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Update: Microsoft developing next mobile OS

'Crossbow' will incorporate features such as instant messaging and have strong links with Office 2007 and Exchange 12

Grid 2.0 discussions premature …

Holy Inverse Function, Batman!! A virus for MATLAB!

Math nerds beware: Finnish antivirus experts say they've found a virus that spreads on the MATLAB technical computing software!

China: Lots of R, but where’s the D?

Opinion: U.S. tech firms show they know the price of everything and the value of nothing in China

Microsoft attacks EU on bundling ruling

Microsoft kicks off week-long appeal of European Commission’s 2004 antitrust ruling

BenQ promises big gains after Q1 slump

BenQ execs expect handset shipments to grow 30 percent in second quarter

Blackstone buys $3.3B stake in Deutsche Telekom

Private equity company buys 4.5 percent stake in Europe's largest telecom provider

HP launches archiving, data protection tools

HP's new tools use continuous data protection technology

Linksys jumps on faster Wi-Fi bandwagon

Linksys launches three products based on draft of IEEE 802.11n standard

Microsoft hires Ask.com chief to lead online business

Steve Berkowitz to replace David Cole in leading Microsoft's Online Business Group

Microsoft, EC ready for showdown

Europe's second highest court has set aside the whole week to hear the antitrust appeal

Next up for virtualization vendors: the desktop

VMWare to announce industry group aimed at building joint virtual desktop offerings

Rootkit programs benefit from open source

42,000 developers and new tools make stealth easy

Google unveils new search appliance

Search update captures business intelligence

VMware alliance will promote virtual desktops

Certified software, services to encourage adoption

Product Previews

Symantec integrates anti-spam and SMTP security; HP tunes Control Tower for BladeSystem; Voltage clientless mail encryption turns 2.0; ConSentry announces secure LAN switch; NetContinuum revs application firewall

Software AG joins open source Eclipse Foundation

Company will standardize SOA tools on Eclipse platform

Build your own scripting language for Java

An introduction to JSR 223

Mitt full of Mac bugs found

The SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center rated the proof-of-concept code as highly critical

Microsoft readies “Experimentation Platform”

Wisdom of eBay’s anti-Google move debated

Analysts disagree on whether eBay's reported reaction to Google Base is warranted

WS-I eyes asynchronous Web services

The interoperability organization said it is moving forward with IBM's RAMP proposal

Nokia, MIT to develop voice-controlled smart phones

The joint research team will develop Mobile Ecosystem 2012, which will allow future phones to trade data more easily and be voice-controlled

Microsoft seeks customers to promote Exchange 12

A company blog entry says the advertising campaign would go live in the fall season

Fujitsu to push for higher profile, profits in North America

Company introduces host of enterprise products and alliances

Microsoft security patch: Take Two

Buggy version issued earlier this week caused applications to crash

XOsoft brings WANSync to Linux

Company adds 64-bit, BlackBerry functionality to data synchronization and replication software

Users: Oracle Linux would be optimal

Tighter integration cited as part of the appeal

In battle with Google, EBay looks to Microsoft, Yahoo

Auction site responds to Google's product-listings service

French operator to offer roaming Wi-Fi telephony

Iliad to let subscribers make free wireless VoIP calls over phone lines

OS X on generic PCs: No, because you can’t pirate hardware

Company fined $4.5M for E-Rate fraud

NextiraOne is fined for defrauding program intended to bring the Internet to schools and libraries in poor areas

China’s fixed-line operators see slower growth

Major fixed-line operators lag far behind in revenue compared to China's largest mobile operator

Protesters try to foil UK ID card plan

No2ID group is worried about the security of data to be collected under a new identity card plan

India’s Satyam surpasses $1B in revenue

Satyam revenue up 38 percent on boom in offshore outsourcing

Photoshop coming in Universal Binary

Adobe to release flagship software in a format that lets it run on both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs

Gates sees a tablet PC for every student

Microsoft's Origami platform is its latest attempt to win acceptance for tablet computing

Cisco sets up R&D lab in Hanoi

R&D lab will give Vietnamese researchers access to more advanced technology

Major banking sites place customers at risk

Online banks that do not use authentication technology are vulnerable to attack, experts warn

In Brief: China Mobile profits jump 28 percent

AJAX in the spotlight next week and beyond

Jesse James Garrett to speak on "phenomenon"

Wall Street Beat: Tech earnings tsunami hits

Among the cross-section of Net heavyweights reporting, Google was the star, blowing away analyst forecasts

Software AG joins Eclipse Foundation

It plans to standardize all tools in its new SOA suite of Crossvision applications on Eclipse

Bad karma surrounds e-mail authentication plans

The authentication landscape is still hopelessly crowded, says Meng Wong, who developed the Sender Policy Framework standard

MySQL CEO seeks partnerships with IBM, Microsoft

Mickos laughed off a suggestion that Red Hat's next purchase could be MySQL

Google tests advanced results page

The page seems to fit the description of the Orion search technology that Google acquired recently

One billion cell phones to ship this year

Strong year-over-year increase driven by demand in emerging markets such as India and Brazil

Borland completes Segue buy

DOJ pushes new rules on Web porn

It aims to require adult Web site labeling and to prohibit commercial sites from displaying sexually explicit material without a click

Taking revenge on end users