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Microsoft To Face China Antitrust Woes?

Just as Microsoft seems to be patching up antitrust relations with the U.S. government, a Chinese newspaper suggested today that the company could be subject to antitrust legal actions in China.

Intel 'Holding Back' USB 3.0 Spec, Says Nvidia

An Nvidia representative today confirmed the view that Intel is delaying release of the Universal Serial Bus 3.0 specification to chipmakers.

HPC Server 2008 RC1 Coming This Month

At the International Supercomputing Conference being held this week in Germany, Microsoft announced that it will roll out the first release candidate (RC1) of its Windows HPC Server 2008 for high-performance computing in the last week of June.

Outsourcers Turn to Multisourcing To Reduce Risk

Outsourcing "megadeals" appear to be on the wane. According to market watcher Gartner Inc., the number of reported megadeals -- contracts of $1 billion or more awarded to a single vendor -- actually declined last year. Does this mean that outsourcing itself is on the way out?

Swedes Deploy Dual-Boot 'Green' Supercomputer With IBM, Intel Chips

The High Performance Computing Center North (HPC2N), a Swedish consortium of universities and research centers based out of Umea University, is installing a supercomputer that combines IBM Cell Broadband Engines and Power processors with quad-core Intel Xeon processors running both Windows and Linux in a dual-boot configuration.

Microsoft Readies for Prime Time With IPTV Solutions

Microsoft yesterday kicked off the NXTcomm08 event by showcasing its IPTV telco and service provider offerings.

Mixed Reactions to IBM's Green Software Push

For over a year now, IBM Corp. has made "greening" a centerpiece of its marketing efforts, kicking off a $1 billion green IT investment last spring called "Project Big Green," touting mainframe-centric greening initiatives and, just recently, trumpeting a new "green" approach to software.

Survey: Few Have Plans To Migrate to Vista in 2008

Computer Economics released a new report characterizing the adoption rate of Windows Vista by businesses as "slow."

Microsoft Patches Blocked for Some Admins

Microsoft works to correct issue that kept some administrators using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 from downloading the latest security updates.

Microsoft Joins Open Source Census Group

Microsoft has joined the Open Source Census as a sponsor, according to an announcement issued by OpenLogic, which founded the group.

Novell, Microsoft Partner on Server Virtualization, Server 2008 on SuSE

Novell announced last Wednesday that it has joined Microsoft's Server Virtualization Validation Program.

Microsoft Forms Health Services Alliance

Microsoft and 15 partner companies, including Unisys and EDS, announced a new working alliance intent on forging technology architecture for the heath and human services (HHS) market.

RC1 for Hyper-V Now Available for Download

IT pros wanting to try out the latest Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization technology can now get the Release Candidate 1 (RC1) version via Windows Update.

Cisco Warns of SNMP Vulnerability

Researchers have found a pair of vulnerabilities in version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol that could allow attackers to gather system data or even change network equipment configurations, according to an advisory issued by Cisco Systems earlier this week.

Majority of Data Breaches Go Unnoticed, Study Finds

Verizon Business reports that more than half of the data breaches on enterprise systems go undetected and are caused by general negligence and lax security.

Intel Denies Holding Back USB 3.0

Rumors that Intel is not releasing Universal Serial Bus 3.0 specification to its technology partners in a timely manner have prompted a rebuttal.

Yahoo: Microsoft Talks Done, No Deal Coming

Yahoo today said its talks with Microsoft focusing on acquiring all or part of the company are officially over -- a position that Microsoft appears to be at least partially disputing.

Yahoo, Google Strike Advertising Deal

Just hours after announcing that talks with Microsoft had ended without a deal, Yahoo announced an advertising partnership with Google.

EC Official Talks Open Standards, Raps Microsoft

A speech given yesterday by Neelie Kroes, the European commissioner for competition, skewered Microsoft without mentioning the company by name.

E-Mail Spam Linked to Economic Slowdown, Symantec Says

The rise in the amount of Spam being eaten by families who have fallen on hard times is commensurate with the rise in e-mail spam, Symantec revealed this week.