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French bill that could open iTunes ready

Measures in the bill could force companies using DRM to publish details of the system, letting other manufacturers to develop interoperable systems

Google scans French literature for Book Search support

Google's plan to digitize all the world's books and put them online in searchable form has upset authors and publishers on both sides of the Atlantic

New Spycar software will test antispyware

Spycar will test the effectiveness of antispyware products

Microsoft and Web 2.0: not so strange bedfellows

While companies such as Google and Yahoo have been getting attention as Web 2.0 pioneers, Microsoft will show a different tack for embracing Web 2.0 at MIX 06 next week

Watchfire to release FISMA compliance product

SOA Exec Forum event wrap

Apple fixes troubled Safari patch

Security experts recommend that Mac OS X users install the patch immediately

Mining industry digs for IT fix following deaths

There's little agreement about which technologies can do the most good, however

Iron Mountain outsources product development

Storage services provider outsources its product development to centers in India

Judge validates legality of Google’s caching practice

Judge rules Google's page caching, archiving of postings, and provision of page excerpts do not infringe copyrights

Vodafone, Yahoo eye content exchange deal

Companies discussing content supply link after Vodafone sells its Japanese unit to Softbank

In Brief: Sun delivers NetBeans Enterprise Pack for Mac developers

Nvidia acquires Indian company for engineering staff

Graphics chip maker buys Pace Soft Silicon to increase its number of engineers in India

Update: Softbank to acquire Vodafone’s Japan unit

Acquisition gives Softbank a 17 percent share of Japan's cellular market

NTT service plugs information leaks in China

NTT offers service designed to prevent sensitive corporate data from being leaked to outsiders

The bugs in the carpet are RFID

Smart-floor technology can be used to navigate automated transport systems in buildings

Microsoft ALM server online next week

Product  "a long time coming for us," executive says

Congress lashes agencies for Fs in cybersecurity

Failing grades at the Departments of Homeland Security and Defense prompt one congresswoman to fear her homeland is not secure

Use numbers to fight cybercrime, show told

Secuity firm Verdasys' vice president and chief scientist Dan Geer urged users to 'measure something' in how their IT systems perform

IBM buys LAS for name recognition analytics

LAS specializes in applying business rules to data to determine the origin, cultural variations and meanings around personal and business names

Coalition calls for action on phishing

In a report, consumer groups, technology vendors, financial services organizations and law enforcement agencies, calls on Internet companies to step up consumer education efforts

Ballmer talks up business tools

Microsoft's new $500-million marketing campaign centers around what it calls the "people-ready" business vision

French bill may drive away open-source developers

Microsoft sues to end bootlegging on eBay

Microsoft said it identified seven of the eight defendants in the eBay suits through its Windows Genuine Advantage program

Microsoft goes public with Blue Hat hacker conference

Microsoft promises to publish details on secretive, invitation-only security event

Lenovo to lay off 1,000, move its headquarters

Lenovo announces plans to move its headquarters to Raleigh, N.C.

In Brief: iTKO releases LISA 3 for complete SOA testing

Emulex opens to fabric routers

Georgetown U. Tackles Grid Security with Shibboleth

RIM competitor defends U.S. patent office

BlackBerry maker placed ads in newspapers saying the patent system is in need of change

Lawson’s ERP upgrade adds SOA capabilities

Lawson Release 9 includes improved BI capabilities and BPM tools

New Trojan encrypts data, demands ransom

Number of 'ransomware' schemes appear to be growing, Sophos exec says

Motorola’s latest phone reads name cards for you

Smart phone doubles as a business card scanner

Motorola makes three new China investments

Motorola's venture capital arm investing in Chinese 'high-potential' technology companies

NTT DoCoMo expects Asia to lead investment next year

NTT trying to enter Asian markets to expand its I-mode service

Cisco zooms in on enterprise video

Cisco will make the telepresence system just one component of its overall Unified Communications architecture

Feds get failing grade in computer security report

The scorecards give failing grades to some of the agencies most critical to the nation's defense, including Fs for the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Model-driven development, AJAX shortcomings aired

Executives and others note shortcomings at SD West conference but say the industry is on the cusp of a next generation of dynamic development

In brief: Switchvox brings voice, apps convergence to SMBs

Also in Brief: Adobe offers beta of XMP Toolkit; Lenovo unwraps new partner program; Nexis Web site now gives big-picture view; Asetek teases enthusiasts with 5.5GHz P4 system; Telelogic acquires I-Logix; Avaya boosts software, adds SIP P2P phone; Jc

Chambers: Cisco network smarts mean partner profits

One analyst said the drive to make more resellers into one-stop shops should make things easier for customers

Can a tape drive be sexy?

Sun to light up public grid on Monday

The target market is not yet clear, but users will be able to sign up for grid services online via PayPal and load their programs to be processed by Sun

Daydreaming about portable servers

Hewlett-Packard seeks big growth with thin clients

Company launches the t5720, based on AMD chip

News analysis: Has Eclipse gotten too big?

As the organization spreads into more open source areas, some projects will inevitably fail while others succeed, co-founder says

Broadband providers: Devices OK to attach

Group issues set of principles that would allow consumers to connect devices to video broadband networks

Update: RFID tags are subject to viruses, says study

Researchers have created a proof-of-concept, self-replicating RFID virus

Acid test may prove new browsers are tough sell

Opera, Safari are among the few to pass the Acid2 test, which highlights a lack of support for standard HTML and CSS features

MyProxy Brings Single Sign-On Security to the Grid

SAP moves to create non-union workers’ council

SAP aims to fend off what it views as the harmful influence of unions on its startup culture