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Update: Google’s Gmail gains virus scanning capability

Gmail will now prevent users from sending messages with infected attachments

Update: Microsoft Research tool ‘snarfs’ up unwanted e-mail

Social Network and Relationship Finder helps rank messages in order of importance

Verizon to use Qualcomm’s TV system

Telecom will be the first U.S. wireless service provider to use MediaFLO's multicast technology

Cebit faces competition from consumer shows

Defections from some major vendors raise questions

Hackers publish two more Windows attacks

Number of new Windows attacks released into circulation this week now at four

Wall Street Beat: Caution urged on Net stocks

Yahoo, eBay, and Google come under close scrutiny

Telecom experts call for reduced regulation

VoIP providers face little regulation, while phone service providers face significant hurdles

Intel’s copycats move Pacific Northwest to the desert

Intel is set to start rolling out 65nm technology at fabs in Arizona and Ireland

CommVault tackles information lifecycle management

QiNetix upgrade includes two new applications

Top vendors align on SOA programming model

BEA, IBM, SAP, Oracle and Siebel back Service Component Architecture specification

F-Secure buys network monitoring company

Acquisition of ROMmon gives F-Secure a security device

iSCSI vs. Fibre Channel: The battle that is not

EMC suggested EDS create Agility Alliance

EDS' CEO tells U.S. government, corporate world to accept offshoring

New .eu domain ‘as important as .com’

Hundreds of thousands of companies expected to apply for new .eu domain names

‘Hotspots of the world unite’ says Fon

Fon aims to become global community of people sharing each other's Wi-Fi hotspots

Eco-friendly storage, Gateway’s convertible and new IE bug

Microsoft under pressure for timely Vista release

Delays will cause complaints among subscribers to Microsoft's Software Assurance program

Intel forsees more capacity constraints in ’06

Chip set supplies should be fairly tight during most of 2006, Intel CFO says

Intel touts its manufacturing clout

Manufacturing operation gives Intel a cost advantage its rivals can't match, CFO says

Inside Intel’s D1D fab — through the looking glass

Visitors given fleeting glimpse of Intel's most important chip-making facility

Judge won’t hold up case against RIM

Decision opens the door to a possible injunction that would shut down BlackBerry service in the U.S.

Yahoo adds RSS reader to new Web mail service

Yahoo plans to enhance Yahoo Mail RSS reader with the ability to organize feeds into sub-folders

Via releases security kit for Linux, Windows developers

Tools enable developers to tie security features to hardware encryption capabilities of Via's chips

Coming soon: A printer for your TV

Seiko Epson, Canon are developing printers that can be connected to digital TV sets

Intel to build $3.5 billion chip plant in Israel

Fab will be the first to put Intel's 45nm technology into high-volume production

Update: Attackers targeting unpatched IE bug, Microsoft warns

Vulnerability affects Internet Explorer users on Windows XP, Windows, 2000, and Windows 98

DevSquare user guide

Mobile TV content a must, says Sony Pictures Digital VP

Service pricks the interest of production studios

Mobile TV: Low prices, high quality are critical

Service begins to catch on in Europe

Microsoft to test classified service by year-end

The full service is expected to go live in the first half of next year.

EDS likely to double Chinese, Indian workforces

The company currently has up to 20,000 employees in those regions

Study: US federal IT contracts down in 2005

Decrease is largely attributed to the cyclical nature of government contracts

SAP picks up integration vendor Callixa

Callixa's distributed query technology is of special interest

iSCSI vs. Fibre Channel – Not a Winner-Take-All Battle

Sun broadens its open source shift

Solaris Enterprise System bundle features numerous products

The 3 ideas you must understand about project management

Cape Clear set to release new ESB software

Forthcoming version to add security, scalability

ID theft, malware worry U.S. online shoppers

More than 20 percent of Internet users will avoid purchasing online due to security concerns

Enterprises try blogs, but fear remains

Companies are realizing that blogs works well for collaboration but fear losing control of sensitive data

HP to buy ID management software maker Trustgenix

HP adds another company to its string of recent acquisitions

FSF kicks off process to overhaul GPL

First discussion draft of the new license will be published in January

Concerns raised over Perl security flaw

Vulnerability in scripting language could be exploited to launch a DoS attack

RIM faces Blackberry suits in Europe

Hearings begin in U.K. on patent-related complaints

Group lays plans for India’s first big chip plant

AMD licenses its process technology to consortium of investors

IDC forecasts 8 percent growth for chips in 2006

Global chip market expected to surpass $240 billion next year

Update: Microsoft invites consumers to test security service

Latest version of OneCare Live protects PCs running Windows XP from viruses and hackers

Sony will consider RSS text feeds for PSP

If customers request it, company will add support for text content to be delivered via RSS

Sony, Panasonic, others set RFID consortium

Group work for a year on guidelines covering the use of RFID tags

Spitzer investigating Sony’s XCP software

New York Attorney General is looking at whether Sony is honoring its promise to recall its XCP music titles

Mozilla releases Firefox 1.5 on schedule

Firefox downloads topped 100 million last month