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Windows XP SP2 retirement looms, puts users in tough spot

Half of all corporate PCs running XP stuck on soon-to-be-obsolete SP2

You don’t know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz

Is there a replacement for Facebook?

Google adds Reader to ‘kill IE6’ campaign

More bad news for the 17.6% stuck on Microsoft's 'antiquated' browser

Four out of 10 iPhones sold to enterprise users, says AT&T exec

But that's not the same as saying 40% of sales are made to businesses

Displaced IT workers apply for federal help

Notices on Connecticut Web site document effort

Career Turning Points: Keep IT All About the Users

SharePoint 2010: Three Ways Sony Is Using It

Leadership: Critical Move from Senior IT Leader to C-Level

ThoughtWorks gives agile IT an online forum

Apple needs to jump on TV opportunity, analysts say

The time is ripe, as the company has brand equity as a device maker and content provider

Dot matrix printers return to make music

A set of dot matrix printers will make a symphony together, perhaps for the last time

Microsoft admits Windows Phone 7 slide was wrong

The company overstated IDC's sales forecast in a conference presentation

Symantec readies Norton security, storage apps for Android, iPhone smartphones

Also, Norton DNS service will flag or block dangerous Web content

Five indicted in cybertheft of city’s bank accounts

Thieves used spyware to steal login credentials and illegally transfer $450K from Carson, Calif.'s coffers in 2007

Dell adds document management features to printers

Dell tries to gain control over the flow of documents in organizations

Google App Engine gains developer interest in battle with EC2, Azure

Foxconn plans safety nets, may raise pay after 12th suicide

Latest suicide came on the heels of pledge by HP, Dell and Apple to investigate problem

OLPC’s Negroponte says XO-3 prototype tablet coming in 2010

A glass prototype will debut this year, and when it hits the market, should cost just $75

Europe warns search companies over data retention

European data protection officials accuse Microsoft, Yahoo and Google of violating data protection rules

Acer makes handheld push with new e-reader, Android tablet

E-reader set to hit the U.S. market during the third quarter

Acer looks to Founder to tap Chinese market

World's No. 2 PC vendor hopes to finally make a dent in China's PC market

Acer shows off Android-powered Stream handset

Handset offers an AMOLED screen and a 5-megapixel camera

Acer turns its attention to the living room with clear.fi

Acer shows off prototype consumer electronics and new home PCs at press conference in Beijing

Barnes & Noble launches its iPad e-reader app

Software makes it possible to share a book with a friend on another device

Dell Streak blurs line between tablet, smartphone

Prison Labor: Outsourcing’s “Best Kept Secret”

10 essential BlackBerry apps for travel

Google rejects German request for Wi-Fi data

But Google has agreed to let data protection officials examine of one of its Street View camera cars

Microsoft needs a ‘killer’ Windows 7 tablet to topple Apple

Apple's success and Microsoft failures put pressure on Ballmer, Forrester says

Surprise! Young users most in tune with online privacy

Many adults think younger users are too naive, cavalier to worry about privacy. Think again

Intel may add hardware acceleration for Google’s WebM

The chip maker is waiting to see if WebM gains popularity

Hackers will keep hammering Facebook, say researchers

Rogue app attacks that spread adware could become much more dangerous

Google is no competitor for Skype – yet

Google is gathering elements of VoIP, video services, but lacks the complete offerings of Skype

Border searches of laptops may be taken off-site for cause, court rules

Computer searches OK at backup facility if reasonable suspicion exists, judge finds

Icahn’s stake in Lawson means likely push for sale

Analysts say the activist investor will want to put the ERP company on the block

Mozilla sidesteps iPhone ban on rival browsers

Slates June App Store submission for tool that syncs Firefox bookmarks, tabs to iPhone

E-reader sales expected to hit wall in 2014

iPad tablet, other devices with e-book content will cap e-reader sales

Ballmer: I’m not going to WWDC

Verizon’s tiered LTE plans fuel ‘bill shock’ debate

Unlimited mobile data plans could soon become a thing of the past

Unix server sales sink; IDC cites a perfect storm

Sharp drop in Unix server sales seen caused by recession, pending new products and Oracle-Sun merger

Microsoft puts kibosh on Ballmer-at-WWDC rumor

Also tweets: 'Nor appearing on Dancing with the Stars'

Of smartphone owners, iPhone users are the most satisfied

ChangeWave survey shows Android devices are close behind the iPhone

Australia’s CSIRO hits U.S. carriers on WLAN patents

The agency sued Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile for allegedly selling WLAN gear that infringed its patent

Wall Street Beat: IT leads market rally

Apple becomes the IT vendor with the biggest market cap while NetApp and Lenovo issue strong financials

iPad to rescue media from penny-pinching Web surfers?

New York periodical publishers see iPad, the iPhone and other portable devices as a new source of revenue

Lifelock worries after employee data leaked to Web

Identity theft protection company posts CEO's SS number, but not OK with employees data being in public

Indonesia, India offers better prospects than China, MS says

Low level of protection for intellectual property explains US trade deficit with China, Ballmer says

Reports: Feds probe Apple’s iTunes practices

Latest talk of antitrust inquiries by DOJ eyes heavy-handed tactics in digital music biz

Researchers race to produce 3D models of BP oil spill

NSF approves supercomputing time as researchers apply storm surge models to oil spread