TechWeb - The 7.04 server and desktop edition includes a Java boost from Sun Microsystems and a vote of confidence from PC magnate Michael Dell.

TechWeb - IBM will operate and support Royal & SunAlliance's entire IT infrastructure, including its mainframe and midrange servers, desktop PCs, and e-business systems.

TechWeb - To take full advantage of the capabilities that multicore processors offer, companies need to make sure that their applications are multithreaded.

TechWeb - Managers take more vacation time than their underlings, but they're also tethered to the office by their BlackBerrys and cell phones.

TechWeb - The applets allow for customized Web applications like a map-based sales tracker or a clock that shows the local time at branch locations.

Reuters - A massive service outage of Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry e-mail that frustrated thousands of users across North America earlier this week was caused by a noncritical software upgrade, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Thursday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A massive service outage of Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry e-mail that frustrated thousands of users across North America earlier this week was caused by a 'non-critical' software upgrade, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Thursday.

AP - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. had a disastrous first quarter, incurring a loss twice as large as analysts expected. However, investors forgave the struggling chipmaker, sending the company's already-depressed shares higher on signs a fierce price battle with Intel Corp. was waning and management is getting serious about cutting costs.

AP - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. said an insufficiently tested software update at the company's network data center was the cause of a service outage this week that left millions of users without wireless e-mail access.

Reuters - A massive service outage of Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry e-mail that frustrated thousands of users across North America earlier this week was caused by a "non-critical" software upgrade, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Thursday.

AP - It was inevitable that the online video world would offer its take on a crime glimpsed as it unfolded most dramatically via a cell phone camera, carried out by a student who put together a CD-ROM of his manifesto and mailed it to a TV news network.

InfoWorld - The addition of a new software routine caused the multi-hour failure of Research in Motion's Blackberry messaging service in North America earlier this week, the company said Friday.

AFP - Sony Ericsson, which makes mobile telephones, reported a leap in first-quarter profits on Friday owing to a 63-percent surge in the number of telephones sold.

AFP - SAP, the world's leading maker of business software, said on Friday that earnings rose strongly in the first three months of the current year, even if the increase fell short of expectations.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A massive service outage of BlackBerry e-mail devices earlier this week resulted from a new storage feature that was not sufficiently tested, device maker Research In Motion said.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retail chain Circuit City and Web music service Napster said on Friday they would jointly offer a subscription service with access to millions of songs, the latest effort to compete with Apple Inc.'s popular iTunes music store.

Reuters - A massive service outage of BlackBerry e-mail devices earlier this week resulted from a new storage feature that was not sufficiently tested, device maker Research In Motion said.

InfoWorld - Shipments of the XO notebook PC for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project will likely be delayed until the third quarter, the manufacturer said Friday.

Reuters - Retail chain Circuit City and Web music service Napster said on Friday they would jointly offer a subscription service with access to millions of songs, the latest effort to compete with Apple Inc.'s popular iTunes music store.

AFP - SAP, the world's leading maker of business software, said on Friday that earnings rose strongly in the first three months of the current year, even if the increase fell short of expectations.

InfoWorld - MySpace.com has launched a beta of a news site it hopes will bring more advertising revenue to the popular social networking site.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. broadcaster Clear Channel Communications Inc. said on Friday it will sell its television group to Providence Equity Partners Inc. for about $1.2 billion.

AP - It was inevitable that the online video world would offer its take on a crime glimpsed as it unfolded most dramatically via a cell phone camera, carried out by a student who put together a CD-ROM of his manifesto and mailed it to a TV news network.

InfoWorld - An initiative backed by industry giants Intel and Nokia aims to increase the development and use of open source software in mobile phones.

InfoWorld - Google is looking beyond text ads as it seeks to make money from the increasing number of people who are turning to their cell phones to find information, an executive said on Friday.

PC World - An initiative backed by industry giants Intel Corp. and Nokia Corp. aims to increase the development and use of open source software in mobile phones.

PC World - Shipments of the XO notebook PC for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project will likely be delayed until the third quarter, the manufacturer said Friday.

PC World - The addition of a new software routine caused the multi-hour failure of Research in Motion Ltd.'s Blackberry messaging service in North America earlier this week, the company said Friday.

PC World - Global sales of mobile phones, while still buoyant, are growing at a slower rate as the market for first-time owners shrinks, according to market research released Friday by IDC.

InfoWorld - Three U.S. online civil rights groups have filed a complaint asking the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to block Google's planned $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick unless the company agrees to stop tracking its users.

