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U.S. Postal Service taps ex-Cisco exec for CIO

New USPS CIO Ross Philo to oversee IT infrastructure connecting more than 28,000 locations

IBM, CA manage System z10 mainframes

IBM Tivoli announces Service Management Center for System z; CA software supports z10 Enterprise Class platform

Windows Server 2008 users say they’re on a roll

Early adopters report success with a number of new features, tout reliability

Comcast paid people to stand in line at FCC hearing

People were only used to hold places for Comcast employees, spokesperson says

Microsoft fixing Hotmail outage

College launches data portal for counter-terrorism research

Making data meaningful

Mundie: Google owes business to Microsoft

Hotmail, Windows Live back online, Microsoft says

Outage of services, including Hotmail, blamed on Windows Live ID log-in process

Kernel space: finally, a kernel debugger for Linux?

MTI shows methanol fuel cell prototypes

Cisco announces QuantumFlow mystery network processor

Cisco says it spent $100 million developing processor, but won't yet say what it's for

Neterion: Adapters fix hypervisor performance problems

I/O virtualization provides more flexible use of virtual machines

EA offers $2 billion for Grand Theft Auto publisher

Blu-ray Disc faces fight against downloads

HP was the biggest chip buyer in 2007: Gartner

Startup bridges memory capacity gap

Adobe touts early customer adoption of AIR

Sony games studio head Harrison resigns

Researchers dream up mobile chameleon device

Japan launches high-speed Internet satellite

Microsoft Hyper-V add-on allows seamless movement of virtual machines

Third-party software from Sanbolic prevents user interruptions

Management take center stage at VMworld

Computer financing firms settle FTC charges

Rolling the dice in your career

Cable failures no conspiracy

Novell bids $205 million for virtualization management firm PlateSpin

Novell acquisition would bolster its data center management portfolio

New Windows Server will lead march to 64-bit OS

FCC hearing weighs net neutrality

Trend Micro buys UK encryption firm

Lessig decides not to run for Congress

Apple’s iPhone SDK may be delayed, blogger claims

The Apple iPhone software development kit may not be ready by the end of the month

Covad deal revives Silicon Valley wireless plan

New Juniper box aims at massively scaling core routers

Splitting off the control plane makes for more efficient use of forwarding resources

A seatbelt for server software: SELinux blocks real-world exploits

Council enlists unified communications to kill 20-year bogie

Europe makes moves towards Internet censorship

British ISPs could be punished over file sharing

WORLDBEAT – Internet photos hurt actor’s career in China

Is a free global Wi-Fi network possible?

A Q&A with WeFi CEO Zur Feldman

Phishing attack targets victims of U.K. gov’t data loss

Tenet Healthcare warns 37,000 patients of data compromise

Credant boosts system file encryption for laptops

New encryption features don’t require additional authentication step for users

Study: Telecom industry poised for strong growth

Your customer, your future

Giving Up The Power

US, EU tackle counterfeiting with raids

Some open sourcers keeping open mind about Microsoft pledges

Windows Vista SP1 breaks some third-party apps

Opinion: Will the FAA ban laptop batteries?