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New Atom platform will cut off graphics players says Intel

Third party chip providers can now only differentiate on the I/O part

Q&A: Christopher Crowhurst discusses Thomson Reuters’ massive virtualization initiative

Increase in storage utilization will pay for server virtualization projects, chief architect says

Red Hat sues Swiss government over $39M Microsoft contract

The government claimed that no adequate alternative existed to the desktop software and services Microsoft supplies

5 ‘Zero Cost’ CRM Strategies

Crystal Reports EULA causing training headaches

Fighting swine flu with simulations, infrared tech

Want to friend the feds?

10 social media sites where you can interact with the U.S. government

Environmental groups don’t like e-waste bill

Proposed legislation would legitimize unsafe recycling exports, groups say

IT gets ready for the recovery

Don't just sit there -- now's the time to position your IT department

Stimulus bill to provide ‘windfall’ for wireless providers, ABI projects

ABI projects government will invest $6.8 billion into wireless communications upgrades

Why IT People’s Marriages Are From Hell

Sources: UI features, ‘search mashups’ on tap for Kumo

Microsoft's new search engine will leverage Powerset technology to improve search relevancy

Russian launch will double space station crew

Russian, Canadian and European astronauts set to begin six-month mission tomorrow

Hot Data Center Jobs: Cloud, Virtualization, Green

Report: Obama to name cybersecurity czar this week

Adviser would likely have direct access to the president, Washington Post says

Top EMC exec can work at HP, but must steer clear of storage

California court still expected to rule on the matter

Windows 7: Why I’m in No Rush to Adopt

90 percent of e-mail is spam, Symantec says

Some spammers are dropping the use of botnets in favor of massive spam blasts

Tech employment shrinks for fifth straight month

Recruiters say U.S. firms should resume hiring IT workers by year's end

Japan’s NHK betters Sony with 5.8-inch flexible OLED

The futuristic display could one day form the base of a pocketable, bendable and lightweight television

China sentences virtual currency extorter to prison

A man beat up a fellow Internet cafe user to obtain virtual items that would improve his performance in online games

Lenovo launches IdeaPad S12, the first Nvidia Ion-powered netbook

$449 netbook targets TV, multimedia lovers

Lenovo targets netbooks with ultrathin laptop

Lenovo's IdeaPad U350 delivers is a cheap laptop that delivers full PC functionality.

Facebook blocked in Iran ahead of elections

Online tools are a popular way for the country's young voters to promote candidates

Report: Microsoft sets specs for netbook-only Windows 7

Tells OEMs to shrink screens, lower power consumption

Trade group: Stripping IE from Windows harms ISVs

EC ruling risks balkanizing the Windows platform and weakening Microsoft's operating system, ACT says

Amazon S3 lets customers ship big data

With a new service, Amazon’s customers can ship hard drives full of data faster than they could transfer it over broadband

Microsoft won’t let Windows Marketplace users share apps after all

It plans to use its Live ID authentication system to prevent piracy

Guilty plea for man behind creative E-Trade scam

He made thousands online, pennies at a time

NASA readies for a return to the moon

Lunar satellites set for June launch to study landing sites, resources for human mission

Microsoft calls off EU antitrust hearing over IE

Blames inflexible EU agency, scheduling conflict, as it cancels June defense

Microsoft cancels antitrust hearing in Europe

Software giant claims the timing of the meeting works against it, while rivals argue it is running scared

IBM expands presence in Vietnam

The company opened a new innovation center and announced research pacts with universities in the country

One more day in space: NASA postpones shuttle landing

NASA now hopes for Saturday Atlantis landing after unstable weather forces "no go" today

One way to build iPhone-BlackBerry-Android-Symbian-WinMobile-friendly apps

Start-up provides open source framework for ISVs, enterprises

‘Chinese Wikipedia’ offers social networking too

Users can also join fan groups and chat on China's biggest online encyclopedia

Judge weighs testimony in RealDVD copy case

RealNetworks, MPAA now await a ruling on whether the product can be put back on the market

Microsoft cuts IM service to five ‘hostile’ nations

Users in Cuba, Syria, Iran, Sudan and North Korea no longer have access to Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger

Insider at Cal Water steals $9M and runs

Money back but case highlights threat within

Google to give libraries say on prices for scanned books

The University of Michigan is the first to file an amended deal with the search giant over its book scanning program

Huawei moves up in networking’s big leagues

The Chinese networking vendor has jumped into third place, partly on the strength of big deals in China

Conficker still infecting 50,000 PCs per day

Many Fortune 1000 companies are still infected, researchers say

VMware pulls trigger on vSphere ‘cloud OS’

Starting Thursday, the software is available in six different packages

Survey: Even Linux-loving firms only deploy it to one-fifth of employees

Lower cost cited as chief reason for using Linux

Enterprise chief says Nortel customers hit ‘pause button’

Fibre Channel over Ethernet a hot topic, so hurry up and wait

Lenovo profit down again as high-end sales suffer

The results dragged the firm to an annual loss

iPhones in the enterprise leaving IT pros at wit’s end

iPhone Security, management concerns at top of the list

Broadcom chips target unified edge switch for wireless, wired clients

New Broadcom chips can eliminate the controller-based architecture that is the foundation of most WLANs today

Defining private clouds, Part Two