InfoWorld - SAP has posted its financial results following a turbulent quarter for the company, reporting a 10 percent jump in profit on increased sales of its software and support services.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - 'Mobile, mobile, mobile' were the words of Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt this week when asked what technologies are most intriguing to the computer Web search leader.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. broadcaster Clear Channel Communications Inc. said on Friday it will sell its television group to private equity firm Providence Equity Partners Inc. for about $1.2 billion.

NewsFactor - As rumors swirl that Sony is planning price cuts for its PlayStation 3, Nintendo continued to lead the market for next-generation console sales in March with its low-cost Wii.

AP - The Gulf Arab countries may be rich, but when it comes to exploiting technology to be more competitive, they're falling behind rivals in Asia, Europe and Africa.

Reuters - "Mobile, mobile, mobile" were the words of Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt this week when asked what technologies are most intriguing to the computer Web search leader.

AFP - Wipro and Satyam Computer, India's third and fourth-largest software exporters, reported higher fourth-quarter earnings Friday to round off a volatile year marked by the rupee's surge, rising interest rates and galloping wages.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retail chain Circuit City and Web music service Napster said on Friday they will jointly offer a subscription service with millions of songs, the latest effort to compete with Apple Inc.'s iTunes music store.

AP - From the movie-like graphics in the action game 'Gears of War' to the nearly photorealistic racer 'MotorStorm,' video games have come a long way since the bouncing blocks of 'Pong.'

NewsFactor - An "unexpected impact" from a system update was behind the e-mail outage that hit BlackBerry owners earlier this week, according to a statement released Thursday by Research In Motion.

NewsFactor - Over the past year, Mozilla's open-source Firefox browser has been slowly but steadily nibbling away at the overwhelming dominance of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. According to the Web analyst firm Net Applications, Firefox had 15 percent of the browser market in March 2007, five percentage points more than a year ago. All of the increase has come at the expense of Internet Explorer.

InfoWorld - ECM (enterprise content management) software vendors, most recently IBM, are vying to increase their appeal to midsize businesses. While many large enterprises already have solutions provided by EMC, IBM, or FileNet (acquired by IBM last year), some midsize companies have steered away from ECM software as being too expensive and complicated to use.

TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion is making internal changes to ensure that a massive outage of its BlackBerry e-mail service like the one that hit thousands of North American users this week doesn't happen again, its co-chief executive said on Friday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In the rush to explain massacres like the one at Virginia Tech, experts including popular TV psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw dusted off a familiar scapegoat -- violent video games, movies and other media.

Reuters - Research In Motion is making internal changes to ensure that a massive outage of its BlackBerry e-mail service like the one that hit thousands of North American users this week doesn't happen again, its co-chief executive said on Friday.

AP - A consumer group asked the Federal Trade Commission Friday to investigate and block Google Inc.'s proposed $3.1 billion purchase of online advertising firm DoubleClick Inc. unless the companies improve consumer privacy protections.

AP - Online music retailer Napster Inc. said Friday it is teaming up with electronics retail chain Circuit City Stores Inc. to launch a new digital music service.

AP - Cyberspace can be a rough neighborhood, even for the king of beers.

NewsFactor - Yahoo is being sued for allegedly releasing information about Internet use that directly led to the arrest and torture of a Chinese dissident. This is believed to be the first lawsuit against an Internet company for human rights violations.

Reuters - In the rush to explain massacres like the one at Virginia Tech, experts including popular TV psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw dusted off a familiar scapegoat -- violent video games, movies and other media.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In the rush to explain massacres like the one at Virginia Tech, experts including popular TV psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw dusted off a familiar scapegoat -- violent video games, movies and other media.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. broadcaster Clear Channel Communications Inc. said on Friday it will sell its television group to private equity firm Providence Equity Partners Inc. for about $1.2 billion.

InfoWorld - Google Inc. has bought video conferencing software from Marratech AB, a Stockholm-based vendor, and hired the engineers involved with the software, a Google spokesman said Friday.

Reuters - In the rush to explain massacres like the one at Virginia Tech, experts including popular TV psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw dusted off a familiar scapegoat -- violent video games, movies and other media.

Reuters - By now the practice has become old hat: an eagerly anticipated album gets distributed and devoured by MP3 bloggers before it ever hits stores. But when Columbia Records released Beyonce's "B'Day Anthology Video Album" on April 3, it marked a rare instance of a similar phenomenon happening with a music DVD.

InfoWorld - Vertical Computer Systems is suing Microsoft for patent infringement related to Microsoft's .Net framework for building Windows-based software.

NewsFactor - On Thursday, Apple issued a megapatch of bug-fixes for its Mac OS X desktop and OS X server systems. The fixes, 25 in all, are itemized in the company's Security Update 2007-004.