Wednesday, February 6, 2008

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Dell is patching up its mashed-up enterprise support model by retooling some elements. 06-Feb-2008

Enterprises get tips from a consultant on dealing with compliance, discounts, ongoing support, and terms and conditions. 06-Feb-2008

A former Xerox customer service agent is charged with stealing and reselling stolen cartridges. 06-Feb-2008

Technology displays two-line banner ads on cell phone screens along with free e-mail service. 06-Feb-2008

The new Open Value Subscription program gives additional software license options to small businesses. 06-Feb-2008

Zimbra, acquired by Yahoo last year, updated its communication and collaboration suite. 06-Feb-2008

Attackers are exploiting an ActiveX bug in Yahoo's Jukebox music player, Symantec says. 05-Feb-2008

Skype patches a critical vulnerability that forced it to dump features from its VoIP and chat software to prevent attackers from hijacking Windows PCs. 05-Feb-2008

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says future growth for the company hinges on continued investment, especially in eight core areas. 05-Feb-2008

A judge will decide if a company that gathers evidence for the RIAA in illegal file-sharing cases should be required to have a private investigator's license. 05-Feb-2008

The CanSecWest security research conference promoters are thinking about giving hackers another shot at hacking a Mac, as well as Linux- and Windows-based PCs. 05-Feb-2008

AT&T will raise rates for most of its major broadband plans in its 13-state legacy region starting in March, the company said this week. 05-Feb-2008

A wave of bugs in the plug-in technology used by Microsoft's browser has some security experts recommending that users disable all ActiveX controls. 05-Feb-2008

Our cell phone expert puts the HTC SMT5800 through its paces and finds out how it stacks up against Verizon's other Windows Mobile phones. 05-Feb-2008

Hands-on users of the new OS are proving to be the most resistant. 05-Feb-2008

Although motor skills are equal, males were quicker to understand the object of the tested games, and thus performed better initially, the study found. 05-Feb-2008

GameTap is shutting down the servers for its Myst Online multiplayer online game, but site will remain live. 05-Feb-2008

Terra Soft has released Yellow Dog Linux 6.0, which runs on G4 and G5 Macs. 05-Feb-2008

Adobe Systems is discontinuing its royalty-free Adobe Stock Photos service on April 1. 05-Feb-2008

Aloha Spectrum Holdings sold 12 MHz of its nationwide 700 MHz wireless spectrum to AT&T for $2.5 billion. 05-Feb-2008

PicoChip's base station for the 4G mobile standard LTE can also run WiMax. 05-Feb-2008

A Las Vegas company has been fined $2.6 million and ordered to stop sending spam, making false claims. 05-Feb-2008

A new language is being developed by cell phone-addicted teens based on predictive text. 05-Feb-2008

A civil suit filed by Dell sheds light on typosquatting, creating ad-filled Web pages with URLs that are similar to brand-name sites. 05-Feb-2008

Apple iTunes now offers Naval Battle, and Chess and Backgammon, for latest-gen iPods. 05-Feb-2008

Acronis Recovery lets IT managers back up and recover SQL Server, Oracle, and Microsoft Exchange databases. 05-Feb-2008

Developers working on a Mac port of the Xbox Media Center software have released XBMC version 1. 05-Feb-2008

With the iPhone in only four countries, Apple has become the world's third largest smart phone supplier. 05-Feb-2008

Announcements by Yahoo and Google show that Microsoft faces challenges to its business software franchises. 05-Feb-2008

HP now uses recycled plastics to produce its inkjet printer cartridges. 05-Feb-2008

Researchers say proof-of-concept chip is 10 times more efficient than chips in current cell phones. 05-Feb-2008

Nvidia is buying graphics vendor Ageia Technologies, developer of the PhysX gaming engine. 05-Feb-2008

EA is limiting sequels to focus on original games like Spore, expects PS3 to outsell Xbox. 05-Feb-2008

The MySpace developer Web site launches today; developers have till March to create apps before they're available to members. 05-Feb-2008

eBay merchants say new fee structure and ban on leaving negative feedback about buyers will change the marketplace. 05-Feb-2008