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Apple Drops Price Of MacBook Air

 The price reduction appears to be the result of a drop in the price of the 1.8-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and a reduction in the price of the 64-GB solid-state drive. -  more information

Google Employees Warned Of Data Breach At Benefits Company

 As a precautionary measure, the company is offering to enroll affected employees in Kroll's IDTheftSmart identity and credit protection program for a year. -  more information

Interview With 'Net Pioneer Vint Cerf

 Microsoft is working with Circuit City to offer a consumer software subscription service that includes its Office, Windows Live OneCare, Messenger, and Photo Gallery applications and services. -  more information

'Containers' Out Perform Virtualization For KV Pharmaceuticals

 With a container approach from Parallels' Virtuozzo, memory consumption and processor overhead are reduced through the use of one operating system per host. -  more information

Mobile Music A $7.3 Billion Industry By 2011

 Research firm eMarketer predicts that music sales as a whole will continue to decline, but online and mobile markets will grow rapidly. -  more information

IBM Develops Audio Masking Technology To Protect Call Center Recordings

 Using speech analytics, the technology identifies and masks credit card numbers and other sensitive information in audio recordings. -  more information

IBM Back On Top Of Server Market

 Gartner revised figures for the first quarter, lowering server revenue growth from 4.3% to 2.5% and putting IBM back in first place ahead of HP. -  more information

RIM Gets A Delay In Visto Patent Trial

 In a case that could shut down RIM's network, the judge has granted a stay until the disputed patents are fully reviewed. -  more information

Linspire Chairman Frustrated By Futility Of Desktop Linux, Rebuts Carmony

 Michael Robertson says Microsoft's imposing lead in the desktop market means Linux should look to next-gen devices for growth. -  more information

Forget DSL Or Cable, Broadband Users Want Their Fiber

 Some 4.2 million high-speed Internet users received fiber in the first quarter of 2008 versus 2.5 million who received cable, Point Topic analysts said. -  more information

Adobe's PDF Format Now An International Standard

 The International Organization for Standardization will assume responsibility for publishing specs for the current version, and for updating and developing future versions. -  more information

Nvidia Stock Falls On Lowered Revenue Forecast

 Investors reacted negatively to the graphics chipmaker's revised earnings estimate and the news that it would take up to a $200 million charge for products that failed in notebooks. -  more information

Google Talk Revamped For Apple's iPhone

 In order to accommodate the restrictions that Apple placed on iPhone apps to conserve system resources, this version of Google Talk shuts down if you launch another application. -  more information

Nokia 6220 Smartphone Released

 The Nokia 6220 classic design includes 3G connectivity, compatibility with Microsoft Office applications, Bluetooth capabilities, and a 5-megapixel camera. -  more information

Google Ordered To Release Data On YouTube Users

 The owner of YouTube has to turn over user login IDs, records showing when users watched videos, their IP addresses, and numbers that identify the videos. -  more information

Microsoft Hopes Office Subscription Plan Will Counter Free Software

 Microsoft is counting on Equipt's convenience factor to help it fend off threats from Google, IBM, and others that are offering free desktop productivity suites. -  more information

Three Startups To Solve SaaS Integration Problems

 Boomi, SnapLogic, and Cast Iron are rolling out new offerings designed to help companies integrate software running in the cloud with onsite software. -  more information

Home Broadband Adoption Stalls Among Some Americans

 A recent Pew Internet report finds just 25% of American households with annual incomes of $20,000 or less had broadband connections in their homes. -  more information

Hands-Free Driving Likely To Spur More Voice Recognition

 New rules in California and Washington make the market ripe for improved speech-enabled cell phone applications, a Nuance study suggests. -  more information

Unemployment Rate Holds Steady At 5.5 Percent

 U.S. employers cut workers from their payrolls for a sixth straight month in June for the longest losing streak for the labor market since 2002, and a jump in first-time claims for jobless benefits points to more weakness ahead. -  more information