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Microsoft buys portfolio management software

Company plans to incorporate technology from UMT into its Office Enterprise Project Management Solution

Update – Google to pay $1 billion for AOL stake, report says

AOL has spent months reportedly in discussions with several companies

Dell recalls 35,000 batteries worldwide

Recall affects certain Dell notebooks sold between Oct. 5, 2004, and Oct. 13, 2005

US senator’s bill would overhaul FCC’s authority

Bill would let FCC step in only when competition has failed

Google backs multimedia standard for IM

Search engine company back XMPP

Novell starts work on NHS contract

As part of agreement, NHS IT units will use Novell's Linux

Lawson and Intentia delay merger up to three months

Lawson revises the deadline for closing the acquisition to April 30

Yahoo to help measure the value of online ads

New service aims to help businesses measure success of online campaigns compared to print and other media

Top 10 hurdles for Microsoft in 2006

Heathrow gets third hotspot option

Service available now for hotspots in U.K. airport's departure lounges

Opera dismisses Google takeover talk as rumor

Rumors stem from blog posting by former Yahoo exec

Sun updates portal server for ‘Web 2.0’

Java System Portal Server lets developers offer collaborative and ID-based content through Web apps

Court orders Japan FTC to turn over Intel docs

AMD intends to use the evidence in its case alleging Intel violated Japan's Antimonopoly Act

AMD’s Spansion lowers price for IPO

Spansion expects to collect about $493 million from the sale

Google opens Gmail to cell phone access

Gmail Mobile now can be accessed from handsets

On Dasher! New malware targets Microsoft users

Two variants of the exploit are now in circulation

RIAA files new round of lawsuits, P-to-P use down

New lawsuits bring the total number of RIAA copyright infringement suits to more than 17,000

Analysts: Marketing Vista key Microsoft hurdle for 2006

Company faces a challenge in convincing customers to upgrade to the next version of Windows

Hitachi names new president

Kazuo Furukawa will succeed Etsuhiko Shoyama

Oracle feels Q2 growth pains in applications business

Company holds strong in database market

Wall Street Beat: Apple, Oracle take hits

Hoped-for holiday uptick not in sight

Tech vendors praise ‘innovation’ US legislation

National Innovation Act would encourage reearch and development

Open source in ’05 – simplification, assurance

Momentum built for packaging open-source software into precertified, standardized and supported stacks

Microsoft sues MAPS partners, systems builders

Action marks the first time the vendor has taken such legal action

Google improves music searches

Enhancements make it easier to find content such as lyrics and track listings

Changes in NAND market will be great for users

Flash memory capacityhas grown so fast it's taking the place of hard drives in some devices

InfoWorld Daily Podcast 12-15-2005

Philips: Open to M&A options for chip unit

Philips announces plans to create separate legal structure for chip manufacturing unit

Visto sues Microsoft over wireless e-mail patents

Another legal battle looms in the wireless e-mail market

Kazaa owners face contempt charges in Australia

Operators of the Kazaa peer-to-peer file-sharing system could face jail time

Ipevo launches Mac driver for its Skype phones

Taiwanese startup's Free-1 phones plug into PCs via USB port

NTT DoCoMo to take 10 percent stake in KTF

DoCoMo to pay South Korea's second-largest cellular carrier $563 million for stake

IT provider recovers from devastating oil depot blast

Data losses appear to be minimal

Startup to show fuel cell at CES

Medis Technologies to ship power packs based on alkaline fuel cell technology in 2006

Update: Microsoft Windows earns Common Criteria certification

Certification is used by government customers to evaluate security of IT products before making purchasing decisions

Adobe moving to monthly security patch schedule

Customers have asked for a more predictable schedule

Novell, Red Hat join IBM’s strategic alliance program

Big Blue will work more closely with Novell and Red Hat on both Linux and other open-source software

Verizon dons white coats, tries Nortel IMS

Verizon is exploring IMS but is not even close to choosing a vendor yet

Microsoft: One open document standard good, two better

Additional standards give users more choice, microsoft executive says

Experian buys PriceGrabber.com for $485 million

Experian hopes to use its Internet marketing data and analytics technologies to hone PriceGrabber.com's services

Dell positions itself in a commodity market

Looking ahead to the PC of 2007

Iin terms of groundbreaking new features, not much to cheer about this year

Invacare blames botched Oracle ERP project for Q4 miss

Company hit problems in October when it went live with its new order-to-cash system.

EU approves two-year data retention policy

Telecommunications companies and ISPs face huge increase in data storage requirements

Swiss government opts for Suse Linux in server upgrades

Governments more willing than private businesses to accept risks attached to open-source software

India’s Polaris moves to .Net

New financial services module uses .Net platform and SQL Server database

Cisco’s rolling thunder in systems management

Software ‘pirate’ pleads guilty to charges

California man faces maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and $500,000 fine

W3C publishes new multimedia spec for mobile devices

New spec enables multimedia presentations on mobile phones

General Dynamics buys services company for $2.2 billion

Acquisition of Anteon enhances General Dynamics' offerings to defense, intelligence, and security customers