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Sun plans to make all its software free

President Jonathan Schwartz says company has been investigating “how to deliver our products and technologies for free”

EBay tests expansion of PayPal antifraud program

Testing starts in Germany and will be applied to other countries if it works well, company says

Police request images after second wave of U.K. blasts

Four small explosions in London transit on Thursday

Update: SAP revenue and income rise on software sales

Sales of ERP software drive SAP's 16 percent rise in worldwide software revenue

Fujitsu software tackles enterprise information

Fujitsu readies search tool, RSS client/server to help enterprises make better use of their data

Microsoft snaps up secure e-mail provider FrontBridge

Giga-byte enters branded mobile phone business

Taiwanese company seeks to market under its own brand

Senators will propose legislation to spur innovation

Science and engineering fellowships to be offered

FTC cracks down on sex spam

Adult entertainment providers that used affiliates are targeted

Microsoft to buy e-mail managed services company

Deal is set with FrontBridge Technologies

Sun to resell Interwoven ECM products

Move allows Sun to sell content management as integrated part of an infrastructure stack

Fight about TV over IP coming to Congress

Cable television carriers duel with telecoms over rules

EBay tops earnings and revenue expectations in Q2

PayPal turns in a strong performance

BizObjects to buy performance management developer

SRC Software sells performance managment apps

AT&T net income up, on lower revenue

Declines felt in long distance and data revenue

FTC cans porn spam for $1.16 million

Microsoft sues Google and former exec over defection

Kaspersky to buy Spamtest Project

Technology already used in Kaspersky products

IBM’s project financing attracting SMBs

Program seen as reducing risk for customers

HP job cuts could lead to PC product cuts

PC group may now have to slim down a bloated lineup

Security firm details unpatched Oracle flaws

Three of the six vulnerabilities not fixed by Oracle in security update earlier this month are labeled high risk by German firm

Starwood nears end of SOA revamp

Five-year project will tie company's holdings onto one framework

IBM boosts search in WebSphere Commerce Server

New versions enable spidering within popular search engines

Encompass responds to demise of HP World, Interex

User group expects more attendees for inaugural technical conference in September

South Korean police nab China flash factory suspects

Former employees of Hynix to face charges of technology theft and industrial espionage

IEEE starts hammering out mesh network standard

Draft of single standard could happen as soon as next May

Outsourcing requires careful planning

Many outsourcing projects fall apart because companies fail to consider the costs and complexity

AMD ready for EU restrictions on lead in chips

E.U. to begin restricting the amount of hazardous substances that can be used in electronic devices

Strong PC demand lifts Intel Q2 results

Otellini cites rapid transition to notebooks

Senators call on DHS to improve cybersecurity efforts

Internet recovery plan is needed, lawmakers say

Yahoo’s Q2 revenue falls short of expectations

Unique users rises to 379 million

Microsoft sues Google, former employee over hiring

Kai-Fu Lee is to head R&D efforts in China

IBM, Laszlo bring rich Internet apps development to Eclipse

Big Blue also buys e-forms vendor

Microsoft tweaks certification programs

Developers and database engineers to get more specific credentials

LinkedIn expands into paid services

LinkedIn for Groups lets organizations display logos in profiles and search results

Microsoft unveils latest MSN Shopping beta site

Service is undergoes significant upgrade

Smaller HP still drawing post-merger road map

Observers ask what the new company will look like

IBM dances the VP shuffle

HP to slash 14,500 jobs in major restructuring move

Internet misuse costs businesses $178 billion annually

Websense puts the cost at $5,000 per employee

IBM services head leaves amid reorganization

IBM Global Services replaces 30-year veteran John Joyce with a pair of executives

Update: HP plans to cut 14,500 jobs and save $1.9B a year

Cuts will eliminate management layers and support functions

South Korea’s government has high hopes for WiBro

WiBro services could become mobile equivalent of broadband DSL

North Korea and South Korea connect fiber-optic link

Telecom networks between the two countries are joined for the first time

Blinkx delivers RSS alerts for audio/video content

SmartFeed alert system will go live on Tuesday

Zombie makers turning to fake greeting cards

Malicious e-mail disguised as e-mail greeting cards is up about 90 percent from last year

Apple iTunes success paves way for videos

IDC, Gartner: The price was right for PCs in Q2

Move to notebooks continues to push sales

IBM hits Q2 targets, says goodbye to PC business

Layoffs focused on Europe improved bottom line

Glitches delay international Mozilla releases

Open source browser bugs stil to be worked out