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OMG to review reusable asset spec

Proposal is intended to simplify app development

Sun readies J2EE 1.4, app server

Enterprise Java variant backs Web services; company also seeks "per citizen" charge for desktop package

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Princeton, HP Labs demo plastic write-once memory

Memory cell that holds gigabytes of information can be produced inexpensively

Update: Deutsche Telekom posts Q3 profit, raises 2003 forecast

Telecommunications provider posts third consecutive quarterly profit on surging mobile phone sales

Gartner predicts IT spending spree for 2006

Gartner CEO says enterprises will soon change focus from cutting costs to driving growth

Microsoft says it isn’t breaking EU laws

Redmond giant fighting uphill battle in hearing with European competition regulators

Palmisano: No more ‘gizmos and guessing’ for IT

IBM CEO says freeing up resources used on integrating non-compatible technologies would lead to more IT spending

Women in IT face same challenges as elsewhere

Update: Onyx bids to woo Pivotal from Talisma

Acquisition would make Onyx the industry's second-largest CRM developer, behind Siebel

Security executives group to promote CSO job

A goal is to give vendors feedback

CSC tops earnings, revenue expectations in Q2

Sales to U.S. government cited in results

Xandros delivers Linux desktop

Company looks to provide more secure alternative to Windows

Trade shows gird for battle in Vegas

Comdex to duel with rival event

Eolas browser plug-in patent may be re-examined

Unusual move comes after Tim Berners-Lee urged PTO to invalidate the patent

Microsoft touts new database functions

Transformations, best practices boosted for SQL Server

Nokia unveils new ‘push-to-talk’ GSM phone

'Walkie-talkie' feature lets users connect quickly

CERT warns about new Microsoft vulnerability

Advisory calls attention to vulnerability in Windows 2000, XP

HP officially launches Nimbus systems mgmt. tool

Systems Insight Manager is integrated tool for managing disparate systems

Sony goes Extreme with thinner, lighter Vaio

Company unveils 505 Extreme laptop

Cisco to acquire conferencing vendor

Cisco to pay $80 million cash for Latitude Communications

Liberty Alliance issues Phase 2 of ID spec

Organization also foreshadows what will come in Phase 3

New Dell management tools improve Microsoft integration

Dell exec says aim is to reduce the 'islands of management' caused by separate hardware and software technologies

IBM undergoes internal on-demand overhaul

Big Blue adopts on demand computing to learn what it can offer customers

At anniversary, IBM renews on-demand vows

Analysts said that core benefits remain several years away

Security professionals form CSO council

Group aims to draw on corporate, academic and government members to improve online security

Salesforce.com, the platform

Motorola buys assets of UWB vendor

Company snags XtremeSpectrum's direct sequence CDMA wares

MS patches three critical security problems

Holes could let attackers set up Web pages to read files or run attack code

Sides set for European MS antitrust hearing

Software giant will face rivals such as Sun, RealNetworks, CCIA

HP to sell non-branded PCs to local assemblers in India

'Impact' program in pilot stage

A touch of gray in Bluetooth’s silver lining

Growing adoption may not save Bluetooth from being overcome by advances in wireless technology

Borland updates Janeva

Tools vendor adds support for Office, transactional services and improves security in integration software

IBM bolsters database for handhelds

Big Blue improves .Net, Java development functionality in DB2 Everyplace

Toshiba to double 1.8-inch HDD production

Company is considering entering the market for 1-inch drives

Caldera founder joins board of Progeny Linux

Former Caldera CEO Ransom Love re-emerges after a year's hiatus

Philips sells $1.1 billion TMSC stake

Philips takes advantage of TSMC's rising stock price to reduce some of its debt

NEC teams with China’s SVA for TFT-LCD plant

Plant will be the first facility in China capable of handling all aspects of TFT-LCD production

BackWeb rolls out Offline Access Server 4

Eclipse-based environment simplifies development process

Salesforce.com touts online application delivery

CEO Benioff calls Sforce the 'industry's only on-demand application server'

Desktop Linux advocates to walk before they run

Proponents say strategy is to explain advantages of Linux over Windows, not to convert the masses

Adobe acquires assets of Yellow Dragon

Technology will enhance XML support in Adobe products

Kodiak enters push-to-talk market

Technology leverages wireless carriers' existing voice networks

Homeland Security: Tech partners needed

Agency urges private companies to pitch it with technology projects

Red Hat users balk at Enterprise Linux licensing

New plan difficult to understand, users say

Microsoft wants Lindows claims rejected

Microsoft asks court to instruct administrator in California class-action suit to deny claims filed through Lindows site

Portal vendors unite behind standards

Plumtree, Sun, BEA, Documentum create open source site for portlet sharing

Verity KeyView unlocks data

Filter, view, and export tools to be embedded in enterprise apps

Startup takes aim at document management

PSS Systems helps secure documents distributed inside and outside the enterprise

IBM plots componentized app server

Forthcoming WebSphere to enable mix and match of Tivoli, Louts, DB2 functions