Search: Google might be bidding adieu to its famed minimalist search page, and some folks have already caught a glimpse of what its replacement could look like. Specifically, some site visitors have seen a new results page replete with links to specialized search pages in a column on the left, rather than placed horizontally across the top. There are changes to image, groups, Froogle, and local search pages as well. The news beat: Microsoft agrees to license the source code for communications protocols in Windows Server. It was either that or pay a daily EU-enforced $2.43 million fine. Sun releases a free upgrade to Java Studio Creator tool that includes JavaServer Faces components and code clips that developers can tap to build AJAX-style applications. And SAP reports one of its best years ever. Best of the blogs: LAMP could be exactly what the grid doctor ordered, points out Greg Nawrocki, in Grid Meter, and not just for proof-of-concept testing, either. Oliver Rist on Seagate’s small business file appliance, the Mirra Personal Server in SMB IT. Columnists’ corner: “Despite my fondness for Apple’s enterprise offerings, I’ve always felt the iMac might as well be made by a different company,” writes Tom Yager in iMac perfects the desktop. But now, after a self-induced 30-year hiatus from desktop computers, Yager confesses that Apple’s first Intel-based iMac is the centerpiece of his office. Technology Industry