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Salesforce launches AppExchange for OEMs

Benioff: Mashups are the future of computing

17-inch MacBook Pro review: Speedy, spacious and indestructible

Talkback: Your hands-on hacks

Vista, virtualization news dominate WinHEC

Microsoft release updates for Vista, Office, Longhorn

Phishers use Microsoft Word hole as bait

Defense contractors targeted in spear phishing campaign

IBM releases SOA switches, services

New gear and services to boot for secure SOA

The Maven 2 POM demystified

The evolution of a project model

JavaOne 2006 Product News (May 29, 2006)

Introscope 7 now shipping, Backbase unveils its AJAX Java Edition, and more

Sun eyes embedded Java, object-aware CPUs

Google takes half of all US searches, Nielsen says

The news marks upward mobility from a year-ago, when it had market share of 47 percent, while second-place site Yahoo held steady at 22 percent, and Microsoft's MSN dropped from 12 to 11 percent

Yahoo-eBay tie-up smart but ‘anti-climactic’

Security experts: US Lenovo ban misguided

Concerns about Lenovo's connection to China don't make sense, say some computer security experts

AT&T spying case documents unsealed

That document was unsealed on Thursday after a deal was reached between AT&T and the Electronic Frontier Foundation

Microsoft’s OneCare antivirus software to go live Thursday

OneCare includes software for antivirus, PC tuning, and backup

Power Toys for Visual Studio, IronRuby advance .Net

Microsoft beefs up support and diagnostics with Shared Source tools, and IronRuby focuses on .Net interoperability

Microsoft readies Ultimate Office for SOHO market

Office Ultimate 2007 added to Office 2007 lineup

Oracle mending fences with security researchers

Oracle looks to improve its reputation through marketing tweaks, communication advances, and bug fixes

Xactly adds sales force compensation as AppExchange add-on

Some say AppExchange is a new way to stop application bloat?

Is Lenovo a ‘Chinese company’?

Opinion: Lenovo is wising up to the way international business is conducted

Security scores big at World Cup

German government is taking substantial security precautions with next month's soccer tournament

25 worst tech products

Earthlink approved for New Orleans Wi-Fi

Network will offer free service to residents and visitors while New Orleans continues to rebuild

Mozilla fails to crack enterprise

Hummingbird to be acquired for $465 million

ECM developer is purchased by holding company Symphony Technology

China’s Kingdee wants to take on SAP, Oracle

Kingdee aims to become the dominant SMB ERP market player in Asia-Pacific by 2010

TorrentSpy suit accuses MPAA of hacking

Informatica helping out with Salesforce.com links

IBM to highlight governance at Rational conference

Company exec also cites Big Blue's partnering efforts

Wall Street Beat: Vonage IPO debacle offers a lesson

The IPO did not come at an auspicious time in the market, with Nasdaq falling for most of the month on inflation concerns

Update: Google knocks Microsoft off Dell PCs

Dell will factory-install the Google desktop, toolbar, search engine and homepage on consumer and SMB desktops and notebooks worldwide

Lawmaker calls on VA chief to resign after data theft

Representative Bob Filner questioned VA Secretary R. James Nicholson's commitment to take responsibility for the data theft

Wavion to launch MIMO-ready outdoor APs

Technology will increase range by three-fold

House panel approves net neutrality bill

The House Judiciary Committee voted 20-13 to approve the bill, called the Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act

Extensity talks up firsts

Extensity is keen to distance itself from the Geac approach to growth purely by acquisition, although purchasing other firms is a cornerstone of its overall strategy

HP hops on board virtualization craze

Company says it will inject automation, virtualization capabilities into forthcoming HP-UX11i version 3.0

Phishing pushes e-crime further upstream

Casting an attack to millions of users can be done for as little as $300, scientist at VeriSign says

Update: Yahoo, eBay partner on ads, search

As part of deal, PayPal will exclusively provide online payment options for users of Yahoo services

New World Cup worm tries to score

Zasran-A worm manipulates security settings to give hackers access to personal info in users' PCs

Developers turn blind eye to security

Oracle's security chief lambastes faulty coding that has led to spiraling patching costs

Sony Ericsson plans more specialized phones

Sony president says 'iPod phone' could be good for the company's business

China 3G licensing delayed again

Chinese media report 3G mobile telephony licenses will not be issued until late 2006 or 2007

India targets 500 million telephones by 2010

Indian government to expand coverage of mobile services to 85 percent of the country by next year

Microsoft at work on specialty 3G handsets

Microsoft teams up with two Taiwanese companies to develop smart gadgets for specific user needs

Wrong number for Vonage’s IPO as stock drops

There have been few big first-day gains in IPO stocks so far this year, but Vonage's opening day drop of 12.6 percent has been the worst

Microsoft holds firm against ODF

Rather than support the recently certified ODF standard, Microsoft is sticking to its plan to make XML the default file format for Office 2007

Standards clarity a boon to users, exec urges

Groups should better explain their individual technology and industry focus and how their offerings compare with standards from other organizations, a leading exec has urged

Liberty eyes consumers with Web services project

RIM CEO: Patent reform still needed

Jim Balsillie is encouraged by the Supreme Court's May ruling that courts should stop near-atomatic injunctions over patents, but is pushing for more international pressure

Enterprises: tag your data

Businesses that realize the importance of tagging and classifying their data will gain an advantage over those that don't, says one expert

Red Hat to open South American offices

Red Hat expands in Brazil and Argentina to capitalize on the growing adoption of Linux