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Oracle targets telecom providers

Oracle unveils service delivery platform to help telecoms move to SOA

Amdocs buys content billing company

Amdocs pays $275 million for Qpass

DRAM makers see prices rising in Q2

Vista delay could cause some users to put off buying new PCs, weakening DRAM prices

Extreme outsourcing and unexpected costs

Nokia expands its China R&D center

Nokia expects China to be key growth driver for mobile phones and network equipment

HP expands its IP licensing program

HP opens center to license HP patents and other technologies to companies in Asia

Burst.com accuses Apple of patent infringement

Apple faces lawsuit over four patents for its iTunes, QuickTime, and iPod products

Microsoft’s Photo2Search

Open-source project aims to out-park Microsoft

OpenSourceParking.com allows free domain parking, a move aimed at boosting Apache's market share numbers

Trapeze does WLAN-to-cell convergence

The company's LANs allow a Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 handset to go seamlessly from a cellular to a Wi-Fi network

VersionOne enhances agile development

Hosted, locally installed product is upgraded

Microsoft patch causes HP crashes

Windows patch MS06-015, part of Microsoft's latest round, can cause some HP applications to crash

Oracle may launch its own version of Linux

With a Linux OS under its belt, Oracle would resemble Microsoft more than another chief rival, SAP

Blade.org expands ranks, launches security tools

IBM said that about 20 new companies have recently joined the group, bringing the total membership to about 60

Boot Camp, Q/QEMU, Parallels: Pros/cons

Oracle’s own Linux stack

Talkback: JBoss more than Red Hat can chew?

Windows on the Mac: Why bother?

Microsoft pushes into health care

New initiative aims to improve health-care services and decrease costs

In Brief: Tata posts 36 percent revenue growth

CollabNet offers software version control service

Subversion On Demand service enables developer collaboration

BEA warms to ColdFusion users

Apps can be run natively on WebLogic Server without rewrites

Hacked computers download spam tool

Bagle spam gang sending new spamming tool to thousands of hacked computers

Acer leaves BenQ board to avoid conflict

Acer withdraws from BenQ board to focus on its own competing business

Flextronics sells software unit for $900M

Flextronics continues selling off divisions in effort to focus on its electronics manufacturing services

Borland offers software requirements definition

Combined package for management and definition also on tap

Open source goes big time with Red Hat-JBoss Deal

Customers, experts optimistic, but wary on integration

Salesforce.com buys Sendia and goes mobile

AppExchange Mobile may help bring the business Web to handheld devices

MIT simulates bird flu

Mock outbreak shreds the supply chain

NetBeans attempts to eclipse Eclipse

Java IDE market gets tighter with Version 5.0's tech upgrades, new Matisse GUI builder

Push messages that automatically launch a Java mobile application

Add MIDP 2.0's push registry feature to your device application

Separate business flow from actions

Introduction to Java Services Orchestration for Actions

RealNetworks wins patent suit over Ethos

Unanimous verdict squelches download-technology infringement claims

IE patch breaks Siebel client

ActiveX fix made in response to 2003 court ruling may render Siebel software unusable

MIT simulation suggests avian flu outbreak can shred supply chain

Center for Transportation and Logistics studies H5N1's impact on business

On Security, Windows ’98 dies with a whimper, not a bang

Microsoft says it's taking decisive action to cut off support for Windows '98 and ME because they pose a security risk….where have we heard that before?

Virtualization saves tax giant $1M

H&R Block estimates it has saved about $1 million on hardware purchases since rolling out virtualization in June 2005

IP lawyers: Injunction possible in Lucent Xbox suit

Patent suit filed against Microsoft could block sales of XBox 360

Tax breaks could boost broadband, group says

A new think tanks says the government should pass laws exempting broadband service from some taxes, and create tax incentives for new broadband networks

Dodging the outsourcing bullet

Dodging the outsourcing bullet

Talkback: Your stupid user tricks

HP to manage Avago’s IT services under 10-year deal

HP will manage applications, servers, networks, desktops, printing and IT help desk services for Avago's 6,500 employees for 10 years under the deal

French could outlaw open source DRM, peer-to-peer

Bill carries prison sentence for publishing software intended for unauthorized distribution of copyright works

Why piracy in China isn’t going away

Software pricing needs to be commensurate with local market conditions

In Brief: UTStarcom COO resigns

Update: India’s Infosys passes $2B in revenue

Infosys reports revenue was up 35 percent over last year

Taiwan mandates phone, disc recycling

People in Taiwan who fail to recycle mobile phones, CDs, and DVDs may face fines

Kaspersky releases mobile antivirus beta

Antivirus software protects smart phones using the Symbian OS

Samsung sales, profits higher in Q1

Samsung's LCD sales soar while all other units see their sales fall