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Nvidia graphics chips perform double duty as CPUs

Software bargains: Useful tools for under $1,000

SolarWinds, Itheon, Adrem and others offer software, IT tool sets at scaled-down prices to help customers address big problems with little cash

PDA sales surge in Q1 on GPS, e-mail, Gartner says

Senate bill’s H-1B provisions aren’t pleasing

Management, security challenges threaten virtualization’s success

Immature management and security technologies could hamper virtualization implementations, say experts.

More jobs likely to go at CA

Disney-developed identity technology goes commercial

Moore’s Law meets Gore’s Law at processor forum

McAfee unveils updated risk-management line

Cisco, Nortel, Meru WLANs smarten up

INTEROP – Telephony vendors line up behind Microsoft

HP says SOA is ready for prime time

Cisco agrees to buy BroadWare for video security

Business Objects buys Inxight, upgrades EPM

Advanced net analysis wares on tap at Interop

Vendors update net-management products with Cisco NetFlow support, intelligent analysis, search capabilities and forensics

Automation software adds oomph to applications

Network Automation says software automates business processes

Why your company needs a chief privacy officer

The CPO is distinct from, but complements, the CISO

Group calls for more patent office resources

E.U. urged to launch coordinated effort against cybercrime

Apposite, Shunra optimize testing tools for VoIP, Gigabit nets

WAN-emulation vendors upgrade software designed to help network managers ensure advanced applications perform up to par across the wide area

What it takes to be a great CISO

'To be an effective CISO, management skills now trump technology skills,’ expert says

WORLDBEAT – Taxi, follow that satellite …

Amero school-porn case raises questions of classroom computers, spyware

At Interop, networking is a religious calling

Future priest among the team of volunteers powering the InteropNet

AMD cozies up to contract chip maker TSMC

Local governments urge caution on Internet tax ban

Microsoft’s patent medicine

Enhanced 911 system being readied in New York City

Google e-mail confuses paying Apps customers

DHS publishes sector specific IT protection plan

Samsung to aim WiMAX at SMB networking

Google proposes ad-like auction for U.S. spectrum

Kernel space: a new filesystem for flash devices

SAP to lose another key U.S. executive

Open source firms MuleSource, Zmanda net extra funding

Microsoft, Chungwa to offer IPTV, VOIP in Taiwan, China

NYC re-ups with Verizon Business for 911

Gartner: IBM, HP lead server market thanks to x86 sales

Wireless vendors target enterprise nets with 802.11n products

Pre-standard offerings to debut from Colubris, Trapeze, others

IBM ISS announces its speediest IPS model

Proventia Network IPS GX6116 features a top throughput of 15Gbps

Foundry readies monster Ethernet switch

Plus: Nortel targets application acceleration; 3Com, Avaya roll out new wares.

Start-up’s appliance accelerates ASP.Net apps

Strangeloop AppScaler increases speed by eliminating excess code

If it can protect bombs, why not commercial software, too?

Software protection used by Department of Defense comes to commercial sector

Nortel’s enterprise push brings branch-office WAN/VoIP and Web acceleration gear

New gear advances Nortel's product offerings, but may come up short against established players Cisco, Juniper, F5

Mobile marketing deal could generate more ads

Chinese XML format will get Microsoft converter

BenQ sells digital camera division amid restructuring

Noose tightens around allofmp3.com

Splunk upgrades IT search engine, will monitor network at Interop

Personalized dashboards, expanded search language among new features

3Com launches security boxes for SMBs

X-Family devices combine firewall, VPN IPS/IDS