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Infineon spins off DRAM operations, plans IPO

New company called Qimonda will start operations on May 1

HP took a third of Taiwan electronics exports in 2005

HP spent $18 billion in Taiwan last year procuring IT components and goods

U.S. lawmakers attack move to weaken net neutrality

Proposed bill makes it easier for broadband providers to discriminate against content offered by competitors

Wall Street Beat: Nasdaq hits 5-year high

Though the rally started to flatten out Thursday, the Nasdaq was at its highest point since February 2001 and on the way to close out its best first-quarter rise since 2000

BEA seeks to modularize app server

Services would be deployable separately under plan now in conceptual stage

IT workers to U.S. Congress: limit H-1B program

The House hearing came three days after the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to increase the H-1B cap to 115,000 a year beginning in 2007

US diplomats intervene in Microsoft EU case

The action came as the company's top lawyers arrived in Brussels to make a final attempt to convince regulators not to impose daily fines

Sprint Nextel outlines 3G expansion, upgrade

The Sprint Power Vision network uses EV-DO and will expand to cover an estimated 190 million people by the end of this year, the company said

Gateway introduces new skinny notebooks

The E-100M is Gateway's first "ultraportable" since the Model 200 in 2002

Microsoft fails in Oracle, Sun subpoena bid

Judge denies Microsoft's request for access to Oracle and Sun documents for its case with the EU

German bank fights phishing with electronic signatures

Postbank to begin attaching electronic signature to all e-mail correspondence with customers

China, Japan and Korea to cooperate on 4G development

Countries to develop mobile technology standard

Troubleshooting open source stacks

Taiwan operator blames VOIP for long distance call drop

Providers worldwide could face lower revenues as more users adopt VoIP

Microsoft officially joins e-mail managed services fray

Former FrontBridge services now being sold as add-ons to existing hosted version of Microsoft Exchange Server

UK poised to move ahead with national ID cards

Card to be optional until 2010

EBay Mobile goes live in Taiwan

Users won't need a PC to buy or sell goods

Microsoft calls on EMC, others in EU antitrust defense

Company to highlight success stories from its server protocol licensing in the U.S.

Acer aims for NT$400 billion sales in 2006

Fourth largest PC vendor hopes to keep up its breakneck speed of growth

Microsoft offers more time on Eolas changes

The software giant is making the ActiveX changes in order to comply with a 2003 ruling that found it had violated a patent held by Eolas Technologies

Qualcomm lawsuit extends patent feud with Broadcom

Latest lawsuit states Broadcom has misappropriated trade secrets and infringed patents over WCDMA and wireless LAN chipsets

State of Java perspectives offered by Spring Framework author

Rod Johnson weighs in on open source and dynamic languages

OSDL to finance open-source software developers

Fellowship Fund to provide monetary support

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Supreme Court weighs eBay patent dispute

Justices ask eBay why they should protect it against patent injunction requested by small inventor

Google speeds ahead in search engine race

Company establishes 15 percent edge over Yahoo in queries

Intel launches PC for rural India

Community PC platform includes Celeron, management software, and specialized motherboard

Update: UK court bites into Apple logo case

Record company alleges Apple is violating an agreement on how the companies can use their similar logos

Dell rolls out new cellular-enabled notebooks

Core Duo-based notebooks add new wireless connectivity and security features

Accenture profit dives on UK health system woes

Costs for Accenture's deployment of the NHS contract will exceed revenue from the work

SAP management concedes to workers’ council

SAP employees to organize a workers' council election

Update: EU warns Microsoft over Vista features

EU concerned over Microsoft's plans to bundle an Internet search function and DRM program

Piracy set to dominate Sino-U.S. trade talks in April

U.S. secretary of commerce has raised the issue of IP protection

McAfee plans to acquire security companies

McAfee is looking for companies that can offer wireless and Internet security technologies

Microsoft continues to build IP licensing portfolio

Microsoft to let third parties license IP developed for its mouse products

Good news for users: flash, DRAM prices falling

Gartner predicts flash prices will strengthen later in the year, while the DRAM market will continue to soften

After IE attacks, Microsoft eyes security betas

Maliciously encoded Web sites spur Microsoft to find a way to provide speedier security updates

Mobile users to get more control of personal data

Unified Profile Server subscribers set rules for which apps and vendors gain access to their personal information

Intel boosts chip performance with tool bundles

Enhancements include security, management features

Mac podcast/audio tips 1: Microphones

Report: Consumer ‘advocates’ flack for telecom industry

Billions of dollars are at stake

MS antitrust: New York likely to approve settlement

$350 million class-action lawsuit will award New York state residents vouchers toward next software purchases

Supreme Court to examine patent injunctions

In eBay v. MercExchange, the balance of power between inventors and large companies is under scrutiny

Bluetooth SIG sides with Wi-Media Alliance

Group aims to start shipping devices with the new technology in 2008

Update: Security vendor patches dangerous IE bug

eEye releases a 'temporary' patch to address vulnerability being exploited by attackers

Groups protest lack of net neutrality in new bill

Draft bill would gut neutrality rules prohibiting providers from blocking or slowing access to competitors

Google zaps official blog by mistake

Google acknowleges latest gaffe with company data

JBoss unveils messaging, Web server projects

JBoss Messaging 1.0 now available as a stand-alone product

German watermark technology gains traction

Watermarks used in new service aimed at curbing online music piracy

EC launches bid to slash mobile roaming charges

Draft regulation aims at cutting roaming charges in Europe by more than half