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Toshiba sales rise but chips, phones squeeze profits

Nintendo sales surge, but Wii misses target by a hair

Sony’s MemoryStick HD camcorder is smallest yet

Microsoft ups security stance with new labs

European Parliament sparks criticism with IP changes

Kernel space: How much memory am I really using?

Sony planning quad-HD digital cinema push

BenQ to spin off BenQ, change name

‘Evil twin’ Wi-Fi access points proliferate

Orange seeks to deflect EU limit on roaming charges

INFOSEC – FaceTime offers Skype manager for business

Computer dealers accuse Sun of blocking used sales

Antenna’s visual tools drive simpler mobile app development

As Web 2.0 evolves, security becomes an issue

Video search engine Blinkx to go public

Banks file class action suit against TJX

Book review: Object-oriented PHP

Understanding and using Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) even in scripting languages is becoming de rigueur these days. This book teaches PHP developers how to use OOP via a series of extremely practical examples.

How Digg.com uses the LAMP stack to scale upward

ITXPO – New home networks may constrain IT

Sidebar: Fast new home networks sprouting

Experts: U.S. vulnerable to major cyberattacks

New approaches to malware detection coming into view

McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro and start-ups share their plans

BlackBerry from Verizon works worldwide

IBM to open its midrange systems to MySQL’s database

PC vendors push automated management

SourceLabs manages open source projects

Vendor develops management platform to help large companies keep open source code in check

Quest unveils tools for managing Active Directory, Exchange

Sun: 160,000 channels, should be somethin’ on

Telecom lawyers debate advantage in Verizon/Vonage case

Both plaintiff and defendant encouraged by stay order, but does one have the upper hand?

Apple’s board defends Jobs in stock options case

Acer recalls 27,000 notebook PC batteries

Mobile entertainment faces barriers

Hynix breaks ground on $4.1 billion plant in Korea

Microsoft releases first Longhorn public beta

Memory maker Qimonda plans 300mm fab for Singapore

Sony’s DSC-T100 digital still camera

Microsoft hopes for Xbox Japan boost with Live gaming

IDF – Intel to give future processors new tasks

Semiconductor industry looks ahead to 18-inch wafers

U.S. high-tech employment rises again

The last time this many states saw this much job creation was in 2000

Server load balancing: A practical guide

Venture funding reaches five-year high in Q1

Investors empty pockets as start-ups eye public markets

CA makes security a priority

CA pushing layered security approach, eyeing virtualization security

Mobile roaming a thorny issue for EU lawmakers

Oracle nets more utilities expertise with Lodestar buy

MySpace, Photobucket reach truce

Denmark labor issue to air at IBM annual meeting

Reports: Apple ex-CFO strikes deal with SEC on options

INFOSEC – .ANI attacks took swipes at Vista’s security

INFOSEC – Olympics to bring London IT security challenges