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Antitrust review of Google-Yahoo deal no surprise News reports this week that the U.S. Department of Justice is formally reviewing a proposed advertising deal between Google and Yahoo came as no surprise to some tech trade groups and advocacy groups based in Washington, D.C. July 3, 2008 12:55 pm PT
Top 10: Coreflood, more Microsoft-Yahoo, iPhone plans A Trojan horse program that has been around for about six years is now being used to steal system-administrator passwords, including those at banking and brokerage houses, according to security researchers. And it could be that six years from now we'll still be talking about Microsoft's aim to buy Yahoo's search business, which could involve obtaining the entire company and breaking it apart. Meanwhile, early adopters will undoubtedly be out in force on July 11 to be among the first to buy the new iPhone 3G. July 3, 2008 12:45 pm PT
Four 'important' Microsoft patches due Tuesday Microsoft will release four security patches for its Windows, Exchange, and SQL products next Tuesday, all rated "important." July 3, 2008 12:30 pm PT
Judge grants RIM a stay in Visto patent trial A federal judge has agreed to put off a trial involving Visto's patent-infringement claims against Research in Motion, but limited RIM's ability to cause further delays. July 3, 2008 12:12 pm PT
Developers satisfied with Apple's enterprise work Apple's focus over the last year or so has been largely on the iPhone, leaving Mac developers who work in the enterprise market to pretty much fend for themselves. And that seems to be just fine for companies in a newly launched Mac enterprise group and even other Mac developers. July 3, 2008 11:33 am PT
Opera patches multiple bugs in flagship browser Opera Software patched the newest version of its flagship browser for the first time Wednesday when it released Opera 9.5.1 to fix several flaws. July 3, 2008 10:16 am PT
Critical vulnerability found in VLC Media Player Security company Secunia has found a flaw in the VLC Media Player that could allow an attacker to gain control of someone's PC. July 3, 2008 8:21 am PT
Nvidia reports problem with laptop chips Nvidia has uncovered a problem with some older graphics chips that shipped in "significant quantities" of laptop PCs, the company said Wednesday. July 3, 2008 6:11 am PT
Krugle enhances code search appliance Krugle plans to ship next week an upgrade to its search appliance for enterprise software development projects, which makes it easier for teams of developers to maintain code.
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Facebook seeks trusted relationships on the 'Net While perhaps best known as a major social networking site in the Web 2.0 vein, Facebook is becoming a popular place to interface with potential customers, similar to what companies such as Scribe and iLike have done. Facebook also is being viewed as a place for enterprise collaboration, with Serena Software leveraging the site for this purpose. To get perspective on Facebook, InfoWorld Editor at Large Paul Krill recently spoke with Aditya Agarwal, Facebook director of engineering. Agarwal formerly worked in the Oracle server technologies division.
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Hands on with Asus's Eee PC 901 and 1000 Taiwan's Asustek Computer (Asus), the leader of the mini-notebook category due to its early launch of the Eee PC, launched two new models of the family last month, the 901 and 1000, the first Eee PCs that use Intel's Atom microprocessor. July 3, 2008 4:49 am PT
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