Activision poised to score with Guitar Hero 3 (Reuters)

Activision Inc is set to launch "Guitar Hero 3" amid expectations that the latest installment of its music-themed franchise will be a platinum hit for the second-biggest U.S. video game publisher.

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BEA Systems to Oracle: Let’s Make a Deal (Red Herring)

BEA Systems is willing to talk turkey, the board signaled Thursday.

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A First Tussle With Linux's iPhone Killer: The OpenMoko Neo1973 (Wired)

The Neo1973 is the first physical manifestation of a grand idea -- a new breed of wireless handheld built for the open-source age.

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Slideshow: 6 Key Skills CIOs Seek in Entry-Level Workers (CIO Insight)

Entry-level IT pros need more than tech savvy; they must possess soft skills to survive in today's business climate.

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VM Security Risks: Phantom or Menace? (eWeek)

Virtual machines are threatening to crack the walls of data centers with a host of potential security threats—nothing that's been publicly exploited yet but a fact that's borne out by a slew of vulnerabilities patched over the past seven months by major virtualization vendors VMware, Microsoft and XenSource.

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Gmail delivers a knockout punch: IMAP changes the "freemail" game (Ars Technica)

Google has sweetened its e-mail offerings by rolling out IMAP capabilities in all Gmail accounts, and for free. While casual users may not look twice, the addition makes Google's software-as-a-service much more attractive to businesses looking for easy e-mail solutions.

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