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India reaps $23.6B in outsourcing revenue

India's exports of software and services grew 33 percent for the year

Greenpeace plans protests at Computex

Environmental group to protest the use of toxic chemicals in electronics products

Motorola buys UK mobile software company

Motorola pays $193 million for mobile phone technology developer TTP Communications

ERP for IT suggested for better visibility

Panelists cite businesses' shortcomings in assessing effectiveness of technology investments

Sun to lay off up to 5,000 and sell campuses

The company is making cuts in staff and selling campuses under a plan to return to profitability

Symantec: Identity key to ‘Security 2.0’

It said an important part of its strategy will be new identity technologies that give customers a more reliable and trustworthy sense of whom they're interacting with online

Sun’s Schwartz swings the axe

Google CEO restates concerns over IE7

Executives have complained about the default search being Microsoft's in IE7, and Eric Schmidt reiterated concern on Wednesday

Wi-Fi chip makers reach 100Mbps on 802.11n

Broadcom and Atheros Communications said Wednesday they have achieved the high-speed interoperability between devices made using their chipsets

Microsoft names two Office leaders to replace Sinofsky

Jeff Raikes, president of the Microsoft Business Division, unveiled the changes to the Office team and Microsoft top executives Wednesday

Ballmer lobbies for Microsoft R&D spend

It is crucial Microsoft to continue to invest because as it has proven in the past, the investment will pay off in the long term, he said

Cultural boundaries between grids

AMD, Intel negotiate to keep sensitive testimony secret

Chipmakers agree to 'protective order' that would guard trade secrets discussed during antitrust trial

Update: ‘Yapbrowser’ raises security concerns

Web browser was taken down when security analysts found it directed users to child pornography

Mouse jitters give away fraudsters

Fair Issac studies user quirks to spot fraud

Fujitsu Siemens blade servers unite SAP and Windows

Primergy BladeFrame approved to run SAP software on Windows

Microsoft ALM platform extended to bridge gap

Company will announce Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals, a  new addition to the Visual Studio 2005 Team System 

McAfee’s Falcon set to take off

Pentagon mistakes EA game for terrorist agitprop?

The Pentagon and DOD contractor SAIC tell Congress that an expansion pack for the BattleField 2 video game is actually Al Qaeda's handiwork.

Fancy features don’t sell phones in U.S.

Price and design, not features, are what move mobile phones off shelves in the U.S.

Computex to highlight latest in laptops, gadgets

Vendors polish up their latest wares to showcase at next week's IT trade show

How to leave IT

SAP targets Eastern European midmarket

SAP's expertise in numerous industries opens growth opportunities with East European SMBs

Microsoft ships Windows Live OneCare

Symantec, McAfee scramble to ready competitors as Microsoft shakes things up in the security market

CANDID ISIGHT 4 U

Remote Desktop 3 “curtain mode” bug

Senate immigration bill raises H-1B limit

Controversial annual H-1B cap raised to 115,000 from 65,000

U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Yahoo Nazi case

Yahoo sought to fight a French court's order banning the company's sale of Nazi memorabilia

Officials downplay concerns for transatlantic flight disruptions

The agreement between the E.U. and U.S. to share passenger data expires in September

Sun investigating object-aware CPUs

Maxwell research project is one of many in the labs at the company

StarOffice hit by its first virus

Proof-of-concept 'Stardust' virus uses macros to attack the Sun's office suite

Update: Vodafone records heavy losses for year

Vondafone announces it will lay off 400 people

SAP, Tata cooperate on Web services

New deal will see Tata helping businesses migrate to Web-based apps from SAP

Taiwanese Q1 chip sales leap 28 percent

Stong Q1 sales are a sign of robust strength in the chip industry

EU wrong to allow passenger data release

European court rules as illegal the decision to share with the U.S. passenger name records

Vodafone plans to resell DSL

New strategy pits Vodafone against Google, companies that resell mobile services

CA delays Q4 2006 financials, restates Q3

New sales-commission plan adversely affects CA's fourth-quarter performance

China’s WAPI will not go down without a fight

WAPI backers accuse rivals of unethical behavior in attempt to revive standardization hopes

F-Secure partners with ISPs on security

New services aim at helping broadband users guard against viruses and malware

China enacts copyright regulation

Internet pirates face fines of up to $12,500 under new Chinese regulation

Claim to ‘Web 2.0’ brand provokes blog uproar

CMP Media orders company to remove 'Web 2.0' from conference title, then relents after blog uproar

Kagermann says SAP to remain independent

SAP CEO sees no reason to grow through acquisitions like rival Oracle

IBM’s Indian BPO staff grows to 20,000

Multinational services companies are expanding fast in India

On governance and tolerance

CollabNet may open source more of its software

CollabNet aims to grow its services business by offering a dual licensing model

Tech companies blasted for aiding censorship

Amnesty International launches a campaign against Internet censorship

Accenture to add 1,000 BPO jobs in Warsaw

Accenture's new facility in Poland will be able to cater to more than a dozen European languages

Patent office rejects Forgent’s JPEG claims

Forgent to appeal USPTO's decision to reject 19 of the 47 claims in a JPEG-related patent

Ubuntu Linux to support Sun Niagara servers

Free Debian-based Ubuntu makes its first foray into the enterprise datacenter

AMD to invest $2.5 billion at German chip plant

AMD to upgrade existing plant to 300mm wafer production to keep pace with demand