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Microsoft releases Windows Vista RC1

True to original promises, the company will make its next-generation operating system available to PC makers this fall

Enterprises face new e-discovery rules

New rules take effect on federal level in December; many states implementing sooner

Congress unlikely to tackle net neutrality

Although House and Senate passed broadband bills, net neutrality remains unaddressed

The last of MS06-040: Windows is out. Without OS X Server, what to use instead?

Samsung breaks 4G barrier

Samsung to launch cordless MP3 player

In Brief: TDK develops 200GB Blu-ray disc

Asian PC makers rise on Vista dreams

Wall Street Beat: Back-to-school sales, upcoming launch of Microsoft's new OS give PC makers a boost

Telstra pays $254M for Chinese real-estate Web site

Australian telecommunications company plans to beef up its advertising business in China

Hitachi targets cars, videos with new hard disks

Three new high-capacity hard drives will reach the market in 2007

Update: Alcatel to buy Nortel’s 3G business

Alcatel will acquire Nortel's UMTS for $320 million

EMC-HP storage race heats up

IDC says companies are in a 'statistical tie' for second quarter results

Philips Semiconductor changes name to NXP

Name change came about after privaty equity firms took 80 percent stake in the company

Intel may lay off thousands next week

Company reportedly will announce on Tuesday plans to restructure, cut spending by more than $1 billion

Windows Media Player 11 reaches second beta

The company has added Windows Media Connect functionality to the player in beta 2 as a new feature called Media Sharing

Mozilla updates Firefox 2.0 browser beta

The new beta features an improved user interface and a limited version of a planned phishing protection feature

Update: TrackMeNot fools searches

Alcatel-Lucent deal faces legal test

Shareholders seek to block merger, claiming only executives will benefit from it

JavaScript, .Net developers aided in separate projects

Ease of use and documentation are focuses of open source and Microsoft efforts; Sun looks to improve non-Java tool

Blu-ray brings Hollywood to Berlin

Hollywood execs announce films to be made available on Blu-ray disc format

Spam and phishing on the rise

That slippery ship date

Amazon.com has changed its Vista order pages. Vista's now "estimated to be available in early 2007."

Huawei to expand R&D in India

New center will focus on development of optical network products and wireless LAN technologies

Enterprise gets DRM

Dell to open second call center in Philippines

Dell will invest more than $150 million in customer service this year

Lenovo snaps up fifth Dell exec

Lenovo continues its rout of Dell's ranks in Asia, names new senior VP of its global supply chain

IPod maker cuts damage claim

Company seeks token 1 renminbi claim to 'refocus attention back to the real issue'

Micron Technology unveils 16GB memory chip

Company claims the new 16GB module offers twice the capacity of memory modules available today

EU/US discord could ground passengers

Failure to reach an agreement on the provision of passenger data will leave airlines in a bind, air chief says

McAfee to step up to Microsoft

Schmidt and winds of Apple-Sun

SpiralFrog’s “free” tunes are pricey

US gov’t worker sentenced on child porn charges

Officials find more than 1 million incriminating images on his computer

Verizon removes new DSL surcharge

Consumers and FCC question validity of charges, which company will now refund

Web browser leaves no footprints

Browzar deletes Internet caches, histories, cookies to protect user privacy

Amazon.com leaks Office 2007 date

Microsoft still vague on actual ship date, despite Amazon's specific disclosure

Talkback: Will Linux survive underground?

New specification to lock down mobile phones

Standard aims to make mobile phones harder to tamper with and more secure

Novell initiates stock option investigation

The internal review will assess whether Novell needs to restate any earnings

Free software wins support among communists in India

Indian government will provide equal opportunity for Linux and Windows in schools

Qimonda expands DRAM pact with Winbond

Advisory firm opposes Lucent-Alcatel merger

French group urges Alcatel shareholders to reject the proposed merger, citing unfavorable terms

AT&T online store hacked, data compromised

Credit card information and personal data of up to 19,000 customers possibly compromised

What the heck is Windows Live, anyway?

Emulex acquires Sierra Logic for $180 million

The combination of the two suppliers of storage components may improve the reliability of enterprises' storage networks

Update: Security experts warn about Ernesto-related frauds

A spike in Web registrations as Ernesto approaches has security experts on close watch for online scams

DDR2 finally crowned DRAM king

Prices may become an issue again for DDR2 with the current strong demand for PCs

Amazon.com lists Vista prices, ship date

Pre-orders for consumer versions of Vista are being taken at Amazon.com for delivery on Jan. 30, 2007

Oracle: Apex won’t suffer predecessor’s fate

One former manager said Oracle was now putting "a tremendous amount of resources and effort" into its tools

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