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The trials of the Hogwarts IT director

Plucked from the personal archives of the late Albus Dumbledore, headmaster

PC shipments rise in Q2 for all vendors but Dell

Analyst: Time for 3Com to act

Is IT losing the battle against DNS attacks?

Study: Most antispam technology works poorly

McAfee, Symantec, Microsoft and most others seldom have fully satisfied customers

Texas state Web site leaks sensitive information

Microsoft Research inventions are wacky and useful

Study: U.S. gov’t gave away billions worth of spectrum

Yahoo Q2 net income down, lowers Q3 and 2007 guidance

Kernel space: An API for virtual I/O

HP earns Common Criteria certification for Red Hat Linux on its hardware

U.S. government procurement requires security program

Enterprise customer sees benefits in consolidating services under one platform

SAP integration makes life easier for Dow Corning salespeople

Oracle adds Google Maps to Field Service

An interview with Jeremy Allison

Forget software politics for a minute -- what does the new Samba licensing mean for the version you're actually running, and for the distribution that packages it for you? Samba maintainer Jeremy Allison explains.

Lenovo makes India a marketing-services hub

Salesforce.com adds customization features

Apex code being added to CRM applications

SunRocket appears to fold, VoIP service in doubt

Start-up’s market share was No. 4 behind Vonage, Verizon, AT&T

Open source VoIP hits the Ivy League

Cisco training offers jobs in developing countries

Study shows Networking Academy Program in 6 African nations helped two-thirds find jobs

Government, contractors hit in targeted attack

Devicescape takes on Wi-Fi guest access problem

Microsoft photo technologies aim big

DRAM market pauses in price drop, analyst says

Mac OS X worm maker raps Apple on security

Intel profit jumps 45 percent despite price war

Oracle’s less secretive approach to security

Forty-five patches released today continue Oracle's effort to improve communication; Microsoft is still better, analyst says.

Readers speculate on Duke University’s iPhone problem

EMC upgrades garner praise on ‘green’ benefits

Symmetrix, Clariion, Celerra and Centera gear getting new capabilities

Zenprise updates BlackBerry monitoring software

Tools make it easier for administrators to make sure the Research in Motion BlackBerry device is active and receiving messages

Billion-dollar companies not ready for court

Few can comply with federal rules requiring retention of files needed in litigation

30 countries move to protect online consumers

IBM to net real-time capabilities with DataMirror buy

Unbranded PCs still dominate in India

Juniper enhances branch-office network gear

Two new SSG and two new J-Series models run on common hardware

India’s Reliance acquires Yipes for $300m

Imperva automates compliance audits

SecureSphere software enables more detailed activity reports

WORLDBEAT: Software fights slippery train foe

A way to connect iPhone to corporate e-mail servers

Synchronica’s gateway software works with Apple product’s native mail client

Mounting scrutiny for Google security

Outsourcing contracts slow in 2007

Global deals declined in the first half of the year, TPI says

Verizon Business launches new optical service

Intel improves dual-core chip to protect its notebook share

University hit with proposed $3M fine for breach

Microsoft researchers show off wireless projects

Open source invading Australian education

Google picked as top e-commerce development

IPhones flooding wireless LAN at Duke University

18,000 requests per second from iPhones knocking out dozens of access points at Duke University.

Hundreds weigh in on net neutrality

Microsoft Research explores location technologies

Security firm: Don’t use iPhone Web dialer