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Fujitsu recalls batteries in 287,000 notebooks

Fujitsu is the fifth company to ask users, dealers to return the affected Sony batteries

Danish gov’t weighs switch to Open Office

Study shows gov't could save $21M over five years if it adopted OpenOffice instead of Office 2007

In Brief: STMicro, Hynix to open $2B China plant

Vista, Longhorn get new antipiracy measures

Microsoft's new antipiracy system will force unauthorized or unregistered versions of Windows into a limited-functionality mode

HP to open second India plant

HP invests $20M in new facility to meet India's strong demand for PCs, notebooks, servers

Nokia shifts toward software and services

Nokia aims to get closer to Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google in linking services, apps on phones

NEC to sell water-cooled PC with Blu-ray drive

Valuestar X entertainment PC system is due to go on sale in December

Execs quizzed by Euro Parliament about data privacy

European companies face tough questions about the illegal sharing of data with U.S. authorities

Update: Cisco, partner to tackle Wi-Fi interference

Cognio's tools help enterprises lay out wireless LANs and take care of rogue wireless gear and interference from a variety of sources

Hitachi Maxell develops wafer-thin storage disc

Prototype thin optical discs can store terabytes of information

AJAX security issues raised

EU prepares antitrust case against Intel

Panel presentation of case may indicate officials are confident enough to push ahead with legal action

McAfee cries foul over Vista security

McAfee says Vista's PatchGuard locks third-parties security firms out of the OS, preventing them from activatating crucial security measures

Sprint’s next wireless leap: WiMax

Sprint will roll out WiMax in late 2007 and hopes to reach 100 million people with it by the end of 2008

GAO: Medicare data network vulnerable

Virtual ID card identifies ‘Net users

NetIDme offers rewards when children check user identities in social networking interactions

Mozilla duped by hacker’s ‘humorous’ presentation

Mozilla researchers spent most of Sunday and Monday scrambling to determine if exploit code was a real threat

AJAX: Roller skates for the Web

Founder of the term advises caution but also stresses benefits of Web development approach

Google tests new ground with SearchMash

The goal of SearchMash is to test innovative user interfaces, a spokeswoman said

The last of 12 steps to SOA

Study: Telework gains acceptance

Update: Google’s garage days mapped

McAfee buys Citadel

Company pays $60 million for security compliance products

French gov’t report recommends standardizing on ODF

Report says that all government documents should be made available in OpenDocument Format

IBM moves to close gaps in SOA offerings

Big Blue's extensive rollout includes new SOA products and services, as well as enhanced versions of existing software

Value of gov’t IT contracts to plummet in ’07

Belt-tightening in Congress contributes to halving the value of the top 20 U.S. government IT contracts

Sony adds Blu-ray Disc to more PCs

Sony also unveils Blu-ray Disc video recorders

UK TV looks at data theft in India

Nasscom seeks info from Channel Four about its documentary on alleged BPO sting operation

Nokia improves on Bluetooth

Nokia unveils new Wibree short-range wireless technology

Update: EMC, Microsoft perform ‘Duet’ around ECM

Companies announce an expanded alliance on ECM, with Documentum to support SQL Server 2005

BenQ blames management for mobile unit’s woes

Company says $1B loss resulted from cost overruns and launch delays

Nokia unveils RSS technology for phones

New service allows Java-enabled phones to display widgets

Microsoft appeals EU fine for noncompliance

Conclusion to the latest legal challenge is likely to be years away

Outsourcing to India not slowing yet

Intel praises Apple but calls for open standards

Intel calls on consumer-electronics makers to adopt open standards centered around its Viiv platform

Update: IBM improves efficiency of PowerPC chips

IBM makes processors more energy efficient to reach a wider range of enterprise and consumer applications

Sun to shine on AJAX

Details on jMaki and Phobos to be revealed at conference

Corporate leak probes walk a fine line

Debate swirls about the ethics of pretexting, investigating leaks

Mozilla investigating new Firefox flaw

Hackers at conference expose vulnerability for a memory corruption attack

Silicon Valley town aims for city-owned fiber

Palo Alto began its quest last week for a private partner to build a fiber-to-the-home network that it would eventually own

Judge orders halt to Qchex online check service

Qchex allowed transactions without verifying the customer's authority to access the account

Outsourcing to India shows no signs of letting up

Volvo is one of a large number of multinationals that have been flocking to India to outsource software development work

Microsoft buys DesktopStandard

Software giant to integrate acquired policy and registry products into its own Group Policy Management Console

What Adam Smith foretold of open source

A SMB Grid Product to Watch

Congress adjourns with tech bills unfinished

Legislation related to pretexting, electronic surveillance, and net neutrality fails to pass this session

Oracle releases first Portal product

Version 7.3 now known as Oracle Billing and Revenue Management

ClearCube cuts PC blades prices

Move should help make systems more attractive to normal PC buyers, analyst says

UK supermarket to launch software range

Tesco to offer own-brand word processor, antivirus package for under $37 including free online support

MySQL sees ‘invisible hand’ at work in open source

Interview: CEO Marten Mickos discusses the open source movement and wrangling over GPLv3