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Microsoft drops another feature from Vista

180solutions buys ‘Hotbar’ adware maker

180solutions changes its company name to Zango

IBM’s ‘Viper’ database will uncoil July 28

The DB2 9 hybrid relational and XML database gives Big Blue a temporary edge over its competitors

Avaya aims at enterprise with modular VoIP phones

Analyst says the key to the four new phones’ success in the enterprise will be their improved voice quality and modularity

Google bites the Big Apple

Everybody's talking about Google Spreadsheet — but where did it come from, anyway?

Man charged with selling hacked VOIP services

Edwin Pena paid a Washington State computer hacker named Robert Moore about $20,000 to help him illegally route Internet telephone calls through the networks of more than 15 unnamed VOIP companies, the complaint says

AOL subscribers up in arms over e-mail ads

Throngs of users threaten to say goodbye forever to AOL because of its decision to display ads with e-mail messages sent to paid subscribers

‘BlueBag’ PC sniffs out Bluetooth flaws

In just under 23 hours of travel, BlueBag was able to spot more 1,400 devices with which it could have connected

Microsoft signs up Qwest to host Windows Live

The partnership is similar to Yahoo's deals with AT&T and BT to deliver its Web-based services to broadband customers

Net neutrality to get House vote

Consumer groups and Internet-based companies say the Barton bill doesn't provide customers strong enough protections against giant broadband carriers blocking or restricting competing Web content

AOL gets active about security

New tool diagnoses PCs to locate vulnerabilities

A PC in Haiku

Talkback: Is the performance-per-watt push misleading?

A PC in Haiku

Intel to up flash ante

Chipmaker will add 3-volt version of StrataFlash embedded memory family

Dell to power Google Search Appliance

Google's move to an off-the-shelf server indicates the Search Appliance is maturing

Nortel makes metro Ethernet smarter

New technology is designed to make metro Ethernet networks more predictable and scalable

EMC acquires nLayers

CEO outlines EMC's growth goals

Analysts eye revamp of UK cybercrime law

UK proposes changes to existing law to make it easier to prosecute hackers and put them in prison

Dialogue readies in-flight notebook

Taiwanese vendor to begin selling a slender notebook designed for easier use on cramped aircraft

Intel: No DDR3 support until mid-2007

Intel says the market is not yet ready for faster memory chips

Chip set woes are over, Intel vows

Intel launches its latest family of chip sets and says its supply problems are past

Man pays $2,000 for Google AdWord misuse

New Hampshire man used Microsoft's name to trick consumers into buying ineffective antispyware products

McAfee buys Preventsys

McAfee will use Preventsys' technology to bolster its risk management and compliance offerings

EBay goes mobile with Opera

EBayoffering German users a customized version of the Opera Mini cell phone browser

Microsoft working on tiny Haiku PC

Microsoft expects to have the mini-Tablet PC on the market within a few years

AOL users: You’ve got e-mail ads

The ads are being shown to AOL subscribers using version 9.0 of the company's proprietary access software

Report: Samsung to replace Intel with AMD in Origami PC

Changing the chip could lower the price, making it more appropriate for Samsung's target market of students, health-care workers and traveling businessmen

‘Baby steps’ best approach to virtualization

Users still struggle with the idea of their physical server becoming virtualized, says a systems engineer with Nationwide Mutual Insurance

Update: MSN Spaces revs up, lures developers from rival MySpace

New social networking features are being tested by MSN Spaces users in Australia and the Netherlands

US gov’t telecommuters hit roadblocks

Resistance from managers seen as holding some agencies back

Microsoft shares tech wealth with startups

Moves are part of effort to transfer technologies from research labs to fledgling companies

German hospital to track meds the RFID way

University Hospital of Jena working with Intel, SAP to pilot program that monitors drugs from pharmacy to patient

BenQ targets top spot with R&D

BenQ is increasing R&D spending as part of its push to become a top-tier vendor

Competitors ask FCC to block AT&T, BellSouth merger

Companies argue that AT&T is trying to re-establish its nationwide monopoly

TomorrowNow sees life after Oracle

Interview: CEO talks about TomorrowNow's support for J.D. Edwards, PeopleSoft, and Siebel business apps

Yahoo revamps My Web

Users will be able to export bookmarks saved in My Web to any browser

Microsoft releases Antigen e-mail security

Update to Sybari wares adds MS antivirus engine, cluster support

Acer to launch HD-DVD laptop this month

Acer announces new model in its high-end Aspire 9800 range

Intel looks beyond entertainment with Viiv

Future versions of Viiv platform could expand to address areas like communications, digital health

HP aims notebook at small business

New HP notebooks come with a choice of AMD processors

A Windows Vista fairy tale

Intel marks start of its AMD offensive

Intel announces new chip set, vows to take back market share lost to AMD by the end of the year

IBM announces $6B investment in India

IBM VP says to expect significant investments by IBM in China and Brazil as well

Microsoft to update Office for business intelligence

ProClarity wares turn Office into BI platform

AppleBerry: The next big thing?

AMD to resell Transmeta chip for pay-as-you-go PCs

Transmeta said it and AMD have an exclusive arrangement for AMD to brand the specialized Efficeon chip under its own name and resell it worldwide

VMware pushing further into systems infrastructure

The company says it plans to do a lot more in the area of virtualization to help simplify IT operations

Finjan files patent lawsuit against Secure Computing

The lawsuit, filed against Secure Computing and subsidiaries CyberGuard and Webwasher, says the companies are infringing Finjan's patents related to Web security

Dell sees dollars in lending

The company will accelerate its plans to buy out credit partner CIT and take charge of the business entirely