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More federal health database details coming following privacy alarm

Office of Personnel Management may delay launch of its controversial Health Claims Data Warehouse

Antitrust case against Microsoft over AV would be ‘longshot,’ says expert

Another rival punches Microsoft for distributing free antivirus software through Windows' update service

iPhone’s Safari dials calls without warning, says researcher

A security researcher says the way the iPhone handles certain URL schemes could pose a security risk

Microsoft sees cloud opportunities for full gamut of users

Nvidia announces its fastest graphics card to date

Nvidia's next-generation GTX 580 GPU resolves heating and noise issue that plagued the GeForce GTX 480

Can Clearwire escape financial doom?

Company will need big capital injection to remain solvent in 2011

Google adds Instant Preview to search

Graphical previews of search results are 'something that Bing will probably need to respond to,' analyst says

Google adds visual snapshots to search results

The feature is called Instant Previews and is designed to help people decide on which results to click and on which to not

Novell’s cloud enterprise social-networking suite goes beta

The suite, originally called Pulse, has been renamed Vibe Cloud

Gadget teardown company iFixit pushes self-repair manifesto

iFixit loves opening up iPads, Kinects and Google TV, but hates that so many electronics products get tossed

2010 Women of Influence award winners named

EU stakeholders tell Commission net neutrality is essential

European stakeholders, however, differ on interpretation of 'net neutrality'

Apple’s mobile developer momentum open to challenge

Vodafone quarterly mobile data revenue grows by 25 percent

Data traffic is driving revenue growth at Vodafone, as revenue from voice services begins to decline in Europe

Ozzie urges Microsoft to simplify, move to cloud

"Doomsday-ish" clarion call implores Microsoft to further embrace cloud computing or face irrelevancy

Riverbed buys satellite optimization vendor Global Protocols

Satyam to merge with parent to create a focused outsourcer

The company is gaining customers after its re-stated financial results were announced, an executive said

Survey: Gov’t agencies focused on energy efficiency

But agencies may be too focused on new technology and not on behavior changes, officials with Schneider Electric say

A guiding hand for maturing IT processes 

* Forrester creates a self-assessment tool for IT organizations adopting IT service management

Droid Pro tests Android’s enterprise chops

'Froyo' features heavily in first Android phone targeted at enterprise

Apache declares war on Oracle over Java

The Apache Software Foundation threatens to ditch Java if Oracle doesn't relent on use restrictions

When sites share data about zero-day attacks, false positives plummet

When anomalies from multiple sites are shared, network security staffers have fewer possible attacks to investigate

Galaxy Tabs to soon have access to HD videoconferencing

Polycom software won't ship on new Galaxies, which go on sale this week

Novell unveils enterprise collaboration platform beta

The Novell Vibe platform combines enterprise tools and social networking features designed for corporate users

Search engine optimization ‘poisoning’ way up this year: report

Websense says 22.4% of Google searches lead to bad URLs vs. 13.7% at end of 2009

Sprint open to boosting Clearwire investment

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse called the WiMax venture's woes an accounting issue

Researchers sound alarm over critical Mac OS X bug

Core Security issues warning after Apple missed two patch deadlines

Hack our products and we’ll pay you: Barracuda Networks

Offers $3K-plus for anyone who finds "qualifying bugs"

Oracle expands systems management suite

Verizon, Bluegrass Cellular bringing LTE to rural Kentucky

Network will operate on 700MHz band

NAND flash sales up, prices down

AMD eyes tablets with upcoming Fusion chips

AMD executives says AMD chips will appear in tablets as early as next year

Microsoft patches critical Outlook drive-by bug

Also ships first fix for 'DLL load hijacking' flaw in Office 2007/2010 as part of 11-patch security update

Oregon SAP project wracked by leadership woes

The SAP project's costs are now $47 million, nearly triple the original $14 million budget, the city's auditor says

Microsoft sues Motorola over licensing terms

Microsoft claims that Motorola is refusing to license its WLAN and video technology for reasonable terms

IT interest in iPad surges, survey shows

Upcoming iOS 4.2 update could mean more tablet deployments

Beware of tests that use simulated data to validate product performance, researchers warn

Validated gear could flop when tested against real-world data

Windows 1.0 turning 25: First experiences recalled

25 years ago, Microsoft released Windows 1.0, but it wasn't an instant hit

Cisco VP talks of data center strategy

Microsoft crafts shrewd apps plan for Windows Phone 7 launch

Popular marquee brands, patient work with Windows Phone 7 developers will pay off

How Android conquered the mobile world in just three years

The advent of the Droid seen by many as turning point for Google in mobile market

NTT DoCoMo to launch LTE service on Dec. 24

The biggest update to DoCoMo's network in years will supercharge downloads to as fast as 75Mbps

Evernote 2.0 for Android launches Monday

The new version is the most advanced yet for Android, the Evernote CEO said

IT’s biggest money wasters

Oracle moving to merge JRockit, HotSpot JVMs

Meet the CIO Who Bought 4,500 iPads

NASA Wants Its Data Up in the Clouds

Microsoft May Face Resistance to Windows 8

Election unlikely to slow U.S. cybersecurity efforts

Experts do predict one big change: Republicans are less likely to push mandates on private industry

CEMEX execs boost collaboration with IBM’s Lotus Connections

Building supply firm also plans to upgrade to Lotus Connections Version 3.0, which IBM unveiled Monday