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Apple patches 8 critical flaws in Quicktime

Cisco debuts unified communications platform

Centralised identity management can help curb the insider threat

Microsoft wins a round in Alcatel-Lucent patent dispute

Computer trading snags put Wall Street on edge

Inside Second Life's data centres

FCC grants full phone rights to VoIP

Furore after YouTube pulls line dance video

Microsoft boosts size of Xbox memory unit

Survey shows mobile carriers do poor job selling smartphones

Sony mends fences with Immersion

Alltel emerges as an acquisition target

American Airlines outsources HR to IBM

Palm speculation builds as its share price rises

Avaya release targets promise of 'Telephony 2.0'

BizTalk tackles business process improvement for small business

Tuesday, 6th March 2007

Headlines

	Apple patches 8 critical flaws in Quicktime
	Cisco debuts unified communications platform
	Centralised identity management can help curb the insider threat
	Microsoft wins a round in Alcatel-Lucent patent dispute
	Computer trading snags put Wall Street on edge
	Inside Second Life's data centres
	FCC grants full phone rights to VoIP
	Furore after YouTube pulls line dance video
	Microsoft boosts size of Xbox memory unit
	Survey shows mobile carriers do poor job selling smartphones
	Sony mends fences with Immersion
	Alltel emerges as an acquisition target
	American Airlines outsources HR to IBM
	Palm speculation builds as its share price rises
	Avaya release targets promise of 'Telephony 2.0'
	BizTalk tackles business process improvement for small business

Tim Lohman,
Editor

This afternoon, Cisco has a made a bid to jump-start the adoption of unified communications technologies with the launch of its Unified Communications system 6.0.

Also making news, several days after a jury ordered Microsoft to pay US$1.5 billion in damages to Alcatel-Lucent for infringing patents pertaining to MP3 audio technology, a US federal judge has dismissed a related suit.

Mail your comments on this afternoon’s news:

editor@itnews.com.au

Breaking News

Security

Apple patches 8 critical flaws in Quicktime
Apple has issued a collection of 8 security updates for both the OS X and Windows versions of its QuickTime multimedia software.
By Shaun Nichols

Convergence

Cisco debuts unified communications platform
Enterprises get bundled presence, IM and mobile communications options on latest version of Cisco telephony server.
By Staff writers

Security

Centralised identity management can help curb the insider threat
More than 64 percent of the 627 IT pros surveyed by Ponemon say their companies use identity and access management technology, but few respondents have centralized systems.
By Staff writers

Convergence

Microsoft wins a round in Alcatel-Lucent patent dispute
A judge tosses one of five claims pertaining to speech recognition, but the fight isn't over.
By Staff writers

Finance

Computer trading snags put Wall Street on edge
Can last week's glitch-aided market collapse happen again? It's still early days for stock market automation.
By Staff writers

Hardware

Inside Second Life's data centres
As Second Life strains to keep up with recent popularity, <i>InformationWeek</i> looks at the real-world technology foundations of the make-believe world, and developer Linden Lab's plans to stay on top of growth..
By Staff writers

Telco/ISP

FCC grants full phone rights to VoIP
Ruling says VoIP services have same access rights as phone providers.
By Shaun Nichols

Internet

Furore after YouTube pulls line dance video
Digital rights group jumps into fray over 'Electric Slide' clips.
By Shaun Nichols

Hardware

Microsoft boosts size of Xbox memory unit
The new offering is eight times bigger than the current memory unit and is expected to have a retail price in North America of US$49.99.
By Staff writers

Telco/ISP

Survey shows mobile carriers do poor job selling smartphones
MarketStar surveyed 300 users and discovered that only one-third got a sales pitch for a smartphone from a salesperson in a carrier-owned retail store.
By Staff writers

Government/Law

Sony mends fences with Immersion
Japanese giant to pay US$150.3m in new licensing deal.
By Shaun Nichols

Convergence

Alltel emerges as an acquisition target
Several competitors are eyeing the fifth-largest wireless company in number of subscribers for its growing strategic value.
By Staff writers

IT Services

American Airlines outsources HR to IBM
The agreement worth US$217 million covers the airline's US and Canadian employees.
By Staff writers

Finance

Palm speculation builds as its share price rises
Treo smartphone maker Palm could bring a buyer a decade's worth of digital
assistant design and mobile phone know-how, but at a hefty price for a company no longer viewed as cutting edge.
By Staff writers

Convergence

Avaya release targets promise of 'Telephony 2.0'
Addition of ESB and event processor makes it easier to add telephony services to enterprise business processes.
By Staff writers

Applications

BizTalk tackles business process improvement for small business
Microsoft hopes improvements coming later this year will expand BizTalk's current portfolio of 6,500 customers..
By Staff writers