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Alcatel-Lucent could boost enterprise profile

Merger of the companies could propel their products in the enterprise market

UK moves forward with XBRL

Government wants businesses to submit taxes in machine-readable format

Coining buzzwords won’t get IT far

Livedoor’s Hiramatsu promises to rebuild company

Beleaguered Internet company is forming new business alliances in move toward recovery

Motorola sets up wireless R&D center in China

Motorola's 17th R&D center in China will focus on developing, testing software and hardware

Check Point withdraws bid for Sourcefire

U.S. gov't protests Israeli-owned Check Point acquiring Sourcefire technology used to protect DOD computers

Lucent and Alcatel in merger talks

Merger would help fend off competition from rival equipment makers

Novell steers Linux to the virtualized datacenter

SLES 10 and Xen virtualization take center stage at BrainShare 2006

Oracle: Open source keeps vendors on their toes

Java conference also features Spring 2.0 framework details

Office consumer editions delayed in line with Vista

Business editions will come earlier, but consumer versions of Office will now be sold starting in January 2007, to follow Vista

Eolas changes widespread with next IE update

April 11 security patches will change the way IE handles dynamic content like Flash or QuickTime

Wall Street Beat: Software’s turn under the gun

Questions about core product lines led — including that Windows Vista would be delayed until after the holidays — dragged down share prices

Web 2.0: At the tipping point

The idea that the Web is transitioning to a new era is grounded in real examples

IBM shrinks circuit with nanotube

The resulting hybrid circuit is still slower than a conventional component, but it is an important proof of concept, researchers said

Marketer hit with $900,000 spam fine

Jumpstart Technologies, based in San Francisco, is permanently prohibited from unlawful practices related to the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act as part of the decree

Yahoo to discontinue Yahoo Plus

Such "bring your own broadband access" packages are losing appeal because broadband subscription prices have fallen

Java session focuses on Web app obstacles

TheServerSide Java Symposium  interactive session focuses on AJAX and need to boost programmer productivity

Gratis sued over alleged privacy breach

New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's suit claims Gartis' free offers came at a price

Microsoft reshuffles Platforms & Services division

The restructuring breaks up and renames groups that were formerly a part of the MSN division

NetSuite aims to file IPO, move into China by year-end

As its first step towards going public, NetSuite is planning a major announcement around new products, functionality and partners

Four indicted in Nigerian e-mail scam

A grand jury in New York City on Wednesday returned a 10-count indictment against three of the defendants and an 11-count indictment against the fourth

Stolen laptop contains data on 196,000 HP staff

The theft occurred March 15, when a small group of Fidelity employees held a business meeting at a site belonging to neither Fidelity nor HP

UTStarcom faces delisting over delayed SEC filing

UTStarcom said Monday the investigation was continuing and that it would delay filing its 10-K annual report with the SEC

F-Secure helps Orange with mobile antivirus

Mobile Antivirus software now available for some devices through Orange

Diskeeper 10

Review of Linux e-mail tools, and Vista migration tips

Hutchison says it has nearly 12 million 3G customers

Mobile phone operator's 3G users grew by nearly 66 percent last year

In Brief: Softbank sells part of Yahoo Japan stake

PayPal to offer paying by text message

Online payment company to let customers order and pay for products by text message

Tokyo Stock Exchange plans new trading system

Tokyo Exchange will spend $384M over the next three years to upgrade its information systems

Polysilicon shortage to hurt solar cells, not chips

Higher prices for polysilicon globally probably won't be passed on to users

Update: Dell snaps up Alienware

Miami-based Alienware will continue to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Dell

Windows on Intel-based Mac hack on-line, and it works

Dell offers luxury desktop for gaming

With hand-painted designs on the PC chassis, Dell says this product is a "collector's item"

IE worries continue with critical bug

Security researchers disclose third Microsoft browser vulnerability in a week.

Apache chairman: Days numbered for commercial software

Selling services will be the business model of choice, Stein says

Linux kernel updated with Oracle, Cell support

Linus Torvalds announced the release of version 2.6.16 this week

Samsung execs plead guilty to DRAM price fixing

The three Samsung executives conspired with other DRAM makers to fix prices, which affected sales to several U.S. computer makers, it was charged

Is software getting buggier?

Vendors insist PC sales will survive Vista delay

Analyst expects later shipping date to push sales back into early next year, but not to markedly impact overall results

Report: Sinofsky to take over Windows team

Senior vice president of Office to take over Jim Allchin's duties overseeing the whole of Windows development

In Brief: BEA boosts data access technology with Microsoft support

Police computer spreads dragnet across the U.K.

Heavily used PNC provides online access to all police systems

Sage makes offer for Norwegian software company

Sage Group to buy business-management software vendor for $585M

IBM expanding SOA governance offerings

Company believes SOA governance has been defined too narrowly as managing of services in a registry

Red Hat issues Fedora Core 5, Eclipse reinvites Sun

Yahoo delivers Net phone feature in U.S. IM client

Yahoo Messenger takes on Skype by letting users dial out to phones from the IM interface

Study: Computing and natural sciences to merge

Microsoft donates $3M to research to tap software opportunities created by new kinds of science

Microsoft tries again to placate the EU

Microsoft offers free, unlimited support to those who license its workgroup server protocols

Study: E-mail customer support deteriorates

JupiterResearch finds response times to customer e-mail inquiries have worsened