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E-discovery vendor Zantaz acquires Singlecast

Zantaz buys Singlecast's data classification and policy management tools

LG.Philips subpoenaed in LCD competition probe

Korean and Japanese FTCs are also investigating possible anticompetitive behavior

IPTV tunes into competition

Microsoft's hopes of establishing its software as the de facto standard for IPTV has dwindled

Sun goes multilingual with Java SE 6

Java SE 6 is the first version that lets developers mix Java technology with other languages

WS-I moves forward on interoperability, SOA

Guidance documents released in draft form

Lower cost rivals challenge VMware lead

Virtual Iron and XenSource both introduce new virtualization software

Infosys becomes first Indian company in Nasdaq-100

Level 3 is also being added to the list of 100 largest stocks while JDS Uniphase is dropped

Eclipse clears developer clutter

Mylar task manager is readied

Fujitsu Siemens offers SAN bundle for small businesses

Fujitsu follows HP in offering bundled product that makes it easier to install and operate a SAN

Quote of the day: Open source no cure all

Project checks Java code for security bugs

Fortify, FindBugs launch free service to audit source code for open-source projects

New type of memory chip may replace flash, HDD

IBM-led group is developing 'phase-change memory' that could someday replace disk drives

2006: A year of IT highs and lows

Bold moves, huge blunders defined year in tech

Sun goes multilingual with Java SE 6

Java SE now allows developers to mix Java with other scripting languages

BEA sees Java virtualization approach as differentiator

Export Swing components to PDF

Use JFreeChart and iText to draw charts

Mozilla ships developer release of Firefox 3.0

Firefox and Web application developers got an early look at the next-generation browser Friday

Open XML a one-way standard?

Vista: hard to hack, not pirate

ICANN sees progress on revamped DNS

Domain names are being expanded to more languages and alphabets

EU approves sale of AOL UK

Carphone Warehouse Groups scoops UK Internet access unit of AOL

MS sets Community Content feature

Microsoft releases Exchange Server 2007

MS enhances security, mobile computing, and compliance features in its messaging server

Pirates work around Vista’s activation feature

Hackers are distributing a file that spoofs the KMS activation tool process

Security hole found in Windows Media Player

Flaw affects Media Player Versions 9 and 10 and could let hackers run unauthorized software

Update: Orange gives mobile phones access to PC content

New service lets mobile phone users access photos, videos, music stored on their PCs

Microsoft IPTV: Fuzzy partnership

Partners Alcatel-Lucent and Microsoft could be headed to court over a patent dispute

BitTorrent acquires µTorrent

BitTorren makes another move to become a legitimate competitor in online content

Quote of the day: reaching end-users and IT adoption

Wall Street Beat: Nasdaq bid also a sign for IT

The merging of exchanges and the broader, growing numbers of mergers and acquisitions that IT companies are involved in are part of a growing phenomenon

Update: HP settles civil lawsuit over spying scandal

Hewlett-Packard to pay a 14.5 million settlement; HP executives and private investigators still face criminal charges

IBM accuses mainframe company of patent infringement

PSI counters that its patented technology enables standard, open-system Itanium processors to run the IBM z/OS operating system

Purge-Binge: Yahoo chases MetaCafe?

Yahoo is rumored to be making a play for video sharing site MetaCafe.

Leopard Server faces an x86 server market turned inside out

Shelving of EU patent court draws ire

Decision sparks angry response from the European Commission, the Union's executive body and trade groups

Nuance buys into mobile speech-enabled services

Company has agreed to buy MobileVoiceControl, which lets cell-phone users dictate and send e-mails and texts

U.S. board approves testing of e-voting machines

EAC votes unanimously to approve a manual for testing and certification of e-voting machines

The top 10 news stories of 2006

AOL breach, BlackBerry, Google-YouTube, Gates, HP scandal, MS-Novell … IDG News Service revisits the year in news

Intel king of semiconductors despite slump in 2006

Gartner said Intel was only able to record its 15th straight year as a market leader because it had banked such a large lead on smaller rivals

CNET’s James Kim: 1971-2006

Open XML becomes a standard

ECMA approves the document format in an overwhleming vote

IT predictions for 2007

Windows Vista, monetizing information, hacking, spam and, of course, open source among the hot-topics-to-be in the year ahead

Fakeyourspace.com: The online reputation hack?

Introducing the online reputation hack.

MS: 1 million Zune sales by June 2007

Despite a slow start, software giant claims its music player will sell more in first 14 months than iPods did

MySQL, Open-Xchange announce partnership

Companies team up to optimize interaction between MySQL DBs and Open-Xchange groupware

Update: Police raid IBM’s Moscow office

IBM, two other IT suppliers raided in government's investigation into procurement fraud

India’s Satyam looks to Malaysia for extra staff

Indian outsourcer is setting up a 2,000-seat software development facility in Malaysia

Ericsson sees $70 3G mobiles possible next year

Low-cost 3G handset would let users browse the Net, use messaging and voice services

Elpida, Powerchip to invest $13.9B in DRAM venture

Memory chip makers team up to build four new DRAM factories in Taiwan

NTT DoCoMo to replace 1.3M phone batteries

Handset vendor recalls Sanyo-made batteries because they may overheat and catch fire