Microsoft's Top Visionary Sees A Parallel World
Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, is sure he has a good handle on where technology is going. When is another story.

Euro Microsoft Antitrust Judge Hopes Decision Won't Spook Investors
The chief judge in the European Microsoft antitrust case said in his first public comments on the decision he hopes the ruling in the case won't discourage investors.

IBM Buys 'Strong' Identity Management Software Firm
Encentuate will be integrated with the elements of the Tivoli Access Manager suite, and the acquisition lets IBM expand its R&D facilities in Singapore.

Brain Fitness Seen As Hot Industry Of The Future
The size of the U.S. market for brain stimulation products more than doubled between 2005 and 2007 to $225 million, according to a new report.

Oracles Certifies Nokia Products
The collaboration is a blend of CRM, database software, and wireless intended to save money and increase operational efficiency.

New Futures Exchange Takes a Name: ELX Electronic Liquidity Exchange
The consortium forming a new futures exchange unveiled a brand name and reached out to technology partners to provide market access.

YouTube Releases Updated APIs
The company also announced that TiVo users will be able to access YouTube videos directly through their TVs later this year.

Apple iPod Sparks Prompt Japan Safety Investigation
An iPod Nano gave off sparks while being recharged in Japan in January, Japan's trade ministry said, prompting a safety investigation.

Premiere Global Uses Appcelerator To Speed Web App Development
The platform introduces Web Expression Language to give standard HTML elements on a Web page the ability to send and receive messages from an Internet server.

Hulu Makes Public Debut, Adds Warner Bros Shows
The site will offer full-length episodes of more than 250 TV series from current hits such as The Simpsons as well as older shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

MarketAxess Diversifies with Acquisition of Greenline Financial Technology
MarketAxess Dives into FIX-Messaging Technology to Grow E-Trading

Google Finalizes $3.1 Billion DoubleClick Acquisition
The decision ends almost a year of uncertainty surrounding the deal, which gained an EU stamp of approval Tuesday.

Google To Hold Web 2.0 Developer Event
Google says its I/O event in San Francisco will cover faster and better paths to developing successful Web applications.

Yahoo Opens Search Lab In Israel
Ronny Lempel, an expert in information organization and retrieval, will head the Haifa lab and will work on developing a new approach to Web search.

Oracle Takes On Salesforce, Expands Web Offerings
Oracle said Tuesday it has created Web-based software designed to help salespeople win more business, its latest attempt to overtake Salesforce.com.

Gov. Spitzer-Linked Madam Also Provided Web Design Services
A defendant in the case also operates a business services firm called QAT Consulting Group that offers outsourced Web design and online marketing services.

EU Approves Google's Buy Of DoubleClick
Google won unconditional approval from the European Commission on Tuesday to buy rival Web advertiser DoubleClick for $3.1 billion, despite objections from rivals and privacy advocates.

Mozilla Labs Updates Prism Prototype
Prism aims to provide a way for online applications to work outside of the normal browser window, using a subset of browser infrastructure.

Boeing To Appeal $35-Billion Airbus Air-Force Contract
"This is an extraordinary step rarely taken by our company, and one we take very seriously," said Boeing chairman Jim McNerney.

Thieving Third-Party Gmail App Highlights Google Security Worries
A .Net programmer finds G-Archiver steals users' Gmail login details, adding to a growing number of security incidents.

Most Americans Never Read Political Blogs, Harris Poll Finds
Republicans are more likely to find value and accuracy in political blogs than Democrats, a survey of 2,300 U.S. adults revealed.

Microsoft Cuts Xbox 360 Price Up To 20% In Europe
The basic version of the Xbox 360, which includes a 20-GB hard drive and one wireless controller, will drop from about $500 to $400.

Oracle Upgrades Sales Force Software, Analysts Say
Oracle has upgraded its Web-based software designed to help salespeople win more business, its latest attempt to overtake its younger but bigger rival in that field, Salesforce.com.

EU Launches Probe Into U.S. Online Gaming Measures
The European Union launched an investigation on Monday into whether U.S. measures on foreign online gambling companies break international rules.

IBM Hit With $6 Million Software Fraud Suit
Internet retailer Harry & David claims IBM knowingly sold it e-commerce software that violated patents held by NCR and Charles Hill & Associates.

Beatles, iTunes Reportedly Come Together
No official word from either Apple camp as press reports about the Beatles releasing their music through iTunes circulate periodically over the past couple of years.

Google Ad Adjustment Threatens Bloated Web Pages
With Quality Scores, excessively large Web pages, or Web pages served by slow servers, will cost more to advertise.

Amazon Seeks Wine Buyer
The retailer may be getting into online wine sales as the position is for Amazon.com's specialty foods group.

U.S. Military Restricts Google Maps
The DOD took action when Street View images of Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, appeared on Google Maps.

Ballmer Says Catching Google Is Microsoft's Goal
"So it may be my last breath at Microsoft, but we're going to be there, working away, building share," said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at MIX08.

Who Needs IT Experts? Workers Take Control
Industry observers are using the term "consumerization" to describe the phenomenon whereby office workers are less likely to wait for the IT folks to equip them.

Apple iPhone To Support Microsoft Exchange
By licensing Microsoft's ActiveSync protocol, iPhone users will get e-mail, calendaring, and contact items pushed directly to the smartphone.

Novell Exec Slams Deal With Microsoft
Microsoft's commitment to openness was debated at the company's MIX conference in Las Vegas.

Apple Gets $100 Million VC 'iFund' For iPhone
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers puts its money behind iPhone and iPod touch development to coincide with Apple's attack on BlackBerry.

Swiss Bank Abandons Lawsuit Against Wikileaks
The wiki had posted financial documents it said proved tax evasion by Bank Julius Baer's clients.

EMobiStudio's Software To Boost Smartphone Memory
By freeing up unused memory, the company said its MemoryUp Standard Edition increases performance in quick 20-minute bursts.

Thai Monks Warned Not To Flirt On Social Networking Sites
A minister asked Web site operators to monitor monks' participation and kick them off the sites.

IBM 'On Track' To Meet 2010 EPS Goal, CEO Says
IBM Chief Executive Sam Palmisano said Thursday the company is "on track" to meet its earnings target of $10 per share to $11 per share in 2010.

RIM To Bring Will.i.am's Dipdive To BlackBerry
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is partnering with pop artist Will.i.am to help merge social networking and multimedia, in the company's latest move to gain more traction in the consumer retail market.