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Apple patent reveals docking station for ultramobile PC

Social media start-up Mixx sets self apart via “ultra-personalization”

Q&A: LinkedIn, Facebook, Digg and other sites provided inspiration, Mixx CEO says

IBM enlists former EMC engineering head to help win storage wars

Acquisition of storage vendor XIV brings Symmetrix architect to IBM

Facebook and Plaxo in data portability tussle

Google’s Android ambition is to reshape the mobile industry, report says

But Android faces big problems, tight deadline, says report

Open source infiltrates government IT worldwide

8 hottest skills for ’08

8 hot-button issues to watch in ’08

Security dominates 2008 IT agenda

Techs, threats and trends industry watchers say will strike landfall in 2008

Oregon launches massive data center consolidation, virtualization project

Cisco-based network revamp could save state up to $12 million annually

Take home more tech pay in 2008

McAfee, Symantec CEOs talk security

Study: Biggest businesses rely more on service providers for messaging security

On-site protection remains important, finds IDC survey.

IBM buys Israeli storage startup XIV

Company suing OLPC asked for $20 million

CLEC line share continues to decline

CLECs claim 17.1% of all switched access lines in U.S., the FCC says.

‘Ransomware’ extorts payment with phone call

Malware honeypots wait for ’08

Researcher says Sears downloads spyware

OLPC CTO Jepsen quits nonprofit effort

Chinese chip-equipment maker faces US lawsuit

Holiday electronics sales strong, says SIA

Baidu CFO killed in holiday accident

CES – Preview: Will CES 2008 live up to the iPhone?

Storm switches tactics third time, adds rootkit

Warner to offer music via Amazon without DRM

CES – Scorecard: what came true, what didn’t in 2007

Saudi blogger arrested, held without charges

AOL to end support for Netscape browser

Samsung hits back at Sharp with U.S., Japan complaints

China’s SMIC licenses 45nm process technology from IBM

Panasonic preparing 150-inch PDP screen for CES

Google handed a patent setback by U.S. court of appeals

Group warns of sites offering unlicensed music

YEAR END – TOKYO EDGE – 2007’s coolest gadgets

WORLDBEAT – iPhone and me: A love story

YEAR END – Tracking AMD’s road to recovery

British monarchy takes digital step towards commoners

NetSuite IPO closes, generates $185 million

DIGITAL GEAR – CES – Home appliances get digital photo frames

Microsoft’s Windows Home Server corrupts files

Hitachi, Canon, Panasonic tie in flat-panel displays

Hacking for a good cause

Using eBay to catch a truck thief

The white knight of phish-busting

UK health chief defends plan for records database

Microsoft sues domain name registrar for typosquatting

Google replies to lawmaker’s questions on privacy

IBM dishes five predictions for future

Cisco green plan looks beyond routers