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Patent reviews are a sticky BlackBerry patch

The American Inventors Protection Act could drag out the RIM patent case to long after a possible injunction, attorneys said

Symantec settles adware dispute with Hotbar

The legal battle against adware and spyware companies is heating up, legal experts say

RIM to judge: BlackBerry too important to shut

BlackBerry devices play a "crucial role" at hospitals, utilities and banks, RIM's lawyers argued in court Friday

Dell v. Dell, Apple’s poor poetry, and a great big blue screen of death

Microsoft responds to South Korea

Microsoft appeals ruling that requires it to offer two version of Windows in Korea and pay $32 million fine

IBM tests mobile speech applications

IBM partners with universities to develop speech-enabled Web apps for mobile phones

Report offers tips to protect your job from offshoring

Report concludes trend for offshoring is growing and it's not just lower-skilled jobs being lost

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GPS firm sees more location-based services in mobile phones

SiRF Technology to release platform so developers can write GPS apps for mobile operators

Microsoft donates staff time to charity in Asia

Employees given paid leave to volunteer on projects aimed at narrowing the digital divide

MPAA suits expand war on illegal file-trading

MPAA files first suits against search engines, news groups affiliated with p-to-p networks

Germany joins calls to end Google’s “free lunch”

Deutsche Telekom exec calls for Web companies to help pay for high-speed Internet infrastructure

JBoss buys German services partner Objectone

Acquisition gives JBoss a stronger footing in Europe's fast growing open-source market

Update: No Black Friday for BlackBerry

Federal judge to decide mobile e-mail service's fate on Friday

Europe approves powerline communications spec

Spec aims to accelerate development of products that use powerlines for broadband Internet access

Microsoft tests Windows Live parental controls

Service lets parents control children's online activity and block access to sites

Political rivals unite against giants’ e-mail plan

Nonprofits and SMBs form coalition to stop plans to charge fees to mass e-mailers

OS X security flaws: Much ado about nothing?

Media, security vendors overhype the recent spate of Apple security vulnerabilities

Microsoft posts response online to EU charges

Software giant hopes to avoid fines of up to $2.4 million per day

User group strengthens ties with SAP

Group considers itself a strong influence in SAP supporting older releases of its software

Lenovo launches $349 desktop PC for small businesses

Lenovo 3000 product family to feature a $349 desktop PC and a $599 laptop

IBM mainstreaming access to SAAS resources

Resources for partners include financial incentives and access to SAAS expertise

Microsoft ALM server to debut with limited Internet access

But company expects fix soon after Team Foundation Server's initial release

Verio launches Windows multisite hosting plans

Service lets companies buy multiple Web sites for the price of a single site

Judge denies motion to dismiss charges in CA case

Several former CA executives set to testify against Sanjay Kumar and Stephen Richards

Understanding ILM 2.0

Update: Lenovo reaches for U.S. market share with new launch

Company looks to attract SMBs with low-cast wares

IT exec sentenced to eight years for data theft

Spammer sent to jail for stealing more than 1 billion data records

SCO v. IBM: The plot thickens

IBM subpoenas Microsoft, Sun, and HP in SCO case

IBM filing could reveal interesting information about SCO's relationship with Microsoft

Skype offers online and prepaid payment methods

Skype makes it easier for consumers to pay for its services electronically

TSMC says new chip making technique close to perfect

Immersion technique makes it possible to create more powerful chips with current factory equipment

Interview: IBM’s Sabbah touts Rational offerings

Exec says company far ahead of Microsoft in ALM

AOL nudges US dial-up subscribers toward broadband

The cost of dial-up to increase

NTP patent in RIM case gets final rejection

On Friday, the companies find out if an injunction will be enforced against RIM's U.S. BlackBerry sales

Darwin’s back in sync with OS X as of 10.4.5, larger questions remain

Update: Oracle adds Microsoft support to Enterprise Manager

Plug-ins extend Oracle's database, app management tools to cover wide range of Microsoft products

Tech leaders call for new uses of US radio spectrum

Plan includes transferring little-used government spectrums to the private sector

Google, EarthLink join for San Francisco Wi-Fi plan

Cisco and IBM are also involved in the proposals

SAP designing new search engine

Technology will allow users to combine structured and unstructured data in single search

Planning for Grid? Think SOA

Privacy group: U.S. laws needed to rein in surveillance

Laws do not adequately deal with technologies that give government access to digital records, CDT says

Update: Swiss, Belgians close eDonkey server

Authorities confiscate Razorback2 servers on p-to-p network of illegal material

Chinese search engine Baidu.com Q4 results soar

Baidu now faces head-on competition against Google in its home market

today’s SOA developers …. tomorrow’s Grid developers

Google faces injunction over image search

Perfect 10 has also sued Amazon.com for alleged copyright infrigement

Samsung releases source code for NAND drivers

Move makes it easier for companies to use OneNAND flash memory in portable gadgets running Linux

Wikipedia founder expects block to be lifted in China

Jimmy Wales expects Chinese censors will eventually stop blocking access to the online encyclopedia

GNOME update eases desktop Linux

Microsoft awards 22 doctorate scholarships in Europe

Microsoft Research program aims to boost Europe's competitiveness in science