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Microsoft scraps September security update

Company is mum on reason for change of plans

HP reschedules user show for Oct. in Orlando

Katrina leaves company no choice

Mozilla offers workaround for Firefox flaw

Software patch posted

Good Technology to restructure distribution channel

Company plans to transition to indirect sales using carriers

China bans Skype

Microsoft scraps September security update

HP plans 5,900 layoffs in Europe

Company is required to reveal number of layoffs with the its European Works Council

Salesforce.com makes platform move with AppExchange

Sun seeks to increase and boost corporate blogging

Company facilitates posting of multimedia content to the journal entries

Former HP chief Lew Platt dies

Platt, 64, was also a leader at Boeing

Welcome. It’s all relevant

Microsoft tries, and fails, to recruit open-source guru

Eric Raymond says a company recruiter contacted him

WiMax gets real world test in Katrina relief efforts

When vendors start suing their customers

Japan’s Access to acquire PalmSource

Access moves to strengthen its hand in mobile content delivery business

Rival files Korean FTC complaint against Oracle

Tmax Soft says Oracle bundled its database management software with its Web app server

‘HAL 9000’ deleted 1 million U.K. tax records

Inland Revenue has been deleting files accidentally from its income tax database

Firefox flaw found: remote exploit possible

Computers running Firefox could be open to remote attack as result of buffer overflow vulnerability

Group urges IT open standards in World Bank report

Participants claim open standards are critical to economic growth and innovation

Saturday declared ‘Software Freedom Day’

Event aims to educate about the benefits of open source software

The nefarious nature of AdCalls’ free VoIP service

The alarming aspects of giving patents to open source

US CIOs see increasing demand for IT skills, says study

Hiring Index and skills report suggests unemployed IT workers on West Coast have been chance of finding work

London is global Internet bandwidth capital

Study also says virtually all Internet traffic between Latin America and Europe or Asia goes through the U.S.

Microsoft targets Google with developer platform

The set of APIs will be announced at Professional Developers Conference

Wall Street Beat: eBay, Apple stoke trading

Market recovers from concerns about Katrina

Firefox upgrade offers improved usability, security

Beta 1 will be available by Friday

IMlogic launches IM threat protection

RTTPS aims to predict and stop IM attacks before they penetrate the network

Year of rapid growth precedes Salesforce.com user show

Company plans expansion to broader market

HP completes consolidation services offering

Networking added as an important strategic element, company says

Dell won’t fight AMD request for Intel documentation

Information from Dell said to be a key part of the lawsuit

IT takes stock in Katrina’s wake

Continuity and emergency e-mail services keep enterprises afloat while landline and cellular networks collapse

Yahoo business ethics sorely lacking

DOJ sues real estate group for Web listing policy

Suit says group's policy stifles competition

Vint Cerf goes to work for Google

Internet pioneer becomes company's chief Internet evangelist

Embedded Grid

HP hires another Palm exec for its PC group

Satjiv Chahil joins as senior vice president of marketing

Are eBay and Skype a good fit?

Analysts have mixed opinions on whether the hookup would be a good thing for their businesses

McAfee releases consumer Internet security suite

Suite protects against spyware, phishing scams, viruses, and identity theft

BenQ says Siemens integration fine, but analysts worry

Sliding sales at both companies make it harder to pull off combining their operations

How IT can help with Katrina relief

EPlus charges SAP with patent infringement

Software startup alleges SAP infringed on three patents for e-commerce-related technologies

Offshoring helps, not hinders, Europe, minister says

India must reciprocate by opening its economy to services from the EU, says British Minister for Trade

Yahoo says it obeyed Chinese law by turning in e-mails

Case highlights the difficulties faced when doing business in countries with totalitarian governments

Macromedia makes streaming media push

Renamed product eliminates need for app server, reduces bandwidth requirements

Startup Zimbra releases open-source Notes alternative

Software includes e-mail, contact and calendar software

IBM ships Lotus Notes/Domino 7

Support is included for Microsoft Office 2003's SmartTags

Newisys co-founder joins AMD as new CTO

Fred Weber moves on to other interests

Ballmer: Microsoft to offer hosted CRM to mid-market

Product will be part of Dynamics, Microsoft's family of CRM and ERP apps

Apple unveils iPod nano, iTunes phone