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Accenture: Investments in analytical tools pay off

Successful companies cite analytics as a key element of their business strategy

Infosys turns 25, faces new challenges

Indian outsourcer faces competition from offshoring multinationals for both customers and staff

Web 2.0, mashups and the browser

Linksys small-business Wi-Fi grows up

Linksys' new product lineup brings centralized control, numerous security features to SMBs

Sandisk to acquire M-Systems for $1.6 billion

SanDisk hopes buying the rival flash memory developer will make it more competitive in the mobile phone market

Quote of the day: GPLv3

AMD’s ATI purchase will yield long-term payout

$5.4 billion deal for graphics chip vendor positions AMD well for the future

HP buys CIO access with Mercury deal

Combined software and systems management key

IBM, Oracle, SAP update SOA-standards effort

SCA and SDO specifications nearly ready

Hand-rolled mocks made easy

A hybrid approach to writing mock objects

Put on a happy MyFace

MyFaces offers an easy-to-use implementation for JSF projects

Microsoft recalls Small Business Server 2003 R2

Microsoft is recalling and reissuing the production so far of R2

Click-fraud settlement good for Google

Most Google advertisers tacitly forfeited their right to sue the company with the settlement

French copyright law gets tougher

Unauthorized sharing of copyright files will become a criminal offense, and those who reverse-engineer DRM systems will face six months in prison

IBM expected to expand AMD-based servers

The move would allow it to offer more choice in its high-end, commercial line

CA gains new CFO

Company won't comment on layoff rumors

Linux creator Torvalds still no fan of GPLv3

Torvalds has no plans to adopt the update given the limitations on DRM in this second draft

Google’s open source repository meets mixed reactions

Google to host repository for open-source projects

Google's move meets with mixed reaction from the developer community online

In Brief: Samsung unveils thin satellite TV phone

Big bargains ahead for desktop PC buyers

Falling prices on LCDs and microprocessors should bring users the best PC bargains in years

PCs with Intel’s new Conroe chip readied

A quick launch will allow vendors to ship desktops to stores by early August and notebooks by late August

Second GPLv3 draft tones down DRM language

The first, now rewritten, referred to DRM as "digital restrictions management" and prevented GPL-licensed software from being used in DRM copy-protection software

Update: Judge OKs Google click-fraud settlement

The judge signed off on the final settlement on Wednesday, according to a copy of the court order

Microsoft: Vista will ship when it’s ready

An executive said Thursday that Vista remains on track, but Microsoft won't ship it until the company thinks it's ready

Mercury: Another Bluestone?

EU opens unofficial next-gen DVD format investigation

The EC suspects that the licensing terms the companies are applying breach European competition rules

Microsoft’s Ballmer: ‘I have a new job’

Microsoft CEO says that with Gates stepping down he must be 'full-time champion of innovation'

Update: Kazaa settles with record industry

Kazaa agrees to pay at least $100 million to four record companies

Users: HP buy of Mercury Interactive makes sense

Customers say Mercury products will enhance and complement HP OpenView tools

Siemens doubles Q3 earnings

Siemens focuses on restructuring to emphasize core growth areas

Communications chips help drive TSMC Q2 sales

TSMC forecasts chip industry revenue growth will likely be around 8 percent this year

India attractive offshore location despite wage hikes

Cost advantage of hiring engineers in India to continue at least another five years, Forrester Research says

Experts weigh giving ICANN full control of DNS

Some say having the U.S. involved in DNS management holds back development of the Internet

Baidu posts strong second quarter results

Chinese search company reports net income increased 385 percent over last year

Google lags Yahoo, Baidu in Chinese search

Google trails a distant third for search ad revenue in Chinese market

Intel launches Core 2 Duo processors

Intel's 10 new dual-core chips promise better performance and greater energy efficiency

Quote of the day: Float like a butterfly from Windows to OS X to Linux

IBM Announces Life Insurance Grid Offering

HP and Mercury: Here’s why

Microsoft closes Whale buy, reveals road map

It will continue to sell existing Whale products and is offering a 25 percent discount on them

Intel’s Conroe roils chip market

AMD slashed prices on some of its Athlon 64 X2 desktop chips and Turion 64 notebook chips to make them more competitive

AMD set to launch ‘Rev. F’ Opteron chip

Opteron has been on a roll, and AMD aims to defend its server turf with this latest Opteron

Oracle, SAP, IBM ramp up on SOA specifications

As more companies look to deploy Web services, their developers are calling for increased standardization

In the year 2020 — the death of locality and other predictions

AMD vows to break Intel’s ‘monopoly grip’

Through ATI acquisition, company hopes to offer PC makers more flexibility and move into emerging markets

Microsoft to release IE 7 as automatic update

Microsoft will give enterprises a tool to make corporate desktops bypass the browser update

SugarCRM readies Sugar 4.5 for mid-August

Sugar 4.5 is first version to fully support Microsoft server products

IronPort rolls out bounceback-verification

IronPort's e-mail security appliances gain new protection against spam-based DoS attacks

Paris homes test very high-speed broadband

France Télécom lays fiber to 100 homes in trial of connection with a maximum data rate of 2.5Gbps