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NetApp to buy data security vendor Decru for $272M

Company hopes acquisition will help it compete more effectively against EMC, HP, and IBM

Microsoft readies BitTorrent alternative

Avalanche technology could make it easier to distribute big files over the Internet

IBM to buy asset management software maker Isogon

IBM to add Isogon's technology into its Tivoli line

U.K. government is target of e-mail attacks

NISCC warns of increasingly sophisticated attempts to steal sensitive information

Wyse sees profit in bridging the digital divide

Consortium using thin client technology to deliver services to rural areas in India

U.S. delays bio-passport requirement for one year

Homeland Security again pushes back deadline for requiring passports with biometric ID info

Ebay, Global Sources team up on China’s e-commerce

Internet service makes it easier for businesses to find low-priced Chinese goods

Third-party technologies enhance Skype

IP telephony service branching into videoconferencing, data collaboration, mobile wireless calls

Call Skype for free from your mobile phone

Norwegian company develops way to turn old cell phones into wireless gateway for Skype VoIP

B2B retail hubs join forces

Survivors are ready to pool resources

Rambus names former ally Samsung in antitrust lawsuit

Legal fight continues between former partners

NetApp win boosts AMD’s embedded Opteron effort

Storage vendor desires 64-bit architecture

Ericsson partners with Napster to bring music to mobile phones

Sun readies SOA Web services registry

UDDI, ebXML supported in early version

Adware company Intermix settles lawsuit with Spitzer

Company will stop secretly distributing spyware and adware

JackBe boosting AJAX apps development

Drag-and-drop functionality added to NQ Suite

Voice over Wi-Fi takes shape

Services will be available in about two years, conference speakers say

Vodafone plans 10,000 Wi-Fi links in Germany

Plan to be carried out in partnership with The Cloud Networks

Toshiba eyes the living room with new Qosmios

Nearly all notebook categories will be revamped

Software giants announce upgrades

Oracle enhances J. D. Edwards ERP, and Siebel releases CRM OnDemand version 8

NetApp CEO talks IBM, virtualization

Dan Warmenhoven says next wave is to take small servers and weave them into a single virtual machine

Off-shore racing meets biz intelligence

Racers in Global Challenge tap BI wares to help them make better sail planning decisions

MCI shareholder starts proxy fight to block Verizon

Fund management company favors the rival bid from Qwest

IBM beefs up clustering options

New system supports AMD's Opteron

Sun patches critical Java flaws

Critical vulnerabilities could allow attackers to execute malicious code on targeted computers

Fujitsu-Siemens recalls fire-risk laptop batteries

Batteries in some Amilo notebooks will be replaced free of charge

Ericsson, Napster team up for mobile phone music

Operators will be able to open music stores

Samsung handset couples Bluetooth, voice recognition

New cell phone lets users place calls by saying the receiver's name into a Bluetooth headset

Yahoo buys VoIP service company Dialpad

Yahoo will use Dailpad's technology to develop new VoIP services

Microsoft talks piracy with Indonesian government

Initial response to Windows XP Starter Edition has been cool

IBM opens fifth Indian services center

New IBM app management services facility in Hyderabad may employ up to 1,000 by year end

In-flight cell phone systems gain altitude

Mobile technology vendors announce two on-board cellular systems

Opening Day for Sun OpenSolaris Project includes blogger onslaught

Proxim agrees to sell assets to Moseley

With purchase, Moseley will expand its line of wireless products

Bringing Ellison’s storage baby to market

Pillar Data Systems readies SAN product

Microsoft patches critical bugs in IE, Windows

Three problems are judged as critical

Study: Telecom mergers will raise costs to businesses

Prices would rise in wholesale market for telcom network facilities

Intel unveils compilers for multi-core platforms

HP rolls Turion into updated notebook product line

AMD's mobile chips now in Pavilion ze2000, Compaq Presario M2000, and Compaq Presario V2000 notebooks

Industry heavyweights form software quality council

Liberty seeks to define ID theft by creating lexicon

Organization to outline what exactly it considers to be identity theft

IBM, Symbol move toward Gen 2 RFID

Next generation tags will create international standard

Tacit upgrades WAN acceleration line

Product offers new e-mail handling technology

CommunicAsia opens doors in Singapore

Vendors show off handsets, equipment for high-speed 3G networks

Intel, Indian minister dispute plans for assembly plant

Intel denies having made decision to invest $400 million in Indian assembly, testing facility

Sanyo, Soma working on wireless broadband gear

First jointly developed products will go on sale in second half of the year

SEMI: 20 new fabs to be built in China by 2008

Government tax and loan incentives are luring high tech companies to relocate

Lotus set to preview Hannover

Forthcoming version of Notes to promote activity-centric computing

HP separates PC unit again, hires ex PalmOne CEO

CEO Mark Hurd undoes one of the last major decisions made by predecessor Carly Fiorina

Intel creates $200M investment fund for China

Fund will be used to invest in Chinese companies that complement Intel's technology