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HP bids $1.6 billion for 3Par

Proposal comes a week after 3Par agreed to sell itself to Dell for $1.15 billion

Microsoft: ‘We love open source’

No longer calling Linux a ‘cancer,' Microsoft open source strategy continues to shift

Google Street View cars back too soon, says French watchdog

The data protection authority is annoyed that Google didn't wait for the conclusion of its investigation into Street View

The Grill: Patricia Calkins

Intel releases faster dual-core Atom netbook processor

Netbooks will get faster performance from the Atom N550

Registry operator Afilias embraces DNS security

Afilias will add encryption to .info and 12 other Web site extensions this year

How IT will change when Gen Y runs the show

Ready for 2020? Advice for every career stage

5 indispensable IT skills of the future

The rise of the chief IT architect

There’s more to an IT career than technology

IT Careers 2020: Cloudy days ahead

Avoid Your Business Being Collateral Damage in a Cyber War

Newest E-mail Scams: Could They Fool You?

One year later, Twitter parody site Woofer hits 2 billion characters

The opposite of Twitter requires posts of at least 1,400 characters

Microsoft won’t patch critical DLL loading bugs

Third-party vendors responsible for fixes; Microsoft may address issue in future service packs

Microsoft lines up developers for Windows Phone 7

Microsoft said there have been 300,000 downloads of its developer tools

Like EMC, HP pushes around smaller rival in bidding war

HP/Dell bidding war reminiscent of last year's EMC/NetApp struggle

Newest Kindles to ship Friday

Orders made today ship in mid-September, however

Google’s Chrome speeds up Flash patching seven-fold

Integration of Adobe updates gets fixes to 70% of Chrome users in just 2 days

Apple can’t stop ongoing iTunes charge scam

ITunes users are getting hit with hundreds of dollars of fraudulent charges

Sprint offering free femtocells

Sprint offering femtocells to customers in poor-coverage areas

11 Ways to Prevent Burnout and Improve Work-Life Balance

Google tests instant search feature

Company tries out ability to give users results that dynamically change as they type

Sprint quietly sells 3G femtocell, Verizon set to follow

Sprint's first femtocell to extend the EV-DO network into homes and offices is not being offered to all subscribers

Time waits for no one: ‘leap seconds’ may be cut

Opposition grows to FM chip mandate for mobiles

Six tech trade groups call on Congress to reject the proposal from broadcasters

Final release of Windows Phone dev tools due mid-September

Online catalog opens 'early October,' hinting at first handsets

HP or Dell — which is the better suitor for 3Par?

Both companies have very deep pockets and a lot to gain

Philadelphia wants bloggers to start paying taxes

Those who make money with their writing better get out their checkbooks

Hacking toolkit publishes DLL hijacking exploit

Attacks against vulnerable Windows apps likely within weeks

Oracle takes over JavaOne conference

Infrastructure services users worry less about security

Companies considering infrastructure as a service are more concerned than those that already use it

Back-to-school IT projects reshape campus life

Technology shifts are shaking up IT priorities in colleges and universities

McAfee inside: How Intel bid could shake up IT security

Wozniak recalls role of memory in Apple’s early days

Innovating with dynamic memory was key to making the Apple II faster, he said

South begins blocking North Korean Twitter account

The account is blocked, but it's easy to get around with a few clicks

Developers unhappy over Oracle Android suit

Faster HSPA smartphones, modems coming soon

Video will drive the need for more bandwidth on smartphones and laptops

Three sentenced in scam targeting tech vendors

A group of people filed false electronic payment authorizations in four states

Blocked Street View images in Germany may get published

IT consultant Jens Best and other volunteers plan to publish images for 20 German cities that have been blocked

Facebook Places could spark new privacy fire

Google patches 10 Chrome bugs, pays out $10K in bounties

The New New CIO Role: Big Changes Ahead

You don’t know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz

HTML5 raises new security issues

Apple envisions tech to photograph, record iPhone thieves

An Apple patent application appears designed to identify people who steal iPhones

Cameron Diaz tops malware bait list

Leads Web's most-dangerous celeb list, with 1-in-10 shot at getting a malicious result from search

Voice-enabled medical search app for iPhone speeds inquiries

Cardiologist adds new app to his mobile arsenal

Canonical takes a step in bringing Ubuntu to tablets

Touch capabilities could accelerate the adoption of versions of Ubuntu in tablets