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Piracy set to dominate Sino-US trade talks in April

Intellectual property protection will be a major focus at the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade talks.

McAfee plans to acquire security companies

McAfee scouts for companies that offer interesting technologies in areas such as wireless security and safer Internet surfing for users.

SAP management concedes to workers’ council

Company spokesman calls workers' council 'inevitable.'

EU warns Microsoft over Vista features

European Commission has anti-trust concerns about Microsoft's new operating system, Vista.

U.K. court bites into Apple logo case

Opening arguments being made in Apple logo case.

Accenture profit dives on UK health system woes

IT services company forced to cover $450 million in expected losses from National Health Service contracts.

Dell rolls out new business notebooks

Latest Dell notebooks tout new wireless connectivity and security features.

Intel launches PC for rural India

Community PC platform includes specially designed motherboard to work in India's dusty conditions and high temperatures.

Survey: Business skills in demand for IT workers

Recent survey shows number of workers could go unchanged, but employers desire new skill sets.

Qualcomm lawsuit extends patent feud with Broadcom

Number of patents that Qualcomm accuses Broadcom of infringing upon is up to 10.

OSDL to finance open source software developers

Financing expected to fill gap in open source development.

MIT spam conference focuses on phishing

MIT conference-goers assert that phishing is the worst spam problem.

Two DNS servers hit by denial-of-service attacks

Verizon adds application awareness to VPN

Verizon Business to offer services designed to help Private IP VPN customers monitor and tune the performance of applications like VoIP, ERP and video.

Google zaps official blog by mistake

U.S. tax department still putting taxpayer data at risk

The IRS has made some progress in correcting technical weaknesses, but a lot more needs to be done.

Microsoft faces another lawsuit in South Korea

Sanview Technology is suing Microsoft for $10 million.

Samsung elbows its way into chip foundry business

TI opens South Korea tech center for mobile TV

Piracy worries still a thorn in Sino-US relations

Intellectual property protection continues to be a source of friction between the U.S. and China.

Sue Google, not us, Torrentspy tells Hollywood

Torrentspy argues that its site doesn't contain any copyright works or links to copyright works, does not promote copyright infringement and can't be held liable for the actions of visitors once they leave its Web site.

EC launches bid to slash mobile roaming charges

European Commission readying a draft regulation aimed at cutting mobile phone roaming charges in Europe.

WORLDBEAT – Music oldies beat out Japan’s gov’t

NetPro software to ease Active Directory management

NetPro software helps manage Microsoft Active Directory and other infrastructure components.

CONVERGENCE – Microsoft let down smaller US partners

Supreme Court to examine patent injunctions

Decision from Supreme Court's latest patent infringement case could have far-reaching implications for tech industry.

New York likely to approve Microsoft anti-trust settlement

CLECs combine to increase scale

CLECs CTC Communications, Choice One and Conversent to combine their businesses.

Report: Consumer ‘advocates’ flack for telecom industry

Report accuses telecom consumer advocate groups as fronts for large carriers.

Intel boosts PC chip performance with tool bundles

Intel to bundle latest PC chip with hardware-based technologies to boost performance.

U.S. tax department targets bogus phishing e-mails

Mobile users to get more control of personal data

Redknee enables mobile device users to control what applications can access their location details.

Imperva adds deployment modes for its Web apps firewall

Imperva Web applications firewall can be used in four different modes.

After IE attacks, Microsoft eyes security betas

Microsoft under pressure to quickly issue patch for latest IE bug.

Software cleanses documents of unwanted data

Obscured content, metadata can expose companies to accidental data disclosure.

HP design shift gives its AMD servers more speed

ProLiant servers also to benefit from improved power consumption.

Stratus extends fault-tolerance reach

Server company to launch Solutions Services Group.

Usage-based pricing is a catchy tune

Force10 touts 10G Internet switch

Force10's new 10G switch pushes Ethernet close to InfiniBand.

Novell preps customers for move to Linux

Novell outlines plan to support NetWare until at least 2015; previews OES.

Higher education slowly embraces shared network services

Colleges, universities joining forces to gain access to latest software.

Carrier CEOs: We won’t block ‘Net

Companies use TelecomNext conference to allay fears of preferential Internet content delivery, access.

Verizon gains regulatory relief on pricing

FCC's inaction grants carrier request by default.

Novell preps users for move to Linux

Outlines plan to support NetWare until at least 2015.

In brief: Lucent, Alcatel eyeing merger

Telecom equipment makers Lucent and Alcatel have confirmed that they are discussing a possible merger.

Microsoft plays games with Vista ship date

Business version of Vista to ship in 2006, but new hardware won't be available until January.

Native language domains threaten ‘Net

ICANN test bed for internationalized domain names hailed, called long past due.

Network execs showcase IT plans, projects

500 gather in Boston to share insights, experiences.

Higher education embraces shared net services

Microsoft appeals Korea anti-trust ruling

Microsoft has filed an appeal to the Seoul High Court in South Korea seeking to reverse its decision.