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Update: Microsoft moves to add VoIP to Office

Microsoft acquires Swiss software company that specializes in VoIP applications

Sun looks to boost Java-.Net interoperability

Web services specifications are key to effort

Nuance’s Ricci on speech in the enterprise

A Q&A with CEO Paul Ricci

AOL buys MusicNow, aims for top spot

AOL Music Now will be both an online music store and a subscription service

Sony patch uncloaks hidden DRM code

The patch will not remove the copy protection software, but make it visible to antivirus software.

Wall Street Beat: Investors shrug off mixed results

Sun fails to deliver on long-awaited financial turnaround

U.S. businesses: New Internet governance not needed

Too much tinkering would open up the internet to the political whims of many governments

AMD’s legal chief lays out antitrust strategy

Thomas McCoy speaks franky in a Q&A session

Oracle CFO resigns after short stint

Greg Maffei spent just four months with company

Mozilla tests next Firefox release

New features include a better system for updating software and faster navigation

MS boosts Live with FolderShare buy

Online service lets users synchronize data from multiple computers and access files through a Web browser

Microsoft hails security focus in Web services package

Offering functions with Visual Studio 2005, .Net Framework 2.0

AMD gains ground on Intel in Q3

Company gained share in every segment of the market

Centeris lays out open-source, future plans

Software allows customers to manage Linux servers in a Microsoft Windows network

BEA buys Java tools developer SolarMetric

SolarMetric's flagship product, Kodo, is a persistence engine that implements the JDO (Java Data Objects) specification

Security comes at a price

Norway, Sweden push ahead with biometric passports

Privacy, security issues remain to be solved with the new systems

SugarCRM to open office in China

Open-source startup's SugarSuite 4.0 is due out in December

MCI reports rise in Q3 earnings on revenue fall

Verizon received FCC approval earlier this week to buy MCI.

AOL buys MusicNow, aims for top spot

AOL Music Now will offer greater customization, personalization than available with AOL's current music service

Group suggests a ‘denationalization’ of ICANN

Academics suggest ways to tackle politically charged issue of Internet governance

Mobile Internet: Cheap wins over security

Bengt Nordström of inCode gives his take on how the mobile market is evolving

Yahoo revamps mapping service

New version of Yahoo Maps is easier to use, more friendly to external developers

Sun’s Galaxy still not widely available

Sun still refining the manufacturing process for its highly anticipated line of servers

Black Hat presentation yields another Cisco bug

Flaw is rated "critical" by the French Security Incident Response Team

IBM, Sun team up to support OpenDocument

Meeting is set to discuss with other technology companies ways to advance adoption

Novell to lay off 10 percent in restructuring

Company to refocus on Linux and open-source opportunities

Ruby IDE is set to shine

ActiveState upgrades developer tool

Symantec suffers on weak forecast, CFO exit

Revenue for the second quarter, ended Sept. 30, was $1.2 billion

Hacker publishes Oracle proof-of-concept worm

Code for the worm was posted by someone who used the subject line "Trick or treat Larry"

Study: Offshore outsourcing creates jobs

IEEE-USA disputes findings and says other factors not considered

Services plan shows Microsoft playing catch-up

Live Software strategy is more evolutionary than revolutionary

RIM releases new BlackBerry phone with Intel’s Hermon

Device is latest from RIM integrating a phone, PDA, and wireless e-mail receiver in a single device

Mercury CEO, CFO resign in accounting probe wake

Company allegedly reported incorrectly the date of at least 49 stock-option grants

AMD aspires to the mainframe

Sprint, cable companies go for quadruple play

Collaboration with Comcast, Time Warner, Cox, Advance/Newhouse aims to provide live cable broadcasts over handheld mobile devices

OASIS committee to tackle Semantic Web services

New committee to study how Semantic Web can be applied to service-oriented systems

Novell’s new president looks ahead to restructuring

Hovsepian says rumors that 20 percent of Novell's workforce will be laid off might be an exaggeration

Update: Time Warner’s Q3 net income jumps 80 percent

Income at AOL rose as drop in subscriber revenue was outweighed by cost savings

Nortel earnings hit by restructuring

Nortel's revenue was up 22 percent

Nokia launches open-source browser

Nokia also launches portal to share information about its open-source activities

What’s wrong with Dell?

EnterpriseDB upgrades open-source database

Upgrade comes with newer code base and JasperReports open-source reporting tool

PolyFuel membrane hits fuel cell durability mark

Latest DMFC prototype passes 5,000-hour mark in durability testing

Nvidia CEO unveils VoIP vision

Silicon Valley veteran forecasts seamless voice communication in world without mobile phones

Wyse pushes thin clients with new software, partners

Wyse teams with Sun, CA, others to unveil new Streaming Manager software

MessageLabs to acquire Omnipod

Acquisition will accelerate MessageLabs move into the IM market

Sony ships sneaky DRM software

Sony using techniques normally seen in spyware, viruses to restrict copying of its music CDs

Funambol opens portal, looks to push e-mail

Software supports a variety of mobile devices, including mobile phones and iPods

Telecom merger approvals get mixed reviews

FCC failed to impose significant conditions on carriers, groups say