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Update: Borland to exit IDE business, focus on ALM

Borland drops Java tools, buys Segue to focus on products for managing software development

Trolltech, Teleca partner for Linux on phones

Partnership points to a growing interest in using Linux on mobile phones

Microsoft reports two bugs, third identified

Redmond warns of vulnerabilities in WMF, Internet Explorer

Taiwan seen tightening rules on China investments

Recent trend of easing restrictions on Taiwanese technology investments is reversed

Cartoons prompt spike in Danish Web hacks

Hackers deface hundreds of Danish Web sites in furor over cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed

Symantec acquires datacenter management software

Symantec buys Relicore for its Clarity management tool

Oracle wins ‘used’ software suit in Germany

Court rules that sale of used software licenses is illegal

Attack code published for Firefox flaw

Hacker blasts Mozilla for downplaying the seriousness of vulnerabilities

Cisco posts profit, revenue growth in Q2

Architecture of tightly coupled products gaining in popularity

Demo show unveils Krugle, Google for developers

Site lets developers search by strings of code for solutions

Update: Gmail becomes a Google Talk interface

New feature lets users do instant messaging from within Gmail without downloading additional software

Broadband powerline vendor promotes ‘smart grids’

More customers find BPL an alternative to DSL

OS X’s Windows framework

Microsoft realigns customer service group

Global contact centers to become more efficient, user-friendly

Dell’Oro sees measured growth in VOIP gear

Sales expected to continue rising in gear, technology over the next five years

Mustang version of Java racing toward beta release

Web 2.0, scripting languages, Web services are key themes

Oracle officially renames G-Log software

Oracle Transportation Management to be integrated into E-Business Suite

Internet neutrality law needed, Vinton Cerf says

"Father of the Internet" raises concerns about the long-term impact of broadband providers' competitive practices

Demo 06 to launch 68 startups

From ice cream makers to desktop trouble shooting, the morning presentations offered a taste of today's high-tech scene

Microsoft may rebrand MSN portal

Change may include more multimedia offerings

Meg Whitman says eBay transformation is under way

Online auction giving way to e-commerce format

Virtualization freebies aim to draw developers, users

Virtualization technologies gaining traction, branching out into new areas

U.S. e-tailing sales to have brisk growth through 2010

Americans bought $81 billion worth of goods and services from online retailers in 2005

Mobile show to signal no end to innovation

3GSM World Congress will offer plenty of new technologies, services, and gadgets

Cisco, Kineto team for converged service

Vendors team up to make it easier for mobile operators to offer combined Wi-Fi, cellular services

‘Analytics’ buzzword needs careful definition

Definition of analytics is a broad one, leading to confusion among enterprise users

SanDisk sets up flash-memory design center in India

Center will add 50 engineers to do core development work in flash memory, ASIC, and firmware

Higher Q4 sales don’t lift China’s SMIC out of the red

China's largest chip maker reports net loss of $14.8 million

First phone to use Memory Stick Micro is unveiled

Sony Ericsson's dual-mode 3G and GSM cellphone is targeted at business users

Turbolinux to set up joint venture in India

New venture will set up a global call center for English-speaking customers

ObjectWeb shapes up for the enterprise

Consortium aims to make its open-source software more suitable for business use

X1 updates enterprise desktop search product

Version 2.5 gains cluster management, content integration features

Honeywell blames ex-employee in data leak

Information on thousands of company employees was disclosed

What will the box for Office 2011 for Mac look like?

Researchers find that popular apps have mismanaged security

Software from popular vendors compromise security on Windows

White House: 2007 budget includes R&D increases

Some critics, however, say the Bush administration is taking money away from science and technology education

Q&A: Microsoft’s Somasegar touts value of ALM platform

Executive also shares perspective on blogging

LogLogic offers software to log Exchange e-mail data

For privacy reason, the e-mail's content is not logged

Microsoft to EMEA: Guess Vista ship date, win prizes

Prizes available for winners first place through tenth place

Microsoft faces first European Union antitrust fines

Daily fines imposed if Microsoft does not meet requirements for the Feb. 15 deadline

Ask Jeeves puts research center in Italy

Lab to serve as European research and development hub

Funambol offers open source push e-mail

Customers can use software to push Exchange, Domino, others

Nike BI project seeks standardization

Shoe giant consolidating five data marts into one

SalesGene debuts focused on needs of salespeople

Startup fills gaps in SFA

Network General snags Fidelia

Addition of NetVigil product further extends Network General's move toward application management

Motorola’s Canopy aimed at wireless in India

Rajasthan kicks off first statewide deployment of wireless broadband infrastructure in India

Toshiba to acquire Westinghouse for $5.4 billion

Deal to expand Toshiba's nuclear systems business

CIOs will see pressure for BI from executives

The enxt five years will a ten-fold increase in the amount of information businesses see from IT systems, Gartner predicts

BMW is cut from Google results for cheating

Car manufacturer allegedly violates rules against trying to manipulate search results

Google under the gun