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Microsoft, Samsung sign broad patent accord

UPDATE – Salesforce.com to provide CRM apps to Japan Post

Microsoft plans $3 suite for emerging markets

Sony reviewing PlayStation 3 pricing

Gates launches developing world tech initiative

Yahoo sued over jailing of Chinese dissident

Avici kills core router development

Carrier service-level agreement products is new focus

EU police data-sharing plan draws criticism

FAQ: ITIL origins, Version 3 explained

Open-source group takes first interoperability steps

University taps ITIL to build open source CMDB

Brigham Young University uses best practices to centralize and share data internally and with parent organization

HP Services led by the other John McCain

ITIL shapes help-desk overhaul at JPMorgan Chase

Financial services firm reduces the number of help desk tools in use from 47 to seven as part of makeover

Lenovo cuts 5 percent of workforce

Toyota unit gets ITIL right second time around

Toyota Financial Services made two efforts to make the best practices laid out in ITIL work

New attack puts routers, cell phones at risk

Lawmakers grill U.S. agencies on cyberattacks

Samsung executive pleads guilty to DRAM price fixing

DOJ joins lawsuits alleging HP, Sun kickbacks

Microsoft, Unisys launch Exchange test drive

AMD posts $611 million loss, slow chip sales

Wall Street Beat: Earnings spark concern

UPDATE – US DOJ joins lawsuits alleging HP, Sun kickbacks

Ballmer: Citigroup to upgrade 500,000 PCs to Vista

Protecting the Earth and the bottom line

UPDATE – Nacchio found guilty of insider trading

Lawmakers call for e-voting paper trails

Kernel space: Linux runs into a scalability problem

Microsoft opens digital divide conference in Beijing

IDF – HTC ultramobile PC to have Intel inside

UPDATE – BlackBerry suffers widespread outage

Oracle details content management road map

Upgrades to Stellent products on tap after acquisition.

Hatteras lands XO Ethernet contract

XO plans to use gear to offer advanced Ethernet services over copper

BlackBerry service restored, slow response irks users

Experts say losing e-mail is difficult

White House e-mail scandal raises basic technical questions

AIIM – Web 2.0 tools inspire data-sharing software

Readers weigh in: Is the iPod a threat or a scapegoat?

Start-up readies AJAX development tool

Product from Bungee Labs helps deploy applications that require on e-commerce, CRM and search functionality.

Going VoIP… with little Cisco gear

Former Cisco engineer is building a global VoIP network with Interactive Intelligence, Polycom gear

AT&T is making the most of its newly acquired wireless asset

Telecom giant rolls out new wireless service for businesses

Virtual security virtually missing

Calls for standards grow as virtualization products gain foothold in networks

CVS latest retailer cited for identity theft violation

Pharmacy accused of dumping customer records in the trash

Data management holds back Web 2.0 in enterprise

Could RIM have responded better to outage?

IBM’s WebSphere Portal gets pre-built applications

IBM also readying tool for Google Gadgets

Single-victim spam attacks skyrocket

New legislation would overhaul U.S. patent system

Internet2, NLR update their merger soap opera

Will they or won’t they? Internet minds want to know.

In-depth: BlackBerry becomes Crashberry as RIM’s net fails for hours

Salesforce.com to provide CRM software to Japan Post