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Consumer groups back patent bill

Groups raise concerns about 700MHz auction

NBC says shows will stay in iTunes

Oracle’s latest purchase bolsters presence in communications industry

Buys network intelligence and analytics vendor Netsure Telecom

DRAM finally finds a home in mobile phones

HITB – Expert finds ‘stupid’ vulnerabilities in Oracle 11g

Free gift offers dupe users into giving personal data

Cisco playing network defense

Its Self-Defending Network strategy moves forward via IronPort buyout, customer demands

Wall Street Beat: Acer masters the Art of War

OLPC parts shortage manageable, says maker

French YouTube rival lands $34 million funding

Outsourcing can save companies big bucks, report says

Companies are sitting on approximately $10 billion in savings by not optimizing their outsourcing opportunities, report says.

IBM stores data on an atom

Less is more for Ruby on Rails, inventor says

Rails creator on Java and other ‘junk’

Microsoft purchase of RIM nice to consider, but unlikely

Facebook attracts developers — and controversy

Citrix stock remains on Nasdaq pending review

Company finalizing financial restatements due to stock option errors

Google News to host wire service stories

iTunes pricing spat with NBC seen hurting Apple

Yahoo reorganizes — again

GSA taps Casey Coleman as new CIO

Sun seeks developer help to make Solaris ubiquitous

Sony throws in the towel on Connect music store

Secure wireless network brings Wisconsin cities together

Microwave system targets law enforcement and safety

IFA – Acer, China Huala Group join Blu-ray Disc camp

Internet pipes can’t keep up in YouTube age

Study shows disconnect between network capacity and demand for streaming video, music, other rich content

HP, Red Hat release Linux PC in Australia

IBM bolsters blade family with Cell upgrade

MS ANTITRUST — DOJ: Settlement has benefited consumers

Microsoft employee offered incentives for OOXML support

MPLS proposal spawns IETF, ITU turf war

IETF warns of Internet "train wreck"

Hacks hit embassy, government e-mail accounts worldwide

Letter from IETF to ITU regarding T-MPLS

IETF lays out argument against MPLS-over-Ethernet project

AT&T laptop theft exposes employee data

Office Open XML standardization to drag into next year

Microsoft-inspired proposal to be voted on this weekend

Dell profit up 46 percent thanks to cheaper components

Microsoft sneaks Longhorn delay news in with SP1 details

Group: Banning Facebook, similar sites at work bad idea

Why TCO is more important than you think

IT costs often hidden and poorly accounted for

Sharing the secrets of vendors’ pricing plans

Secrets of how network vendors determine hardware, software prices

Vendor beware: this CTO knows — and will exploit — your weaknesses

You already know IT prices are too high; here’s how you can make vendors agree

HTC shows 3G version of Touch smartphone

Microsoft sics lawyers on popular AutoPatcher utility

Microsoft restricting downloads of updates to its own sites

Contest challenges SysAdmins to sing

SysAdmin of the Year contest spawns call for singers and song writers

FTC seeks more data on Intel flash spinoff

ISPs to rural U.S.: Live with dial-up

WGA meltdown raises doubts about Microsoft reliability

Five ways to deal with Gen Y technology in the workplace

Align policies with corporate culture and communicate them well

Balancing Generation Y preferences with security

As young employees enter the workforce, so does a new round of security threats