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Update: Google plans product search boost

Those looking for products will be given another search box to refine queries

Update: New security group patches VML bug

Microsoft, taking a lackadaisical approach to virus problem, is not recommending users download outside group's fixes

HP’s Hurd confirms probe OK, Dunn resigns

Hurd says he approved the probe but not the "innapropriate tactics"; Dunn steps down amid reports she monitored the tactics

Spring springs to 1 million downloads

VB6 to .Net apps migration given jolt

Update: Rise in VML attacks prompt Code Yellow

Rise is attacks is worrying because visiting a malicious Web site or receiving Outlook e-mail will result in infection

A brief history of BI

Internet Storm Center at “Code Yellow”

The SANS Internet Storm Center has downgraded its Internet security rating from "Green" to "Yellow" this afternoon, amid reports of rampant exploitation of the VML (Vector Markup Language). Web-based attacks using the new exploit

Experts advise caution on implementing NAC

Before implementing NAC, admins should make sure the network is secure, experts say

AMD reveals socket compatibility plans

Torrenza project will help optimize servers for specific tasks

IBM eyes support for Red Flag Linux

IBM has not released its own Linux distribution because it would 'have a negative effect on the Linux market'

AOL sells AOL France for $366M

AOL continues strategy of shedding its European Internet access businesses

The maturing of BI

Interview: Hyperion chief strategy officer Howard Dresner discusses how as BI matures, companies should too

Hyderabad aims to become India’s technology hub

City hopes business show will help it shine, attract venture capitalists

Jailed Chinese journalist to file US suit against Yahoo

Other dissidents that Yahoo helped identify to Chinese authorities could get on board for a class-action suit

Microsoft gets credit for tightening security

High-profile worms were 'real wake-up calls' at Microsoft, says security program manager

SEC broadens its probe of HP

HP agrees not to file lawsuits against two former directors caught up in the boardroom scandal

Quote of the day: SOA as an investment strategy

AOL reorganizes to focus on online advertising

AOL revamps its internal business structure in retreat from the Internet access market

Flaming ThinkPad battery: It’s a Sony

Outlook vulnerable to critical VML bug

Malicious code can be executed without using scripting code

Interview: BEA CTO details SOA platform

Rob Levy notes multiple levels of functionality

Yahoo promotes Flash, Ruby mashups

Company encourages creation of third-party applications that work with its online services

Wall Street beat: Software looking good

Investor faith in the software sector runs high despite company scandals and problems

Update: Nokia, Alcatel extend PBX to cell phones

Ordinary Nokia cell phones will get office phone functionality, providing an alternative to hybrid Wi-Fi phones

Intel endorses Apple

AT&T to bring 2,000 outsourced jobs in-house

The jobs, to be added to AT&T's payroll by the end of 2008, have been provided by outsourcing vendors in the U.S. and overseas

Antispyware groups: Legislation still needed

Studies show a small decrease in spyware on PCs, but its use in logging keystrokes appears to be on the rise

Samsung exec pleads guilty in DRAM price fixing case

Thomas Quinn will serve jail time for participating in a global price-fixing conspiracy, the DOJ) said Thursday

Inside the Turker subculture

Exploding Dell forces Yahoo evac

Spam fighters are losing ground

Escalating volume of spam threatens to bring the Internet to a crisis point

China and India to drive WAN growth

SMBs' demand for reasonably priced bandwidth to boost Asian WAN

IBM puts software facility in West Bengal

New delivery center is part of IBM's strategy to grow its presence in India

German law makes hacking a punishable crime

Offenders could face up to 10 years in prison for major offenses

Symantec, Adobe lobby EU over Vista features

Companies will press their case to European antitrust regulators next week

BenQ Mobile denies outsourcing plan

Handset maker to close a factory in Taiwan amid ongoing restructuring

Novell faces delisting from Nasdaq

Company is late in filing its most recent quarterly report to the SEC

House panel approves electronic surveillance bill

Controversial bill would make it easier for federal law enforcement officials to spy on U.S. residents

IBM reaches out to startups, VCs

Big Blue to provide free access to its Innovation Centers' technical experts and products

Qualcomm sees wireless device boom

Device makers must fill the market space between notebooks and cell phones, Qualcomm VP says

Mobile industry aims for greener phones

Nokia unveils new industry group that aims to make mobile phones more environmentally friendly

Stealthier Blue Pill on the way

Creator of malware that targets Vista is developing a new version that could be finished within months

Munich begins Linux replacement of Windows

After long delays the city's first PCs make their switch to open-source OS and apps

Report: Hurd knew of planned deception campaign

Report implicates Hurd in plan to uncover the source of leaks by feeding false information to a phony HP insider

Amid investigation, HP nets new contracts

HP also signs an extension of its outsourcing deal with DirecTV

First day of recorded history in IT

Symantec on the attack over Vista security features

Symantec says two new features in the OS will make it harder to use third-party software

Dunn to ‘set the record straight’ in HP case

Embattle HP chairman is inducted into the Bay Area Hall of Fame of government and business leaders

Quote of the day: The black art of open source support