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Microsoft gives Live voice to mobile devices

New toolkit will let vendors include Windows Live voice services on mobile devices

Salesforce.com launches AppExchange OEM Edition

Service is targeted at getting non-CRM on-demand providers to use its platform

MKS fits ALM package with portfolio management

Move will provide visibility into software development lifecycle

Researchers look to semantic Web to drive Internet

Computer scientists discuss ideas for organizing the Internet's growing mass of data

Microsoft recommends ‘safe mode’ for Word

Microsoft warns against new Trojan program, patch not due until June 13

Hundreds arrested in $1B marketing fraud

International operation uncovers 2.8 million victims who suffered more than $1B in losses

Microsoft joins huge list of vendors charting course for virtual machine management

Microsoft to deliver CRM in China

Microsoft will work with CDC to deliver CRM, ERP, and SCM applications

Microsoft, NEC ink cross-licensing deal

Alliance includes integration of Microsoft and NEC products to strengthen NEC's VoIP offerings

Companies flock to snap up .mobi names

Internet domain for mobile device sites is now open for registration

What if Microsoft didn’t exist?

Windows Live Local gets upgrade

Online mapping service now tells users how traffic is flowing and integrates with Outlook

Nokia opens its mobile browser code

Nokia hopes to encourage the mobile phone industry to standardize on a single Web browser

Vista launch date could slip further

Microsoft will assess feedback from the just released beta before confirming a launch date, Ballmer says

AT&T, partners to offer RFID managed service

The telecom giant is aims to help customers integrate pieces from different vendors into a complete RFID system it will manage

Survey: Data security becoming political issue

Voters are beginning to see cybersecurity as an issue they will judge political candidates on, the Cyber Security Industry Alliance said

Microsoft makes WinFX move

Microsoft’s trifecta: Vista, Longhorn, Office betas released

Microsoft's money is on releasing all the beta products at once to allow customers to see how the products can be used together

HP set to unveil IT shared services offering

IT as internal service provider promises greater flexibility

An IT detective story, suffering standards, and Dell’s PowerVault ML6000

Age gap hampers technology adoption

Generation gap shows in the use of emerging Internet technologies in the enterprise, CTO says

SAP targets Chinese, Brazilian users

SAP invests $12.8M in Chinese IT services and training firm

Berners-Lee sees threat to Net openness

World Wide Web inventor condemns broadband providers' attempts to control subscribers' content

In Brief: VitalStream acquires online ad technology

Germany nabs 3,500 in file-sharer sweep

Investigators charge eDonkey network users with illegal music sharing

Whirlpool whirls into Web services

Whirlpool is using SAP's ESA in building a customer portal and phone support system

Intel outlines plan to bridge India’s digital divide

Intel will train 800,000 teachers as part of a global strategy to integrate technology into schools

5 tech skills for the global economy

Settlement ends Sony rootkit case

People who bought XCP-protected CDs will get cash payment plus a free album download

Google to sell video ads

Google opens a new front in the battle for online advertising

Motorola introduces Q smart phone at last

Q phone will sport GoodLink push e-mail and support Sybase's iAnywhere mobile tools

OpenAJAX forges ahead

Renaming, definition agreed upon; Zimbra issues challenge

RightNow acquires Salesnet in SaaS CRM space

Salesnet will give RightNow domain expertise for complex sales environments

Microsoft: Word zero-day patch by June

The Word XP and Word 2003 hole is already being linked to targeted Internet attacks on government agencies in the U.S. and the E.U.

Microsoft nabs Softricity in virtualization push

This strategy is aimed to compete with virtualization companies such as VMWare and XenSource

Microsoft framework changes get color combo

SAP to take sword to IBM, Microsoft

San Francisco to push Google on privacy

Among other requests, the city will seek an "opt-in" system for users to share personal information

SAP looks to replicate US success

Bill McDermott discusses how he plans to duplicate U.S. success elsewhere in the world, notably in Latin America

Agassi: SAP to ‘compete like gentlemen’

Interview: SAP president discusses on-demand pricing, partnerships with Microsoft and IBM

VC Perkins resigns from HP’s board

Silicon Valley venture capitalist had been a strong supporter HP's merger with Compaq

Bugs plague Windows Live Mail beta

Microsoft pushes e-mail service back to earlier release as problems beset M6 beta version

Network Chemistry launches wired wireless watcher

RFprotect Scanner gives network administrators control over scanning, threat prioritization and alerts

India’s IT industry opposes caste quotas

IT group protests government's plans to reserve places at universities, companies for the lower castes

Remote control tech support in a box

NetworkStreaming is releasing SupportDesk 9, a clientless remote control appliance

Ballmer signs deal to speed China’s economic development

Microsoft deal aims to reduce the 'digital divide' in China's rural areas

Commerce Server upgrade due in August

Microsoft's first big update to its e-commerce software since 2002 makes it easer to link to back-end apps

Mitsubishi under investigation for price fixing

DOJ's antitrust division requests documents related to Mitsubishi's DRAM business

Zfone encrypts VOIP for Windows users

Free software circumvents government eavesdropping laws on VOIP calls

Microsoft restores Hotmail service in China

Users speculate that intervention by the Chinese government created the problem