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  • RIM's workaround revealed

    BlackBerry maker Research In Motion on Thursday announced details of how its new software workaround, designed as a backup if US courts impose an injunction later this month, will be released to customers.

  • Gates to students: Microsoft wants you

    Microsoft chairman Bill Gates on Friday preached the "magic of software" to a packed ballroom at Howard University in Washington and said it's up to today's generation of college students to drive innovation in the future.

  • RIM picks Intel for new BlackBerrys

    Ending months of speculation, Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry e-mail device, said on Tuesday that it will use Intel processors in its future designs.

  • Sun upgrades servers with UltraSparc IV+ debut

    Next week will see the launch of the new top-of-the-line chip in a revamp of Sun's core Unix server line, News.com has learned.

  • Nortel to tighten fiscal belt

    Nortel Networks said it is eyeing more cost cuts to hit profit targets as investors wait to see up-to-date earnings for the telecommunications gear maker.

  • Phone battery flames injure teen

    A Kyocera Wireless 2325 mobile phone caused "fist-size flames" that injured a California teenager earlier this week, a fire investigator said Friday.

  • Nokia licences payments from RIM rival

    Mobile phone giant Nokia has agreed to license patents from holding company NTP, despite Research In Motion's recent challenge to their validity in an appellate court.

  • StarOffice scores Canadian win

    Sun Microsystems has recruited one of its biggest customers yet for its StarOffice software, signing a contract with the Ontario Ministry of Education covering 2.5 million students.

  • Canada weighs in on Oracle's takeover bid

    Oracle's hostile bid for PeopleSoft is currently under review by Canadian antitrust regulators, adding yet another antitrust hurdle for the database-software maker to jump.

  • In privacy debate, tech has two faces

    Although modern technology created many of society's most pressing threats to privacy, a group of researchers is out to prove that it is also the greatest defender of civil liberties.

  • Why CIOs must adopt IT governance

    Will CIOs be able to maintain the status quo when they are on the hook to improve results while also cutting staff and overall spending.

  • IBM, screensaver to tackle smallpox

    IBM and a host of technology partners are working on software for the US Defense Department that will let the idle time of anyone's computer be devoted to investigate antismallpox drugs, the companies are expected to announce Wednesday.

  • Promoting Web privacy

    The World Wide Web Consortium's Lorrie Cranor urges Webmasters to adopt better privacy regulations. Her message: Now is the time to start acting more responsibly.

  • Is your email really yours?

    A recent case in Canada has highlighted some of the privacy flaws associated with email services.

  • Microsoft beefs up Passport security

    The software giant began notifying Passport users in the past 24 hours of changes that would give them more control over their accounts and increased privacy and security.

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