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Mozilla fixes 16 flaws with Firefox 3.5.4

Security update also patches 9 bugs in older Firefox 3.0

Internet phone systems become the fraudster’s tool

Attacks on the Asterisk VoIP system are now 'endemic'

Report: Former AMD CEO Ruiz was source in scandal

AMD's former CEO Hector Ruiz reportedly shared confidential information about AMD with a trader

With eye on Oracle and MySQL, Red Hat invests in EnterpriseDB

The Linux vendor may be worried about Oracle's coming takeover of MySQL

Jive brings workgroup collaboration to Microsoft Office

The new version of Jive's Social Business Software also adds access to the software from mobile phones

Microsoft extends Windows 7 and Azure to open source developers

Google Apps scores in L.A., with assist from Microsoft

City Council unanimously approves five-year $7.25 million deal

Google accused of ‘malicious revenge’ in China

The search engine's warning that the site of the People's Daily may contain malware has angered the newspaper

ARM vs. Atom: The battle for the next digital frontier

UMC posts best Q3 in years on stronger chip sales

The chip maker's net profit was its highest in two years and it said the good times will continue

Google signs AdWords deal with Taiwan trade promotion agency

Deal is a way for Google to teach small and medium-size Taiwanese companies how to use AdWords

Slower pace, lower wages leave ‘rural offshoring’ a niche

Rural shoring finds a way to work but not compete with India

SAP earnings rise as revenue continues to slip

The company expects no improvement in software and software-related service revenue this year

IT Security Outsourcing in Decline

NASA Ares X rocket battles lightning strikes

NASA Ares launch pad has advance lighting mitigation system

Password Reset Email is New Facebook Virus

Disaster Can Inspire Quick Move to Desktop Virtualization

Windows 7 takes on Apple’s Snow Leopard

NASA Ares X blasts off carrying experiments, hopes of future unmanned space flight

“Frickin fantastic” launch of NASA Ares X rocket NASA says.

UK customers get access to Google’s PowerMeter

British Gas has partnered with AlertMe, a company that uses Google's tool with its home-electricity monitoring service

Targeted attacks possible in the cloud, researchers warn

Study shows how attackers can search, locate and attack specific targets in a cloud infrastructure

Improved user interface key issue for Symbian

The Symbian Foundation is looking to fully embrace touchscreen smartphones

Apple Magic Mouse Still MIA as Software Update Arrives

Bartz: Yahoo wants to regain R-E-S-P-E-C-T

What Star Wars Teaches Us About Career Management

IBM pairs Rational and Tivoli products to automate development processes

Microsoft to discontinue MSN Direct

The wireless information service initially delivered data to watches

FBI: National data-breach law would help fight cybercrime

A new law would help the FBI connect attacks to other cases, an official says

How Scottrade Got Workers to Love Social Networking

5 Tips for Using Predictive Analytics Software

How Analyzing ERP Data Helped a Retailer With Suppliers

How Northrop Grumman Minimized Spending on Contract Labor

4 Swine Flu Scams Making the Rounds

Many open-sourcers back an Oracle takeover of MySQL

Intel, Numonyx create breakthrough in phase-change memory

PCM quadruples the density of NAND flash memory

Motorola Droid vs. Apple iPhone 3GS: finally, a contender?

Verizon's newest smartphone powered by new Android 2.0 OS

Apple to ink Verizon-iPhone deal next year, analyst says

Customer complaints over AT&T's network, Verizon's bigger base will drive move

Google drives into new market with Maps Navigation beta

Google's service for Android users strikes a blow at GPS navigation businesses

DOD open-sources more than 1M lines of code

Department of Defense seeks to encourage open source by releasing its own work

Inside One Firm’s Private Cloud Journey

Open source advocate calls for Microsoft version of Linux

Ex-Microsoftie says that Windows 7 is doomed, free software will ultimately dominate and Microsoft should get in the Linux act

Massive bot attack spoofs Facebook password messages

'Bredolab' Trojan rides fake reset messages, reaches at least 735,000 users

Windows 7: Where Consumers Lead, Enterprises Will Follow?

Twitter warns of new phishing attack

Fake message reads 'hi. this you on here'

Sprint plans open app store

The carrier will also drop its built-in application lineup from all smartphones

Hurt by server slump, Symantec sees market stabilizing

Storage business dropped 9 percent for the quarter

Google lets the music play in search results

The company is rolling out enhancements for how it handles music-related queries

Amazon slashes cloud prices, offers new database service

Relational database service puts MySQL in the cloud

Dell, Juniper team on data center technology

Dell and Juniper deal lets Dell offer Juniper under its PowerConnect brand

Symantec ties DLP software to third-party security tools

Symantec DLP adds policy-based remediation using third-party encryption, digital rights