http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/44/all xx http://www.itworld.com/business/83932/cisco-undervalues-tandberg-investment-firms-say Two investment consulting companies laid out objections to Cisco's US$3 billion offer for Norwegian videoconferencing vendor Tandberg on Friday, saying in an open letter to Cisco and a press interview that the bid undervalues Tandberg. http://www.itworld.com/business/83932/cisco-undervalues-tandberg-investment-firms-say#comments Business Internet Networking News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:40:16 -0500 ITworld staff 83932 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/networking/83930/us-lawmakers-propose-changes-telecom-subsidies Two U.S. lawmakers have proposed legislation that would allow money from a huge fund that subsidizes telephone and mobile service to parts of the U.S. to also go for broadband deployment. http://www.itworld.com/networking/83930/us-lawmakers-propose-changes-telecom-subsidies#comments Government Networking News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:40:05 -0500 ITworld staff 83930 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/83917/an-important-linux-fix It's not often that Linux needs to be fixed, but a recently discovered security problem does deserve your attention. http://www.itworld.com/security/83917/an-important-linux-fix#comments Endpoint security Networking Open Source Operating systems Security Software Analysis kernel Linux Novell null Red Hat Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:43:15 -0500 sjvn 83917 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/networking/83890/ebay-reaches-deal-skype-founders Skype users can breathe easier, now that one of technology's greatest business blunders has been fixed. The outside chance of a Skype shutdown has gone away, messy lawsuits have been resolved, and Skype's founders are back helping run the company. http://www.itworld.com/networking/83890/ebay-reaches-deal-skype-founders#comments Networking Opinion Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:10:05 -0500 ITworld staff 83890 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/83883/droid-launch-draws-tech-savvy-crowd-verizon-store More than 20 people waited in line for the 7 a.m. opening of a Boston-area Verizon Wireless store to buy the new Motorola Droid smartphone. http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/83883/droid-launch-draws-tech-savvy-crowd-verizon-store#comments Hardware Mobile & wireless Networking Personal tech News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:18 -0500 ITworld staff 83883 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/83877/norwegian-isp-doesnt-have-block-pirate-bay-says-court Norwegian ISP Telenor doesn't have to block access to file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, according to a ruling from the district court for Asker and Bærum on Friday. http://www.itworld.com/legal/83877/norwegian-isp-doesnt-have-block-pirate-bay-says-court#comments Legal Networking News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:05 -0500 ITworld staff 83877 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/83815/atampt-profiles-specific-cities-bid-coverage AT&T has created different mobile calling models for every major city in America as it tries to improve a network that has come under fire for poor performance as the data-friendly iPhone has proliferated, an executive said Thursday. http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/83815/atampt-profiles-specific-cities-bid-coverage#comments Internet Mobile & wireless Networking Personal tech News Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:40:04 -0500 ITworld staff 83815 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/development/83784/palm-shows-ares-webos-development-tool Palm will introduce a Web-based development environment for WebOS applications, called Ares, by the end of this year. http://www.itworld.com/development/83784/palm-shows-ares-webos-development-tool#comments Development Mobile & wireless Networking Personal tech Software News Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:10:37 -0500 ITworld staff 83784 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/83770/ericssons-cto-heads-us Ericsson CTO Håkan Eriksson is moving to Silicon Valley, where he will become the head of the company's Internet Protocol business as well as staying on as its CTO, the company said on Thursday. http://www.itworld.com/business/83770/ericssons-cto-heads-us#comments Business Networking News Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:40:26 -0500 ITworld staff 83770 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/83752/study-calls-us-programs-address-broadband-demand The U.S. government should consider paying broadband providers for signing up subscribers in poor areas in an effort to increase demand for broadband, a new study from a tech-focused think tank recommended. http://www.itworld.com/government/83752/study-calls-us-programs-address-broadband-demand#comments Government Networking News Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:10:25 -0500 ITworld staff 83752 at http://www.itworld.com