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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

DNS attack downs Internet in parts of China

Information requests from a hugely popular video application flooded China's telecom networks

‘Security Metrics’ and risk-assessment guides out this week

Center for Internet Security provides the math, Open Group the deep thinking

Network usage climbs while IT budgets, staff remain down

Network managers surveyed at Interop expect fewer budget cuts and staff reductions in coming months

Investigators replicate Nokia 1100 online banking hack

Versions of the 1100 have firmware that can be modified in order to intercept SMSes, including one-time banking passwords

Microsoft sets July kill date for Office 2000

Ends all support for buggy suite; also dumps Office Update site

Data center skills discussion sparks debate

Readers respond to Interop panelists who touted the benefits of hiring generalists over IT specialists for next-generation environments

Researchers use nanotech to create ‘fifth dimension’ data storage

New DVD technology can hold 1.6TB of data per disc

NetSuite, ex-reseller locked in ugly legal battle

After a public breakup, former NetSuite partner Skyytek has filed suit, highlighting the new channel tensions posed by SaaS

Best Buy’s Palm Pre price a steep $849, possibly to deter advance purchases

Sprint CEO warns of shortage as smartphone launches June 6

IT automation technology dominates Vegas conferences

Ex-Microsoftie: Free software will kill Redmond

Report: Microsoft to reveal Window 7 prices in June

Higher? Lower? Analyst says recession puts Microsoft on pricing hot seat

Apple tablet speculation rekindled in Wall Street report

Piper Jaffray says there’s new evidence for such a device

Your company’s apps incompatible with Windows 7? Shim them, says Microsoft

It's one solution to running balky applications

Seven charged with using Craigslist to run prostitution ring

Indictments come amid legal wrangling and public brouhaha over site's Erotic Services ads

Nonprofits sometimes on cutting edge of technology

Organizations meeting at Microsoft's campus this week share ideas for using technology to further their missions

IBM SSDs spread across product lines

The company announced flash storage options for Power and System X servers and the DS8000 storage platform

NASA’s souped-up Hubble set to probe history of the cosmos

Scientist: 'Surgery in shuttle bay' a total success; Hubble now at 'top of its game'

IBM touts SSD data management software for its servers, arrays

It's now offering solid-state drives on its Power6 server line

Intel once again delays Itanium chip

The next-generation Itanium chip will now be released in first quarter of 2010

MIT: Cloud computing to reshape IT

Infrastructure savings, scalability seen as key adoption drivers

People, process limitations hamper x86 virtualization, IBM security expert says

Virtualization opens new attack surfaces, regulatory risks

Apple to avoid netbook, try tablet in 2010, says analyst

Rival researcher disagrees, sees 'iPod Touch on steroids' release in 2009

Malware knocks out U.S. Marshals Service network

Windows-based machines at U.S. Marshals Service thought to be hit by Neeris worm

Federal CIOs still face cloud computing hurdles

Some vendors don't understand government needs, and some government processes need to change, they say

GPS performance could degrade but won’t fail, Air Force says

GAO raises questions over timely upgrades of satellites to maintain GPS

Wall Street Beat: HP, Lenovo disappoint but IPOs rock

SolarWinds and OpenTable launched successful initial public offerings

Microsoft’s Kumo search engine creates buzz

Microsoft is expected to unveil its new version of Live Search next week

Twitter hit with phishing attacks

Several hundred victims fell for a scam circulating on the microblogging network