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Was Windows 7 worth saving XP for?

Fraudsters trying to capture bank cards at machines

As an alternative to skimming card details, criminals in Europe are finding ways to snag a person's card

MySpace adds music features in bid to reinvent itself

CEO Owen Van Natta tells Web 2.0 Summit about plans to rebuild

Microsoft’s reputation, future riding on Windows 7

'Most important release ever,' argues one analyst, as experts ponder Windows 7's chances

TeliaSonera scores LTE modems in bid to be first

The Samsung modem will only support LTE, so users will need two modems for better coverage

Retail sales of Windows 7 delayed in India

The consignment of Windows 7 packages has been held up by Indian customs

AT&T adds most iPhones in a single quarter

Carrier sees slight dip in revenues for Q3, soaring wireless data growth

Indian telecom department officials face charges

The country's Central Bureau of Investigation says there were irregularities in the award of telecommunications licenses

Google, Verizon issue joint statement on network neutrality

Unlikely bedfellows spell out similarities, differences regarding FCC network neutrality plan

A $30 Billion US census?

Cost of developing US Census has doubled every decade since 1970

Your First Cloud App: Dev/Test a Smart Choice

Nothing Says Happy Holidays Like Purell

Google-Microsoft search rivalry heats up

Companies take the fight to real-time search, signing deals with Twitter, Facebook

AT&T exec implies iPhone exclusivity in U.S. to end

De la Vega offers no details, says AT&T has a good backup portfolio

Windows 7: Corporate customers bullish on adoption plans

Nokia sues Apple over iPhone ‘free ride’

Apple trying to 'get a free ride' by not licensing 10 patents, says world's biggest handset maker

EU lawmakers seek compromise in Internet access row

Meanwhile, a study shows that many European governments are already barring people from the Internet

McCain introduces bill to block FCC’s net neutrality rules

The new legislation would prohibit the agency from moving ahead with proposed regulations

Botnets contributing more than ever to click fraud

Security vendor Click Forensics says botnets now account for more than 40 percent of false clicks

Ballmer headlines global Windows 7 launch events

The New York event caps a day of gatherings in London, Beijing, Tokyo and elsewhere

Sneak peek into XPI’s DisclosureNet

An upcoming release of DisclosureNet will help Canadian publicly traded companies transition to global accounting standards.

Salesforce.com’s Service Cloud sparks legal storm

The Georgia company ServiceCloud is suing for trademark infringement

Speed-building apps on Force.com

13 ways to take advantage of YouTube

CIO speaks frankly about IBM’s CIO survey

Taking the ‘Closed’ Out of CCTV

Physical Security Interoperability Alliance releases a draft specification for IP-based surveillance device interoperability

Memo to RIM: BlackBerry Name Confusion Bad News for Buyers

Intel’s Otellini says it’s time to take the lid off IT budgets

Speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit he talks economy, silicon, netbooks

AT&T weighs higher fees for data hogs

FCC rule-making on net neutrality will be taken into account

NASA’s future: Now the battle begins

Augustine Committee says Mars still the ultimate destination; Space Shuttle might get second life, but money talks

What happens in an FCC rulemaking proceeding?

The agency's net neutrality rulemaking seeks public comments on its proposals

Microsoft offers second beta for Visual Studio Express

Microsoft deal discounts Windows 7 upgrades by 58%

The catch: Buy a new Windows 7 PC, get cut-rate copy of an upgrade for another PC

DRAM sales highest in five years, says iSuppli

Sales show market recovery is real, says research firm

News Corp.’s Jon Miller: MySpace stopped innovating

This let competitors such as Facebook and Twitter steal its thunder, he says

Measuring carbon impact: IT’s next Sarbanes-Oxley

DHS to get big boost in cybersecurity spending in 2010

$397 million for agency's internal information security needs awaits Obama's signature

Adobe CEO: Omniture acquisition ‘a no brainer’

Content publishing and traffic tracking are a natural combination, he said

Anxiety over net neutrality grips Supercomm

Canonical takes on Win 7 with Ubuntu 9.10 RC

Canonical's Linux-based Ubuntu 9.10 OS is due on Oct. 29

Gaping security hole turned 64,000 Time Warner cable modems into hacker prey

Cable modem security problem is patched, but customers' networks were vulnerable

Platform theme emerges with SharePoint 2010

New edition will bring foundations for IT, developers to push into cloud, app dev.

Early adopters finding Windows 7 saves time and energy

IT execs at large firms say it's a significant upgrade over Microsoft Windows XP

Analysis: Nook could pre-empt the rumored Apple tablet

Barnes & Noble CEO says e-readers will bring far-reaching changes to publishing

Windows 7 Launch: 10 Things Steve Ballmer Won’t Say

App compatibility, upgrade concerns top Windows 7 worries

Tech support firm tracked online chatter about new OS to develop top 10 list

Tech firms push for R&D tax credit, saying it means jobs

If the credit expires, it could put 120,000 jobs at risk, a coalition says

HP’s CEO: Some clouds not ready for prime time

Hurd says external cloud too insecure to handle critical information

Trial to begin in economic espionage case involving China

Case one of few to be prosecuted under rarely used provision of Economic Espionage Act

Zetta opens its storage cloud to all

The service is going out for general sale, aimed at enterprises