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Microsoft plans Wi-Fi enhancements for Windows

Wireless Provisioning Services are designed to help users connect to Wi-Fi hotspots more easily and securely

HP highlights mobility in new products

CEO Fiorina says "every physical analog process will become digital, virtual and moblie." HP also detailed new Tablet PC, iPaq, notebooks and a moblie workstation

China Grid project goes live

Chinese Ministry of Education and a dozen universities work on grid project that will connect up to 200,000 students in 100 schools across the country

Microsoft, Vodafone aim to bridge PC, mobile services

Companies to create technologies that enable developers to incorporate wireless services into PCs

Arm unveils new cores to kick off Microprocessor Forum

Company announces two new cores for embedded and handset processors

Sun, Fujitsu take Sparc to 90 nanometers

Both companies to detail dual-core Sparc-based chips at the Microprocessor Forum this week

Russia mobile market grows, but data services lag

Country breaks 30 million mark for cell phone subscribers, but digital data services such as SMS and others are not keeping pace

Portals plant new integration style

Plumtree, IBM broaden portal layer to interface with middleware and foreign repositories

MPF illuminates chip designs

ARM, Transmeta roll out cores and processors for mobile computing

BI brews with Java

Vendors tout embedded reporting tools that leverage Java stack

Siebel fires up integration engine

Product road map targets analytics, business processes

Microsoft, IBM ramp up SMB battle

Microsoft rolls out new servers

Westbridge enhances Web services management

Company announces XMS product to boost service-oriented architectures

Elance extends services procurement strategy

Suite focused on integration capabilities

Gates launches Wi-Fi provisioning at ITU

Wireless Provisioning Services upgrade relies on Windows Server 2003

IBM, Brazilian government launch Linux effort

Letter of intent signals start of open source project

Dell, HP planning Wi-Fi Pocket PC releases

HP on Monday will unveil two new iPaq devices; Dell promises to detail new Axim product line on Wednesday

Microsoft rolls public beta for SQL Server reports

Tool helps developers build reports that use the SQL Server database

Sun forging ahead after criticism

Software vice president has mixed response to analyst report

IBM, Cisco help networks help themselves

Companies announce drive toward self-diagnostic, self-healing networks

Accenture delivers strong Q4

Services provider continues to expand its outsourcing business

SEC busts hacker for securities fraud, ID theft

Man charged in scheme to dump worthless options for Cisco stock

CEOs defend moving jobs offshore at tech summit

Offshore outsourcing called a necessity for companies to compete in a world market

Update: Ballmer calls security ‘defining moment’ for Microsoft

Microsoft CEO likens company's current security initiatives to its decision to drastically overhaul its Internet strategy in 1995

Nokia pins exploding phones on counterfeit batteries

Unauthorized batterires are not subject to same testing as original ones, company says

What’s ahead for databases?

Panelists discuss the roles of XML, commoditization, open source within databases

Update: Napster’s rebirth slated for Oct. 29

Music service announces partnerships with Microsoft, Samsung

Infohacking.com welcomes hackers

Security experts issue challenge to deface Web site on production server running Windows 2000

ComponentOne boosts Microsoft apps on mobile devices

Company adds support for the .Net Compact Framework

HP, Disney launch 10-year partnership, space odyssey

HP will supply hardware to the entertainment giant

Intuit apologizes to users over anti-piracy restrictions

New version of TurboTax will work on multiple computers

Siebel introduces BI to broader audience

BI platform targets guided analytics

ARM expands Foundry Program for fabless chip companies

Company adds one of its most frequently licensed processor cores to program

Update: CA execs asked to resign over accounting flap

Internal investigation reveals problems

SANS list of top vulnerabilities includes Outlook, P-to-P

Five of the top 10 Windows vulnerabilities were new to the list this year

Second-generation Transmeta Efficeon chip due in 2004

New chip will feature 90-nanometer manufacturing

Update: Yahoo exceeds Q3 expectations

Web portal beats revenue forecasts

Apple should have used Intel chips, Sculley says

He says failure to do so was perhaps his biggest mistake

Siebel gets the message

Critics say Microsoft IE changes premature

Company may be forcing developers to rewrite aspects of the Web

Siebel shows off forthcoming 7.7 features

Upgrade touted as foundation of Siebel's software for next several years

IBM unveils wireless IDS service

Managed service detects rogue access points, DoS attacks, improper configurations and compromised encryption keys

Oracle launches database for SMBs

Oracle Standard Edition One priced at $195 per user

IBM to speed Web infrastructure rollouts

Second offering from Project Symphony family due by end of October

Telecom World 2003 reflects a battered industry

Microsoft, HP expected to make key wireless announcements at ITU show

Sierra Wireless jumps into Microsoft Smartphone market

Voq phone features push e-mail, innovative design

Microsoft dominance of OS market grows, IDC study says

Report did not take into account the free versions of Linux available

UAN will be bigger than CRM, Siebel says

Siebel Exec VP Schmaier says hosted CRM is now a legitimate market

Napster set to replay Thursday, for pay

Service initially to offer access to more than 500,000 tracks

Microsoft wins patent for IM activity notification

Could leave users of other IM systems hanging on for an answer