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Borland to shed 300 staff

The reductions will mostly take place overseas as part of a shift to higher-priority markets

AMD: cut your power bill

Companies are working together to share information about power efficient processing, through the industry group The Green Grid

Fight brewing over directories

IT vendors are fighting to handle multiple forms of communication, Avaya says

FTC slaps phone-record sites with lawsuit

Groups asks court to order defendants to stop selling phone records

Apple may be favored by French bill

Lawmakers might drop requirement that DRM makers provide technical details to competitors

How late will Vista be?

Opera Mini 2.0 simplifies mobile commerce

Opera Software makes it easier for mobile users to buy mobile content

EU moves ahead on patent agreement

Legislation would pave the way for a single patent court for the whole of the union

Symbol plans pan-wireless infrastructure

Symbol's Wi-NG architecture lets enterprises combine many types of wireless networks

EU mandates battery recycling

New Europe-wide law also restricts amount of mercury and cadmium that batteries can contain

Skype conference service supports 100 callers

Company also releases Skype 2.5 beta featuring integration with Microsoft Outlook

Deutsche Telekom stakes out role in telecom consolidation

DT open to acquisitions to maintain its position as Europe's largest telecom provider

Oracle users still waiting for April patches

Testing problems mean critical Oracle updates may not be available until as late as May 15

Innovation key to U.S. technological edge, say panelists

Microsoft Research presentation also focuses on attracting students to computer science

Spammers turn on anti-spam vigilantes

The spam campaign is a sign of Blue Security's success and an act of frustration by a major spammer based in Russia, the company’s chief said

Update: Microsoft settles antitrust suit in California

The settlement's final version still under negotiation

Democrats introduce net neutrality bill

The bill would create ban providers from charging Web sites for faster data transmission, or blocking their competitors' content and services

‘Multiple waves’ of Duet integration scenarios coming

Initially, Duet will ship in June with four business scenarios focused on the individual worker

Cisco pushes collaboration, video

President and CEO John Chambers told Interop attendees collaboration will change how enterprises deal with customers and partners

Gartner: Vista won’t ship until Q2 2007

The general release of the OS will come un about April 2007 if all goes well, the report said

Sun rolls out storage products, strategy

Sun released a raft of storage products from its $4.1-billion buyout of StorageTek, and clarified strategy

Intel invests $1B for broadband in developing world

The money will be spent on designing new types of affordable PCs, spreading connectivity with WiMAX and training 10 million teachers about the technology

Trade groups target Russian piracy

The call for more action came after the U.S. last week decided to keep Russia on its "priority watch list" for intellectual property protection problems

Linux: The forgotten son

Chambers Talks Network Intelligence @ Interop

Update: IBM acquires BuildForge

Big Blue purchase aims to help developers meet compliance demands

German agency to release open source security suite

GNU Privacy Guard for Windows enables data encryption, easy integration with Outlook 2003

Update: Microsoft and SAP rename Project Mendocino as Duet

Duet will let workers access through Office apps the data that is stored in SAP's business apps

SSL Trojans and an e-commerce crisis

Update: Samsung ‘Origami’ device makes debut

The Q1 will retail for $1,099, slightly higher than the target price Microsoft named in March

No need for alarm over chip inventory spike

iSuppli says chip supply and demand are nearly in balance despite surge in inventories

SOA vendors link up for interoperability

Vendor group will focus on governance

Key Java exec returns to run Sun’s software group

Rich Green, who had been one of the company's most high-profile Java advocates, left Sun for Cassatt just days after the landmark 2004 Microsoft legal settlement

Amazon dumps Google for Windows Live

An Amazon spokesman declined to comment on whether Amazon will renew its contracts with Google for A9 and Alexa

Enterprise Java update readied

Accelerated development capability considered a key benefit

Update: Visto seeks BlackBerry service shutdown

Visto claims that Research In Motion's BlackBerry service violates four of its patents, putting BlackBerry service up in the air again

Typos worth millions to Google

SANS: Attacks shift to Mac, zero-day

In the last six months, malicious hackers have shifted away from looking for holes in Windows Services

Sun to update Solaris with ZFS, Apple may follow

Apple Computer is reported to be exploring the possibility of porting the open-source version of the Solaris ZFS file system into its OS X operating system

RFID standards released IT by vendors, privacy groups

Companies using RFID tags should notify customers in all cases, tell customers if they can deactivate the tags and build in security, the group said

WyaCracker: Web apps for all

Startup launches Web analytics for salespeople

Genius joins a crowded field of companies aiming to fill perceived gaps in current SFA and CRM software

Talkback: Time for Sun to get real?

Plaxo gets HipCal

Sorry, My mom says my cell phone says you’re a perv.

LogLogic getting into open source

LogLogic aims provide an alternative to Windows' event collection technology

Level 3 to buy TelCove for $1.2B

Level 3 expands its network with acquisition of privately held telecommunications company

Sage offers Act for real estate industry

Sage embarks on vertical industry strategy with contact management offering

Infineon’s DRAM unit makes big gains

Qimonda moves up to second place in global revenue for DRAM

Splunk touts partnership with CA

Startup's module offers integration between Splunk Professional and CA's Unicenter NSM