, Spellings says

Airline goes on-demand to push collaboration

North American arm of Singapore Airlines is cutting costs by requiring sales staff to work from home

Botswana pitches for BPO business

South African country aims to target niche outsourcing markets such as financial services

US agencies target bogus business opportunities

Project FAL$E HOPE$ crackdown targets Internet-based schemes, work-at-home scams

Update: Samsung, Sharp reeled into LCD investigation

Investigation into anticompetitive behavior centers spans three countries and five vendors

Hurd: HP needs to cut costs, improve efficiency

CEO says HP's cost of operations are still too high

December’s coolest gadgets

Shimon Peres stops by blogging event

Israeli Deputy Prime Minister makes surprise visit to social media conference in Paris

Taiwan readies WiMax auction, first major test site

Taiwan hopes to be among the world leaders in adopting WiMax

HP buys data management services company

Hewlett-Packard to acquire IT services company Knightsbridge Solutions

Salesforce.com gets closer to ‘iTunes’ vision

Salesforce.com to turn AppExchange into a fully functioning online marketplace for hosted software

Trade Commision rules Qualcomm violated Broadcom patent

US International Trade Commission ruling is a blow to Qualcomm in its ongoing patent battle

Fujitsu claims first 300GB SATA 2.5-inch drive

Fujitsu HDD offers 50 percent jump in capacity and is suitable for laptops and video recorders

Authentication startup Bharosa is growing up fast

FFIEC and HIPAA are regulatory rocket fuel for this company

Americans are cool to mobile data services

Carriers controlling content may be a barrier to U.S. user acceptance of SMS

Sun Solaris getting security, virtualization boosts

Open source Xen hypervisor set for inclusion in 2007

Celtel launches mobile net service in Africa

African leaders hope the service will expand e-commerce

Congress passes ‘pretexting’ phone records bill

Law Enforcement and Phone Privacy Protection Act will make it illegal to obtain a person's phone records without permission

Wayman retiring as HP’s CFO

EVP will step down after 37 years with company — Cathie Lesjak will replace him

Cisco, Citrix expand click-to-call

By mousing over any phone number in any application they're working on, users can call that number via VoIP

BEA sees Java virtualization approach as differentiator

Middleware vendor says users are looking to improve general server virtualization

UWB gets approval in Europe

Wireless technology gets the green light and can be used in Europe as early as February

Veteran Affairs: We’re more secure

CIO is 'pretty confident' the VA agency will not have another large data breach

Transactional Grid, Beyond HPC