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ITworld.com Wrap-Up
September 19, 2007
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In this issue:

* EC backs funding to salvage Galileo GPS project
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* SAP charts new waters with hosted ERP
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* Metrics that matter: How malware tries to steal your money
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* Germany will get iPhone on Nov. 9 too
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* EC's Kroes slams DOJ reaction to Microsoft ruling
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* Cisco fleshes out Microsoft cooperation
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* Report: VA's IT security still needs work
http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a171245a428998256a6

* Is HP reining in orders for Q3 and Q4?
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* Acer, Gateway deal gains U.S. antitrust approval
http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a171245a428998256a7

* Google tests interactive ads service
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* Fujitsu makes SAAS acquisition in U.S.
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* Gadget giveaway - Swiss Army USB
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* Classical music doesn't make tots smarter
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TOP STORY
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EC backs funding to salvage Galileo GPS project
http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a171245a428998256a10

The European Commission Wednesday proposed taking on the entire €3.4
billion ($4.7 billion) cost of creating Galileo, Europe's answer to GPS.

"Galileo will make money, and with the E.U. as its owner, it will
generate income for the E.U. budget," said transport commissioner
Jacques Barrot at a press conference Wednesday.


IN THE NEWS
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SAP charts new waters with hosted ERP
http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a171245a428998256a2
SAP AG is stepping into uncharted waters with the launch of its hosted
business applications service on Wednesday. The move will give it a head
start over Microsoft Corp. and other rivals, but could also mean SAP
learns the hard way that offering hosted ERP on a wide scale is
difficult to do.

Metrics that matter: How malware tries to steal your money
http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a171245a428998256a3
Two senior security veterans from Trend Micro Inc. are trying to get the
industry to change how it classifies malicious software. They argue that
today's classification system, which tends to focus on the technical way
the software works, neglects a far more important metric that matters
more to users: how it tries to steal your money.

Germany will get iPhone on Nov. 9 too
http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a171245a428998256a4
Apple Inc. has partnered with network operator T-Mobile to introduce the
iPhone in Germany on Nov. 9, the companies announced on Wednesday.

EC's Kroes slams DOJ reaction to Microsoft ruling
http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a171245a428998256a12
European Union Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes has slammed
comments from the U.S. Department of Justice about Monday's European
court ruling on an antitrust judgment against Microsoft Corp.

Cisco fleshes out Microsoft cooperation
http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a171245a428998256a11
Cisco Systems Inc.'s highly publicized cooperation with Microsoft Corp.
on unified communications will focus on sharing presence information as
well as on voice mail, Web conferencing and other areas, a Cisco
executive said Tuesday.

Report: VA's IT security still needs work
http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a171245a428998256a6
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has made some progress since a
May 2006 data breach, but it has not completed 20 of 22 recommendations
from an internal auditor, according to a report released Wednesday.

Is HP reining in orders for Q3 and Q4?
http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a171245a428998256a9
Although a report indicates the world's largest PC vendor may be cutting
back on some orders to PC manufacturers for the third and fourth
quarters of this year, an executive at the company said the problem
isn't in laptop PCs.

Acer, Gateway deal gains U.S. antitrust approval
http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a171245a428998256a7
Acer Inc.'s planned $710 million acquisition of U.S. PC vendor Gateway
Inc. won antitrust approval in the U.S. as the clock struck midnight
Monday, Gateway said.

Google tests interactive ads service
http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a171245a428998256a8
Google Inc. is testing a new advertising format that it hopes will make
people spend more time looking at ads online, and even embed them in
their own Web sites.

Fujitsu makes SAAS acquisition in U.S.
http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a171245a428998256a1
Fujitsu Consulting in the U.S. has bought Okere, a New York-based
consultancy and software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider.


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iPhone to go on sale in the UK ... Intel reaffirms 32-nm chip plans ...
Google loses more ground in China

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GADGET GIVEAWAY
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ITWHIRLED
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In utero Mozart not such a great idea after all
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Are you pregnant and dreading the hours you need to spend playing
classical music to your belly so that your kid will get into that
exclusive preschool? Well, rejoice! It turns out that the fabled IQ
bump from listening to classical music as an infant (or in utero) only
really amounts to one or two IQ points -- and only really appears to
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