Co-chief Jim Balsillie tells San Francisco tech confab he’s confident RIM will increase subscriber numbers.

Reuters - Two former officers of Comverse
Technology Inc. surrendered to FBI agents on Wednesday
as authorities charged them and the software group’s former
chief executive with criminal fraud in a widening U.S.
investigation of corporate stock option manipulation.

TechWeb - Open source developer Linspire launches Freespire 1.0 desktop Linux operating systems.

The Netherlands District Court of Utrecht affirmed the judge's decision in Foundation v. UPC Nederland. The court held that the entertainment industry's evidence in the form of reports generated by RIAA agents on file sharing use was weak and insufficient…

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AFP - The US Justice Department charged three former executives of computer software firm Comverse Technology Inc. with alleged stock options fraud and for running a secret "slush fund."

EPS buy marks company’s first foray into health care management as paperless doctors’ offices gain in popularity.

Edgar Masri, former general manager of network systems unit, aims to lead accelerated company turnaround.

AP - Shares of Cisco Systems Inc. jumped nearly 15 percent Wednesday, a day after the network-equipment maker reported a gain in fiscal fourth-quarter profit and issued a bullish outlook.

Reuters - Two former officers of Comverse
Technology Inc. surrendered to FBI agents on Wednesday
as authorities moved to bring fraud charges against them, as
well as the software group’s co-founder, in a widening
investigation of corporate stock option manipulation.

AP - Three former top executives at Comverse Technology Inc., a leading maker of voicemail software, have been charged in a scheme to manipulate stock options, authorities said Wednesday.

Dishes pick up broadcasts from Miami that Cuban government says are sources of subversive information.

PC Magazine - While praising many of the tactics that Microsoft has employed to increase kernel-level security in existing iterations of its next-generation Vista operating system, Symantec maintains that a small number of loopholes remain that could leave the product open to attack.

Biggest phone maker goes after Qualcomm in U.S. court, continuing dispute over patent licensing.

Judge temporarily halts further review of suit that charges AT&T with illegally letting U.S. monitor phone calls, e-mails.

AP - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday released 12 security fixes for its Windows operating system and Office business software.

The social naivete of “Do No Evil” has given way to the financial reality of “Screw the Customer”. The more people scream about privacy and rights, the more they're invaded. The FTC worries about a P2P user accidentally sharing one's…

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AP - Matrix Partners is investing $13.8 million in Digium Inc., the creator and coordinator of Asterisk, a popular open-source software platform for business phone systems that’s based on Linux and Internet Protocol.

PC Magazine - Many CIOs are now implementing Linux and open-source software as policy within their organizations, a sign of how deeply those technologies have penetrated the enterprise, analysts say.

Startup Skyrider has raised $8 million from Sequoia Capital and Charles River Ventures. The company was started in 2003 and spent a full year in stealth development. The company's press release is a P2P primer. It says little about the…

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I read Dylan Tweney's comments on The Long Tail. The hype over the Tail, which is now a book, is little different from that during the meteoric days of the Net several years ago. Yes, the web has brought publishing…

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Sprint Nextel says the high-speed wireless data network will be faster and more cost-effective.
Photos: Sprint CEO bets big on WiMax

AP - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday released 12 security fixes for its Windows operating system and Office business software.

TechWeb - Account Reconciliation is software that eases the reconciliation process

Cable TV provider says it also may restate prior financial reports; irregularities found in past stock option grants.

PC Magazine - Of the 12 vulnerabilities reported by the software maker, nine were identified as critical issues, including problems in Explorer, Outlook Express and PowerPoint.

The settlement brings to a close the latest squabble over the two companies’ technology rights.

PC Magazine - The Redmond software maker is seeking ways to make amends to its business customers who are covered by volume-license agreements and who have been negatively impacted by the multiple delays in Windows Vista and Microsoft Office.

PC Magazine - Analysts predict that open source software vs. proprietary software will be a battle worth watching at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, opening next week in San Francisco.

PC World - Mylo device operates on 802.11b networks, and includes IM and VoIP software.

TechWeb - The speech-recognition software will become part of Office Communications Server 2007, due for release in mid-2007.