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Oracle to Acquire Portal Software for $220M

Court: IRS Can Ask PayPal for Account Data

Tokyo Taxis to Begin Accepting E-Money

BlackBerry, Meet China Unicom’s RedBerry

Australian Researchers Confirm RFID DoS Attacks

Lexar Seeks to Ban Some Toshiba Flash Chips

China to Crack Down on Software Piracy

Sony Unveils Vaio L Series Desktop PCs

Fujitsu to Launch Blu-Ray, HD-DVD Equipped PCs in June

Case Against Ex-UMC Execs Heads to Court

Get to Know Ruby on Rails

CIO Announcements from J.C. Penney, the Red Cross, Cendant and More

Microsoft Releases Critical IE Patch

SanDisk Appoints New President

Microsoft’s Google Scholar Rival Set to Go Live

MySpace.com Picks Up Online Safety Chief

Analysts: Red Hat Deal Is Bad News for ObjectWeb

Lenovo Eyes SMB Market With Best Buy

BoA to Slash 1,900 Jobs, Close 3 Call Centers

GoDaddy: EU Domain Registry Hijacked

Applied Materials to Open Development Center In China

Salesforce.com Launches Mobile Access With Acquisition

Skype Scoops Up VoIP Tech Cos.

HP Touts Tech Aimed at Developing Markets

Omron Plans Big Boost to RFID Manufacturing

McAfee Unveils Threat Center Portal

Linux Backers Plan WinHEC Shadow Event

Intel Pays Micron $230M for NAND Flash

China Mandates Preloading Software on PCs

Where Are Your Users Right Now?

Red Hat Makes a Fuss with JBoss Buy

Red Hat, JBoss Tie-Up About SOA, Stacks, Reach

Pharmaceutical Co. Standardizes CRM

Co. Finds New Homes for Microsoft Licenses

Azul Plans 48-Core Chip

Comverse Buys VoIP Co. Netcentrex for $164M

Find Fuel for Corporate Success in Crude Data

Following regulatory requirements for data transparency can yield much more than mere compliance. It yields information that can drive business growth (and credit to IT).

VeriFone Buys E-Payments Co. for $793M

EFF Files Evidence in Case to Halt AT&T’s Alleged Dragnet Surveillance

Business Objects Offers Software as a Service

IBM to Offer Chip-Based Encryption for PCs, PDAs

Red Hat to Buy JBoss for at Least $350M

Intel Concept Laptop Doubles as LCD TV

Chip Makers TSMC and UMC See Big Jump in Q1 Sales

Sprint Nears Decision on 4G

Sony, Samsung Plan $2B LCD Plant

Virus Threatens PCs Running Linux or Windows

Toshiba’s HD-DVD Laptop to Hit Japan in May

Sun Lays Off 200 from Server Group

The List: Getting Things Done…or At Least Trying To