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Intel ships new NOR flash chips for cell phones

Intel's 1Gb StrataFlash chips made with 65nm process offer lower power consumption and faster speeds

ActivIdentity speeds single sign-on for shared PCs

Extension to SecureLogin will allow Windows users to switch sessions faster

Skype upgrade to get smart new features

Skype 3.0 can automatically detect phone numbers in Web pages and initiate calls

Samsung debuts combined mini-PC phone

Samsung unveils a converged computer and mobile phone that uses 3G and mobile WiMax connections

Dell puts quad-core processors in servers, workstations

Dell to ship its first systems featuring Intel's Quad-Core Xeon 5300 processor

Novell deal to cost Microsoft hundreds of millions

Microsoft will spend more than $440M in licensing fees, marketing costs to hold up its end of Linux agreement

Sun expands support for Ubuntu Linux

Java EE 5 is the first Java application server to be distributed via Ubuntu

SAP invests in another NetWeaver partner

SAP's Visiprise investment aims to strengthen the partnerships around its applications and integration platform

Google CEO: Take your data and run

Google wants to make data portable and easily exported to competing services to keep the company honest

Google pushes ads beyond Web

Java upgrade advances

Google on the (Radio) Dial?

Google's Pondering a Bigger Investment in Radio. Can Goog reinvigorate print and broadcasting, or is the company just spreading its bets?

Update: Microsoft enters domain name registration game

The company is expected use its new status to reduce costs for its Office Live registrations

What Adobe, Mozilla aren’t doing

Sometimes it pays to take a little time before you issue a press release. This morning's release about collaboration between Adobe and Mozilla is a great case in point.

Microsoft embraces AJAX, IronPython

Software giant details dynamic scripting efforts

Watchdog groups report e-voting problems

More than 14,000 calls have already been received at Common Cause, a government watchdog group, and the polls don't close for hours yet

Yahoo tests mobile banner ads

Company believes cell phones may be the ideal way to capture user attention on advertising

IBM embraces open community approach

Peer reviews and open group participation are being used to develop commercial software at Big Blue

Aruba enters fixed mobile convergence market

Company is one of the first WLAN vendors to offer network integration with cellular

Watchdogs urge people to report e-voting problem

Potential problems include improperly recording ballots, switching votes to other candidates, or crashes as people vote

HP to retire OpenView, Mercury brands

Brands to go over time, but individual product names will stay

Intel puts muscle behind Web 2.0 application suite

Company is spearheading the assembly of a software suite that includes blogging, wiki and content syndication software

US FTC settles with e-mail marketer

Company blames spam filters for filtering out users' unsubscribe requests

Dell expands embrace of AMD chips

Optiplex 740 runs either Athlon 64 or Athlon 64 X2

Nortel reports loss, but enterprise sales rise

Nortel shows strong sales to enterprises, wireless sector but charges pull down Q3 results

HP closes Mercury buy, promises road map

HP expects to go public in mid-December with its road map for Mercury's technologies

Microsoft pushes dual deployment of Vista, Office 2007

Microsoft plan could backfire and push upgrades of both products further out

November’s coolest gadgets

Sony's Vaio G laptop and Samsung's Q1 ultramobile PC make their debut

EU survey: Roaming costs too much

Survey finds 63 percent of Europeans avoid using mobile phones while travelling because of high prices

Microsoft plans product barrage

Next 12 to 18 months to feature the most ambitious launch schedule ever seen, Microsoft exec says

Bit9 adds malware code IDs to app database

ParityCenter aims to be 'Google of files' and help to identify trustworthy apps

Microsoft tailors Dynamics CRM for Office and Vista

Microsoft also details a new licensing arrangement for Dynamics CRM

Intel, Micron to build memory plant in Singapore

Construction on the flash memory plant will begin during the first half of next year

In Brief: Xora, Garmin team up on navigation for mobile workers

Garmin’s navigation technology is now available in Xora's GPS TimeTrack solution

HP, SAP embark on major collaborative research

Companies will work together to resolve IT issues faced by their joint customers

IBM watchdog system scans digital video

Smart Surveillance System issues real-time alerts to security guards about intruders or other suspicious activity

Adobe, Mozilla unite on Web apps

Tamarin project to help developers create interactive apps for Adobe's Flash Player and Mozilla's Firefox browser

Xserve review Part 3: Power, cooling, heat and noise

Open source rule management

JBoss Rules and Jess deliver solid rule tools and respectable performance at a nice price

Microsoft releases .Net Framework 3.0

Microsoft is backing the RTM with the release of Visual Studio 2005 extensions

Siemens looks to UWB for broadband video

High-bandwidth wireless technology will distribute video to subscribers

Microsoft’s Visual Studio may be modularized

Hawaii project is a long-range effort

Net recovery at a crossroads

Pundits at the third annual Web 2.0 Conference say the success of the Internet depends on innovation, not imitation

Microsoft enhances online maps in local search

Immersive, 3D mapping of more than 100 cities will be available by third quarter 2007

Few tech changes if Democrats control Congress

Net neutrality and government surveillance programs are notable exceptions, however

PeopleSoft co-founder launches his ERP Workday

First of four planned hosted software suites is already deployed at two companies

Network Appliance takes on HP, EMC

Company's midrange network storage platforms offer easier migration among NetApp storage lines

Microsoft: Office 2007 download ready Dec. 1

U.S. and Canadian users will be able to download the free 60-day trial versions from December

BEA unveils latest SOA integration tools

BEA releases first three tools in its Enterprise Integration Portfolio for SOA deployments

Q&A: Microsoft open to open-source pacts

Bill Hilf, GM for platform strategy, discusses overlaps between Microsoft and open source, why it did the deal with Novell now, and what the company learned from its pact with Sun