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NetBeans for beginners arrives

BEA executives preach atop SOA 360 soapbox

Platform for SOA is lauded

SecureWorks, LURHQ become one

The combined company has 1,500 clients and manages 5,000 security devices worldwide

Update: AOL enhances search but scandal hurts market share

A significant usage drop last month was apparently caused by the release of user records and an ensuing privacy scandal

Registrar criticizes .com contract

A presumption from ICANN that the .com contract will be renewed gives VeriSign a "monopoly" on the top-level domain, GoDaddy says

Dell, Symantec product will control e-mail for SMBs

Small companies can use the product to deploy anti-virus and anti-spam shields

House panel widens HP probe

The panel said Wednesday it had asked HP Senior Counsel Kevin Hunsaker and Fred Adler to join the witness list

Accenture, SAP partner to build healthcare SOA

Companies aim to streamline data sharing among healthcare organizations

Browser lets users surf Internet without a trace

Tweaked version of Firefox released by a group of privacy-minded coders

Oracle releases content management add-ons

New tools are designed to securely manage unstructured content

Mambo Foundation releases Mambo 4.6

Open-source CMS gets its first major upgrade in nearly two years

Are we losing the security war?

As systems get more complex, they get less secure, says CTO of Internet security company

WiMax rival gets back on track

IEEE to resume working group for the 802.20 broadband wireless technology

Open-source startup rounds out its BI offering

Pentaho acquires Weka data mining and predictive analytics to complete its BI suite

How to get a job at Google

Yahoo warns on weakening Web ad sales

Slowdown in advertising growth on the Net could hurt the development of new Web sites

Global DSL use soars

India had the fastest growth while China remains the world's largest DSL market

US computer firm admits selling banned exports to Iran

Super Micro Computer to pay a $150,000 fine

SAP responds to Ellison statements

SAP VP Bill Wohl says Oracle's statements are 'inconsistent and misleading'

VOIP presents major security risk, expert warns

Companies switching to VOIP make themselves vulnerable to phishing attacks, researcher warns

Oracle celebrates strong Q1 with some SAP bashing

Ellison claims Oracle's Fusion middleware is 'years ahead' of SAP's NetWeaver platform

Quote of the day: Ma Bell lingers on and on

OpenAjax Alliance tackles interoperability

Standard JavaScript would allow coexistence of run-time libraries

HP’s Dunn to testify before House on spying scandal

Committee hearing will investigate company wrongdoings, consider legislation to make 'pretexting' illegal

BEA pitches native SOA platform

But details lacking, analyst says

Update: Amazon readies fulfillment service for SMBs

Amazon targets SMBs with two new services for handling online stores

Microsoft to ease Vista upgrades with one-DVD plan

Windows Anytime Upgrade cuts costs for Microsoft, makes it easier for customers to upgrade

Microsoft: Counterfeit Windows can harm consumers

The company found 34 percent of the software copies could not be installed, and 43 percent had code that was not part of genuine Windows

ID theft task force recommends national police report

Reports would be online, and those convicted of ID theft crimes would pay victims for the time used to clear up problems

Porn sites exploit IE bug to install spyware

The malware takes advantage of an unpatched flaw in IE's Vector Markup Language (VML) processing

BEA reveals SOA 360

PC vendors blame batteries, not notebooks

Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, others meet to draft standard for battery manufacturing, but Apple and Sony may not be on board

Oracle introduces clinical trial data collection tool

Product aims to make it easier for staff to enter and find patient data quickly

Unisys to open two more Indian facilities

New global service delivery centers are part of Unisys' plan to expand offshore resources to 6,000 people by 2008

crazyeyesinfoworldshizzle.com?

Myspace and Dotster.com have launched a new teen-focused domain registration service and chosen a really teen-friendly image to wrap it in: the pimp!

EU regulator denies ‘vendetta’ against Microsoft

European Commissioner rebuts Microsoft's campaign to 'portray the Commission in a negative light'

Google forms political pressure group

Google NetPAC will 'promote the Internet as a free and open platform'

Update: Motorola to buy Symbol for $3.9 billion

Motorola acquisition advances its push into mobile computing

Update: HP turns over thousands of documents to House panel

House committee is considering federal legislation to make pretexting illegal

Adaptec to update entry-level NAS

New offerings will run the same OS used in Adaptec's higher-end NAS products

New AIM worm may prove difficult to fight

Sophisticated worm spreading via AIM sets up a botnet of remotely controlled infected computers

In Brief: Intel invests in Malaysian WiMax company

Napster exploring sale, tie-up

Napster has seen its user base erode as new competitors enter the music sharing market

Security not keeping pace with technology advances

Software vendors must get back to basics to secure their applications, security expert says

Quote of the day: Nailing that interview

Microsoft tests YouTube competitor

Video-sharing SoapBox will allow users to watch and browse simultaneously, set up RSS feeds, and embed videos directly into blogs

EMC buys Network Intelligence

Acquisition underscores growing importance of security in the storage market, signals shaky outlook for go-it-alone security vendors

AccuRev boosts SCM

Update: Unisys contractor arrested in VA theft

Investigators do not believe 21-year-old suspect sought agency's data

Microsoft hails software asset management