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European Parliament wants changes to patent agreement

E.U. opens new telecom-infringement cases

Vista-ready products to ship for holidays, Microsoft says

Gartner: IT will waste $100 billion on network overspending

Vendors clamor to get their SOA messages heard

IBM, Layer 7 and Mercury unveil new SOA gear, while Microsoft stages an SOA event.

IBM moves global procurement headquarters from U.S. to China

Citrix application management software upgrade focuses on end-user experience

Company reworks software acquired with Reflectent Software earlier this year.

Top IT companies embracing virtual reality

Corporate czars, with their avatars, infiltrate Second Life.

Spamhaus case could test ICANN

Vanco aims to make shopping for an MPLS network easier

Symantec to add encryption, better recovery to backup

Google’s blog hosting platform suffers outage

Dell unveils printers, displays, TVs at Digital Life

Identity federation getting dose of reality from Internet2 affiliate

Identity hub allows universities to share resources securely.

Microsoft launches new service through Colloquis buy

Vista’s DRM features could bedevil antivirus

HP hires Ethics and Compliance Officer

NTT DoCoMo has 860,000 on phone credit card service

Microsoft security chief Fathi is moved out

Sun strengthens storage partnerships

Google gives Writely and Spreadsheets a common platform

IBM, Oracle and India’s I-flex team on banking software

Ericsson trials biodiesel to power mobile networks

TOKYO EDGE – October’s coolest gadgets

Kernel space: Faster startup and suspend and resume changes for 2.6.19

Faster boot times are the goal of new driver API changes. Drivers will be able to initialize in parallel, and to be more flexible in suspend and resume.

Coghead to engage more users in Web app development

Stock options scandal leads to big changes at McAfee

IBM adds Web 2.0 features, Notes on a Stick to Lotus platform

But 2007 expected to be the big year for Notes/Domino, analyst says.

Broadband wireless? Hurry up and wait, panel says

DOJ approves AT&T’s buy of BellSouth

Sun execs shine in Second Life virtual world

Intel fixed-mobile WiMax chip rolls out

Sprint CTO touts 4G wireless

CTO Barry West charged with leading huge mobile WiMAX rollout.

Google application combines word processing, spreadsheet services

Google releases Google Docs & Spreadsheets, a combo of Writely and Google Spreadsheet.

Chambers: Video a killer app in many ways

Geek speak bridles information security

Verizon rolls out desktop management support

Quest upgrades Windows, Linux, Unix integration tools to focus on ID services

Opinion: Ray Noorda: A friend to network managers

Ray Noorda, as remembered by Network World columnist and Novell NetWare Tips newsletter author Dave Kearns.

Symantec highlights new security products for database and e-mail

Details to be shared at Symantec's Security 2.0 event in New York Tuesday.

Toshiba ties with LG.Philips for LCD panels

Linksys acquires DSL software vendor

Quagga review from Network World Lab Alliance

Gartner: IT execs need to talk more business

EU patent chief hits back at criticism

EU telecoms try to ward off breakup moves

OPENWORLD – Oracle looks to improve partner offerings

Google’s official blog gets hacked

French gov’t wants 4 million online via fiber by 2012

EchoSign launches BlackBerry e-signature service