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Infineon’s DRAM unit lowers IPO price

Qimonda's IPO attracts far less than the $1.1B the companies were hoping for on the NYSE

Skype, iSkoot sign mobile phone deal

iSkoot app will allow users to have the same Skype features on a mobile phone as on a PC

Lenovo to field 10,000 PCs for 2008 Olympics

Lenovo expects to deploy many more computers than during the 2006 Winter Olympics

Use ERP, axe office jobs

German study says more than 100,000 jobs will disappear over the next five to 10 years as companies move to ERP

Update: Microsoft updates fix PowerPoint, Windows flaws

System administrators are faced with a total of 12 software fixes this time around

Update: Sprint picks WiMax for 4G mobile network

The network will offer downstream speeds of between 2Mbps and 4Mbps to 100 million customers by next year

Quote of the day: Toll booths on the ‘Net

Author to talk tech trash

Trojan malware takes a bite out of BlackBerry

Hacker seeks to demonstrate that PDAs can be used to attack systems in a corporate network

Open source Java details coming

Oracle readies SOA Suite preview featuring single install

Company officials talk about middleware, tools

Inventors object to new patent reform bill

Senate proposes change that would award patent to whoever files first rather than who invents first

Microsoft may have multicore price edge

Company will continue to charge per processor for software, not per core

Update: Google says click-fraud figures inflated

Methods of measuring click fraud are flawed, say engineers

Time to take cybersecurity seriously

IBM launches entry-level storage system

Big Blue's SMB storage product will compete with HP, EMC wares

Open Text to buy Hummingbird

Document management company rejects offer it accepted in May from Symphony Technology

Marvell to profit from Intel’s loss-making business

Marvell plans to focus on 3G mobile phones, CEO says

Sony launches Wi-Fi personal communicator

Mylo will come embedded with IM, VOIP, and Internet browser with Web mail service

Microsoft to add Speech Server to communications hub

MS to try again with demo of Vista's Speech Recognition feature at SpeechTEK conference

PC with veterans’ data missing from VA subcontractor

Latest missing laptop contains personal information on up to 36,000 veterans

Chip maker Atmel fires four execs, including founder

Execs were asked to resign after an investigation into alleged misuse of corporate travel funds

Telstra scraps massive broadband plan

Telstra's $6B plan for Australian high-speed network reaches impasse over rivals' access

Achievo buys Chinese outsourcing company BBX

Achievo continues to grow its operations in China with latest in a string of acquisitions

Nokia makes content push by acquiring Loudeye

Nokia makes $60 million purchase with any eye to offering a 'comprehensive' music service

Quote of the day: Maslow, as applied to computer security

Apple’s Mac OS X x86 Darwin kernel is open source

When we study a thing, we gain an appreciation of it. When we change a thing, we learn.

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Update: Google nabs MySpace search deal

Google will provide Web search, site search and vertical-type searches for News Corp.'s online division, edging out Yahoo

SCO aims to reinvent itself with mobile push

The company's core focus going forward will be on a new set of subscription-based mobile services called Me

California doctors pioneer e-medical records

Hill Physicians Medical Group has become a model for how to replace paper records with electronic records

Wikipedia founder gazes into site’s future

Jimmy Wales, the project's founder, believes there may be a limit to the number of entries the online free encyclopedia will offer

Alcatel Lucent: A married name is born

The merged company's name was revealed in an invitation to a special shareholder meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission

Cisco introduces emergency communications suite

Solutions with Advanced Technologies, or SWAT, is designed to integrate emergency dialing, radio interoperability, satellite, wireless, weather alerts and video

Yahoo releases search-engine builder tool

The move extends the company's efforts in social search

Critics clash over Cybercrime Convention

Borland revives ‘Turbo’ for developer tools

Turbo Explorer will be available for beginners as a free download, and Turbo Professional will offer advanced features for less than $500

Teens charged in VA laptop, data theft

Charges are pending against a third suspect

WWDC: Dashcode

WWDC: Dashcode

WWDC:; Mac Pro workstation, Xserve

PDA shipments hit record high

Generous subsidies from wireless providers are pushing hardware makers revenue down

Update: AOL reportedly released search data

AOL's apparent release of details of users' Internet searches raises privacy concerns

SAP works to improve e-government

SAP is participating in assessment programs in the U.S. and Europe to address the challenges of e-government

Yahoo backtracks on auction fees

User protests lead Yahoo Taiwan to delay plans to charge transaction fees on its auction site

Cybercriminals copy Mafia

FBI: Cybercriminals taking cues from Mafia

The FBI estimates cybercrime cost the U.S. more than $67 billion last year

Quote of the day: All about moving up

IBM’s mega buying spree

IBM picks up MRO Software and Webify Solutions in SOA push

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