Review: Google's Chrome -- the first true Web 2.0 browser

New Business Objects user group forming
The Americas' SAP Users' Group is starting up a new global community for customers of Business Objects, the BI firm bought by SAP earlier this year.

Judge raps Ellison over missing e-mails
A federal judge has ruled that Oracle CEO Larry Ellison did not properly preserve e-mails tied to a shareholder suit.

Study: IT hiring to rise slightly in Q4
A new survey of U.S. CIOs suggests measurable but soft IT hiring growth in the fourth quarter.

Skills for leading a converged security operation
Chief security officers recommend seeking support from your peers, team-building whenever you can and getting lots of practical experience.

Oracle app dev chief leaves, raising questions on Fusion
Jesper Andersen, Oracle's senior vice president for application development, is leaving the company to run a network management team at Cisco Systems, raising questions about the future of Fusion, Oracle's next-generation applications suite.

Google Chrome at risk from 'carpet bomb' bug
Attackers can use a months-old 'carpet bomb' bug with another flaw to trick Google Chrome browser users into downloading and launching malicious code, security researcher Aviv Raffsaid said.

Comcast appeals FCC's network management order
Comcast appeals an FCC order against its network management practices.

Florida county probes misplaced ballots
Florida's Palm Beach County is investigating why a recount of a local election resulted in more than 3,000 misplaced ballots.

Analyst: AMD may to spin off fab plants this month
Wall Street analyst John Lau predicts that AMD will spin off its chip manufacturing operations by mid-September.

Sprint to launch HTC Touch Diamond next week
Sprint Nextel plans to unveil the HTC Touch Diamond and the HTC Touch Pro, both smart phones running the new Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, next week at the CTIA trade show in San Francisco.

Analyst: AMD may to spin off fab plants this month
Wall Street analyst John Lau predicts that AMD will spin off its chip manufacturing operations by mid-September.

Ex-CA CEO Kumar points to others in accounting coverup
Former CA CEO Sanjay Kumar has made more allegations against board members over a high-profile accounting scandal.

Comcast appeals FCC's network management order
Comcast appeals an FCC order against its network management practices.

Sprint to launch HTC Touch Diamond next week
Sprint Nextel plans to unveil the HTC Touch Diamond and the HTC Touch Pro, both smart phones running the new Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, next week at the CTIA trade show in San Francisco.

ZoooS takes OpenOffice.org to the Web
If its goal of making a dent into Microsoft Office's dominance proves too difficult, ZoooS has a Plan B: to use the its framework to help desktop app vendors take their products online.

Comcast appeals FCC's network management order
Comcast appeals an FCC order against its network management practices.

Upcoming Microsoft patch lineup could be 'massive,' says researcher
Microsoft next Tuesday will ship four security updates to fix critical flaws in Windows, Office, Windows Media Player and other parts of the company's software portfolio.

Dell now selling XP Home ultralight laptop
Dell is now selling a mininotebook that has Windows XP Home preinstalled -- the first time it has had a PC to sell with that operating system since Microsoft retired XP from general service in June.

Florida county probes misplaced ballots
Florida's Palm Beach County is investigating why a recount of a local election resulted in more than 3,000 misplaced ballots.

Upcoming Microsoft patch lineup could be 'massive,' says researcher
Microsoft next Tuesday will ship four security updates to fix critical flaws in Windows, Office, Windows Media Player and other parts of the company's software portfolio.

Red Hat adds to virtualization effort with Qumranet acquisition
Red Hat jumped deeper into the virtualization marketplace with its acquisition of Qumranet for $107 million.

Sun updates xVM virtualization software
Version 2.0 comes with improved performance and platform support, including for 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

ZoooS takes OpenOffice.org to the Web
If its goal of making a dent into Microsoft Office's dominance proves too difficult, ZoooS has a Plan B: to use the its framework to help desktop app vendors take their products online.

New Business Objects user group forming
The Americas' SAP Users' Group is starting up a new global community for customers of Business Objects, the BI firm bought by SAP earlier this year.

EMC, Lenovo offer unlimited SMB backup service
Lenovo introduced an online data backup service, provided by EMC's Mozy division, for its SL line of small-business laptops.

'I'll be back': Vetoed data breach bill goes to Schwarzenegger again
California's legislature has approved an amended version of a closely watched data breach bill that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed last fall, hoping to make it more to his liking.