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Think tank forum: Net neutrality equals property theft

Progress and Freedom Foundation criticized Net neutrality bills, which would prohibit broadband providers from blocking or slowing services to competing services such as VoIP

On grids and simplifying security

Conference patrons say security needs simplicity

Overwhelming concern is easier, faster deployments

Market ripe for Origami device, creator says

Microsoft exec says company gave careful consideration to customers' willingness to embrace another form factor

Quality still an issue for VOIP hopefuls

Vendors say they're addressing the issue

Analysts: PC market to slow down in 2006

Replacement cycle for desktops has hit a peak, Gartner says

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Skype dials in to business

Skype for Business includes a dedicated Web site and support, new hardware and new features to better manage groups of users and prepaid accounts

Simplifying the Grid Security Experience

Update: EC to launch public inquiry into RFID

Inquiry aims to identify citizens' concerns about RFID technology

IBM pitches a supercomputing Fastball

Big Blue project has been able to achieve 102GBps of sustained read/write performance

Oracle to set up shop across China to attract more SMBs

Initiative to recruit customers includes establishing support operations in 26 Chinese cities

Siemens unit seeks growth beyond phones

Siemens teams with Yahoo to let users make/receive VoIP calls through Yahoo Messenger with Voice

Siemens offers cordless encryption phone

Siemens phone ensures maximum security and accelerated encryption process

Novell launches next-generation Linux desktop

Novell CTO calls SLED 10 the first version 'good enough' for enterprises to replace Windows

Fujitsu shows smaller, faster palm-vein sensor

PalmSecure system offers higher level of security than voice print, fingerprint recognition, and iris scan

Shuttle chases Mac Mini with smaller PC

Taiwanese PC maker unveils new computer slightly larger than Apple's Mac Mini

Corsair unveils faster DDR, DDR2 modules

Memory modules can run at clock speeds of up to 1,066MHz

Vodafone launches first HSDPA service

Vondafone service can deliver mobile data at rates as fast as 1.4Mbps

Sophos: IT managers want lower security costs

IT managers want simpler applications that can deal with a range of threats

Update: Intel and AMD stumble toward your living room

New platforms will make it easier for users to share digital media between devices

SAP plans new version of All-in-One in 2006

Scaled-down version of mySAP Business Suite will be targeted at midsize companies

China to issue 1.3 billion RFID identification cards

Rollout of resident ID cards represents one of the largest RFID projects in the world

SAP extends virtualization to Microsoft platforms

SAP's move doubles the reach of app virtualization to thousands of mutual SAP/Microsoft customers

Intel, Microsoft team on Origami ultramobile PC

Companies have great flexibility in the kinds of functions they can add to the devices

Google to settle click-fraud lawsuit for $90M

Challenge to pay-per-click advertising could seriously threaten Google's main source of revenue

Electronic archiving allows multiple access

PACS is a shared network of digitally stored medical images, where clinicians can access electronic diagnostic images simultaneously from their workstations through a virtual private network

Hurdles remain on road to faster Wi-Fi

It is not yet certain how 802.11n networks will use the two frequency bands, say vendor executives

Linux branching out, says IBM exec

IBM Linux strategy manager Adam Jollans says SMBs are starting to warm up to Linux

Micron to acquire Lexar Media

The purchase will strengthen Micron's presence in the NAND flash memory market, the company says

EU calls for mobile TV unity

Operators and equipment makers must use a single, European technology standard for transmissions to achieve scale necessary to make services affordable, says commissioner

Ultra-mobile PCs need Yonah, Intel executive says

Dual-core chips save energy by switching off "micro logic areas" of the cache while they are not being used

House panel approves bill banning sale of phone records

This year seven bills targeting the practice of pretexting — fraudulently obtaining a customer's telephone records from a carrier by impersonating that customer — have been introduced

McNealy pumps open standards at gov’t trade show

CEO trumpets Sun products and pushes for open standards, citing exit cost benefits

Update: Microsoft fires shot at Google with revamped search

Windows Live Search will replace MSN.com's search after several months of beta testing

RFID on all goods 15 years off, says retail giant

Metro cites the high cost of RFID chips and interference as issues that need to be tackled before mass adoption

Metro shows voice-operated RFID device

Retail giant announces prototype smart-tag system

Logitech celebrates birthday with new products

Company offers its first mouse designed specifically for left-handed users

Nokia updates mobile blogging software

Lifeblog 2.0 now lets users attach audio clips to their blogs

Agassi wants Microsoft more visible than SAP

SAP moves ahead with integration of its R/3 ERP system with Microsoft's Office suite

Groups push China’s government to follow tender laws

AMD speaks out in favor of brand-neutral procurement policy

Samsung shows first Origami device

Handheld falls somewhere between a tablet PC and PDA, runs special edition of Windows XP

BenQ’s new phones include Windows Mobile 5.0 PDA

BenQ unveils six new models, including P51 mobile phone with Wi-Fi and Skype pre-loaded

WAPI supporters ready a last stand in China

Plan would force foreign companies to license WAPI wireless security protocol

Germans unwrap Europe’s fastest supercomputer

Research center unveils IBM Blue Gene system offering peak performance of 45.8 teraflops

T-Mobile first to launch branded Opera Mini

Mobile Internet offering now available on T-Mobile low-end and mid-range phones

What Microsoft’s Fingerprint Reader is really meant for

Microsoft denies aiding Chinese case against journalist

Journalist charged for using Hotmail account to post articles overseas under a pseudonym

China issues e-mail rules to fight spam

New regulations require the word 'AD' be displayed and for ISPs to retain mail server IP addresses for 60 days

Intel mobile WiMax cards on for 2006