IE, Outlook, Word get critical bug fixes ... Supreme Court greenlights HP lawsuit ... First UWB chipsets get certification

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IE, Outlook, Word get critical bug fixes
Microsoft Corp. has released six security updates for its products, fixing critical flaws in Word, Outlook Express, Internet Explorer (IE) and the Kodak image viewer that ships with Windows. ...continue reading 'IE, Outlook, Word get critical bug fixes'

Google brings universal search to Search Appliance
Google Inc. will upgrade its Search Appliance with native support for enterprise content management (ECM) systems like EMC's Documentum, IBM's FileNet, Open Text's LiveLink and Microsoft's SharePoint. ...continue reading 'Google brings universal search to Search Appliance'

Supreme Court lets HP lawsuit move forward
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied an appeal by Hewlett-Packard Co. to dismiss a class-action lawsuit against Compaq Computer Corp., which HP acquired in 2002. ...continue reading 'Supreme Court lets HP lawsuit move forward'

Canonical chases deal to ship Ubuntu server OS
Canonical Ltd., the company that supports Ubuntu Linux, is trying to work out a deal with hardware vendors such as Dell Inc. to make Ubuntu available preinstalled on servers. ...continue reading 'Canonical chases deal to ship Ubuntu server OS
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Google buys Finnish social-networking company
Google Inc. continued its acquisition spree with the purchase of Jaiku Ltd., a Finnish company that offers a social-networking service similar to Twitter. ...continue reading 'Google buys Finnish social-networking company'

AT&T buys high-speed wireless spectrum
AT&T Inc. has agreed to buy 12MHz of high-speed wireless spectrum from Aloha Partners LP for $2.5 billion, the company announced Tuesday. ...continue reading 'AT&T buys high-speed wireless spectrum'

Google delivers ad-supported video clips via AdSense
Web publishers that participate in Google Inc.'s AdSense ad distribution network will now be able to make money by offering ad-supported video clips from Google's YouTube video sharing site. ...continue reading 'Google delivers ad-supported video clips via AdSense'

3Com waiting for details of Bain/Huawei acquisition bid
Senior 3Com Corp. executives are waiting for the full terms of a US$2.2 billion acquisition bid to be made public, as several important details affecting the company's future remain unclear. ...continue reading '3Com waiting for details of Bain/Huawei acquisition bid'


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Work computers and porn: Two great tastes that don't go together
Ohio state legislator Matthew Barrett came to a high school civics class to explain how a bill becomes a law, but his presentation began with an image of a naked woman. He claims that the memory stick he used was "a gift" and that he had "no idea" how the dirty pictures got on there. But he's in better shape than motivational speaker Michael Fortino, who brought his laptop into Best Buy to have it fixed -- with its cache of child pornography still on the hard drive. ...continue reading 'Two great tastes that don't go together'

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