SAP admits to 'inappropriate downloads' in Oracle case

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News: SAP admits to 'inappropriate downloads' in Oracle case
News: Hackers make progress towards unlocking iPhone
News: YouTube coming to LG cell phones
News: Sony patents liquid airbag
News: AOL's AIM update alert bothers upgrade holdouts
News: Massachusetts adds Open XML to open formats list
News: EU, US passenger data sharing deal under scrutiny
News: BSA raises reward to $1 million for reports of piracy
iPhone Watch: Report: Parallel importers promise iPhone coming to China
iPhone Watch: Two days after iPhone launch, AT&T EDGE goes down
iPhone Watch: Hopeful iPhone users suffer delays
ITWhirled: Hacker jerk threatens to ruin Harry Potter fun for everyone


NEWS UPDATES

SAP admits to 'inappropriate downloads' in Oracle case
Responding to a lawsuit filed by Oracle Corp. earlier this year, SAP AG admitted on Tuesday that its TomorrowNow division in the U.S. made some "inappropriate downloads" from an Oracle Web site but said SAP never had access to the material.


Hackers make progress towards unlocking iPhone
Efforts to unlock Apple Inc.'s iPhone continued on Monday, with hackers claiming "very significant progress."

For more iPhone news, see iPHONE WATCH below.


YouTube coming to LG cell phones
The ability to view and upload videos to YouTube is coming to some LG Electronics Inc. cell phones later this year.


Sony patents liquid airbag
Sony has filed for a U.S. patent on a liquid airbag for electronics - in particular, for hard disks. The idea is that the electronics will be wrapped in a fluid-filled bag so if the outer case suffers a shock, the liquid acts as a cushion.


AOL's AIM update alert bothers upgrade holdouts
Some AIM users are angry about a recent alert message AOL LLC displays on their screens urging them to upgrade to the newest version of the instant messaging software.


Massachusetts adds Open XML to open formats list
Microsoft Corp. has achieved a small victory in its effort to make Open XML an open technology standard. Massachusetts, the U.S. state that has mandated the use of open technology formats in its government agencies, has put the specification on its list of possible standards that can be used for documents, according to a document on its Web site.


EU, US passenger data sharing deal under scrutiny
Critics of last week's agreement allowing European passengers' personal data to be shared with U.S. authorities have just under a month to reshape the accord before it comes into force, said Stavros Lambrinidis, vice president of the European Parliament's civil liberties committee Monday.


BSA raises reward to $1 million for reports of piracy
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has temporarily raised the reward that's part of controversial program encouraging people to report software piracy from US$200,000 to $1 million, the trade group announced Monday.


iPHONE WATCH

Report: Parallel importers promise iPhone coming to China
Parallel importers have promised a small quantity of Apple Inc.'s iPhone is headed to China, likely arriving in the next day or two, according to an online report.


Two days after iPhone launch, AT&T EDGE goes down
IPhone users across the U.S. were complaining Monday that AT&T Inc.'s wireless data network was down.


Hopeful iPhone users suffer delays
After standing in line for hours on Friday to buy the new Apple Inc. iPhone, some users were forced to wait even longer to activate the phones, while others found the store shelves empty and will have to wait another week for their phones to arrive in the mail.


ITWHIRLED

Hacker jerk threatens to ruin Harry Potter fun for everyone
A hacker known only as "Gabriel" claims to have acquired a copy of the final Harry Potter book; if that's true, he's posted a major spoiler on his site. He openly admits his vendetta against millions of Potter-lovers everywhere: "We make this spoiler to make reading of the upcoming book useless and boring."