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Skype launches first mobile service

Skype to offer mobile VOIP in collaboration with 3 Group

Microsoft scores Sprint deal for mobile search

Deal makes Windows Live Search capabilities available through Sprint's mobile phone service

Group 3 to launch flat-rate mobile Internet

New plan enables customers to access online apps from phones without worrying about cost

Gates stresses technology to help the poor

Microsoft chairman receives humanitarian award

Quest releases tool for SharePoint migration

Tool helps move public folders from Microsoft's Exchange e-mail server software to SharePoint

Web 3.what?

AMD hit with patent infringement suit

Opti sues AMD after reaching an out of court settlement in a similar case against Nvidia

Quote of the day: Apple’s fling with Linux

Google, Yahoo, Microsoft partner on open source search protocol

Rivals team on how sites are indexed, easing the game for webmasters, improving search results for users

IT can drive revolution in work, MIT professor says

Digital technologies are making information cheaper and more accessible, thereby making the business world more democratic

Gates, McNealy, Schwarzenegger at tech summit

Vista, Web 3.0, energy issues are covered

Google expands mobile ads test

Text-based ads, search results delivered to mobile devices

Foley scandal lessons: Manage IM use

IM in workplace is "a recipe for legal, regulatory and security disaster"

Microsoft ad sales support Wi-Fi network in Oregon

Redmond says selling ads through its controversial adCenter data-mining system benefits everyone

NY authorities charge 30 with illegal online gambling

In first case since the enactment of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act into law last month, group faces charges

Marvell targets smartphones with efficient XScale chip

Determined to make its recent acquisition profitable, the company will release a new processor chip to extend battery life and improve performance

Negative feedback, collapse and chaos

Mozilla: Firefox antiphishing tool better than IE 7

Firefox maker claims its browser blocks more sites than IE 7

Patricia Dunn pleads not guilty

Former HP chairman appears in front of Santa Clara County Supreme Court

Borland names new CFO

Tools maker's latest earnings disappoint

The SKIL Bill and Your Local Elementary School

More than half of the kids polled in a local third grade class picked "Athlete, Actress, or Musician" as their desired career. Are H-1B visa's really the problem?

Former CA sales exec gets seven years in jail

Stephen Richards sentenced after pleading guilty to financial fraud charges

EasyMobile to close mobile phone service in UK

No stores and no phones means no clients for EasyMobile

Public sector drives open-source takeup

Germany's state-run organizations strive to lower their IT costs by using open-source software

Dems score with better data

DNC's Linux warehousing project delivered on '50-state strategy'

Summit puts spotlight on trends in networking

Unified communications, virtualization of IT resources are among the key issues emerging for enterprise networks

India’s Satyam expanding in China

Satyam plans to use staff in China to service its clients in North America

SAP, Microsoft plan more Duet features and new version

Companies will release Duet 1.5 in mid-2007

Security group ranks human error as top security worry

Report shows most people fall for 'spear-phishing' attacks even after hours of computer security instruction

Update: European Commission may fine Microsoft again

Microsoft faces daily fines of $3.84M if it doesn't provide information about Windows by Nov. 23

AOL upgrades AIM with offline messaging, chat logs

AIM 6.0 also sports a new dashboard to make it easier to access mobile features

Update: Microsoft Patch Tuesday quiet with six, five critical

Security firm Symantec said the most critical of the updates is the Workstation service patch

Dynamic Webpages with JSON

A JSON-based design approach lacks AJAX's cross-domain restrictions

Borland changes course, will spin off tools group

Wholly owned subsidiary, CodeGear, is unveiled

Second Life’s gloss comes off

Cisco plans high-tech ballpark for A’s

State-of-the-art ballpark will offer wireless network and allow fans to buy tickets online, among a host of other services

Vista, Office 2007 already cracked

Tell-all author Amit Singh dishes about Apple’s fling with Linux

Borland spins off tools as CodeGear

Ex-PeopleSoft CEO talks hosted apps, Oracle

Craig Conway has just joined the board of Kazeon Systems and talks about what's ahead for him

Sun kicks IBM’s shins

Tech groups call for R&D tax credit extension

Coalition says tax credit's expiration is causing offshoring

SaaS providers upgrades offline capabilities

Entellium is the first to allow users to download full solution

Motorola to acquire Netopia for $208 million

Motorola eyes home product space with its purchase of a maker of DSL user equipment

Dell buys IT services firm to ease Vista upgrades

Dell plans to offer consulting to large businesses as they upgrade to Microsoft's new OS

Microsoft Germany appoints new general manager

Former DT veteran Achim Berg takes spot at software giant

Microsoft: Code is better, not perfect

Interview: Stephen Toulouse discusses how Microsoft's programmers now develop code with security in mind

IBM to invest $100M in new business areas

InnovationJam brainstorming session leads Big Blue to identify its top 10 research ideas

SAP sinks teeth into rich SME pie

The head of SAP's new unit aimed at small and medium-size enterprises discusses the company's growth plans

Vodafone revenue hurt by slow growth in Europe

Vodafone announces an advertising partnership with Yahoo designed to boost its growth