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Update: DRAM makers face price fixing suit

Thirty four U.S. states file joint antitrust suit against seven DRAM makers

China throws journalist in jail

Li Yuanlong gets 2-year sentence for criticizing Chinese society and calling for democratic reforms

Judge gives suit against Google another shot

Case charges Google with defaming KinderStart, violating its free speech and using monopoly power for unfair competition

Phishers try to best banks’ authentication

Some 35 Web sites have been set up to use a new attack that gets around token-based authentication systems

Update: Samsung Q2 profits squeezed

Sales jumped due to strong demand for memory chips and flat-panel displays

Quote of the day: Grid not as big as many would like

MySQL to draw curtain on older databases

MySQL 3.23 and MySQL 4.0 users will have to buy a subscription to receive updates after Aug. 1 and Oct. 1 respectively

Firm settles spectrum auction fraud case

Dude, you’re getting a blog!

Profit warnings chill U.S. financial market

Rising oil prices, warnings about IT vendor profits force Nasdaq to year's low

Senators call for more RFID education

Two senators plan to present lawmakers with the benefits of RFID

Ruby programmers to get Visual Studio link

Ruby in Steel  will link developers to a familiar environment

New PowerPoint flaw used in attacks

Latest hack is similar to recent Microsoft Office, Excel attacks

Symantec Warning of PowerPoint hole

Days after Microsoft patched critical holes in Excel, it's got a new Office related threat to deal with: a 0day Powerpoint exploit.

House passes bill on IT energy-use study

EPA to examine cost-savings of federal government using energy-efficient hardware

A Broader Scope Needed for Grid Standards Bodies

AMD to file complaint in Germany against Intel

Chipmaker alleges anti-competitive behavior

Super firewall aims to stop DDOS

European researchers build Diadem Firewall, which uses data filtering and intrusion prevention to detect rogue activity

Microsoft, Vodafone to help with Treo

Treo to operate on Vodafone's 3G network, run Windows Mobile 5.0

Microsoft’s new OS that calls old PCs home

Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs transforms older machines into thin clients, thereby extending their life

TI sets up second shop in India

R&D facility to focus on wireless communications and analog chip design

Researcher to show code for ‘wormable’ Windows flaw

Metasploit's HD Moore weeks away from delivering code that exploits recent Windows bug

Motorola opens store in Shanghai

Company says more to come

Microsoft: EU fine won’t delay Vista

Exec says next milestone in antitrust agreement is one week away

Memo alleges Sycamore options scheme

The memo lays out what the company should do for several employees who wanted a better strike price for their options

Microsoft, Yahoo IM clients finally to chat each other up

Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger with Voice will be able to connect to each other through either service as of Wednesday night

IBM sued over hacked e-mail server

The lawsuit claims an unknown IBM employee attempted to attack its e-mail server in November last year

Intel set to launch Conroe chip

The next-gen desktop chip will be available to consumers almost immediately

Microsoft’s System Center management family grows

System Center Essentials 2007, currently in beta testing and due to ship either late this year or early in 2007, is the latest addition

Java, .Net and ticking timebombs

Workshop on Virtualization Technology

Six Apart slides blog tool to enterprise

Movable Type Enterprise designed to help companies improve internal communications, knowledge sharing

Update: Overworked Japan software developer commits suicide

Suicide caused by working pressures starting to be recognized by courts

MS outlines partner incentives

Programs to help partners drive more revenue from SMBs and large companies

Mumbai blasts should not affect investment to India

Investors said to have already factored in risks

Symbian aims for the masses

Smart phone upgrade brings quicker start-up, better responsiveness to applications

BenQ Mobile to slash jobs in Germany

Restructuring plan includes 227 layoffs at its plant in Munich

PC vendors to offer Office 2007 trials

Office Ready program will let PC makers preinstall versions of Office for customers to test

Michigan lures Google AdWords center

State gave Google $38 million in tax credits

MS eyes sub-$250,000 clusters in Asia

One company official called that price point 'the sweet spot for things we can do'

Update: Microsoft fined $357 million in EU antitrust case

The additional fine is for noncompliance with 2004 ruling

China’s chip market growth slows dramatically

Last year's 12.8 percent year-on-year growth far less than previous 34.9 percent

HD DVD group to step up promotion in North America

HP, Intel, Microsoft, Toshiba and other create company to raise awareness of emerging standard

Lycos sells Wired News

Wired News and the Wired.com become Condé Nast properties

Secure Computing to buy CipherTrust

Secure is looking to expand its line of Internet gateway security appliances

House passes Internet gambling bill

The bill is an attempt to stop U.S. gambling from spending "over $6 billion a year to illegal, untaxed sites," one of the bill's sponsors said

SAP buys Praxis for use in Business One

Praxis' NetPoint Commerce and NetPoint Focus will boost SAP's CRM suite

Microsoft patches critical Excel, Office bugs

Four of the updates address bugs in Windows, while the other three fix problems in Office and Excel

Update: Microsoft hones search, unified communications and security

At its WPC, Microsoft asks partners to follow it into the new areas

Gates details Africa initiatives

Microsoft partners with UNWTO to create a portal called Windows on Africa