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Build a three-screen workstation for $230 or less

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Business Objects users angry over online support shift by SAP
SAP switched Business Objects users to its own online support site this month, six months after buying the BI vendor. But many of the affected users haven't been able to access the SAP site.

Microsoft buys Zoomix to add data quality to SQL Server
Data-quality software helps automate the process of ensuring that data being entered and stored -- and later mined for decision-making -- is the most accurate.

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Study: IT jobs will drop in 2009
CIOs plan sharp reductions in contract staff, professional services and hardware, and almost no investment in cloud computing, according to a Goldman Sachs survey.

Where everyone works at home
Chorus, a provider of clinical, practice management and financial software for health care providers, closed its Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., headquarters in early June and its other office, in Stafford, Texas, in early July. That means all of the company's 35 employees and full-time consultants now work at home. Here's how Chorus does it.

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Microsoft adds workflow to cloud-based SOA platform
In an open beta stage for almost a year, BizTalk Services acts as a hosted service bus for connecting applications across the Internet.

Google offers Android updates only to challenge winners
A Google employee's accidental e-mail reveals that updated Android software development kits have been offered to winners of a coding contest, while the broader community of developers has been complaining about a lack of SDK updates.

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Samsung, Sun jointly develop NAND flash memory chip
Samsung this week unveiled a flash memory chip that it jointly developed with Sun Microsystems.

AT&T muffs free iPhone Wi-Fi offer again
AT&T, for the second time, has mistakenly announced free access for iPhone owners to its 17,000 wireless hot spots.

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U.S. Air Force lets Web 2.0 flourish behind walls
Blogs, wikis and personal profiles promote information sharing, but some fear they could jeopardize operational security.

Pentagon's IT unit seeks to borrow tech ideas from Google, Amazon, other companies
IT staffers from the Defense Information Systems Agency are visiting various companies to see how they're deploying and using technology, including cloud computing systems.

MANAGEMENT / more stories...

Study: IT jobs will drop in 2009
CIOs plan sharp reductions in contract staff, professional services and hardware, and almost no investment in cloud computing, according to a Goldman Sachs survey.

Major investor agrees to back Yahoo board
Legg Mason announced that it plans to back Yahoo's proposed slate of directors over the candidates backed by fellow investor Carl Icahn.

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RIM fixes critical BlackBerry Enterprise Server bug
Research In Motion patched a critical bug in its BlackBerry Enterprise Server to stymie hackers trying to break into company networks by tricking users of the smart phone into opening rigged PDFs.

Wormlike malware transcodes MP3s to try to infect PCs
A new variety of malicious software could pose a danger to those who download music files on peer-to-peer networks.

NETWORKING & INTERNET / more stories...

Study: IT jobs will drop in 2009
CIOs plan sharp reductions in contract staff, professional services and hardware, and almost no investment in cloud computing, according to a Goldman Sachs survey.

Google to buy Russian online ad firm for $140M
Google has signed a deal to buy Russian online ad firm ZAO Begun for $140 million.

OPERATING SYSTEMS / more stories...

Wormlike malware transcodes MP3s to try to infect PCs
A new variety of malicious software could pose a danger to those who download music files on peer-to-peer networks.

Microsoft online business flags despite overall revenue rise
Microsoft's revenue rose 18% for both its fiscal 2008 fourth quarter and for the year, but the company's Online Services Business continues to falter.

SECURITY / more stories...

RIM fixes critical BlackBerry Enterprise Server bug
Research In Motion patched a critical bug in its BlackBerry Enterprise Server to stymie hackers trying to break into company networks by tricking users of the smart phone into opening rigged PDFs.

Wormlike malware transcodes MP3s to try to infect PCs
A new variety of malicious software could pose a danger to those who download music files on peer-to-peer networks.

SERVERS & DATA CENTER / more stories...

Study: IT jobs will drop in 2009
CIOs plan sharp reductions in contract staff, professional services and hardware, and almost no investment in cloud computing, according to a Goldman Sachs survey.

Samsung, Sun jointly develop NAND flash memory chip
Samsung this week unveiled a flash memory chip that it jointly developed with Sun Microsystems.

SOFTWARE / more stories...

Major investor agrees to back Yahoo board
Legg Mason announced that it plans to back Yahoo's proposed slate of directors over the candidates backed by fellow investor Carl Icahn.

Mainframe sales, strong overseas market buoy IBM earnings
IBM reported strong second-quarter earnings that topped analyst expectations and were helped by strong demand overseas and by sales of its mainframes.

STORAGE / more stories...

Samsung, Sun jointly develop NAND flash memory chip
Samsung this week unveiled a flash memory chip that it jointly developed with Sun Microsystems.

Dublin Airport radar system brought down by faulty network card
A faulty network card brought Dublin Airport to a halt last week, delaying numerous flights.

With the opening of Apple's App Store, the iPhone takes a revolutionary leap from cool mobile phone to hot mobile platform. See our list of apps you should definitely check out for yourself.
Its motto is "Don't be evil" — but it looks like anything and everything else imaginable is pretty much fair game — not to mention some wildly rumored projects that we asked the company to confirm or deny.
The talk at three big research houses is all about "open innovation." Is that a feel-good catchphrase or the R&D strategy of the future?
After months of waiting for a 3G-based iPhone — and hours waiting in line to actually buy one — Ryan Faas says it "packs quite a punch, both in its design and in the 3G and GPS capabilities" it offers.
Reviews, analyses, how-tos, visual tours, hot issues and predictions about Microsoft's new OS.
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