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One-third of major online retailers were unprepared for holiday rush, study finds

Toys “R” Us, Lowe’s, Costco suffered Web site problems after Thanksgiving

Yahoo to offer structured Web search

Optinuity overhauls automation software

Run-book automation player expands its technology to tackle autonomic policy management.

Motorola slides to third in mobile phones, study says

Oracle to VMware users: We still support you, kind of

Enterasys secures virtual data centers

Enterasys Secure Networks for Virtual Data Centers software enforces access control policies, compliance

IBM loses server market share to rivals HP, Dell, Sun

Server market grows 8.7% worldwide, Gartner says

Which certifications are worth your time?

Project management certs in vogue; tech less so, but security, storage certifications have pull

NAC saves college time and admin headaches

Tipping Point gear cleans up student machines quickly

New legal guidelines proposed for online games

IT gains as the EU goes back to business

EU approves SAP, Vodafone acquisitions

EU wants more information on IBM’s Telelogic buy

IBM to ship Sametime 8, new entry-level version

FTC: 8.3 million US victims of ID theft in 2005

Verizon’s move called an opening for industry

Microsoft won’t confirm proxy configuration flaw, impending patch

Survey: A quarter of US workers telecommute regularly

Open source’s future: More Microsoft, bigger talent shortages

Open source analyst says systems integrators to play bigger role in 2008 too

Kernel space: E-paper support for Linux

Gmail works fine on iPhone, blanks on Windows Mobile

Client virtualization, blade PCs gain popularity

Server-based computing still most popular alternative PC technology

Gartner: x86 servers gain as Unix shipments fall

China Mobile testing 3G Windows Mobile handset

Online holiday shopping starts strong in the United States

U.K. iPhone users complain of weak signal

Study finds young gov’t IT workers say tech is dated

AT&T to hike prices on dial-up

Another inconvenient truth: Al Gore’s Web site hacked

GNOME Foundation defends OOXML involvement

Fantasy football, IM throwing productivity for a loss

Fantasy Football IM chat eats up employee time at work, survey reveals

Microsoft working to close 8-year-old Web proxy vulnerability

Hollywood studios sue China Web site, cafe over piracy

UK kids warned MySpace isn’t private – OMG!!

French gov’t plans to disconnect content pirates

Taiwan promotes powerful UMPC for WiMax

PS3 sales jump in US on heels of price cut

Hotmail co-founder launches online office suite

Firefox adds security, search with 3.0 beta release

One year later: Did Vista’s focus on security pay off?

Studies show online holiday spending uncertain

Security concerns cloud virtualization deployments

IT managers worry the intangible boundaries in virtual environments might not keep out the bad guys

AOL eyes mobile ad revenue through new UK portal

OpenSocial targets social apps API ‘balkanization’

OLPC asked to free XO laptop

A Google climb to $900 would face headwinds

Group pushing for open data portability stack

HP fires back at IBM over I/O virtualization

Rivals’ dispute centers on compatibility with third-party vendors

Under pressure, T-Mobile unlocks iPhone in Germany

One year later: Did Vista’s focus on security pay off?