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Airbus tests in-flight mobile phones

Project tested wireless technology for in-flight mobile phone and computing services

Vodafone offers BlackBerry phone with smaller keyboard

RIM targets business users with combination mobile phone and wireless e-mail device

Oracle hires HP VP to sell software hosting service

Juergen Rottler will head Oracle's growing On Demand unit

NEC extends quantum cryptography range and speed

System will go on sale in the second half of 2005

German IT agency sets record straight on IE

Security agency suggests that users should consider alternatives to Microsoft's Web browser

Iomega readies wireless NAS device

Entry-level NAS device will come in 160GB and 250GB configurations

Microsoft provides Project Server 2003-SAP link

Kit lets users easily link Microsoft's project management offering with SAP's ERP product

Update: JP Morgan cancels $5B outsourcing deal with IBM

Financial services company says it now has capacity to manage its own infrastructure

Infineon to pay $160 million fine for DRAM price-fixing

Company has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in an ongoing investigation

Man pleads guilty in massive credit info theft case

Personal financial information stolen from more than 30,000 people

Nokia, NEC test IP multimedia interoperability

IMS network enables mobile and fixed devices to interconnect via IP

BTG hits Amazon, Netflix and others with patent suit

Companies accused of infringing on patents related to the tracking of users on the Web

Amazon releases A9 search engine

A9 lets users create a history of their Web searches and manage the info they find

Microsoft to detail Media Center updates on Oct. 12

Gates to speak at event that will also be attended by HP and Gateway

Tough times ahead for semiconductor business

Industry downturn means there will be far fewer chip vendors in the next 10 years, Gartner says

Oracle shows sales and earnings growth

Revenue from new software licenses rose 7 percent in first quarter

LogicLibrary buys BugScan

Security analysis to be linked to software development asset engine

Sun exec: Community brings innovation to Java

Java Community Process, open sourcing of Java discussed at BorCon show

JPEG handling flaw threatens PCs, Microsoft warns

Flaw could allow an attacker to gain control over computers that process JPEG images

Regulators promise ‘light touch’ on BPL

At least four U.S. power companies are already offering commercial-level broadband over power line

Xerox updates doc software, signs up HSBC and Boeing

Company rolls out latest version of DocuShare and adds new apps to its FreeFlow workflow automation software

ObjectWeb plans open source BPEL server

Availability of open source product may drive BPEL's use, analyst said

IETF deals Microsoft’s e-mail proposal a setback

Intellectual property issues could plague Sender ID standard

German software pirate, and his father, get jail time

Defendent gets three years in prison without parole for selling counterfeit Microsoft software

Cisco to buy VoIP software vendor

Cisco to acquire Dynamicsoft for $55 million

Nokia embraces SD memory cards

SD-enabled handsets to be commercially available in the second half of 2005

IBM broadens suite of RFID services

Big Blue extends RFID services to industrial companies and mid-market players

Microsoft, Polycom team on collaboration products

Microsoft to link Office Live Communications Server with Polycom's conferencing products

Update: Sun, Microsoft to detail interoperability in October

Focus is expected to be on Web and directory services

Borland looks to take on Visual Studio with Diamondback

Upcoming tool is previewed

Intermec unveils first multi-protocol RFID printer

Unit supports EPCGlobal Class 0, 1 and ISO standards

Taking the Olympic dive with storage

Linux standards base Version 2.0 has C++ support

New version also adds new 64-bit support

Indian software services, BPO face worker shortage

Business will go elsewhere as demand continues to grow, report says

Sendo, Microsoft settle smart phone lawsuit

Microsoft to give up 4 percent stake in Sendo; settlement involves undisclosed monetary component

Borland stresses easing software project burdens

Executive talks up Software Delivery Optimization strategy at conference

Novell lifts lid on identity management tools

Virtual Directory Services will simplify provisioning of services within managed identity infrastructure

CA polishes up BrightStor products

Integration is key to CA's refreshed storage line

IBM open-sources speech recognition development tools

Big Blue releases code to spur development in speech recognition

Cisco routers add services

Products tack on security, voice, and video features

Borland touts Software Delivery Optimization

Strategy aims to set repeatable processes for software development

Microsoft adds to Visual Studio tools line

Refreshed betas also are readied

Oracle creates hosting program for ISVs

Oracle On Demand offers ISVs a chance to host their applications at an Oracle datacenter

NEC begins grid computing trial with Mazda Motors

NEC designs its first corporate grid computing system

Business-to-business online ad network launches

Corporate buyers can search for suppliers of products and services at ThomasB2B.com

McAfee launches managed e-mail service

Service will help small businesses handle the deluge of spam and viruses

Symantec launches antiphishing service

Brand protection service helps companies identify and thwart online scams that use their names

IBM delivers Power-based servers with Linux

Machines will ship with Red Hat or Suse Linux

Web services management vendors combine

Digital Evolution, Flamenco Networks become one company

Graphs for security

Presenting the ACG datastructure