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  2 Feb 06, 11:27

  About.com Expands Online Video Offerings
  
  About.com, one of the largest Web sites for practical consumer information and advice, said Wednesday that it plans to expand its online video offerings over the next two months.
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  2 Feb 06, 12:00

  Google, Microsoft, Yahoo Seek Help With China
  
  Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. on Wednesday asked the U.S government for help in dealing with state censorship in China and other countries, which have forced the search engines to block information on their sites.
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  2 Feb 06, 12:02

  Business Objects Finishes 2005 With Sales Over $1 Billion
  
  Driven by demand for new releases of its BusinessObjects XI business intelligence software, Business Objects Wednesday reported that sales grew 14% in its fourth quarter, putting it over $1 billion in sales for all of 2005.
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  2 Feb 06, 12:06

  Broadband Providers Outpace Pure-Play VoIP Firms
  
  Broadband service providers in Europe and North America have surpassed pure-play vendors in the number of Internet telephony minutes used by subscribers, a network management vendor said.
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  2 Feb 06, 12:17

  Newspapers Fight Back Against Search Engines
  
  A task force of global and European publishers has agreed to examine ways to receive payment from Internet search engines and news aggregators that the group claims are making money by taking someone else's content for free.
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  2 Feb 06, 13:45

  More Sites Venture Into Grassroots/Citizen Media
  
  Dan Gillmor, author of "We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People, is moving beyond Bayosphere to head up a new nonprofit media center.
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  2 Feb 06, 13:49

  JDS Uniphase posts loss, margins up
  
  MANHASSET, N.Y. — Broadband communications products supplier JDS Uniphase Corp. reported a loss of $42.1 million, or 3 cents per share on sales of $312.9 million in its second 2006 fiscal quarter ended December, compared with a loss of $41.0 million, or 3 cents per share on sales of $180.5 million in the year-ago fiscal quarter.
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  2 Feb 06, 13:51

  Corning to establish LCD glass plant in China
  
  MANHASSET, N.Y. — Corning Inc. has approved funding to establish a liquid crystal display (LCD) glass substrate finishing facility in the People's Republic of China.
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  2 Feb 06, 13:57

  U.S. DTV transition set for 2009, set-top subsidy planned
  
  WASHINGTON — The House approved legislation Wednesday (Feb. 1) that sets Feb. 17, 2009, as the deadline for ending U.S. analog broadcasts and creates a government subsidy program for converter boxes.
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  2 Feb 06, 14:00

  Melodeo Inks Podcast Cellular Deal
  
  Melodeo Inc. is providing podcasting technology to Rogers Wireless, a Canadian communications service provider, the company said Wednesday.
  
  The deal allows mobile-phone subscribers to download more than 1,500 news, sports and comedy podcasts wirelessly onto their cell phones through Rogers Podcast Service. Melodeo is working on similar agreements with U.S. carriers.
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  2 Feb 06, 14:03

  RFID Automates China Ports
  
  The Port of Hong Kong and the Port of Shenzhen in China have deployed SaviTrak to manage cargo shipments. The technology, made possible by radio frequency identification technology (RFID), is from Savi Networks, a joint venture between Savi Technology Inc. and Hutchison Port Holdings.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 14:07

  Messaging Security Concerns On the Rise
  
  For better or worse, e-mail security is off to a booming start in 2006, figuring to be a top-of-mind issue for vendors, customers and solution providers all year.
  
  This week, e-mail security vendor Postini released its annual Message Management and Threat Report, which says the increasing use and complexity of e-mail and messaging systems will keep users and systems administrators on their toes as they deal with the "crush" of messaging traffic.
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  2 Feb 06, 14:11

  Linksys Launches Series of Switches For Small Business
  
  Cisco Systems' Linksys division launched Wednesday a series of Gigabit and Fast Ethernet switches that feature WebView monitoring tools that permit administrators to control their networks remotely.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 14:17

  Worm Attack Spoofs Security Firm's E-Mail Address
  
  In a true twist of irony, Helsinki-based security research and software vendor F-Secure reported Wednesday that an unknown attacker has sent out thousands of e-mails infected with a new variant of the Breplibot worm that appeared to come from an F-Secure employee.
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  2 Feb 06, 14:30

  Security VARs Brace For Impact Of Kama Sutra Worm
  
  The Kama Sutra worm--a.k.a. Nyxem, Black Worm and Mywife--is set to execute its malicious code on Friday. Security VARs aren't too concerned about the potential fallout but said it doesn't hurt to be prepared.
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  2 Feb 06, 14:33

  Visto Has Eyes For RIM BlackBerry Users
  
  While BlackBerry users impatiently wait for a resolution in the Research In Motion-NTP patent infringement lawsuit, the companies' attorneys and the Justice Department are scheduled to submit final legal briefs today.
  
  The next critical court date for RIM will be Feb. 24, according to a Reuters report, when a federal court hearing in the Eastern District of Virginia could determine whether the BlackBerry service will be shut down or will continue operating in the United States.
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  2 Feb 06, 14:36

  Microsoft Must Prove Innovation, Says EU
  
  The European Union's antitrust boss said Tuesday that Microsoft can't charge licensing fees for its source code unless it proves the programming is "innovative," the latest to-do in the long-running hullabaloo between Europe's governing body and the American developer.
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  2 Feb 06, 14:42

  Hynix up, Infineon down in NAND
  
  SAN JOSE, Calif. — Two flash-memory newcomers, Hynix Semiconductor Inc. and Infineon Technologies AG, are moving in opposite directions in the NAND market, according to an e-mail newsletter from Gartner Dataquest Inc.
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  2 Feb 06, 14:44

  User Monitoring Most Effective When Blended
  
  Half of all mission-critical Web site problems are found by disgruntled users, not IT teams, according to Coradiant, a real-user monitoring product provider.
  
  "It's as if you were sitting in restaurant, and my job was to check to make sure your coffee was warm, and I'm going around once a day, not every five minutes," Vice President of Product Management and Co-founder Alistair Croll said during a recent interview. "It's something I wouldn't know about unless users start screaming and saying the coffee is cold."
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 14:46

  Trio combine for Wi-Fi/cellular handset ref design
  
  LONDON — Quorum Systems, Inc., TTPCom Ltd and Analog Devices Inc. have collaborated on a GSM/Voice-over-Wi-Fi dual-mode handset reference design.
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  2 Feb 06, 14:53

  Fabric keyboard company raises $7.1 million
  
  LONDON — MTI Partners, a U.K. venture capital company, has led a £4 million (about $7.1 million) round of investment in Eleksen Ltd., a developer of electrically conductive sensor fabric.
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  3 Feb 06, 18:58

  VMware to make server product free
  
  VMware, an EMC subsidiary whose software lets multiple operating systems run on the same computer, is expected to announce next week that it will begin giving away one of its key products for free, CNET News.com has learned.
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  3 Feb 06, 18:59

  Patent office to re-examine JPEG patent
  
  The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will re-examine the validity of the so-called JPEG patent held by Forgent Networks, an action that could deprive the company of its multimillion-dollar revenue stream.
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  3 Feb 06, 19:00

  Earnings alert: EA's third-quarter profits fall
  
  Read the latest in earnings reports and financial news from some of technology's leading players. This page is updated as new reports are filed. Keep checking back for the latest.
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  3 Feb 06, 19:01

  Sun forecasts end to 'Frankenstein' computing
  
  In the next few years, a "phase change" will take place as companies stop running their own customized computing infrastructure, Sun Microsystems Chief Technology Officer Greg Papadopoulos predicted Thursday.