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Microsoft to patch app that strips DRM technology

FairUse4WM could allow users to access files on without paying

Intel unveils new notebook chip

Dell, Gateway, Toshiba announce laptops with processor code-named 'Merom'

Denmark joins converged Wi-Fi cellular fray

Service will allow users to make Wi-Fi calls at home, cellular ones elsewhere

Update: Lenovo, Apple rank low on eco-friendly policies

Greenpeace ranks Nokia, Dell, and HP highly but gives low marks to Lenovo, Motorola, and Apple

HTC to add digital music to mobiles

Strategy meshes with Microsoft's plans to launch an iPod rival

Google, UC disclose library scan agreement

Google contracts to digitize millions of books from the university's libraries

Lycos revamps video search with Blinkx technology

Lycos will offer a larger video index with better content and more advanced search capabilities

Wi-Fi Alliance to certify pre-standard 802.11n gear

Certification of next-gen wireless products will begin in the first half of next year although the standard's approval is not expected until 2008

Hackers still important, Red Hat exec says

Interview: Red Hat VP discusses the role of volunteer hackers in open-source software development

Islands in the data stream

Samsung makes 1Gb DDR2 smaller and for less

Samsung uses 80nm process to memory chips 36 percent smaller than their predecessors

TSMC claims SMIC broke terms of 2005 settlement

Claims threaten to revive the long-dormant patent-infringement battle between the two contract chip makers

Update: Server vendors announce they’ll use Intel ‘Tulsa’ chips

HP, Dell, and Unisys are among the 40 vendors planning to use Tulsa in new server offerings

Quote of the day: Those pesky IT addictions

Oracle positions database tool as scripting alternative

But product only works with company's own databases

Microsoft expected to release Vista RC1 within days

Microsoft is expected to be giving product reviewers access to Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1) as soon as Tuesday

AJAX interest broadens

MS eyes multicore technology

Juniper crams security tools into appliances

The company has integrated antispam capability, as well as an antivirus toolset that also fights spyware, adware and phishing

ICANN ponders variable pricing

Cell phone attacks loom

Microsoft legacy support costs set to rise for some

A new per-device pricing structure could lead to mor pricey legacy product support, Microsoft says

Jitterbit 1.1 features more Web services, LDAP support

Less technical users will be able to connect applications and data from different sources

Intel offers multicore CPU help

Jaguar supercomputer hits 54TFs

Update: AOL 9.0 accused of ‘badware behavior’

StopBadware.org advisers users to steer clear of the software

Algorithm turns photos into digital art

Software program transforms facial expressions into stylized painting

Intel offers developers help with apps for multicore CPUs

New tools gauge threading issues

Oracle rolls out more PeopleSoft 9 pieces

Company releases performance management application of analytics suite

Atheros to pave way for cheaper WLAN

Company details chipset it claims will let equipment makers sell access points for less than $100

BEA advancing high-performance apps platform

Low latency is highlighted in WebLogic Real Time Core Edition 1.1

Google unveils Office rival

Pack of online productivity apps includes several Google services, but not Writely or Google Spreadsheets

Quote of the day: Apple’s own brand of vendor lock-in

BEA snaps up metadata registry tech

Company's purchase of Flashline driven by SOA changes

Google offers tools for small business

Google Apps combines mail, calendar, IM

Salesforce taps AppExchange startup for AdWord integration

Benioff: Kieden is proof of AppExchange model

New portal will track Java’s evolution into open source

Sun CTO discusses the company's efforts to open source Java SE

Enter the third dimension

Use a Swing component to explore three-dimensional computer graphics

Book excerpt: Migrate to the Java Persistence API

Move from container-managed persistence to the Java Persistence API

Busted botnet operator gets 3 years

21 year old Christopher Maxwell was sentenced on Friday to 37 months in prison and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to operating an botnet that was responsible, among other things, for knocking a Seattle hospital offline, accor

Sequelae of that seldom-seen, irrelevant, could only happen on Windows worm

Hack, snoop, and snitch vigilantes

Toshiba will build Microsoft Zune players

Music player represents company's effort to compete with Apple's iPod

Paris Hilton accused of voice-mail hacking

The accusation once again illustrates how inexpensive telephony software can be misused

Eight tricks in the hacker’s bag

Microsoft tests Windows Live video search

Company quietly launches beta version of feature that's already offered by competitors

Owner of software piracy site sentenced

BuysUSA operator gets 6 years in prison

Oracle: Most Fusion development still to come

Senior VP of development says work is less than halfway through on the project

Germany sells train tickets via cell phone

Payment services offer quick and easy way to buy goods and services

Wall Street Beat: Last ditty for the iPod?

Dell's DJ Ditty demise could be a sign the music player market will lose out to music phones