Jeremy Kirk

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IBM leads year of record patent approvals

IBM Corp. was awarded a record number of U.S. patents in 2006, a year that saw the most patents awarded ever, according to a study.

UK schools advised to hold off on Vista, Office 2007

Microsoft Corp. needs to make a stronger case for U.K. schools to upgrade to Windows Vista and Office 2007 as neither product contains essential new features, according to a report from a British educational advisory group.

NCR to spin off Teradata

NCR Corp. and its Teradata data warehousing division will separate into two publicly-traded companies in a move designed to better focus their respective business strategies, NCR said Monday

Taiwan company sues Apple over lost sales

A Taiwanese manufacturer is suing Apple Computer Inc. for US$100 million after a court ruled it could continue producing a portable music player resembling Apple's iPod Shuffle.

OpenOffice.org patch issued for WMF vulnerability

A flaw in the OpenOffice.org productivity suite was rated as "highly critical" by one security vendor and could be exploited by creating a malicious file in the Windows Metafile (WMF) or Enhanced Metafile (EMF) formats

Trojan worming its way through Skype chat?

Computer security analysts are studying reports of a worm that may be circulating via a feature in Skype Ltd.'s popular VOIP (voice over Internet protocol) service.

Malware quality decreases along with ‘lethal impact’

Over the past six months, the quality of malware has deteriorated along with its ability to cause massive damage

Cops raid IBM’s Moscow office

Police raided IBM Corp.'s Moscow headquarters Wednesday in addition to two other IT suppliers in a US$38.18 million investigation into procurement fraud, government officials said.

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