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Cybercom has signed a contract with UK’s Digital marketing Group regarding sale of Cybercom Group UK, a Cybercom subsidiary.

Google and Yahoo will further delay their controversial search-advertising deal in the face of an ongoing investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice."When we announced our advertising agreement with Yahoo in June we agreed to delay its implementation until October to give regulators time to look at the details," Google said on Friday. "As we are still in conversation with the Department of Justice, we have agreed to a brief delay in implementing the agreement while those discussions continue."The agreement, announced just as Microsoft's acquisition bid for Yahoo was falling apart, will let Yahoo run Google ads with Yahoo's search results and on some Yahoo sites in the U.S. and Canada. Critics have said the deal will hurt competition and lead to higher prices as Google and Yahoo hold the top two market-share positions in search.Google, which has recently stepped up its public statements in support of the deal, argues that prices will remain f

The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to extend a research and development tax credit to U.S. businesses as part of its approval of a giant bailout of the U.S. mortgage industry.The House on Friday voted 263-171 to pass an amended Emergency Economic Stabilization Act after rejecting the bill earlier this week. president George Bush also signed the $700 billion bailout plan Friday.[ For earlier developments in the passage of this credit, see "Update: R&D tax credit stalled." ]The bill included a two-year extension of a research and development tax credit for U.S. businesses that expired at the end of 2007. Several tech companies, including Microsoft and Texas Instruments, had called on Congress to extend the tax credit, saying it helps U.S. businesses invest in R&D and keeps R&D workers in the country.The R&D Tax Coalition, representing the tech, manufacturing, chemical, pharmaceutical, and other industries, praised Congress for extending the tax credit.&

Microsoft will provide hardware partners with media to let their customers downgrade from Windows Vista to Windows XP for six months longer than it originally planned, the company confirmed Friday.The move comes even as Microsoft has just launched a $300 million marketing and advertising campaign to encourage people to buy Windows Vista. The company is also prepping Windows 7, the next client version of the OS, for release in the next 12 to 18 months.[ Pick up tips for avoiding Vista and follow the trail of developments in InfoWorld's "Save Windows XP" campaign. ]Microsoft will give OS disks to OEMs and system builders so customers that purchase Windows Vista Ultimate and Business editions can downgrade to XP Professional if they so choose until July 31, 2009, Microsoft said through its public relations firm.Previously, Microsoft planned to provide the XP recovery disks to partners until Jan. 31, 2009, although there is no deadline for downgrade rights, the company

The only thing that seems clear today is that the United States is in a recession and possibly a bad one. No one is certain what will happen next. Events are changing almost by the hour. How much help will a federal bailout deliver to the nation's financial system, which has been hard-hit by the downturn? Will more financial institutions collapse, and how far down will the stock market go? Will you have a job?What follows is a summary, in the form of an FAQ, about what we know so far about the impact of this crisis on one of the most important of areas in tech, namely, your job.[ Learn more about how the financial crisis is affecting IT and the high-tech industry, plus what IT can do to help, in InfoWorld's special report. ]If you lose your job will you find a new one? It's obviously not going to be easy. The Corporate Executive Board in Washington surveyed 50 CIOs, and nearly 25 percent said they have imposed a hiring freeze, and half said they are cutting spending on consultants and

If your company has traveling employees, bandwidth-hogging applications, a need for speed, or just a desire to keep pace with technology, you're probably thinking about moving to an 802.11n-based wireless networking infrastructure, at least at the network's perimeter.It's inevitable, experts say, and the numbers bear it out. ABI Research, an Oyster Bay, N.Y., market research firm, finds that while 802.11n has only a 2.3 percent penetration rate in North America today, that number will grow exponentially, reaching 19 percent by next year. In large part, that's because the technology is mature, costs have decreased, and it has the flexibility that wireless can't compete with, says Stan Schatt, vice president and research director for wireless connectivity at ABI Research.[ Keep up on the latest networking news with our Networking report newsletter. And discover the top-rated IT products as rated by the InfoWorld Test Center. ]Although the standard isn't fully approved -- it's expected to

Stories of the month - September 2008

WESTPAC has joined the list companies embracing the iPhone but some customers have questioned its approach.

BY next March, Australians will be able to download and keep any song ever recorded thanks to a new Nokia service.

A HANDHELD computer containing secret intelligence documents about terrorism has been stolen through the open window of an MI5 hideout.