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Update: Microsoft’s Google Scholar rival set to go Live

Windows Live Academic Search expected in beta this week

Can Singapore regulate blogs and podcasts?

Speculation brews as to what role new media will play in upcoming election

Fujitsu PCs packed with Blu-ray, HD-DVD due in June

Company spokesman says choice to not take sides was driven by necessity

Lexar seeks to ban some Toshiba flash chips from US

A complaint alleges that a number of Toshiba NAND flash memory chips infringe upon three Lexar patents

China to toughen stance on software piracy

The country will conduct seven enforcement operations against intellectual property pirates this year, and will open infringement centers in 50 cities

Supply Chain Management and the end of the world

At MIT on Tuesday, executives from Intel and EMC take a look at how a company might respond to a real life H5N1 outbreak. It wasn't pretty.

SPML 2.0 ratified as OASIS Standard

The standard includes features such as password management and user account deprovisioning

Europe’s domain registry hijacked

GoDaddy CEO says registry's inept organization is resulting in 'a really large scam'

German group slams biometric passport data sale

The organization heaped criticism on German parliamentarians, who have been debating whether to sell data access to private sector companies to help fund new passports

Microsoft releases critical Internet Explorer patch

The company released five patches addressing a number of critical vulnerabilities in IE and Windows

Google buys search technology from Australian university

Search engine technology makes search results, keywords more user-friendly

Update: Salesforce.com acquires wireless technology

Salesforce.com uses Sendia's technology to launch mobile access service

Enterprises struggling with privacy management

HP says companies face outside pressure, system complexities in securing data

Red Hat deal spells bad news for Jonas

Planned acquisition raises questions about the future of ObjectWeb's application server

Outsourcing oneself

Outsourcing oneself

Outsourcing oneself

Storage Virtualization or Too Good to Be True?

Remote Desktop 3 released, all the details I can fit in

Omron to double its RFID manufacturing

Omron gears up to take advantage of the expected explosive growth in the RFID market

HP demos technology for developing markets

HP researchers show off paper-based document authentication

Intel pays Micron $230M for NAND flash memory

New venture aims to break into NAND market dominated by Samsung Electronics and Toshiba

Oracle accidentally releases exploit code

Information was posted about an unpatched vulnerability in Oracle Database 9i and 10g

Linux backers plan WinHEC shadow conference

The first FreedomHEC conference will feature informational sessions about how to make a variety of hardware devices run Linux effectively

Judge OKs $2.65B settlement in AOL shareholder suit

The judge has ruled the settlement of the class action lawsuit is fair, reasonable and adequate

China’s ZTE gets scrappy in U.S. telecom market

A company executive said ZTE is approaching the U.S. market like a startup

Red Hat’s JBoss buy may benefit Novell, others

One analyst said IBM was the main party to be affected by the proposed Red Hat-JBoss tie-up

China mandates preloading software on PCs to curb piracy

Computers shipped to buyers in the country must have a legitimate operating system installed, according to two government circulars

Oracle Server flaw sparks warning

A security expert says Oracle has identified a security hole that allows Oracle users with read-only privileges to delete or modify data

Dell partners with WebMD for employee e-health records

Dell employees will be able to easily import their health records to a Web-based system, and Dell will be one of the first large companies in the U.S. to offer regularly updated electronic health records

Disclic finds new homes for Microsoft licenses

Discount-licensing.com brokers the legal transfer of licenses to customers for a pro-rated price

Enterprise Hacks

Talkback: Microsoft’s Linux nod

Lawson taps SOA for sourcing

Application helps businesses better manage supplier relationships

Azul plans 48-core chip

Vega 2 chip will be 64-bit, 90-nanometer processor, and available in 2007

AmberPoint, Iona link up on ESB management

Partnership follows merger between rivals

Red Hat and JBoss execs stress their deal’s synergies

Acquisition helps Red Hat embrace SOA and expands its software stacks, while extending JBoss' global reach

Red Hat to buy JBoss

Red Hat enters surprise agreement to purchase open-source Java software vendor JBoss for $350 million

Virus goes cross-platform, and evaluating CRM services

Virus goes cross-platform, and evaluating online CRM services

Lite-On acquires BenQ’s optical drive factories

Acquistion makes Lite-On the world's second biggest producer of optical drives

Toshiba to ship first HD-DVD laptop

Toshiba laptop with a built-in HD-DVD drive will ship in May in Japan

Service offers offline browsing for laptops and PDAs

Acer plans to bundle Webaroo's software on some of its laptops

Intel laptop doubles as an LCD TV

Intel reveals concept design that transforms a laptop PC into a television

TSMC and UMC see big jump in Q1 chip sales

Demand for chips is expected to remain strong

Samsung to deploy WiMax in Michigan

Taiwan president pans Google, Yahoo on free speech

Yahoo, Google compromising free speech in China in favor of corporate profits, president says

Virtual gets real at LinuxWorld Boston

New technology driving virtualization push

Cisco unveils ACE app acceleration blade

Catalyst Module, AVS put Cisco back into fray with Juniper, others

Product previews

EMC intros low-end SAN hardware and enterprise archiving software; Splunk launches community knowledgebase; Symantec secures real-time communications; Check Point extends the SEM