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Can cell phones be hacked? Security experts say yes, but it’s not that easy.

IBM, McAfee and Symantec say cell phones can be broken into, but it would take a sophisticated hacker.

Hands on with Korea’s cutting-edge wireless broadband

Chips are here, but wireless HDMI still out of sight

European Commission pushes Germany on telecom access

Greens don’t accept Berlin ‘nein’ to open source

Wi-Fi Alliance starts testing draft 802.11n gear

ICANN mulls registrar changes after RegisterFly debacle

Four Taiwanese chip makers gain approval for China plants

State legislators keep e-voting apps in public hands

Mail merge feature added to Google Apps

Mail migration feature targets Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange customers

IPhone security: Nightmare for IT or no big deal?

ICANN to tackle transparency, top-level domains, in meeting

Oracle updates Demantra software one year after purchase

Talk your way to better pay

Quantum storage appliance could attract OEM partners

Funding, security top issues for gov’t telecom managers

Data-leak prevention companies buoyed by survey results

Data breaches driving enterprises to spend more on security, survey shows.

Infineon to buy DSL unit from Texas Instruments

Quest pays $90 million cash for ScriptLogic

SEK – Gadgets of Seoul’s SEK

Peer-to-Patent allows public to find prior art

How MySpace is hurting your network

Social networking sites drive up DNS traffic, bandwidth

ITC denies stay on Qualcomm ban

SpikeSource makes suite of collaboration tools available as hosted service

Company CEO Kim Polese, touts automated updating and patching of open source applications

Extradited copyright infringer sentenced to 51 months

Microsoft kills continuation of Longhorn client project

Microsoft looks for space in China’s living room

IBM uses green technology to build the company’s largest data center

Expansion in Boulder part of “Project Big Green”

Symantec Labs working on SiteAdvisor alternative

EBay to again advertise on Google but at smaller scale

IBM pushes 32-nanometer chips with BASF deal

Spiceworks adds troubleshooting to its free net mgmt. tool

Spiceworks adds remote-access capabilities, enhanced antivirus support and IT management dashboard.

Sony Ericsson setting up R&D center in India

CHINA EYE – Microsoft tries TV in China — again

IBM pushes z9 mainframe for small business

United Air Lines works storage smarter, not harder

United Air Lines works storage smarter, not harder

Dell lets users avoid ‘bloatware’

HP launches data security tools, services

Palo Alto Networks launches next-generation firewall

New company takes on Check Point, Cisco, Juniper

Slideshow: Taking a look at telework in 2007

Research data, surveys of federal and private employers and employees reveal the pros and cons associated with the growing trend of telework.

Verizon turns cell phone into credit card

‘How to cheat H-1B’ video stokes immigration fires

H-1B immigration law on the hot seat in Washington and online

EU data protection group questions other search engines

State, local gov’t groups oppose permanent ‘Net tax ban

HP FORUM – Virtualization questions abound

Wall Street Beat: Products, transitions slam IT shares

DIGITAL GEAR – Keeping data secure with biometrics

Report slams UK e-voting trials

Analyst: Lotus Notes to keep spot in e-mail hierarchy

Microsoft better at patching XP than Vista