SMB Tech News Today; 4/13

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Apr 13, 20071 min

* IBM teaming to get into hosted apps. IBM is teaming up with mid-sized Indian hospitals on hosted applications. Supposedly a growing market opportunity in off-shore software. (Source: InfoWorld) * Apache scrapping with Sun. The Apache folks are getting into a donnybrook with Sun Microsystems about the Java Technology Compatibility Kit required for the Apache Harmony project--an open source implementation of Jav

* IBM teaming to get into hosted apps. IBM is teaming up with mid-sized Indian hospitals on hosted applications. Supposedly a growing market opportunity in off-shore software. (Source: InfoWorld)

* Apache scrapping with Sun. The Apache folks are getting into a donnybrook with Sun Microsystems about the Java Technology Compatibility Kit required for the Apache Harmony project–an open source implementation of Java 5. Not smart on Sun’s part to start battening those hatches now. (Source: PC World)

* T-Mobile goes low-cost with Sidekick. Just in case your salesfolks have been wanting a high-priced Sidekick, now you can give them a low-cost job. Should be about $99 with HTML capabilities and full AIM/Yahoo/MSN IM features. (Source: BetaNews)

* Google getting deeper into voice. A self-described ‘Google watcher’ says the company just got deeper into speech with a patent being filed for voice-controlled search technology. More hints at an eventual Google phone interface. (Source: InformationWeek)