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CEA to award $10,000 for innovative app

The trade groups wants developers to submit apps that show U.S. innovation

Nokia’s testing lab is a cell phone’s chamber of horrors

Not exactly a drop in the toilet, but tests that run a cell phone through the wringer

Cheaper desktop videoconferencing

What to Expect at Oracle OpenWorld

Boise State ditches Cisco DNS

Idaho's biggest university replaces obsolete Cisco DNS software with BlueCat appliances

China Mobile helps alternative LTE to take off

The use of TDD will let mobile operators offer broadcast services

Microsoft, Red Hat seal the deal on interoperability

Operating systems, hypervisors now can be mixed and matched

IBM unveils disk archive system, cloud storage tools

New IBM offerings include a pre-configured private cloud storage service

Microsoft changes ‘ballot screen’ to close antitrust case

While rivals want time to study the modifications, EU officials seem eager to accept Microsoft proposal

Brin, Schmidt eye further Google expansion

Enterprises and consumers often ask for similar features, Brin says

Yahoo says its mobile strategy is working

Mobile users of Yahoo services don't cannibalize PC-based services, an executive said

Atlassian’s app dev issue tracker gets an upgrade

NASA says 200-yard long asteroid will miss Earth

NASA had said Apophis asteroid could have hit Earth around 2029

Scammers exploit public lists of hijacked Hotmail passwords

Scams spike after 'free' lists of compromised passwords leak, Websense says

Rimini Street ups third-party maintenance ante

The company will now support a range of additional SAP technologies

Canadian federal CIO Corinne Charette’s first steps

Microsoft content with Windows Mobile launch

Despite some negative reviews, Microsoft is happy with improvements to the operating system

ACS’s IT Outsourcing Business Could Get Lost at Xerox

Lack of LTE devices worries operators

The availability of chipsets is the key factor

Asus embraces overclocking on newest notebooks

Wooing technically savvy users who don't mind trading battery life for performance

Researcher refutes Microsoft’s account of hijacked Hotmail passwords

Could botnets, keylogging be to blame for password leaks?

Google, authors and publishers get a month to fix settlement

The judge wants the modified settlement agreement to be filed no later than Nov. 9

Genachowski lays out FCC mobile strategy

The agency will focus on an expected shortage of spectrum as well as dropping roadblocks to 4G deployment

Operation Phish Phry hooks 100 in U.S. and Egypt

Investigation called largest cybercrime probe in U.S., leading to most arrests in a single case

Citing cybercrime, FBI director doesn’t bank online

Robert Mueller was recently targeted by phishers

MS Pushes for Business Customers to Use ‘Windows Phone’

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Microsoft’s mobile turnaround: what’s at stake

Malware flea market pays hackers to hijack PCs

Is the worst of recession over for IT pros?

Yoh Index of Technology Wages shows IT pay inched upward, certain high-tech skills remain in high demand across the U.S.

Disney, Verizon go green in the data center

Disney, Verizon lay out IT energy efficiency plans at Green Grid event

Google, Verizon teaming to develop Android devices

Verizon says it will support Google Voice; Google's Schmidt surprised by Verizon's openness

Lotus simplifies client licensing; makes Designer free

Domino development tool key to building apps for platform

Native iPhone support ready for Lotus Domino

IBM/Lotus adds iPhone smartphone to mobile client lineup

Windows attack code out, but not being used

Metasploit module is considered unreliable by security experts

Adobe does ‘end-around’ Apple with Flash dev tool, says analyst

Adobe exec says ability to recompile Flash apps 'good for Apple, good for iPhone users'

Former DuPont researcher hit with federal data theft charges

Meng accused of wrongfully accessing a company computer

CouchDB emerging as a top choice for offline Web apps

Study: 54% of companies ban Facebook, Twitter at work

Some allow limited use of social networks on the job but most now bar them outright

Google confirms Gmail phishing attack

Downplays scam, says 'small number' of accounts compromised

Motorola describes close relationship with Google

During an event for application developers, Motorola discussed close ties with Google regarding Android

Verizon Attack Ad Strikes at AT&T iPhone Discontent

AT&T, Apple backpedal on iPhone VoIP apps

Move means Apple will presumably approve Google Voice for App Store

Windows Mobile 6.5: New Features Worth Tapping Into

Android to grab No. 2 spot by 2012, says Gartner

Exclusive: Global forecast puts Android ahead of iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile

Diskeeper says new HyperBoot can slash Windows startup times in half

Company has licensed the software for Asus' Eee netbooks (see demo video, below)

Intel settles patent suit with licensing organization

Intel settles patent infringement lawsuit with Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

KDDI shows latest prototype phone based on fuel cell

The handset is thinner than previous prototypes but there's still no word on when it will become a product

IBM aims for personalized medicine with DNA chip

IBM's research effort proposes to map genetic code in minutes at a cost of between $100 and $1,000

Kohjinsha packs dual 10-inch screens into laptop

Laptop will go on sale in Japan later this year for about US$800