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Pricey PlayStation 3 due in November

The full-tilt PlayStation 3 will be priced at $600 in North America and €600 ($763) in Europe, and will be available in North America, Europe and Australasia on November 17

Webroot uncovers thousands of stolen identities

FBI investigates as banking Trojan runs wild, claiming victims in 125 countries

Verizon offers rebuttal on Net neutrality

Proposed legislation will 'shut the door' to new services, Verizon exec says

Mash-ups on the Grid …

Botmaster gets five years in prison

Sentence for 20-year-old is longest ever for distributing computer viruses

Microsoft releases Windows Live Messenger beta

Public can now download instant messaging beta offering a PC-to-phone calling service

Samsung whips phones into shape

Slenderest of two new phones is 6.9 millimeters and it weighs 66 grams

AJAX initiative adds backers

SAP, Adobe among 13 new participants

A look up Google’s sleeve

Microsoft to bolster CRM with new European partner

Neocase will help strengthen Microsoft's customer service component with domain expertise and broader feature set

Iona gives ESB to open source

Talkback: Does “real” open source matter?

The enterprise Grid application challenge

NetApp moves into high-end storage

New line of storage arrays is geared for large enterprise applications and data consolidation

Iona launches open source ESB

Iona's Celtix geared for SOA, departmental usage

EMC refreshes Clariion storage

New design for EMC's Clariion midrange storage offers more performance and flexibility

SOA Software bulks up with Blue Titan

SOA pure-plays are going like iPods, as hunger for complete solutions drives fourth acquisition in seven months

Sun’s NAS appliance enters crowded market

McNealy faces uphill battle to win over customers

JBoss to join key Web services standards groups

JBoss seeks greater visibility, the opportunity to contribute to the specification process and to ensure its software conforms to standards

Product previews

IBM announces servers for virtualization; Softricity bolsters virtual app platform; InfoExpress and Identity Engines unveil NAC offerings; AirMagnet analyzer tackles VoIP over Wi-Fi

Microsoft, SAP sing praises of Duet

Accessing mySAP via Office will be boon to knowledge workers

Software testing tool cuts out scripting

Aberro says its new AberroTest tool reduces product development times for Windows and Web applications and is easy to use

IBM making SOA push for mainframes

Tools, initiatives link big-iron boxes to service environments.

Plug-in to do ODF in Office

Unisys, JBoss expand partnership

Unisys said the deal is part of its efforts to provide open-source products and open standards to enterprise customers.

Big Brother to drive up VOIP fees

As the FCC considers taxing VoIP service, providers will pass fees on to business and consumers

On Microsoft, Google and maintaining honesty

Google a child porn profiteer?

Botmaster pleads guilty to govt., hospital hacks

A 20 year old California man pleaded guilty Thursday to building a massive botnet that knocked out critical care systems at a Seattle hospital and compromised computers belonging to the U.S. military.

Conexant settles with TI on DSL patents

Conexant will pay Texas Instruments $70 million to license certain DSL patents

Time running out for data breach notification law

Congress is unlikely to pass a data breach law before it finishes business this year

Java on verge of Linux injection

Update: Microsoft chases search ad revenue

Microsoft launches adCenter to challenge Google for search advertising revenue

Java to get Linux boost

Sun, others talk up new enterprise version of programming language

Google tunes out Silicon Valley Wi-Fi push

The company won't respond to an RFP issued last Friday by the Wireless Silicon Valley Task Force

Microsoft’s Vexcel buy maps out next Google hit

Microsoft expects the Vexcel buy will strengthen its Windows Live Local service for finding local business listings and displaying online maps

Wall Street Beat: Earnings dampen tech

Nasdaq Composite Index gained ground toward the end of the week, following a big selloff in tech company shares in the wake of Microsoft's report last week

Spam vigilante spat knocks out blog services

Six Apart suffered a sophisticated denial of service attack on Tuesday, causing service outages at LiveJournal and TypePad

A joke about identity theft

MySQL patches buffer overflow flaws

Security fix closes up latest, prior versions of open source database

FTC halts spyware operation

Judge orders Smartbot.Net to give up $4M in profits after it is sued for 'stealthy' downloads

Intel seeks to block AMD antitrust suit

Intel asks judge to dismiss part of case as U.S. laws do not have jurisdiction over sales in Europe and Asia

Java enterprise update a go

Update: Sun sues Azul for patent infringement

Sun also claims that Azul abused trade secrets

GCI sets up shop in Brazil, China

IT services firm is focusing on China as low-cost alternative to India

Trojan horse lurks in World Cup e-mail

Link in soccer tournament e-mail installs Trojan horse on users PCs, security experts warn

The sorry state of software quality

All eyes on Office as ODF gets the nod

Approval paves the way for office suites based on ODF to be more broadly adopted, proponents said Wednesday

IBM talks up master data management in WebSphere

A new version includes a Java API and Web services that can be layered on top of the middleware

Google: We build for enterprise end user

The company's presence at Interop reflects the blending of data network concerns with issues such as voice, security