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Intel launches Nehalem server chips

VoiceCon: It’s all about the savings

Chatter about unified communications as a cost-cutter overrides talk of its innovation

Intel sets Moblin free at risk of port to rival ARM

EMC targets e-mail archiving, e-discovery in new product line

SourceOne product line archives and searches e-mail for legal proceedings

EMC announces content archiving, e-discovery applications

Lobbyist urges more gov’t coordination of cybersecurity

HITECH: Be afraid, be very afraid

Maureen Martin

Cloud computing needs better security, interoperability to live up to hype

New vendor groups tackle lingering issues related to cloud computing

IBM, Mayo form open-source health IT consortium

The new consortium focuses on natural language processing

Wireless can transform healthcare, doc says

New and forthcoming wireless devices will have a big impact on health care, a prominent doctor said

Patent reform bill advances in Senate committee

The compromise bill now moves to the full Senate

MIT: Batteries with viruses, nanotech to power cars, devices

Lithium-ion batteries use genetically engineered viruses and carbon nanotubes

Central Desktop delivers Outlook plug-in

The SaaS collaboration provider sees itself as a less expensive, simpler alternative to SharePoint

Texas state Senate bans Vista from use in gov’t agencies

Senate provision contained in a budget bill that still requires final approval

Start-ups air cable industry innovations

T-commerce, wireless TV screens coming to living rooms

Wall Street Beat: Tech shares jump, but forecasts slashed

The tech market is still not as bad as the dot-com bust, says Forrester's Bartels

Bernie Madoff’s Client List vs. MDM: Lessons Learned

Why Zoho Has a Manic Strategy for Selling Software

Sample Internet Usage Policy – Manufacturing Company

The Internet usage policy of a mid-sized manufacturing company with less than 50 employees.

Group takes Conficker fight to a new level

With a new and trickier Conficker variant to deal with, a group of volunteers vows to go forward and fight the worm

AMD readying ‘very low-power’ Shanghai processors

AMD's new Opteron EE processors will draw power significantly lower than 50 watts

Taiwan Memory chooses Elpida, may still work with Micron

Elpida will join TMC as expected, but Micron may be tapped for its flash technology

Conficker activation passes quietly, but threat isn’t over

The people behind Conficker may simply be biding their time, researchers said.

Seagate discovers hard drives and ice don’t mix

After 100 days buried in an ice rink the company's YouTube experiment comes to an end

Gates gives $33 million for tuberculosis in China

The grant follows earlier funds from the Gates Foundation to fight AIDS and smoking in China.

Alcatel shows off IP core for LTE networks

The system uses the same IP router designed for fixed-line networks, pointing to possible future convergence

YouTube will host short videos from Disney, ABC and ESPN

YouTube owner Google will let companies sell their own inventory and experiment with new advertising formats

Facebook CFO to leave the company

Facebook said it wants its next CFO to have public company experience

EBay’s crucial app dev project moves forward

Selling Manager is now open to all developers, with a release to merchants slated for the summer

Twitter’s recruiting efforts hint at its plans

The company is looking for help in data warehousing, search technology and business partnerships

Wi-Fi popular now on smartphones, set to boom

Execs put positive spin on wireless industry

Despite boom-time claims, growth is slowing

IBM lining up run at telephony, VoIP integration

Verizon spearheads LTE advances

Telco works with Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent to drive applications and products for 4G technology

Legislation would create new cybersecurity regulations

Details about new bill sketchy, but could include mandate on private organizations

PCI security standard gets flayed at House hearing

Conficker’s makers lose big, expert says

Cyber espionage from state governments? Don’t be surprised

GhostNet at heart of international cyber espionage search

Verizon joins global mobile software push

Joint Innovation Lab is creating one platform for developing applications for many OSes

Intel to turn Moblin over to Linux Foundation

Chip vendor hopes nonprofit's stewardship will spur support for the Linux-based mobile platform

Former BetonSports.com CEO pleads guilty

Others at the online gambling site face trial in September

Phone service for the deaf becomes a fraud tool

Designed to make telephone networks accessible, relay services have now become a tool for fraud.

Symbian Foundation faces up to challenges

Members discussed their concerns about the future success of the foundation

Former Hitachi exec indicted on LCD price-fixing charges

The former sales manager faces 10 years in prison and a $1 million fine

The Slumdog Effect and India’s IT Services Industry

Does the iPhone belong in corporate networks?

IT pros wrestle to find the right mobile devices

Analyst: Apple readies two iPhone models, for different geographic markets

RIM unveils BlackBerry application store

RIM's BlackBerry App World is an online catalog of smartphone software

Former AOL chief back in the saddle at News Corp.

Jonathan Miller will be in charge of the Internet division, which includes MySpace and Photobucket

Microsoft targets Linux with server for very small companies