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Privacy advocates say flap over Real ID Act requirements was the last straw for a bill to overhaul immigration laws. Link To Original Article

Updated post includes corrected net income increase and additional comments from Microsoft. Microsoft on Thursday reported a 13 percent increase in fourth quarter revenue and a 7.3 percent rise in net income, as sales to business customers continued to support longer-term investments in its unprofitable online services and consumer ... Link To Original Article

BusinessWeek Online - More business schools are offering specialized MBA programs. Whether they come in the form of an Executive MBA degree in a particular industry or a separate certificate earned in addition to the MBA, they all have a common aim: to give students a foundation in general management, from basic finance to strategy, and an in-depth knowledge of a particular industry. Link To Original Article

This quarter was all over the map for Advanced Micro Devices. It was just too hard to come up with an quick summary of AMD's fortunes. Overall revenue was up, but AMD didn't have a graphics division this time last year. Profits were horrific, but gross margins improved. ... Link To Original Article

Handset could breach corporate security if adopted before it's put to the test in the consumer market, analyst group says. Link To Original Article

At least from the left, Velocity Micro's new Home Server product looks sharp. (Credit: Velocity Micro) We don't know its name, what it will cost, or even what its right side looks like, but you can add Velocity Micro's new mystery product to the list of others ... Link To Original Article

[/url]AP - Windows Vista attracted most of the hype, but Office 2007 was the sleeper hit that bolstered Microsoft Corp.'s fiscal fourth-quarter results, despite a hefty charge to cover the cost of repairing defective video game consoles. Link To Original Article

AP - Worldwide shipments of personal computers rose strongly in the second quarter due to growing demand in Asia and unexpected strength in the U.S., two research companies reported Wednesday. Link To Original Article

[/url]AP - Already on a tear lately, shares of International Business Machines Corp. got another bounce after the technology company reported a 12 percent jump in quarterly earnings and improved its outlook for the rest of the year. Link To Original Article

AP - The United States is seeking consultations with China over rules on music downloading and cinema rights that appear to discriminate against foreign sound recordings and films, a U.S. trade official said Wednesday. Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - Samsung Electronics is adding video editing and production functions to a new cellphone so users can shoot, edit, and upload videos to Internet video sites without using a PC. Link To Original Article

USATODAY.com - Apple has liberated YouTube from the computer, on big and small screens. The company's elegantly simple Apple TV set-top box ($299 for 50-hour video version; $399 for 200 hours) lets you stream YouTube videos to big-screen TVs wirelessly over a home network. Plus, YouTube is a featured application on the $499 and $599 iPhones. Link To Original Article

Opponents of controversial law win vote in the Senate on Wednesday to restrict uses of the forthcoming digital ID cards, signaling the political winds may have shifted. Link To Original Article

[/url]AP - LG Electronics Inc., South Korea's largest maker of consumer appliances and a major producer of cell phone handsets, said Thursday it swung to a profit in the second quarter on strong sales of appliances and premium mobile phones. Link To Original Article

A common scheme of those hoping to bilk bidders: send e-mails to people who had narrowly lost an auction. Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - With the release of its latest Firefox 2.0.0.5 browser, open-source software maker Mozilla claims to have fixed a number of potentially serious vulnerabilities in its flagship product. Link To Original Article

As senior director for MSN and Windows Live security, Pete Boden heads up a 55-member team that's working on marketing itself inside Microsoft. Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - SAP reported an 8 percent jump in its second-quarter net income on Thursday, helped by a sharp increase in revenue from new software licenses. Link To Original Article

"Paranoids" come in the uppercase and lowercase variety throughout the company. And then there are the superheroes. Link To Original Article

WASHINGTON--It was supposed to be a tame gathering of economists evaluating the marketplace implications of Google's planned $3.1 billion purchase of ad tech firm DoubleClick, but a think tank event here on Wednesday briefly threatened to devolve into yet another Google vs. Microsoft row. It began calmly enough, ... Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - IBM*is revamping part of its sales organization to better target the small-to-medium-sized business (SMB) market. Link To Original Article

As the crew at Google works to make Web 2.0 technologies secure, all kinds of influences, from dogs to Darth Vader, keep things lively at the office. Link To Original Article

Linux specialist Xandros has acquired Scalix, a seller of Linux-based server software for e-mail and calendar management, the companies announced Wednesday. The acquisition expands Xandros' attempt to grow beyond its original roots as a desktop Linux supplier to a seller of a broader range of server products including Linux and ... Link To Original Article

[/url]AP - Shut off the lights and prepare for an entertaining blend of Mafioso-meets-macabre in the new video game "The Darkness" for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Link To Original Article

[/url]AP - These aren't your teenager's social networking sites. Take a spin on MySpace and Friendster and most adults find amusement in the concept and technology, but relatively few practical reasons to keep coming back for more. They've been a boon to a mostly younger set of users looking to meet new friends, find a date, or just generally kill some time online. Link To Original Article