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USAID has "suspended" a plan to train people in Sri Lanka in outsourcing skills, and says it will review whether this training impacts U.S. jobs, says a lawmaker who opposed the program.

Security experts warned Thursday of a fast-spreading e-mail worm, the first large outbreak of this type in nearly a decade.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has doled out grants worth up to $32 million in total to a pack of universities dedicated to rethinking everything about the Internet from from its core routing system to its security architecture and addressing the emergence of cloud computing and an increasingly mobile society.

Microsoft apologized to customers of its hosted software services for businesses after at least three outages over the past few weeks.

Microsoft apologized to customers of its hosted software services for businesses after at least three outages over the past few weeks.

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Three trade groups representing U.S. businesses have called on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to back away from plans to create formal network neutrality rules, saying new regulations could hurt innovation and development of broadband to rural areas.

SanDisk today said it has entered the set-top box market with its SSDs through a development agreement with middleware company NDS.

Microsoft plans to issue nine security updates to patch 13 bugs in Windows, Office and its Web server software next week.

A Web site specializing in gadget news and reviews reported that Microsoft will formally launch Windows Phone 7 on Oct. 11 at an event in New York.

Proposals in the U.S. Congress that would create new rules for websites collecting personal data would cripple the online advertising and publishing industries, e-commerce trade group NetChoice said Thursday.

A California bill that would make malicious impersonation of other on the Internet a misdemeanor now awaits the signature of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

A California bill that would make malicious impersonation of other on the Internet a misdemeanor now awaits the signature of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Laptops and desktops with Intel's next-generation Core chips will ship early next year, and the chip maker will use its conference next week to highlight the architecture behind the new processors.

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Apple today reversed an earlier decision that barred developers from using rival programming tools, including one that has since been discontinued by Adobe, to build applications for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

According to a recent report from Forrester Research, IT spending in the United States is expected to ramp up in the second half of the year with an estimated 19% increase in computer equipment spending, 11% growth in software spending, 7% hike in communications equipment spending, and 6% uptick in consulting services.

The Android OS comes with a decent stock Web browser, but it lacks many features, such as tabs, text-to-speech, RSS feed subscriptions, and language translation, that are common to desktop browsers. Infinity Web Browser offers these features, but unfortunately, they are poorly executed.

A letter sent to AT&T customers and a news release issued today about wireless network improvements are stoking speculation that the carrier is near the end of its exclusive deal for the Apple iPhone in the U.S.