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TODAY ON iTnews.com.au:    Apple, Samsung and SanDisk hit by MP3 patent claim   Microsoft says Google success was 'wake-up call'   Dell on the decline   Lenovo to cut 1,000 jobs   VMware blasts Microsoft's virtualisation licensing policies   Chinese boffins develop remote control pigeons   Intel opens fourth 45nm fab   Nintendo Wii dominates console wars   Server sales break dotcom boom record   Nanotech could revolutionise global healthcare   Smart malware injects spam into messages   Wireless driving European home security sector   Appro workstation ships with 128GB of Ram   Carrier Ethernet switch and IP router sales surge   Siemens delivers SIP-based Wi-Fi/GSM in single handset
Wednesday, 28th February 2007
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Tim Lohman,
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 This afternoon, the success of Google served as a "wake-up call" for Microsoft to the financial power of Web advertising, Microsoft's chief technologist has said.

Also making news, Apple, Samsung and SanDisk have been slapped with a patent infringement lawsuit over the companies' portable media players.

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Government/Law
Apple, Samsung and SanDisk hit by MP3 patent claim
Portable heavyweights accused of violating design patent.
By Shaun Nichols


Applications
Microsoft says Google success was 'wake-up call'
The success of Google served as a "wake-up call" for Microsoft to the financial power of Web advertising, Microsoft's chief technologist said on Tuesday.
By Staff Writers


Finance
Dell on the decline
Dell plans to report its fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday, and it will show the PC giant in decline.
By Edward Moltzen


Jobs Centre
Lenovo to cut 1,000 jobs
Lenovo attempt to cut costs as price competition remains intense.
By Reuters


Applications
VMware blasts Microsoft's virtualisation licensing policies
VMware slammed Microsoft's virtualisation licensing policies, VHD format and Virtualisation APIs as restrictive and anti-competitive. Microsoft disagrees.
By Paula Rooney


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Research/Trends
Chinese boffins develop remote control pigeons
Bush requests billions for anti-guano defences.
By Iain Thomson


Hardware
Intel opens fourth 45nm fab
'Scary amount of x86 capacity' signals escalation in chip price war.
By Tom Sanders


Hardware
Nintendo Wii dominates console wars
Third of US and Japanese homes will have a Wii by 2011, say analysts.
By Staff Writers


Hardware
Server sales break dotcom boom record
Sun and Itanium servers shine in 2006.
By Tom Sanders


Government/Law
Nanotech could revolutionise global healthcare
Impact likely to be most profound in developing world.
By Robert Jaques


Security
Smart malware injects spam into messages
Trojan scans outgoing messages before embedding spam content.
By Shaun Nichols


Security
Wireless driving European home security sector
Market has high growth potential, according to Frost & Sullivan.
By Robert Jaques


Hardware
Appro workstation ships with 128GB of Ram
XtremeWorkstation offers two to four AMD Opteron 8000 processors.
By Clement James


Convergence
Carrier Ethernet switch and IP router sales surge
But investment in ATM falls through the floor.
By Robert Jaques


Telco/ISP
Siemens delivers SIP-based Wi-Fi/GSM in single handset
Unified communications possible thanks to a single phone number and voicemail and roaming across wireless LAN and cellular networks.
By Staff writers
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