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Microsoft, Florida attorney general team on spam suits

Case is a first test of a new state antispam law

Microsoft sends revised proposal to European Commission

Company says it believes it has met EU's objections

Google video to accept submissions

Company will reveal more information about the service within the next few days

Rambus pushes threading technology for DRAM

PC or gaming console graphics could reach new levels of realism

Sun kicks Microsoft while it’s down

In Brief: Open source group goes international with new board

Also in Brief: BlueCat Networks unveils Meridius 500 security gateway; Open source group goes international with new board; Xirrus introduces wireless LAN array; Xamlon opens Flash to .Net developers; OuterBay announces enhanced ADM Suite 4.0 for ILM

HDS adds NAS appliance to storage lineup

New product attaches to TagmaStore array

SAP reaches out to all PeopleSoft customers

SAP extends its migration program to U.S. companies running PeopleSoft and JDE apps

Microsoft to respond to EC over licensing

Company faces a possible noncompliance fine of $5 million a day

Possible U.S.-EU fight looms over biometric passports

U.S. unlikely to extend October deadline requiring EU travelers to have passports with biometric capabilities

Germany’s Postbank is hit by new phishing attack

Bank says none of its customers gave out sensitive information

SAN switch market heats up to 4Gbps

McData updates Sphereon

Intel imparts 64-bit Xeon MP

Microsoft, hardware vendors back new chip but take different tacks

News briefs

SAP, IBM help drive SOA uptake

Vendors offering SOA deployment services

IBM props up mainframe with WebSphere

Latest app server version merges code bases

Companies cautious with Windows XP SP2 upgrade

Slightly less than a quarter of systems have currently been upgraded.

Hitachi eyeing 1TB desktop drives with new technology

HGST will begin selling hard-disk drives based on perpendicular recording later this year

Blinkx upgrades search tool

Blinkx 3.0 combines search results from user's hard drive and Internet in a single results list

IBM props up mainframe with WebSphere

Updated server built on the codebase used in WebSphere for distributed platforms

Service-context propagation over RMI: Implementation follow-up

A protocol-independent lightweight framework for providing service-context propagation and interceptor support over RMI

TestNG: The next generation of unit testing

Leverage TestNG for unit, synchronous, asynchronous, and parallel testing

Microsoft-friendly Sun still awaits change

End of legal wrangling removed a wall between the companies, but there is no effect on products yet.

Compliance killing proliferation of ECM systems

Update: New bugs found in Outlook, Internet Explorer

The flaws could let an attacker take control of a system

Discussion of hiring non-U.S programmers touches off firestorm

Dell, Gateway, lighten laptops, but how much has really changed?

DNS warns of pharming attacks on .com domain

Attacks corrupt some DNS servers so users are sent to Web sites maintained by attackers

RFID will open gates at world soccer tournament

Tickets to World Cup soccer tournament in Germany will include an embedded RFID chip

Storage virtualization: talk turns to action

IBM, EMC, HDS, HP begin to deliver virtualization products

Bertelsmann returns to P-to-P

German media giant launches new service for downloading, sharing content over Internet

U.S. slams China, Japan, India over telecom market access

U.S. rebukes countries for hampering U.S. companies' access to their domestic markets

Intel agrees to abide by Japanese FTC ruling

Chip maker disagrees with the commission's findings on its business practices

Google to increase Gmail’s inbox to 2GB and more

Google will continue to raise that ceiling on storage on a rolling basis

Microsoft offers video download service for mobile devices

Transmeta cashes in its chips, eyes services, licensing

Company has stopped production of its original Crusoe processor

Update: Qwest increases offer for MCI to $8.9 billion

MCI earlier this week accepted Verizon's buyout offer of $7.6 billion

Wall Street Beat: HP fails to end tech slump

HP exec news and MCI takeover bids do little to bolster the Nasdaq

Nortel names former Cisco executive as new CTO

Former Cisco Chief Science Officer Gary Kunis replaces Brian McFadden

Telstra launches global enterprise VOIP

T-VOIP service offers unlimited calls between offices for a monthly charge per virtual voice channel

Gateway sheds weight from powerful high-end notebook

Latest Gateway notebook comes just one day after Dell releases lightweight laptop

Microsoft files 117 phishing lawsuits

Software giant seeking to identify large-scale operations, collect damages

Microsoft Releases Security Update For Windows Server 2003

Update: U.K.’s NHS outsources back-office financial services

Novell offers discounts to German public sector

Company offers 60 percent discount on all products to German agencies with up to 500 users

Windows Server gets security boost with Service Pack

SP1 includes security, reliability, and performance enhancements

EU pushes for safeguards on biometric technologies

Report examine effects of EU's decision to use biometric passports, visas, resident permits

Microsoft pegs new Exchange release for 2006

Exchange 12's role-based architecture should simplify deployment, cut operational costs

Microsoft ships Windows Service Pack 1

SP1 heavily laced with security fixes

Dell releases its lightest laptop to date

Latitude X1 is designed for business travelers