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New Trojan masquerades as Windows XP update

Intruder is considered low-risk

Lamo pleads guilty

Homeless hacker could face up to 5 years in prison

Finnish phone study says radiation within agreed limits

Second-generation mobile phones present no health hazards

SEC probing IBM, Dollar General transaction

Regulator considering action against Big Blue for possible violation of U.S. securities law

RealNetworks, IBM team on media products

Companies announce partnership to create digital media management system

Motorola gets Samsung support in UWB debate

Samsung will use Motorola's XtremeSpectrum chip set to transmit multiple high-definition TV streams

Verizon unveils wide 3G rollout plans

The BroadbandAccess service promises to boost wireless data bandwidth to 500K bps

Sun may change Linux desktop platform

Long-term strategy overhaul may alter SuSE relationship

IBM CEO challenges Big Blue to move to Linux desktop

Internal memo calls for replacing productivity, Web access and viewing tools with open standards-based equivalents by 2005

VeriSign planning more changes to .com, .net

Some experts worry the changes could interrupt traffic to some Web sites

Dell to expand printing and imaging line-up

Partnerships with Fuji Xerox, Kodak, and Samsung announced at CES

FTC obtains judgments against alleged ID thieves

The pair have been barred from participating in Internet auctions and may face jail time

Novell ships Nterprise Branch Office 2

Upgrade connects apps with hardware resources and allows them to be centrally managed

Microsoft Word file security flaw uncovered

Researcher posted instructions for circumventing password

Senator questions MCI’s status as gov’t contractor

Issue raised just one day after GSA restored MCI's government contract status

SAP studies changes in core products

Focus is on integrating SAP's Enterprise Services Architecture using NetWeaver

Elitegroup, Lindows in Linux laptop deal

Low-cost laptops come with LindowsOS, built-in Wi-Fi, and DVD dual drive

IBM offers sneak peek at J2EE 1.4  app server

Big Blue rolls out WebSphere technology preview

English version of China’s Red Flag Linux delayed

English version now scheduled to ship in third quarter

IBM, SuSE team up on point-of-sale server

Turnkey system Is Linux-based

CES: Digital imaging market set to explode, panel says

Complexity and costs of products are still causes for concern

Update: Microsoft, BEA, Tibco tout Web services events spec

WS-Eventing communications proposal is forged

Tech CEOs: Hiring offshore workers helps U.S.

Protectionism not an answer, they caution

China Airlines signs for Boeing in-flight Internet

Taiwanese carrier plans to install service on long-range aircraft by late 2004

Subtraction by addition

Interference questions dog broadband over power lines

Groups claim emerging technology disrupts radio signals

Veritas to buy Ejasent for $59 million

Veritas to offer UpScale tool for making upgrades and maintenance faster, cheaper

Infineon launches its first flash memory chip

As next step, Infineon plans to increase NAND-compatible chip's capacity from 512Mb to 2Gb

Survey: Interest in grid computing grows

One in five companies is seriously considering deploying grid technology

Linux platform being developed for Asia

Japan's Miracle Linux and China's Red Flag Software collaborate on creating Asianux

Ex-Microsoft exec to head Macromedia mobile unit

Juha Christensen named president of unit focused on expanding use of Macromedia's Flash

MS offers broad beta of Windows Server 2003 for Opteron

Customer preview program makes beta version easily available

Jobs unveils new iPod Mini, GarageBand software

MacWorld Conference & Expo intrigues users

Java Tools Community formed

Sun-led group looks to boost interoperability, but Borland, IBM are absent

Sybase delivers Panther-ready database

Company adds increased performance, asynchronous disk I/O

Israel snubs Microsoft, moves to open source software

Government says it will use what Microsoft software it has in place, but won't upgrade

AOL adds spyware protection

Feature will enables users to scan their hard drive for spyware or adware and opt to remove those programs

China grants WLAN technology rights to more companies

Chinese WLAN standard is similar to Wi-Fi but uses a different security protocol

Via to take processors to 2GHz, eyes profitability

First 2GHz versions of low-power chip lines to enter production during second half of 2004

New Toshiba notebooks add multimedia features

Satellite A45 Series designed to appeal to SMBs looking to replace their desktops

Microsoft targets Linux with new ad campaign

Ads cite study that found Windows 2000 costs less to operate for a variety of tasks

Holding the CAN-SPAM Act accountable (Incredible prices on V-I-A-G-R-A!)

Sun readies Java development initiative

Analyst expects effort to eliminate fragmentation

MySQL extending 64-bit support for database

Open source software being fitted for Intel Itanium 2 chip on HP-UX, Windows XP

Hifn buys IBM network chip assets

Move could boost security wares for smaller companies

Microsoft drops Smart Displays

Market trends cited in move to quit development of software for the wireless units

Grand Central launches next service platform version

Company targeting VANs

TI to release WLAN software for 802.11a/g access points

Products may come to market by start of second quarter

Cisco exec to head startup competitor

Procket Networks names Roland Acra as president, CEO

Transmeta introduces small form-factor microprocessor

New Crusoe processors are 50 percent smaller than previous products